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The Department of Rehabilitative/Welfare Services strives to provide quality rehabilitative services to offenders by implementing programmes and sponsoring activities that would control offenders’ inappropriate behaviour, Minister of State for Social Development...New Providence
Nurses from the public and private sector will meet next week to discuss a number of issues relating to the delivery of quality healthcare to all sectors of the Bahamian society at the Nurses Association of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas (NACB) hosts its 32nd annual...New Providence
Minister of State for Immigration the Hon. Branville McCartney met with executives of the Bahamas Financial Services Board Thursday to discuss issues relevant to the continued growth of the financial services industry; the second pillar of the economy. The issues...New Providence
Parliamentarians began debate Monday on the Government’s Bill to amend the country’s Penal Code to allow for electronic monitoring of convicts and persons on bail awaiting trial; a revolutionary provision described as an effective weapon in the fight...New Providence
The Government of The Bahamas views the proposed electronic monitoring of persons granted bail by the courts as “one feasible option” among several other initiatives it will undertake to respond to the “complex and multi-faceted” crime...New Providence
The Bill for an Act to Amend the Penal Code not only proposes a “reasoned response” in the areas of crime prevention and criminal justice, but also sends a strong message to criminals and wrongdoers that they should expect punishment commensurate with...