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WITH donations pouring in from around the world in the wake of Hurricane Matthew, the need for transparency and accountability is critical if the Bahamas is to remain a reputable recipient of international beneficence, a group of civic leaders said yesterday.
VETERAN Bahamian trade union leader Jennifer Isaacs-Dotson has been elected as President of The Caribbean Congress of Labour (CCL), the regional trade union of national workers organisations.
A MAN accused of the attempted sexual assault of a 12-year-old girl will not have his case transferred to the Supreme Court until next month.
A MAN was fined $5,000 yesterday after he pleaded guilty to possession of dangerous drugs with intent to supply.
THE government has received almost $1.4 million in applications submitted by persons seeking to utilise the exigency order declared in the wake of Hurricane Matthew, Minister of National Insurance and Labour Shane Gibson said yesterday. The 180-day exigency order, declared effective from October 7, allows residents affected by the storm to import certain items into the country duty and tax-free. It only covers New Providence, Grand Bahama, the Berry Islands and North and Central Andros.
EMERGENCY Medical Services personnel on Grand Bahama are currently using cell phones as their “primary means” of communication because of problems with their radio communications system, Labour and National Insurance Minister Shane Gibson said yesterday.
MINISTER of National Security Dr Bernard Nottage said Wednesday that the Bahamas is in the “critical stages” of establishing a Drug Treatment Court to provide an alternative to incarceration for drug-dependent offenders through treatment and rehabilitation.
THE Christie administration is “selling souls to the Chinese,” businessman Dionisio D’Aguilar said yesterday in response to reports that the government gave the Bahamas embassy in China the go-ahead to have talks with Chinese officials about an agri-fisheries proposal for Andros.
AFTER numerous delays, the Public Accounts Committee tabled its report into the Urban Renewal Commission, finding it “severely lacking in accountability” coupled with “minimal fiscal safeguards” and led by co-chairs who are extremely “naïve” and unclear of their roles to properly administer the initiative.
LABOUR Minister Shane Gibson yesterday rejected the Public Accounts Committee’s report on the Urban Renewal Small Homes Repair project and accused the PAC of “churlish, politically driven, and obtuse bias,” which led it to dismiss credible evidence during its probe.
THE government is seeking to borrow $28.3 million from the Caribbean Development Bank to improve the access and quality of water in the Bahamas.
ASUE Draw & Spin, one of the eight web shop companies granted a provisional licence to operate in the country last year, has opted not to renew its provisional licence, effectively exiting from the sector, Tourism Minister Obie Wilchcombe confirmed yesterday.
A MAN was sentenced yesterday to nine years in prison for the gunpoint robbery of a café in which $16 and two cellular phones were stolen.
AGRICULTURE and Fisheries V Alfred Gray sought to defend himself from criticism yesterday, after a letter he wrote to the Bahamian ambassador to China expressing interest in a $2.1 billion Chinese proposal for Andros was published.
POLICE are investigating the murder of a 22-year-old man that took place on Monday.
FORMER Attorney General Alfred Sears has criticised Tourism Minister Obie Wilchcombe for “lecturing him on integrity” while not giving full disclosure about the circumstances surrounding the postponement of the Caribbean Muzik Festival.
POINTING to the landmark Court of Appeal ruling on the treatment of children in the justice system, child rights advocate and lawyer Tavarrie Smith called on Attorney General Allyson Maynard-Gibson to immediately relocate juveniles on remand at the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services.
DIRECTOR of Education Lionel Sands yesterday said the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology is “not concerned” about the attempts of a police officer to resolve a fight between two public school students by striking them with his nightstick.
BLIND, a drama starring Alec Baldwin and Demi Moore, has been selected to open the 2016 Bahamas International Film Festival (BIFF) in Nassau in December with a red carpet screening in Rawson Square.
THE trial into the theft of $31,000 allegedly by former employees of the Bahamas National Festival Commission has been adjourned to 2017.
A MAN awaiting trial in connection with a fatal nightclub shooting was granted bail in the Supreme Court yesterday.
POLICE in Great Harbour Cay, Berry Islands arrested a man and a woman on Monday after the seizure of a quantity of dangerous drugs.
FREE National Movement Deputy Leader Peter Turnquest yesterday levelled a stinging criticism at Hurricane Matthew Czar Shane Gibson, saying it was “asinine” to accuse him of deliberately attempting to undermine the government’s relief efforts, while suggesting that the government could have a case of misappropriated funds in play.
A series of post-crisis seminars, jointly sponsored by the Ministry for Grand Bahama, the Grand Bahama Port Authority and the Grand Bahama Chamber of Commerce, will be held in Grand Bahama on Thursday and Friday to assist residents with their restoration efforts, both personally and professionally.
AN all-inclusive weekend cruise from Miami to Nassau is being promoted for a second year to help attract crowds to the 2017 Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival.