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NASSAU, BAHAMAS - Having led a sick-out for two consecutive days last week, Minister of Labour, Dion Foulkes, on Tuesday expressed hope that all union issues at the National Insurance Board (NIB) are settled soon as they seem to be reconcilable. “From what I understand, and from speaking to Minister Brensil Rolle, it does not seem as if there are...

Says PHA has reduced contracts from three years to one year without consultation NASSAU, BAHAMAS - Months after the Bahamas Doctors Union (BDU) agreed to call off strike action over outstanding holiday pay, the junior doctors are once again threatening to withdraw their services. This time, the doctors claim the Public Hospitals Authority (PHA) has reduced employee contracts from three...

Wells: Give us a chance NASSAU, BAHAMAS - Scores of disgruntled taxi drivers encircled Transport Minister Renward Wells outside of the Cabinet Office on Tuesday, expressing their concerns about a number of ‘unfair practices,’ which they claim are putting a dent in their operations. The Bahamas Taxi Cab Union has repeatedly voiced several concerns in recent months on a number...

NASSAU, BAHAMAS - The Rights Bahamas group on Tuesday expressed that it takes issue with a recent suggestion that was made by Immigration Minister, Brent Symonette, who called on the group’s legal director, Fred Smith,QC, to stop suing the government and collaborate with the Attorney General’s office to avoid the treasury losing large sums of money in the form of...

Jonquel Jones and the Connecticut continue their hot start to the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) 2019 regular season. In the second game of the season, Jones poured in 25 points on 10-16 shooting from the field, including four three-pointers, in an 88-77 win over the Indiana Fever on Tuesday night. Jones scored 14 of her points in the first...

The Bahamas Power and Light's plant in Alice Town, Bimini went up in flames last night. According to sources on the island, no one was injured in the blaze, however, most residents on the island lost power as a result. BPL officials confirmed the fire yesterday, but have not yet announced a timetable regarding when the power on the island...

Union president alleges taxi drivers are being victimized at RTD NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Fed-up that their concerns continue to fall on deaf ears, the Bahamas Taxi Cab Union will lead an early morning protest today at Rawson Square. President of the Bahamas Taxi Cab Union, Wesley Ferguson, told Eyewitness News yesterday that the union has made several attempts to sit down...

Says hotel workers are hurting and unhappy NASSAU, BAHAMAS - Sheila Burrows, the General Secretary of The Bahamas Hotel Catering and Allied Workers Union (BHCAWU), expressed on Monday that while some may frown on the union taking a strike poll, set for this Thursday, such a move is necessary as hotel workers are ‘hurting and unhappy’. “Things have not been...

NASSAU, BAHAMAS - The mother of the country's latest murder victim expressed on Monday that while her heart is full, she is not shocked that her son met his demise as he had been shot on two prior occasions. “This is the third time said Gloria Ferguson, the mother of 28-year-old Anthony Ferguson, also known as Baby. According to police...

NASSAU, BAHAMAS - Operations at the National Insurance Board (NIB) returned to normal on Monday, after employees staged a two-day sick out last week, severely crippling operations and forcing the closure of several  NIB outlets in New Providence and the Family Islands. Yesterday, Union of Public Officers (UPO) President, Marvin Duncombe, confirmed that the majority of the union’s 400 members...

NASSAU, BAHAMAS - The family of Dwayne Jackson, who was stabbed to death in November of 2011, is angry that the man convicted of his murder will serve less than 10 years in prison. Don Brennen, 64, appeared before Justice Renae McKay on Monday and was sentenced to nine years in prison. Brennen spent one year, four months and 19...

NASSAU, BAHAMAS - Despite the negative reports that have surfaced on social media and on talk shows after a police-involved shooting in the eastern district of New Providence some two weeks ago, Royal Bahamas Police Force Commissioner Anthony Ferguson expressed on Monday that he stands by the actions of his officers. “Let me say the officers who were on the...

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill, 2019, passed in Senate NASSAU, BAHAMAS - In an impassioned plea in the Upper Chamber, Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Senator Fred Mitchell yesterday called on legislators to consider a further amendment to the Road Traffic Amendment Bill, 2019, that would provide stiffer penalties for motorists convicted of killing during the course of dangerous driving. The Senate...

The Bahamas ranked 6th in region NASSAU, BAHAMAS - One-thousand, five hundred and forty-five (1,545) Bahamians overstayed their non-immigrant visas and stayed on in the United States between October 2017 and September 2018, according to data from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The DHS’ ‘Fiscal Year 2018 Entry/Exit Overstay Report’ showed breaks down country by country the 666,582...

Billionaire Harald McPike, an Austrian-born resident of The Bahamas, has settled a United States lawsuit against North-Virginia based Space Adventures (SA) Limited after two years of litigation over a $7 million deposit for a “circumlunar space flight” to the moon. McPike sued the company in federal court in Alexandria in May 2017 for fraud, consumer fraud, breach of contract, conversion...

Department of Labour to meet intervene today NASSAU, BAHAMAS - Director of Labour John Pinder yesterday encouraged the management of National Insurance Board and the unions that represents line staff and managers to be “reasonable” as the department intervenes today in an effort to end the stalemate which prompted scores of employees to engage in a mass sickout last week....

Man shot while walking through track road NASSAU, BAHAMAS - Police in the capital are investigating a shooting incident that occurred on Sunday, May 26, 2019, which left an adult male dead. According to police reports, shortly after 10:00a.m., a male was walking through a track road off Rupert Dean Lane, when he was approached by an armed man who...

NASSAU, BAHAMAS - Police on New Providence are investigating a shooting incident that occurred on Sunday, May 26, 2019, which claimed the life of an adult male. According to police reports, shortly after 10a.m. on Sunday, a shooting was reported on Dorsette Alley off West Street. Upon arrival at the scene, police found that a male had been shot multiple...