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• Judge rules doctors union violated act when it continued strike after matter sent to tribunal
  Scores of frustrated members of the Bahamas Doctors Union march to Rawson Square in protest. FILEThe Bahamas Doctors Union (BDU) violated the Industrial Relations Act when it continued to strike despite the matter being referred to the Industrial Tribunal, Supreme Court Justice Ian Winder ruled yesterday. Winder ordered that the BDU be restrained from contravening […]
• Agreement signed for $64 mil. medical school in Freeport
  The government signed a heads of agreement yesterday with Western Atlantic University School of Medicine Ltd. for the establishment of a $64 million medical school in Freeport, Grand Bahama. Pictured signing is Western Atlantic University School of Medicine CEO Peter Goetz.The government yesterday signed a heads of agreement with Western Atlantic University School of Medicine […]
• Trial of pair accused of John Bull robbery delayed
  Phynarge Wright (left) and Diego Carey being escorted by police. FILEThe trial of two men accused of a smash-and-grab robbery at the John Bull Store in the Baha Mar Resort was adjourned yesterday at the request of the prosecution. Prosecutors allege that Diego Carey and Phynarge Wright broke two showcases on May 5 and helped […]
• Two killed in Abaco traffic accident
  Two men were killed in a traffic accident on Abaco yesterday, police said. According to reports, the accident happened near Cooper’s Town, when a driver of a blue Toyota Corolla who was traveling north on the S.C. Bootle Highway collided with a white Chevrolet Malibu […] The post Two killed in Abaco traffic accident appeared […]
• Morton Bahamas and union sign new agreement
  Trade Union Congress (TUC) President Obie Ferguson, left; Minister of Labour Dion Foulkes and General Manager of Morton Salt Michael Scott Nixon during the signing of an industrial agreement between Morton Salt and the Bahamas Industrial Manufacturers and Allied Workers Union (BIMAWU), yesterday. TONYA ALEXISAfter two years of negotiations, Morton Salt Bahamas Limited yesterday signed a […]
• Reckley and others re-arraigned on money laundering charges
  Former Urban Renewal Deputy Director Michelle Reckley.Former Deputy Director of Urban Renewal Michelle Reckley and four others were re-arraigned Monday on money laundering charges in compliance with a Court of Appeal decision that sent that case back to the Magistrate’s Court for hearing. Prosecutors say that Reckley defrauded the government of […] The post Reckley […]