NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The Ministry of Health announced yesterday that all frontline and non-frontline workers who assisted with the national response to COVID-19 during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in The Bahamas will be paid a long-promised honorarium by cheque on or before the second week of August 2021. The Bahamas government had […]
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IT’S STILL AN EMERGENCY: GG issues new emergency proclamation
GG cites low vaccination percentage and ongoing third wave as justification Emergency orders, including curfew, have been in place 14 months and counting NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The governor general has issued a new proclamation declaring a continued state of emergency in The Bahamas due to the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The proclamation of emergency, which […]
Legal action filed against PM, AG over state of emergency
NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Twenty-one people are suing the prime minister and attorney general for damages, claiming that the state of emergency and emergency orders have breached their constitutional rights. The writ, filed by Attorney Wayne Munroe on Tuesday, seeks declarations that there was no state of emergency within the meaning and contemplation of Article 29 […]