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Union to announce it will represent Bahamas waste staff

THE Bahamas General Workers Union is expected to announce today that it is now the official bargaining agent for employees of Bahamas Waste, amid several ongoing industrial disputes at the waste management company.In an interview with The Tribune yes

‘Police beat me to confess to killing’

THE TEENAGER accused of murdering Queen’s College elementary teacher Joyelle McIntosh yesterday claimed he was beaten and forced to give a false confession of his involvement in the crime. 

‘Where’s my brother?’

THE family of a 35-year-old man who was picked up by immigration officials in September say they do not know if he is “alive or dead” or has been “illegally deported” after allegedly not being allowed to speak to him or visit him in nearly three weeks.

Irma saves Bahamas from EU blacklist

THE Bahamas was yesterday warned not to “rest on our laurels” after it escaped the European Union’s “blacklist” largely thanks to Hurricane Irma.

Internet rapist jailed for 24 years

A 29-year-old man was sentenced to nearly 25 years in prison yesterday for having unlawful intercourse with a teenager girl who he had lured to his home through a fake Facebook profile.

Hospitals’ fee changes put on hold

PUBLIC Hospitals Authority officials have decided to delay for 60 days several across the board fee increases at the Princess Margaret Hospital, including those proposed for PMH’s Morgue Department, Health Minister Dr Duane Sands said yesterday.

Education Minister on Barbados factfinding mission

EDUCATION Minister Jeff Lloyd is conducting a “fact-finding mission” in Barbados on early childhood education, Press Secretary Anthony Newbold said during yesterday’s press briefing. Pre-school education is a major focus for the Minnis administratio

Mitchell hits back at Bethel over claims of race-baiting

PLP chairman, Senator Fred Mitchell yesterday fired back at claims the party was “race baiting” in its opposition to the Commercial Enterprises Bill (CEB), asserting that all race related remarks during debate on the bill has emanated from the govern

Cabinet office 'should handle' probe into error in Ferreira document

PRESS Secretary Anthony Newbold said yesterday that Cabinet Office has “carriage” over determining how some functions were wrongly transferred from Environment Minister Romauld Ferreira to Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis in an official document gazet

Govt seeks short-term answer to problems at post office

WHILE the government continues its search for a new location to house the General Post Office, Transport and Local Government Minister Frankie Campbell said officials are working on short-term resolutions to make the current facility “habitable”.

‘Sorry. I didn’t mean to kill her’: Court told of teen’s remorse over murder

THE teenager accused of murdering former Queen’s College elementary teacher Joyelle McIntosh in November 2015 said he was “sorry” and did not “mean to kill her” during his initial record of interview with police, Supreme Court jurors have heard.

Good plans - and god - beat crime

SENIOR Assistant Commissioner of Police Stephen Dean attributes the recent downward trend in crime to the “grace of God” and the new crime-fighting initiatives of the Royal Bahamas Police Force. 

Union goes ‘legal’ over gaming jobs

THE Bahamas Public Services Union is pursuing “legal action” against the Gaming Board for terminating some 30 people without consultation with the union.

$250k limit not open door for residency

THE government’s decision to place the investment threshold of the Commercial Enterprises Bill to $250,000 was made to prevent a potential run on permanent residency status by investors, Attorney General Carl Bethel suggested in the Senate yesterday.

How to stay safe through the holiday season

THE Royal Bahamas Police Force held a press conference yesterday to advise members of the public on safety tips for the holiday season, urging people not to carry around large sums of cash, wear flashy jewellery or shop alone at night.

Govt to map out areas at risk from hurricanes

THE Minnis administration has made it a priority to map out areas in the country most vulnerable to devastation from future hurricanes nearly three months after Hurricane Irma devastated several islands of the Bahamas, Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis said yesterday.

Speed ‘a common trend’ after spate of fatal crashes

SPEED appears to be a “common trend” in the six traffic fatalities that occurred on the weekend, Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police Stephen Dean said yesterday, however he added all of the incidents had not yet been analysed.

Safeguards being put in place before tax-free zone rollout

GENTRIFICATION, fraud and conflicts-of-interests are threats to the government’s inner-city tax-free zone plan that experts are aiming to create safeguards against before the policy’s rollout next year, Dr Nicola Virgill-Rolle, head of the Economic Planning Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister, said yesterday.

Project brings technology into education

PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis launched his administration’s Over-the-Hill eLearning Project at the Willard Patton Pre-School yesterday.

Dean appointed as Ambassador to Republic of Cuba

THE Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced the appointment of Brent Dean as The Bahamas’ ambassador to the Republic of Cuba.

VIDEO: Fred Smith, QC, removed from Detention Centre

ATTORNEY Fred Smith, QC, was physically removed from the Detention Centre yesterday morning, after he was blocked from seeing a client and "ignored" by Department of Immigration supervisors.

Carnage on roads claims six

A 68-year-old woman pedestrian is among six dead as a result of four separate traffic fatalities in New Providence, Grand Bahama and Abaco over the weekend.

New digital banking to cost jobs

THE announced discontinuation of many of Royal Bank of Canada’s in house services in a push to become more digital could signal similar actions by other banks in the country, raising concerns that more Bahamians may soon be unemployed, Minister of Financial Services, Trade and Industry Brent Symonette told The Tribune.

UPDATED: Two die in police shootout

TWO men died early Saturday morning after a gun battle with police and a high-speed car chase. While police have not released the identities of the men, The Tribune understands they are Harold Kevin Brown and Richard “Buddy” Bastian.

Union leader blasts departing BPL director

PRESIDENT of the Bahamas Electrical Workers Union Paul Maynard yesterday cheered the resignation of former Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) Executive Director Deepak Bhatnagar, calling him the “symbol” of the company’s past failures.