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Read storyA man is in a coma after staff at Princess Margaret Hospital lost track of him and left a family in doubt for 12 hours.
Latheria Johnson told The Guardian that her father, Lloyd Whyms, was taken to the emergency ward by ambulance around 7pm Tuesday. He was vomiting blood and not fully coherent.
He was taken for treatment but when the family went to check on him he was nowhere to be found.
In the hours that followed the family was told that Whyms, 54, had left the hospital. Hospital officials told the family they should search the street and threatened to call the police, Johnson said.
After visiting two police stations, the family returned to the hospital with an officer who asked for a tape that showed the man leaving.
With no results, the family finally went home at 6am. About an hour later they got a call that Whyms was found unconscious in the hospital's basement.
The hospital has released a statement confirming some of the events.
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Read storyUnions representing the management and line staff of the Water and Sewerage Corporation warned the government to restart salary negotiations or face "consequences".
That statement was made during a press conference at the corporation's headquarters on Thompson Boulevard by Carmen Munnings-Kemp, president of Bahamas Utility Services and Allied Workers Union (BUSAWU).
Bahamas Water and Sewerage Management Union President, Ednel Rolle, said the fact that the government has signed industrial agreements with BTC and BEC leads him to believe that Water and Sewerage was left out.
Environment Minister Earl Deveaux said the government had not stopped negotiations, but asked workers to understand the tough financial times.
"They are among the top in regard to benefits and salaries among our country," Deveaux said, "My advice to the union is to seek ways to improve the services being provided by the corporation through more efficient means.
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Read storyEdward Taylor was found not guilty in a 9-3 jury decision.
Taylor, 38, was accused of the May 18, 2006 murder of Eric McGreggor Jr, who was shot and killed at the Pond Wash on Carmichael Road.
In an address to the jury, Taylor said the prosecution had produced no evidence that linked him to the Chevy Suburban they said was used as a getaway car.
McGreggor's sister, Shecoya, had identified Taylor as the man who had shot her brother, picking him out of a police lineup.
Taylor disputed her evidence and fired his lawyer to take up his own defense.
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Read storyThe Coconuts Bahamas Grill is closing down and the owners are blaming the people who rented them the space – the owners of the El Greco Hotel.
Brothers Eldin and Erin Ferguson say they have faced difficulties since they opened the restaurant two years ago.
They blame renter Harry Pikramenos, part owner of El Greco, saying he has had customers' cars towed and limited access to the upstairs portion of the building.
Pikramenos said their claims are ridiculous, blaming the closure on the tough economic times and saying the brothers have never paid their rent on time.
The closure, which the brothers said may reopen if they find a good location, has left at least 15 people out of work.
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Read storyThis January, 18.7% less people flew to The Bahamas than January last year.
This continues a downward trend considering a 6.4% drop in 2008 compared to the previous year.
Since August, revenue at the Lynden Pindling International Airport is down by about 10%.
Chairman of the Airport Authority (AA) Frank Watson was optimistic but said that if it gets worse, "that will create problems for us."
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Read storyA Japanese man who was wrongfully imprisoned for more than eight years in The Bahamas will be given more than the $400,000 originally offered by the government.
The Privy Council has ruled that Atain Takitota deserves more compensation for the loss he suffered, which is called "appalling" and "less than humane".
Atain Takitota said he came to The Bahamas legally but lost his passport. He was arrested in August of 1992 on vagrancy charges but never charged in a court of law. He was released in October of 2000.
He attempted suicide three times during his imprisonment.
The Privy Council has left it up to the local courts to determine the amount but said the damages should "amount to an overall sum representing appropriate compensation for the period of over eight years' detention, taking account of the inhumane conditions and the misery and distress".
It also said an interim payment while the final decision is made would be "very desirable".
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Read storyThe son of former Prime Minister, Sir Lynden Pindling, introduced reporters to a woman who sent for the nurse that helped deliver him.
In recent articles, The Tribune has quoted several sources, all anonymous, which have given varying details of the birth of the country's first prime minister, including that he was born in Jamaica and that his mother was not who he said she was.
Obi Pindling invited reporters to meet 95-year-old Doris Grant-Strachan, who said she saw Sir Lynden after he was born and was surprised when the rumours surface years later.
Obi said: ". . . many of the people who were around from that era have passed on so any other persons can only come and say what they were told. Mrs. Strachan is one of the only persons who could come and say what she has seen with her own eyes.
I challenge anybody to try and come and refute it."
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Read storyAn anonymous source has told The Tribune that the tourists who were convicted of killing and eating an iguana shared a drink with the tourists who chased endangered ducks around a private island.
Reports are that both groups, who are sailing through The Bahamas, met at a Long Island bar.
The crew of the Adamo sailboat is still wanted by police for trespassing and has been reported to their marina in Daytona as well as US wildlife authorities.
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Read storyAmnesty International has expressed mixed feelings about The Bahamas, praising the country for actions to protect human rights but criticizing its unwillingness to end capital punishment.
In a statement issued from its New York Office on Wednesday, the group said it was glad The Bahamas was taking part of the Convention Against Torture and the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families.
It also praised the nation for implementing the Domestic Violence (Protection Order) Act.
But Amnesty International also said it is "concerned that death sentences continue to be handed down and that the authorities have recently voiced support for a resumption of hanging".
The organization repeated its call for an independent review of the Carmichael Road Detention Centre.
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Read storyA man was killed by a fall from the top of the Queen's Saircase on Tuesday.
Police were not able to give the man's name or details of how he fell.
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Read storyThe Bahamas and Cuba signed an agreement to co-operate on economic, technical, health and education matters.
In a ceremony on Wednesday, Minister of Foreign Affairs Brent Symonette and Cuban Ambassador to the Bahamas Jose Luis Ponce Caraballo signed on behalf of their respective governments.
There are several pending agreements between the countries, including:
- Collaboration in the field of plant quarantine and plant protection
- Collaboration in the fields of animal quarantine and the controls and eradication of animal diseases
- Expansion of a program that employs Cuban teachers in public schools
- An eye program which allows Bahamians with eye problems of any kind to seek medical help from Cuba free of charge
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