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Ministry of Agriculture and Marine Resources Update on Contaminated Eggs Following Alarm Created on Social Media
Ministry of Agriculture and Marine Resources Update on Contaminated Eggs Following Alarm Created on Social Media
The Department of Agriculture wishes to advise the public of the voluntary recall of eggs produced by Rose Acre Farms? Hyde Country Farm...
Union chief not alarmed by WSC down-sizing report
Union chief not alarmed by WSC down-sizing report
PRESIDENT of the Bahamas Utilities Service and Allied Workers Union Dwayne Woods said yesterday he has told his members not to be alarmed over reports the Water & Sewerage Corporation will likely be right-sizing its workforce through voluntary separations.
Environmentalist sounds alarm on Oban deal
Environmentalist sounds alarm on Oban deal
Environmentalist Sam Duncombe has sounded the alarm over the Oban Energies oil refinery project for Grand Bahama and the government's decision to sign a heads of agreement prior to an environmental impact assessment (EIA) being completed. Duncombe raised the concern in her speech at a U.S. [...]
Editorial Haitian landings should not alarm us
Editorial Haitian landings should not alarm us
Haiti is the poorest country in the hemisphere. The Bahamas, despite its economic troubles the past decade, is wealthy in comparison. Haitians come here to escape hardship. They can find jobs as domestics. They can find jobs as laborers. What they earn here allows them [...]
Dames: No alarm over RBDF guns purchase
Dames: No alarm over RBDF guns purchase
NATIONAL Security Minister Marvin Dames stuck to his guns yesterday as he rebuffed lingering concerns over revelations the Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF) sourced weapons and military items from a home-based business.Mr Dames said while he underst
Union sounds alarm over teacher crisis
Union sounds alarm over teacher crisis
THE recruitment of Cuban teachers before the new school term doesn?t satisfy the worrying shortage the country faces, Bahamas Union of Teachers President Belinda Wilson said yesterday...
Sands sounds alarm on country's overall health
Sands sounds alarm on country's overall health
Though The Bahamas performs exceptionally well in tourism, finance and sports internationally, it "leads in ways that are destructive to the fabric of our social and economic well-being", said Minister of Health Dr. Duane Sands as he pointed to startling statistics on the state of HIV/AIDS, diabetes, breast cancer and homicides in the country.
In his contribution to the 2017/2018 budget debate, Sa...
Bahamas alarm at US withdrawal from Paris climate change deal
THE Ministry of Foreign Affairs has expressed The Bahamas' concern regarding the announced withdrawal of the United States from the Paris Agreement on climate change.
Mobile number portability defectors not alarmingly high, reveals BTC
Since the launch of mobile number portability (MNP) nearly a month ago, Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) Vice President Carlyle Roberts said yesterday that there has not been an alarming number of the incumbent's business customers switching over to its competitor.
Speaking with Guardian Business, Roberts said that there have been some switchovers since MNP began.
"We have had about a doze...
Health inspectors to probe Chinese restaurant after alarming video of worker goes viral
Health inspectors to probe Chinese restaurant after alarming video of worker goes viral
A health inspector has been assigned to investigate the alleged collection of "gutter oil" from a puddle by an unknown worker allegedly from a Chinese restaurant in New Providence, according to officials from the Department of Environmental Health Services.