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Court hears questions on monitoring

AN issue was raised yesterday during a murder and armed robbery trial as to whether an employee of a company responsible for monitoring offenders put in the Electronic Monitoring Programme by the courts could speak to a report that was not signed by her supervisor.

Status hearing in shooting case

TWO men accused of having a role in a fatal shooting last summer appeared in the Supreme Court for a status hearing yesterday.

From tomboy to queen of the tiaras for pageant winner

WHEN Mariah Sherman reluctantly entered the Miss St George’s High Pageant in Grand Bahama, she did not take part with the intention of winning the title. But that is exactly what she did.

Police seek teenager over armed robbery in Freeport

GRAND Bahama police are searching for a Freeport teen they believe can help with an investigation into an armed robbery incident.

Trio wanted

THREE men are wanted in New Providence for breach of their Supreme Court bail conditions.

‘Four-hour botched surgery left me close to death’

VALERIE Smith’s routine hysterectomy and fibroid removal operation was supposed take an hour and a half, but instead took four hours after a doctor allegedly botched the surgery that left her “butchered and gravely ill” and nearly dead.

Crawfish season closes tomorrow until July 31

THE Department of Marine Resources has advised that the 2017 closed season for the capturing of crawfish starts on April 1 and runs to July 31.

Gibson: More labour reforms ahead under PLP

MINISTER of Labour and National Insurance Shane Gibson yesterday called the passage of the labour amendments by Parliament this week “a great place to start”, implying that if re-elected the Christie administration would expand on its labour reform actions.

Accreditation for Cancer Centre

THE Cancer Centre Bahamas has been accredited for a further three years by the American College of Radiation Oncology (ACRO).

US warning to avoid political protests in election season

THE United States Embassy in Nassau has again warned its staff, citizens and US visitors in the capital and Paradise Island to avoid political demonstrations, advising that The Bahamas’ election season has started.

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Cycling Club Bahamas. - The club would like to support the Kiwanis Club of Nassau on this Saturday’s ride (April 1st). We would like to meet at Harbour Bay at 5:15am and leave at 5:30am to congregate at Goodman’s Bay for a 6am start. We will start at Goodman’s Bay (6am) and complete our regular 40 mile ride and return to Goodman’s Bay to finish. The entry fee is $12. Please bring a completed form.

Two-year delay in feed mill upgrades after dispute

UPGRADES at the Gladstone Road Feed Mill intended to provide uninterrupted power supply and higher quality feed have been halted for nearly two years due to a disagreement between the project’s consultant and the Bahamas Agricultural and Industrial Corporation (BAIC), Agriculture Minister V Alfred Gray confirmed yesterday.

‘Time is very short’ until the election bell is rung

WHILE much of the country waits in anticipation for Prime Minister Perry Christie to “ring the bell” indicating the date for the 2017 election, yesterday he hinted that “time is very short” until voters head to the polls.

Father of four denies voter fraud

A HARBOUR Island father of four denied committing voter fraud during his arraignment in Magistrate’s Court yesterday afternoon.

$35m spent by govt on recovery after hurricane

THE government spent $35m on hurricane-related expenses as of January 31, Prime Minister Perry Christie said yesterday.

PM: Not a dollar of VAT wasted

AMID lingering questions regarding Value-Added Tax (VAT) collections, Prime Minister Perry Christie was on the defensive yesterday as he explained how his administration handled $1.14bn in VAT revenue accumulated during 2015 and 2016, insisting that not one dollar of the money has been “frittered away” or spent “surreptitiously”.

Making reading vocabulous

THE students and staff at Mt Carmel Preparatory Academy primary division observed the month of February as ‘Vocabulous Expedition’ month.

Dame Joan Sawyer blasts Fitzgerald fuel leak silence

FORMER President of the Court of Appeal Dame Joan Sawyer has lashed out at Marathon MP Jerome Fitzgerald for his revelation earlier in this Parliamentary term that he kept quiet for more than a year on the contents of a report into an underground fuel leak in his constituency.

Nearly $1.3m in bank account after creation of BTC foundation

PRIME Minister Perry Christie yesterday moved to address lingering concerns over the two per cent shares in the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) Ltd that were placed into a foundation after negotiations more than three years ago.

Gibson denies cancellation of armed forces health coverage

MINISTER of Labour and National Insurance Shane Gibson hit back at social media rumours that the government was cancelling health coverage for members of the armed forces once National Health Insurance comes on stream.

FNM blasts landfill ‘false hope’

AS the government continues its search for resolutions at the New Providence dump site, Free National Movement (FNM) Deputy Leader Peter Turnquest yesterday dismissed indications that the administration was now exploring a request for proposal (RFP) process, blasting the move as “empty rhetoric” presented as means to “inspire false hope” to those that have suffered through the “calamity” of fires.

Professor calls for smoke event index system

A LOCAL university professor yesterday called for the establishment of a smoke event index, as well as the placement of smoke monitoring systems throughout New Providence to better equip the capital with the means by which to better assess hazards caused by the recurring fires at the New Providence Landfill.

Activists fear FOI Act will not be enacted as election looms

AS the general election looms, activists fear that the government’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2017 is heading for the same fate of its predecessor, which was passed by the previous government months before the 2012 election but never enacted.

Rotary Clubs team up to support community efforts

ROTARY clubs in the eastern United States and across the Caribbean Basin are combining resources to promote Community Service Projects reflecting Rotary International’s six areas of focus.

Doctors speak up on NHI changes

AS the enrollment phase of National Health Insurance (NHI) nears, senior doctors are still seeking answers to a long-held question: what about the healthcare system and culture in the Bahamas will truly change when NHI is introduced?