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‘Government will get rid of BPL secret elite list’

WHILE the Minnis administration fell short of its pledge to begin holding the elected officials accountable who have failed to comply with the Public Disclosure Act, Press Secretary Anthony Newbold said Tuesday Bahamians can be assured the administration will get rid of Bahamas Power & Light’s do not disconnect list for elites who owe substantial arrears.

Dean-Patterson among consultants not retained

WOMEN’S rights advocate and consultant to the Ministry of Social Services and Urban Development Dr Sandra Dean-Patterson was among more than 100 re-engaged pensioners who were notified by the Minnis administration their services were no longer needed.

Maria ramps up to reach category 5

HURRICANE Maria grew into a category five storm as it barreled toward islands in the eastern Caribbean yesterday with forecasters warning it was likely to grow even stronger before it impacts the Bahamas late Friday.

Patients are trapped by lack of funds

HEALTH Minister Dr Duane Sands said yesterday the government is still trying to decide what it can afford to do regarding the homeless patients who are lodged at the Princess Margaret Hospital.

Fox hill families: We need more help

WHEN gunshots go off in Fox Hill, as they do almost every night according to residents there, Lavern McPhee Gray’s heart flops.

Two charged in $80k post office scam

A FORMER female Post Office employee and a businessman were charged in Magistrate’s Court with defrauding the Bahamas government of over $80,000 in a six-month period.

BPL’s elite list 'just a privilege'

FORMER Bahamas Electricity Corporation Executive Chairman Leslie Miller said yesterday there is nothing “unusual” about parliamentarians, top civil servants and churches being placed on a special “do not disconnect” list at Bahamas Power and Light.

40% of users disconnected now hook up illegally

NEARLY half of Bahamas Power and Light’s disconnected customers are reconnected illegally by paying “bribes” to employees, a problem officials are hoping to rectify by launching a new automated system within a year, BPL Chairwoman Darnell Osborne told The Tribune.

What kind of policy keeps children out of school?

A HAITIAN mother is considering placing her 11-year-old special needs son in the care of the state after he was allegedly denied access to school for three consecutive years because of the country’s immigration policy.

Bimini starts to rebuild after Hurricane Irma

WHILE Hurricane Irma has claimed more than 30 lives in the Caribbean, one Bimini resident is indeed grateful there was no loss of life on the tiny island in the northern Bahamas.

Three arrested after gunshots

BIMINI police arrested three men after hearing gunshots fired near a business early Sunday morning.

Fresh water projects 'critical' for islands

SUSTAINABLE fresh-water projects in Andros and Exuma were said yesterday to be “very critical” during the official ceremony of UNESCO’s eighth Meeting of National Committees and Focal Points of Latin American and Caribbean for the International Hydro

Hunt for shooters

POLICE are searching for two men, suspected of a shooting incident that sent a man to hospital on Sunday. Shortly before 6pm Sunday, two men were driving on Ida Street when their car was approached by two armed men in a grey Chrysler vehicle, who sh

Cabinet alert over fake cash grants

THE Cabinet Office has advised the public to be on the alert about a “cash grant” scam involving fraudsters who are circulating erroneous information they claim is from Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis about a programme to help persons who are down on

'Time to come home to Acklins,' administrator tells island evacuees

JEFFREY Forbes, one of his island’s oldest living residents, has a message for Hurricane Irma’s Acklins evacuees: Come home and clean up your yard.In the wake of Hurricane Irma, the island’s largest problem is neither flooding nor destroyed homes as

Coastal clean-up for Grand Bahama

ON Saturday, 28 students from Lucaya International School (LIS) on Grand Bahama Island and six Earthcare volunteers arrived at Gold Rock Beach International Coastal Clean-up Day (ICC) at Lucayan National Park. Gail Woon, zone captain for Gold Rock B

Dingman given lifetime achievement award

MARQUIS Who’s Who, the premier authority on who makes a difference in the worlds of politics, law, science, art, business and community, has bestowed its highest honour on visionary entrepreneur Michael D Dingman, naming him a 2017 Marquis Who’s Who

UPDATED: We may have a problem with Maria

Monday morning UPDATE: In the eastern Caribbean, Hurricane Maria is intensifying

Driver mows down woman after row

POLICE are searching for a female suspect who intentionally struck a woman with a vehicle following an argument in the Blue Hill Road south area early Sunday morning.

Fox Hill teenager shot dead

POLICE are investigating the circumstances surrounding the shooting death of a 17-year-old boy in the Fox Hill area on Saturday evening.

Arthur, the boy living in the paediatric ward

FOR five-year-old Arthur, a perfect day consists of touring the hospital with his favourite nurse, eating lots of pizza and watching Barney shows.

The patients stuck in hospital with no home to go to

THOUSANDS of dollars spent daily at Princess Margaret Hospital to lodge homeless patients exposes an historic gap in the country’s ability to adequately care for its citizens in the face of rising demands for public health care, The Tribune has learned.

The secret elite who owe BPL thousands

BAHAMAS Power and Light has given politicians and government officials who were on a special “do not disconnect” list seven days to pay their “outrageous” bills or be disconnected.

Hurricanes a symptom of climate change

EVENTS like Hurricane Irma, which devastated Ragged Island as it moved throughout the region this month, have left no doubt humans are living through a period of climate change, CARICOM Secretary General Irwin LaRocque said Friday after landing here.

Teenager shot dead in Fox Hill

Police are searching for two suspects after a 17-year-old boy was shot dead in Fox Hill on Saturday