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• 57,000 more Pfizer vaccines arrive
  First doses of the Pfizer vaccine could resume as early as today, Minister of Health and Wellness Dr. Michael Darville said yesterday, moments after 57,330 doses of Pfizer landed in the country. On October 12, the ministry said due to diminishing supplies of Pfizer, first doses would no longer be offered as of October 18.  Darville said […]
• Forbes: Still not out of the woods
  Four more people died from COVID-19, the Ministry of Health and Wellness reported yesterday, bringing the total number of deaths from the virus to 630.  While the number of daily reported COVID cases and hospitalization continue to decrease, the number of reported deaths remains high.  The latest deaths include two men and two women. The […]
• Sears: I would be conflicted if I were to review BPL report
  Minister of Works and Utilities Alfred Sears said yesterday he will not review a probe into Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) because it would be a conflict of interest. Before he was elected to Parliament and appointed to Cabinet, Sears, a Queen’s Counsel, represented former BPL Executive Chairperson Darnell Osborne after she and other former […]
• Cartwright eyes possible leadership role in FNM
  St. Barnabas MP Shanendon Cartwright said yesterday that he is giving “serious consideration” to running for one of the leadership roles in the Free National Movement (FNM) but would not say if he is considering a run for leader during the party’s convention next month. He said people have told him that they are willing to […]
• Govt would not support electricity rate hike in GB
  The government opposes the proposed Grand Bahama Power Company’s (GBPC) rate adjustment given the vulnerability of residents who have yet to recover from Hurricane Dorian two years ago, Minister of Works and Utilities Alfred Sears said yesterday. “The government has also a responsibility to implement and to revise from time to time an energy policy,” […]
• Court seizes $10k from accused drug dealer
  A man’s weak math skills caused him to lose over $10,000. Eddie Hugh Miller, 37, admitted to failing to declare $10,290 to Bahamas customs on June 9. Miller was arraigned earlier this year, but he changed his plea to guilty yesterday when he appeared before Chief Magistrate Joyann Ferguson-Pratt. According to Dion Smith, Miller didn’t […]