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Fire quickly contained at BPL plant

BAHAMAS Power and Light said a mid-morning fire yesterday at its decommissioned Station O at Clifton Pier had no impact on generation or other operations.

Don’t like Parliament? Try Speaker’s version

HOUSE Speaker Halson Moultrie is to hold “Open Parliaments” for the public each Wednesday starting next week.

STAY ALIVE - PROOF IS IN THE NUMBERS: Less than 5 percent of fully vaccinated are admitted to hospitals

LESS than five percent of people fully vaccinated in The Bahamas have been infected with COVID-19 and fewer than one percent of recovered patients have been re-infected with the disease, Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr Delon Brennen has said.

Physicians happy with testing change - but not staffing level

CONSULTANT physicians are happy that fully vaccinated travellers now need to present negative tests to enter the country, but they remain concerned that public health facilities remain understaffed.

Men who died at work named

AS investigations continue into a fatal industrial accident on Grand Bahama, two of the men killed have been officially identified by police.

Book claims Aaliyah was drugged before fatal flight

A NEW allegation in an upcoming book claims American pop singer Aaliyah was drugged before she boarded an ill-fated flight that led to her death along with eight others in Abaco, Bahamas nearly 20 years ago.

Exuma resident dies in motorcycle crash

EXUMA resident Jaden Goodman, 21, is the country’s latest traffic fatality victim. The incident reportedly occurred on Sunday around 3.09pm.

Regent Seven Seas cruise ship makes inaugural visit to Grand Bahama

A cruise ship made an inaugural voyage to Grand Bahama, bringing some 500 visitors to the island on the weekend.

Child was sitting in back seat next to $42k of marijuana

POLICE officers found two men and a young child riding in the Carmichael Road area with $42,000 worth of marijuana in the back seat, a court was told yesterday.

Man awaits psychiatric test

A MAN whose arrest by police was widely seen on social media was yesterday remanded into custody pending a psychiatric evaluation.

Man accused of raping child

A MAN was charged in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday with the rape of a minor.

Bar owner sold numbers without licence

A MAGISTRATE is set to determine the fate of a businessman who sold numbers at his bar without a valid licence.

Couple arrested after marijuana find

A FREEPORT couple were arrested by police following the discovery of suspected marijuana at a residence on Friday.

A TRUE BAHAMIAN PATRIOT: Former Governor General Arthur Dion Hanna dies age 93

FORMER Governor General and Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Dion Hanna, the ardent progressive whose faith in Bahamians helped push The Bahamas toward independence and sparked the Bahamianization policy that defined an era, died at home yesterday at 93.

‘Obey the law’ as crawfish season gets under way

THE Department of Marine Resources is urging fishermen to abide by fisheries laws as crawfish season opened on August 1.

Govt to probe offloading of beetle-infested wood in GB

THE Bahamas Government has launched an investigation into the offloading of wood reportedly infested with an invasive beetle by a Panama-registered cargo vessel at Grand Bahama last week.

Five more deaths and 334 confirmed cases since Friday

THE Bahamas recorded 334 new COVID-19 cases since Friday along with five new deaths.

Police hunt killers in drive-by shooting

POLICE are investigating the country’s latest homicide that took place in the Sandilands Village Road area on Saturday afternoon.

Highway horror

A male driver was killed and his passenger was seriously injured in a traffic accident in Grand Bahama on Sunday evening.

Cruise line COVID cases ‘are going to happen’

TOURISM Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar said six passengers testing positive for COVID-19 on a Royal Caribbean International cruise which left The Bahamas last week is not a cause for alarm noting the passengers did not interact with locals.

Vaccinated visitors now have to take five-day test

INFECTIOUS disease expert Dr Nikkiah Forbes says changes to travel requirements revealed Monday by the Office of the Prime Minister are consistent with data about how COVID-19 variants are affecting the ability of vaccinated people to transmit the virus.

BPL Skyguard Severe Weather Alert 2nd August – updated: Nassau

STARTS: 08/02/2021 8:50 AM EDT EXPIRES: 08/02/2021 12:00 PM EDT

Six test positive for COVID-19 after Bahamas cruise

Six passengers who sailed on a Royal Caribbean ship tested positive for COVID-19 near the end of their cruise and were immediately quarantined, the company said Friday.

Union hoping for PM and Deputy PM to 'step in'

AFTER allegedly staging a sick-out this week, Bahamas Electrical Workers Union is now looking to the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister to assist with propelling its needs forward.

Calls for fine for owners of beetle-carrying vessel

THE docking and offloading of dunnage from a cargo vessel in Freeport with a shipment of wood infested with an invasive beetle have raised concerns among Bahamians who are calling for a huge fine to be levied on the owners of the vessel.