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NURSE SHORTAGE ADDING TO CRISIS: As Third Wave fills beds hospitals struggle to find staff to deal with patients
ONGOING staff shortages coupled with rising COVID-19 hospitalisations continue to strain healthcare workers on the frontline fight against COVID-19, the country’s top infectious disease expert said yesterday.
Nygard suffers another setback
THE Court of Appeal yesterday dismissed Peter Nygard’s application for conditional leave to appeal to the Privy Council over their rejection of his appeal of a contempt conviction.
Jonquel Jones eyes WNBA return tonight
Jonquel Jones is set to return to the WNBA tonight and the All-Star forward will take the floor in a Connecticut Sun uniform for the first time since the 2019 Finals.
Tahnaj Thomas has eight strikeouts in victory
TAHNAJ Thomas had another dominant performance on the mound for Greensboro Grasshoppers in High-A baseball.
STATESIDE: We may be entering one of the most discouraging epochs in American political history
Liz Cheney is an improbable saviour-martyr.
Study: Living wage in New Providence is $2,625 and $3,550 in Grand Bahama
A 2020 study by the Government and Public Policy Institute of University of The Bahamas concluded that a living wage in New Providence and Grand Bahama is $2,625 and $3,550 per month respectively.
PAHO: Act with ‘utmost caution’ on loosening travel restrictions
PAN American Health Organization officials have urged countries in the region to “act with the utmost caution” when it comes to loosening travel restrictions for fully vaccinated tourists.
‘Nothing to lose’ over concrete export venture
A former Bahamian Contractors Association (BCA) president says the country must explore transforming itself into an exporter of pre-cast concrete products, and urged: “We have nothing to lose.”
Briland rebound beats projection ‘by over 25-30%’
Harbour Island resort operators yesterday said the post-COVID tourism rebound has exceeded expectations by 25-30 percent, and added: “We’re still rocking and rolling.”
‘Pull out all the stops’ to secure stronger summer
The Bahamas must “pull out all the stops” to prevent travel visa woes undermining tourism’s recovery, a top hotelier urged yesterday, especially as summer “could be stronger” than typical winter peaks.
Fidelity ‘well on way’ to beat $15m profit target
A BISX-listed bank’s top executive says it is “well on its way” to exceeding its $15m full-year profit target for 2021 if first quarter “trends hold” over the remaining seven-and-a-half months.
Vaccine’s here - more need to take it
THIRTY-THREE thousand six hundred doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine arrived in New Providence yesterday, boosting the country’s fight against the potentially deadly virus even though many residents remain hesitant to get the jab.
Verifiable vaccination cards key to COVID testing ease
Vaccination cards will have to be in an easily verifiable format before fully inoculated Bahamians can travel without a negative COVID-19 PCT test, a Cabinet minister said yesterday.
‘Jazz’ returns to field after hamstring injury
Jasrado “Jazz” Chisholm Jr made his return to the field and picked up where he left off prior to his hamstring injury.
Riley and Rattlers to make NCAA Golf Championship debut
CAMERON Riley and the Florida A and M men’s golf team achieved another first for its rapidly developing programme.
PETER YOUNG: What can the world really do to end Myanmar’s agony?
IN today’s troubled times, when one can read at the click of a mouse about extreme human suffering somewhere in the world, there are those who refuse to accept any responsibility for helping unknown people in distress in some distant and unknown country.
Nation ‘not in a good place’
FORMER Health Minister Dr Duane Sands feels the country is “not in a good place” where COVID-19 cases are concerned and thinks the only way forward is to tighten restrictions.
‘All hands on deck’ as visa site overwhelmed
A Cabinet minister yesterday revealed it is “all hands on deck” to prevent “a surge” in visitor demand from “overwhelming” the Bahamas’ health travel visa website and deterring potential tourists.
Public demand for vaccine ‘flattened’
DEMAND for the COVID-19 vaccine has flattened in The Bahamas even as more doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab could arrive in the country as early as today, according to Ed Fields, deputy chair of the National COVID-19 Vaccine Consultative Committee.
Mike Strachan makes official debut as member of the Colts
Mike Strachan donned his No.17 jersey for the first time and made his official debut as a member of the Indianapolis Colts.
