29 August 2019
The Court of Appeal yesterday dismissed an appeal to set aside the judgement of acquittal on the no case to answer submission for former Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Senator Frank Smith’s extortion and bribery case. The grounds of appeal were that the “learned magistrate took extraneous matters into consideration, evidence was wrongly rejected or inadmissible […]
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29 August 2019
Opposition Leader Philip Davis yesterday called for the government “to go” following the Court of Appeal’s decision to dismiss the Crown’s appeal against former Progressive Liberal Party Senator Frank Smith. He also renewed the call for the ministers of health and national security to resign for their involvement in the case. Mr. Davis expressed that […]
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29 August 2019
Although the Supreme Court granted an injunction ordering striking junior doctors to return to work, the Public Hospitals Authority (PHA) announced yesterday that members of the Bahamas Doctors Union (BDU) decided to continue with their industrial action. “As a result, services at the Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH), Sandilands Rehabilitation Centre (SRC), Rand Memorial Hospital and […]
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29 August 2019
Suicide in the country is a major concern for the Ministry of Health, after the STEPS Survey 2019, revealed that 6.3 percent of Bahamians have considered suicide. Revealing the preliminary results of that survey, Minister of Health Dr. Duane Sands, on Tuesday, said that percentage accounted for 17,000 Bahamians. “In this study that 6.3 percent […]
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29 August 2019
Under Deportation Order, 112 Haitian nationals were deported to Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Wednesday. A joint team of law enforcement officers accompanied the Haitian nationals as they departed the Lynden Pindling International Airport at 7:30 a.m. onboard a Bahamasair flight. The group of Haitian nationals included 93 males and 19 females. The exercise was led by […]
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29 August 2019
Eight Haitian nationals were rescued during a combined effort by members of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force and OPBAT on Wednesday morning after their vessel ran aground in the southern Bahamas. The 57-feet wooden cargo freighter ‘Shamu Too’ was enoute to Haiti when the vessel experienced mechanical failure. As a result, it ran aground near […]
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28 August 2019
The Supreme Court granted an injunction yesterday, which ordered that striking junior doctors return to work. The injunction was granted around at 5:45 p.m. by Justice Ian Winder. It was ordered that the Bahamas Doctors Union (BDU) be restrained from contravening sections 76, 77 and 83 of the Industrial Relations Act. Further, the union was […]
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28 August 2019
Immigration officer Edwin Morley was charged in the Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday for conspiracy to commit fraud and fraud by false pretences. Morley, 31, of Pinewood Gardens was arraigned along with 48-year-old Clive Schroeter of Lady Slipper Avenue. According to police, the men allegedly obtained $2,000 from Jamal Forbes by false pretences. Morley was also […]
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28 August 2019
Minister of Transport Renward Wells announced on Tuesday that the government is planning to roll out the unified bus system pilot program early next week. According to Wells, the pilot program is expected to begin on September 2. Before the weekly Cabinet meeting, Wells said the six month pilot program is basically a study to […]
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28 August 2019
Bahamas Doctors Union (BDU) President Dr. Melisande Bassett said yesterday that the “war wages on” as she responded to Minister of Labour Dion Foulkes’ announcement that he referred the union’s matter to the Industrial Tribunal. Yesterday marked day seven of the union’s strike action stemming from a decade of outstanding holiday pay. “As many of […]
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