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‘Total incompatibility’: But $100m project forges on
AN Exuma-based developer says it is pursuing all necessary approvals for a $100m project that has forced a neighbouring resort to place its development plans on hold and raised environmental concerns.
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Cable ‘not rolling over and playing dead’ over Starlink
A senior Cable Bahamas executive pledged the group is “not rolling over and playing dead” as she was forced to defend its ability to compete with Elon Musk’s upstart Starlink satellite Internet service.
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PM: Bahamas must avoid ‘pitfalls of past’ over FATF
The Bahamas must “avoid stumbling into the pitfalls of the past” by upholding regulatory standards to maintain its perfect rating on anti-financial crime compliance, the Prime Minister says.
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GBPA seeks to reassure on ‘unfortunate public noise’
The Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) last night moved to reassure its licensees and potential investors over “the very unfortunate public noise” created by its $357m dispute with the Government.
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Lodge owner ‘can’t deal’ with BPL power outages
South Andros and Mangrove Cay residents yesterday urged the Government to “put their foot on BPL” after a 24-hour power outage knocked out all the area’s utilities and Internet service.
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Pintard: Gang Bill may hurt innocent parents
CHARGING parents for harbouring children who are gang members will cause suffering for many good parents, Free National Movement leader Michael Pintard warned yesterday, adding that most parents do not know the double life their children may lead.
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Dealers: Used car sales up 30% with ‘level playing field’
AUTO dealers yesterday argued they could increase their used car sales by up to 30 percent if the authorities enforce a competitive ‘level playing field’ with roadside vendor rivals.
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Don’t ‘erode’ public worker benefits in pension reform
The Government’s public sector pension reforms “must not erode the benefits” workers enjoy under their current scheme, a union leader is warning, while challenging if those impacted were consulted.
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Wendy’s: Atlantis can’t dictate what happens on PI
WENDY’S attorneys yesterday asserted that Atlantis cannot dictate all that happens on Paradise Island even though it may view the fast-food restaurant as “not up to snuff”.
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Airline says fix airport or we pull out of route
A Cabinet minister yesterday revealed that American Airlines threatened to pull out of its Governor’s Harbour route expansion if $6m in airport upgrades were not completed within two months.
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Mitchell demands halt to cemetery’s appeal
A CABINET minister was yesterday revealed to have intervened on behalf of his constituents over a planning appeal involving a proposed 13-acre Bernard Road cemetery that is heavily opposed.
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FRONT PORCH: The failure to civilise new generations
A gnawing grief seized the family and friends of former Member of Parliament and Deputy House of Assembly Speaker, Don Saunders, following his murder during an armed robbery
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Prepare as soon as possible for Hurricane season, OPM urges
WITH the 2024 hurricane season fast approaching, the Office of Prime Minister is urging Bahamians to begin their storm preparations as soon as possible.
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PI resort, development escape tax debt sell-off
A Paradise Island resort and Long Island investment project are among those that have escaped being sold-off by the Government through settling their alleged real property tax delinquency.
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Taxi fare hike officially announced
THE increase of taxi cab fares by 10 percent was officially announced at a press conference held at Baha Mar on Friday.
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A new home to give Yurie a new start
AN elderly disabled man was handed the keys to his newly built home on Deveaux Street yesterday, courtesy of Urban Renewal.
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Fire services, volunteers tackling four fires in Abaco
ABACO Fire services and volunteers are working to contain four separate fires in the Marsh Harbour and Spring City areas, forcing the closure of a section of the island's main road today.
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Reloaded kids training in the Dominican Republic
RELOADED Baseball has announced a relationship with a sporting academy in the Dominican Republic as the organisation furthers its mandate of providing developmental initiatives to get the country's youth to the next level.
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GB medical school’s $25m expansion to give 200 jobs
A Grand Bahama medical school says its imminent $25m expansion will create 200 construction jobs as it dismissed a legal battle with its co-founder as “a distraction”.
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Ex-MP slams the Gov’t for $357m GBPA ‘shakedown’
A former MP yesterday slammed the Government’s demand that the Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) pay it $357m as “a shakedown”, and questioned if the former is “either broke or desperate”.