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Grand Lucaya sees rise in occupancy numbers over long Easter weekend

SOME hotel properties experienced occupancy levels of between 30 and 40 percent over the Easter holiday, particularly in the Lucaya area.

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Disclosure chair would not say who filed

WEEKS after the deadline passed for parliamentarians to make their annual financial disclosures, Public Disclosure Commission chairman Bishop Victor Cooper still could not say yesterday how many completed their filings.

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COP: murders up 27 percent over last year

POLICE Commissioner Clayton Fernander provided statistics yesterday showing murders are up 27 percent, while armed robberies have declined by 43 percent.

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Minnis: People look at disclosures ‘as a joke’

FORMER Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis said “people look at it as a joke” regarding the filing of financial declarations as required by the Public Disclosure Act.

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Field athletes take home 23 out of 33 medals

OVER the last few years, the field events have garnered lots of attention as Bahamian athletes have risen to the occasion time and time again at all levels and, at the 51st CARIFTA Games in St George’s, Grenada, the field athletes delivered in a big way.

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PM on public disclosures: 'I made my deadline'

PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis was tightlipped today over whether members of the governing party filed their public disclosures on or before the March 1 deadline as mandated under the Public Disclosure Act.

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NPBA: Giants return to the finals

THE Commonwealth Bank Giants and Your Essential Store (YES) Giants will both return to yet another New Basketball (NPBA) Providence Association Finals.

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BBF nationals to christen newly built South Andros Gym from Friday to Sunday

THE Bahamas Basketball Federation will take its National Round Robin Tournament to South Andros this weekend, but there won’t be any competition for the men’s division one.

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Bahamians advance in NCAA March Madness

BAHAMIAN collegiate basketball players and coaches experienced success in the men and women’s brackets of the 2024 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) March Madness basketball tournament over the weekend.

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Disclosures filed by some MPs as others decline response

AS the deadline for filing financial declarations as required by the Public Disclosure Act, a number of Members of Parliament confirmed they had filed on time – although several others declined to say or did not respond.

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Gov’t eyes jet ski safety crackdown

The Government is eyeing a safety crackdown on jet ski operators that could result in the industry having to sign up to and abide by a ‘code of conduct’, it was revealed yesterday.

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Gov’t u-turn on Nassau solar bidding deadline

THE Government has performed a u-turn over the deadline by which all bids on the New Providence renewable energy and microgrid project must be received, it can be revealed.

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FRONT PORCH: The ghosts of vicious colonial and racist mindset endure

There is a racist and colonial mindset born of European imperialism that endures.

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Team Bahamas wins 33 medals, second overall

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada — Team Bahamas dominated the field events at the 51st CARIFTA Games hosted in St George’s, Grenada, for their fifth straight second place finish over the Easter weekend.

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