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Minister suggests using Family Islands for cannabis industry

MARINE Resources and Family Island Affairs Minister Clay Sweeting thinks the Family Islands would be ideal to support a cannabis industry.

FNM convention to be virtual

THE Free National Movement’s three-day convention next month will be a fully virtual event in response to the surge in COVID-19 infections in the country.

50 Cuban nurses join healthcare system

HEALTH and Wellness Minister Dr Michael Darville officially welcomed 50 Cuban nurses into the public healthcare system.

‘Concerns’ over food programme controls

THE Davis administration is “concerned” about preliminary details which have emerged from the process of auditing the former government’s COVID-19 spending, with one official saying the lack of the availability of critical information is “disturbing”.

‘He said he was coming inside - then gunshots’

A MAN is dead after he was shot outside his home on Friday night.

Migrants convicted

NEARLY 200 hundred migrants were convicted of immigration offences on Friday.

Govt approved $1m to support Bahamas Pavilion and 'presence' in Dubai

THE Davis administration approved up to $1m to support The Bahamas Pavilion and a Bahamian "presence" in Dubai, according to Director of Communications in the Office of the Prime Minister Latrae Rahming.

Minnis: Govt priority should be those who have not been paid

FORMER Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis said the Davis administration’s priority should be on people who have not been paid for contracted government work and not on sending a large delegation to Dubai.

Hotel workers 'helped tremendously' by govt's free COVID test pilot

BAHAMAS Hotel Catering and Allied Workers Union President Darrin Woods says hotel workers have been helped tremendously by government’s free COVID-19 test pilot.

Defence Force COVID-19 cases peaked at 216 in first week of January

DURING the first week of this month, COVID-19 infections within the Royal Bahamas Defence Force peaked at 216 cases, according to its Commodore Raymond King.

FNM leader calls for end to terminations after a new govt elected

OPPOSITION Leader Michael Pintard said the "vicious cycle" of terminating Bahamians whenever a new political administration is elected to office must stop.

Five arrests over drugs in separate incidents

DRUG arrests were made in Grand Bahama and Abaco in separate incidents this week that resulted in the arrests of five men.

Bahamian jailed for trying to smuggle migrant into U.S.

A FEDERAL district judge in Fort Lauderdale has sentenced Bahamian Jeremy Christoph Rolle to 60 months in prison for trying to smuggle a migrant previously removed from the country following aggravated felony convictions, including murder, into the United States.

10 percent of antigen tests show positive results

ROUGHLY 10 percent of the COVID-19 antigen tests that were offered free of charge by the government in New Providence had a positive result, according to press officer Jillian Gray yesterday.

Cannabis legislation ‘expected in first quarter’

THE Davis administration is expected to bring legislation for a cannabis industry in the first quarter of this year, Director of Communications in the Office of the Prime Minister Latrae Rahming announced yesterday.

Davis: We must partner with private sector to succeed

PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis told business leaders that his administration will play its part in enhancing the country’s macroeconomic environment, but needs partnership with the commercial sector for the country to succeed.

$1.1m donation by FTX to benefit agriculture

FTX Digital Markets announced a $1.1m donation to the newly created non-government, not-for-profit, Agricultural Development Committee.

More than 600 nominees for local government vote

MORE than 600 people have nominated for local government positions before the January 27 elections.

Price? All we want is to see Lucayan sold

GRAND Bahama Chamber of Commerce president Greg Laroda believes that getting the Grand Lucayan resort sold is more important to Grand Bahamians than the proposed price tag of $150m.

Over 100 make up delegation to Dubai Expo

MORE than 100 people, including Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis, made up a delegation that went to Dubai to attend a world expo that showcased the country’s cultural and technological offerings.

Commodore unhappy over marine’s health disclosure

WHILE the investigation into the fatal police shooting of Royal Bahamas Defence Force Leading Seaman Rodney Adderley is “basically” concluded, Commodore Raymond King says there should be an established protocol regarding how police officers interact with members of the service.

ARRESTS SOAR AS SMUGGLERS ADAPT: Huge jump in migrants caught despite effort to slip through our waters

COMMODORE Raymond King says migrant apprehensions in The Bahamas increased by 456 percent in 2021 when compared with the previous year, while revealing that the Royal Bahamas Defence Force is faced with “people  smugglers” who have resorted to more advanced tactics to evade authorities.

Man waved cutlass

A MAN was ordered to attend counselling after he was charged yesterday with unlawfully carrying arms and brandishing a weapon.

‘My wife struck me with her vehicle’

A MAN told the court yesterday how his wife struck him with her vehicle, damaging his finger after she saw him with another woman at his mother’s house.

Bail over baseball bat attack

A MAN and woman accused of hitting a man with a baseball bat last week were yesterday granted bail before their trial.