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Ragged Island rebuild now up to 12m
Ragged Island rebuild now up to 12m
WORKS Minister Desmond Bannister defended the government's decision to spend millions of dollars on infrastructure at Ragged Island, telling Parliament it came down to a matter of "life and death" for residents...
Vital Ragged Island facilities to be rebuilt
Vital Ragged Island facilities to be rebuilt
NATIONAL Emergency Management Agency Director Captain Stephen Russell yesterday said the Ministry of Works should shortly be approving plans to rebuild key government infrastructure such as a police station, clinic, and island administrator's office in Ragged Island...
PM: Politics Should be Eliminated in the Granting of Public Contracts
The Bahamas has wasted too much public funds in granting contracts to persons who failed to perform the job, and the Government is seeking to remove political influence from the process of granting publicly tendered contracts, Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. Hubert Ingraham told reporters Monday.
Healthcare professionals to speak as block
Healthcare professionals to speak as block
Accused by the United Healthcare Reform Alliance (UHRA) of disrespecting Bahamian expertise and altruism in the healthcare sector, the National Health Insurance (NHI) Secretariat yesterday took a conciliatory tone, but nonetheless insisted it has been incorporating stakeholder input "as much as possible".
DNA expert reports on findings in murder case
DNA expert reports on findings in murder case
The DNA of Marco Archer was found on a T-shirt cutting that also contained the DNA of Kofhe Goodman, the man on trial for his murder, a Supreme Court jury heard yesterday.
Goodman, who is also known as Edwardo Ferguson, is accused of the murder of 11-year-old Marco, who went missing on September 23, 2011. Police found his suspected remains in bushes behind Goodman's home on September 28...
U.S. Government Donates 30,000 to the Salvation Army to Repair Hurricane Shelters
Nassau, Bahamas - On Thursday, June
20, the United States Government through the Office of Foreign Disaster
Assistance (OFDA) formally presented The Bahamas Division of the
Salvation Army Bahamas Division with a $30,000 USD grant to assist with
critical repairs and refitting of two emergency community shelters in
the Bain and Grants Town communities in Nassau.? The donation is timely
a...
Christie Won't be Pressured on BEC
Christie Won't be Pressured on BEC
Prime Minister Perry Christie yesterday chastised the Bahamas Electrical Workers Union (BEWU) for making public demands on him to fire Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) Chairman Leslie Miller, charging that he does not do business that way."