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Dr Sands: Increased collection of fees likely for healthcare demands

HEALTH Minister Dr Duane Sands forecast "increased collection of gazetted fees” to meet healthcare demands but insisted no one is going to be denied care in its facilities — particularly the destitute.

Murder sentence upheld by Court of Appeal

A man’s half-century sentence for murdering another man as he was dancing with his girlfriend in a sports bar in Grand Bahama five years ago has been upheld by the Court of Appeal.

Minister says junior doctor contract cuts only in 'isolated incidents'

HEALTH Minister Dr Duane Sands yesterday denied junior doctors are having their contracts cut from three years to one year, instead maintaining this is occurring only in “isolated incidents”.

March for Justice Against Child Molestation set for Thursday, June 6

A MINISTRY is calling on the public to take a stand against the increase of child molestation, incest and sexual abuse in the country.

Business declining annually for some local vendors

THE summer season is one of the liveliest seasons for tourism in the country, but for some local vendors sales have been declining annually.

Two in court on attempted murder charges

Two Freeport residents were arraigned on attempted murder charges on Friday in the Eight Mile Rock Magistrate's Court.

First land-based commercial coral farm opens in Freeport

CORAL Vita – the first land-based commercial coral farm in the world - was officially opened on Friday in Freeport, creating a new sector of sustainable aquaculture and innovation for reef restoration in Grand Bahama and The Bahamas.

Six ordered to pay back $30,000

FIVE women and a man were ordered to pay back the $30,000 they collectively defrauded a local lending institution out of two years ago by using fake Department of Education employment letters.

Bahamian sailor ready to head home after 30 months of misery stranded in Quebec City port

AFTER spending 30 months on a ship docked at a port in Canada, veteran Bahamian sailor Richard Thompson is packing up to come home.

Arresting Jamaican woman was a 'national security matter', officer tells court

ARRESTING a Jamaican woman who was allegedly raped by a senior immigration officer five years ago was directly related to “the sovereignty of The Bahamas”, a senior police officer insisted yesterday.

Ruth Bowe-Darville sworn in as Supreme Court justice – days before reaching retirement age

FORMER Bahamas Bar Association President Ruth Bowe-Darville was sworn in as the newest Supreme Court justice yesterday–– just a few days before she reaches retirement age.

Budget's winners and losers

THE Department of Social Services’ uniform assistance programme will receive considerably more money in the upcoming fiscal year in an apparent effort to curtail the anger government received last cycle for allotting what many saw as insufficient to cover the needs of dependents. Government estimates that $462,000 will go toward the social assistance benefit.

Family grieves over Miami murder

THE murder of a Bahamian educator in Miami, Florida has shaken her family at home in Nassau.

Strike crisis: Hotel workers signal massive vote for action

HOTEL workers overwhelmingly backed a strike during an official Bahamas Hotel Catering and Allied Workers Union’s poll yesterday.

37-year-old jailed for two years after he admits carrying cocaine

A 37-year-old man was remanded to prison yesterday after he pleaded guilty to drug related offences.

Ex-banker not told he had breached company policy

PAUL Major, the former First Caribbean International (FCIB) banker fired for his role in collecting and then depositing a cheque into the local account of disgraced FIFA executive Charles Blazer, was not explicitly told by banking executives that he breached company policy at the time of his termination, a Supreme Court Justice heard yesterday.

UB launches new system for radiation inventory

THE University of The Bahamas has announced its plan to partner with a number of ministries to implement a new Regulatory Authority Information System (RAIS) software, which will facilitate the management and inventory of all radiation sources in the country.

Turnquest confirms $39m debt related to BTC pension

WHILE the government boasts of having slashed arrears payments considerably over the last 10 months, one debt owed has yet to be satisfied at all.

Mr Cooper should know better, says Deputy PM

DEPUTY Prime Minister K Peter Turnquest yesterday defended the Minnis administration’s 2019/2020 Budget against the Official Opposition’s critiques.

Casual working ‘wreaking havoc in Grand Bahama’

GRAND Bahama union leaders continue to express strong concern about the widespread casual employment of Bahamian workers by companies throughout the island.

Biometrics key to overcoming immigration fraud – Symonette

FINGERPRINTING has proven to be the Immigration Department’s best defence against fraud, according to Immigration Minister Brent Symonette, who spoke of the stunning accuracy of fake documents being generated.

Now Reckley faces trial over money laundering charges

THE Court of Appeal has ordered former Urban Renewal Deputy Director Michelle Reckley and four others to stand trial over the money laundering charges a magistrate absolved them of earlier this year.

Jean Rony gets his final leave to appeal to Privy Council

BAHAMAS-born deportee Jean Rony Jean-Charles has been granted final leave to petition the Privy Council in a bid to challenge the Court of Appeal’s revocation of a landmark decision concerning his controversial detention and removal from the Bahamas in 2017.

Former banker was not told he was under an internal investigation

A BAHAMIAN banker fired for collecting and days later depositing a cheque into the local First Caribbean International (FCIBC) bank account of disgraced FIFA executive Charles Blazer, was not told by the bank’s attorneys that he was under an internal investigation into the potential wrongdoing when he was contacted and questioned.

Court hears that investigating exotic dancers led to woman's arrest

A POLICE officer yesterday testified how former Commissioner of Police Ellison Greenslade’s claims of illegal immigrants performing “exotic” acts at a bar set in motion the events that ultimately led to the arrest of a Jamaican woman who alleges she was raped by a senior immigration officer.