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McDonald’s tells healthcare workers: Be our guest

WITH frontline workers pushed to the limit during the COVID-19 crisis, one of The Bahamas’ most popular eateries is providing sizzling sustenance – McDonald’s is dishing out 1,000 Be Our Guest coupons and health care workers are lovin’ it, according to Ministry of Health officials.

Digital billboards to play part in MARCO alerts

FOUR digital billboards have been erected across New Providence to send out warnings about missing children to facilitate the rollout of the Mandatory Action Rescuing Children Operation (MARCO) Alert system.

Rise in people seeking criminal records expunged

CHAIRMAN of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Committee Paul Farquharson said the group has seen an increase of people seeking criminal record expungements for possession of small amounts of marijuana.

Concerns over backlog and lack of judges in Grand Bahama

A GRAND Bahama attorney has expressed concern about the lack of judges and long delay in trial dates for criminal matters at the island’s Supreme Court.

Venezuelan women on overstaying charge

TWO Venezuelan women who said they fled their home country to escape violence after their husbands were murdered were yesterday charged with overstaying.

Man ‘threatened to kill’ ex

A 28-year-old man who threatened to kill his ex-girlfriend during an argument was yesterday warned to be of good behaviour.

Jail for attack with metal bar

A HARBOUR Island man who last week swung a metal bar at a man before threatening to kill him was sentenced to three months in prison.

Airport workers ‘to receive outstanding payments’

THE government has agreed to pay all outstanding money owed to Airport Authority employees over a six-month period starting in the March pay period, the Ministry of Tourism and Aviation said last night.

Call for people to become blood donors in Grand Bahama

The Blood Donors Society of Grand Bahama indicated that there is a dire need for people to become blood donors to help maintain adequate blood supply at the Rand Memorial Hospital in Grand Bahama.

Food donated by Chinese community

THE Bahamas Red Cross received more than $5,000 worth of food yesterday from the Chinese Community Association.

Chinese businesses hard hit by pandemic

THE Chinese Community Association of The Bahamas said some members reported up to a 50 percent reduction in business amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Displaced voters must register in new constituency

VOTERS who have relocated after being displaced by Hurricane Dorian will have to register to vote in their new constituency, National Security Minister Marvin Dames suggested yesterday.

PLP aims for complete slate of candidates by end of month

PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party leader Philip “Brave” Davis said the PLP hopes to ratify all its candidates for the next general election by the end of this month.

Leslie Miller: I have support of Tall Pines

THE battle for the Progressive Liberal Party’s nomination for Tall Pines is heating up, with former area MP Leslie Miller adamant that he has the support of the area despite indications that PLP Senator Dr Michael Darville is the front-runner.

Reopening - but it’ll be a long road back

ENTERTAINMENT businesses such as Galleria Cinemas and Mario’s Bowling and Entertainment Palace will soon join the Fusion Superplex in reopening to patrons as the country creeps to normalcy.

Civil service jobs will remain safe

THE government does not plan to send public servants home to reduce public expenditure given the economic fallout from the pandemic, Public Service and National Insurance Minister Brensil Rolle said.

FNM CHIEF COOLS TALK OF ELECTION: Culmer insists party has no signal for early dash to polls

FREE National Movement chairman Carl Culmer says he’s had no indication that Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis will call an early general election despite widespread speculation to the contrary.

New director for NIB to take office ‘shortly’

THE government has officially selected a new director for the National Insurance Board who is expected to “take office shortly”, according to NIB Minister Brensil Rolle.

Fake lawyer who smuggled drugs is jailed

A 25-year-old woman who pretended to be a lawyer so she could smuggle a cell phone and more than $2,000 worth of marijuana into the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services for an inmate was yesterday sentenced to 15 months in prison.

Man accused of assaulting wife is granted bail

A MAN who denied assaulting his wife with a firearm was yesterday granted bail ahead of his trial.

Bannister concern at Holmes Rock delays

DEPUTY Prime Minister Desmond Bannister, who is also Public Works Minister, has expressed concern over the protracted construction and some technical issues at the new $12m Holmes Rock Junior High School in West Grand Bahama.

52 samples sent to be tested for new strains

HEALTH officials are still waiting to receive the test results of 52 positive COVID-19 samples which were sent abroad to determine if any of the new coronavirus strains are present in The Bahamas.

Mitchell: How many are really out of work?

PLP chairman Fred Mitchell has called on the Minnis administration to be clear about the country’s unemployment rate after what he termed contradictions from Labour Director John Pinder and Labour Minister Dion Foulkes on the issue.

Moultrie? He neglects us

SOME Nassau Village residents have bad reviews about their current area MP Halson Moultrie while giving mixed opinions about the election hopefuls wanting to be their representative.

Members of Rastafarian community: We want stake in cannabis industry

MEMBERS of the Rastafarian community want to see “special provisions” put in place for them as it relates to the manufacturing and cultivation of cannabis for medicinal use once legislation has been passed.