Legal aid project launched by Eugene Dupuch Law School

THE Eugene Dupuch Law School (EDLS) has partnered with the Attorney General's Office, The Bahamas Bar Association and The Caribbean Agency for Justice Solutions (the Agency) to launch a Community-Based Legal Aid Project (CLAP).

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Woman accused of aiding murder bid

A 25-year-old woman was remanded to prison yesterday accused of aiding in the attempted murder of a man last week.

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Govt to pay $177,000 to aid straw vendors

GRAND Bahama Minister Ginger Moxey announced yesterday that the government will be providing monetary assistance to hurting straw vendors at Port Lucaya Marketplace and other industry workers on that island this week.

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US donates $300k equipment to aid jail

THE United States delivered nearly $300,000 worth of advanced imaging and scanning technology and radio equipment to the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services yesterday.

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Concerns over food aid programme 'ludicrous'

PHILIP Smith, former executive director of the Bahamas Feeding Network, says a probe into the operations of the former government's feeding initiative could potentially overshadow the magnitude of aid brought to thousands of people who were in need due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Pineridge holds Legal Aid Clinic

Freeport, The Bahamas - Continuing his mandate to better the
lives of the Pineridge Constituents, the Hon. J. Kwasi Thompson, Member
of Parliament for Pineridge  on Saturday past hosted a Legal Aid
Clinic for residence of the Sunset Subdivision and Back-of-Town Communities.

Attorneys David Thompson, Neville WIlchcombe
and Mr. Thompson himself provided FREE Legal Advice in a myriad of are...

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$25m cocaine smugglers say officer aided them

TWO Venezuelan men who were caught trying to smuggle $25m worth of cocaine into the country last week were sentenced to five years in prison yesterday.

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Thieves raid aid group's food store

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'DYING PEOPLE TOO SLOW TO SEEK HELP': Darville says patients not seeking medical aid until it is too late

HEALTH and Wellness Minister Dr Michael Darville has lamented the country's rising COVID-19 death toll, saying local health experts believe it is the result of people seeking medical intervention too late in their illness when help is less likely to yield results.

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4,000 more seek help from govt after food aid ends

SOCIAL Services and Urban Development Minister Obie Wilchcombe said yesterday that some 4,000 Bahamians who were receiving assistance from the government's national food distribution programme have now been added to his ministry's aid list since the food initiative ended.

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