DESPITE calls for his resignation and a heightened concern over the wellbeing of people exposed to chemicals from the 2012 Rubis underground gasoline leak in Marathon, Health Minister Dr Perry Gomez refused to answer questions yesterday on his ministry's response to this crisis.

Ambassador of Cuba to the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, His Excellency Ernesto Soberon Guzman (left), and Minister of Financial Services, Hon. Hope Strachan (right).

SIX men, accused of being a part of a firearm trafficking ring, appeared in Magistrate's Court yesterday facing seven firearm-related offences that carry up to seven years imprisonment if found guilty.