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FTX properties up for sale in next month
FTX’s $256m Bahamian property empire is set to “hit the market within the next 30 days” after five to seven local realtors were selected to handle their disposal.
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Budget must ‘move needle’ on creditworthiness, growth
The upcoming Budget must focus on “moving the needle” on The Bahamas’ access to affordable foreign currency financing and higher economic growth, a governance specialist urged yesterday.
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Talks to save 20 CIBC jobs ‘look prosperous’
A union leader last night said efforts to secure new jobs for around 20 CIBC Caribbean staff are “looking prosperous” as the bank moves to shutter its Bahamas call centre by next month.
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DEPP chief: CEC permit needed ‘no matter what’
The Government’s top environmental official yesterday said a key approval is required “no matter what” amid fears this will “roadblock” $24m worth of Hope Town construction projects.
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Changes to UB graduation location upsets graduates
SUDDEN changes to the University of The Bahamas’ upcoming graduation ceremony prompted frustration and anger from graduates yesterday.
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More FNM members throw support behind incumbent leader Pintard
MORE members of the Free National Movement who former Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis appointed to Cabinet threw their support behind Michael Pintard yesterday ahead of the upcoming one-day convention.
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Mom accused of failure to report abuse of her child
A MOTHER was remanded in custody yesterday after she was accused of failing to report the molestation of her daughter earlier this month.
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David Watson makes his breakthrough in ‘Hyrox’
THE Bahamas has had representation in just about every sport you could imagine.
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‘Tum Tum’ promoted
While he’s preparing to play for the Bahamas men’s national team in the Olympic Qualifier in July, Lourawls ‘Tum Tum’ Nairn Jr is getting used to his new role as the associate head coach for the Bowling Green State Falcons men’s basketball team.
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DEPP ‘roadblock’ fear over $24m in projects
More than $24m worth of development and construction projects targeted at Hope Town have been placed on hold due to the creation of a “major roadblock” in the approval and permitting process.
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Drop ‘old-style politics’ to improve fiscal credibility
The Government must not “hold its cards close to its chest” if it knows it will miss this year’s $131m fiscal deficit target by a significant margin, a senior Bahamian banker warned yesterday.
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Prosecutors attack FTX Bahamas chief’s claim to be ‘whistleblower’
US prosecutors have downplayed the whistleblower role performed by FTX’s former Bahamas head in demanding that he be sentenced to up to seven years’ in prison.
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Minnis snubbed by his former Cabinet
FORMER Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis has little public support from the people he led in Cabinet ahead of the FNM’s one-day convention next month, with most people he appointed to executive roles telling The Tribune they support Michael Pintard for leader.
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‘We got nothing, we are forgotten,’ says a survivor of the HMBS Flamingo sinking
YEARS after Cuban military jet fighters attacked the HMBS Flamingo, stirring national unity among Bahamians, some Royal Bahamas Defence Force survivors believe they have not been sufficiently recognised and are disappointed about not being compensated for what happened.
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Teams advance in high school soccer nationals
Three teams kept their quest of winning the 2024 Samuel P Haven Jr High School Soccer Nationals alive yesterday at Roscow A L Davies Soccer Field while another trio of teams were eliminated from the tournament.
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‘JJ’ is the fastest player in WNBA history to grab 2,000 rebounds, make 250 3s
JONQUEL ‘JJ’ Jones already has a long list of notable career accolades and she recently added one more during the New York Liberty’s recent four-game winning streak.
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Kraschanda qualifies for powerlifting nationals
POWERLIFTING is not the most popular sport in The Bahamas by any means but that has not stopped Bahamian powerlifter Kraschanda Oliver from carving out her own path to success.
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$9,000 missing after police search home, woman claims
AN Ethiopian woman who became a naturalised citizen after marrying a Bahamian claimed that after police mistakenly searched her Marathon Estates home for drugs and firearms last week, $9,000 went missing from her house.
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STATESIDE: NAACP calls for DOJ to show commitment to racial equity by pardoning Marilyn Mosby
FORMER American football star O J Simpson’s death seven weeks ago reminded observers of a significant aspect of his 1994 trial on murder charges.