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Attorney General hails ‘trailblazing’ carbon Bill

The Attorney General yesterday hailed the Carbon Credit Trading Bill as “trailblazing”, asserting that The Bahamas is further ahead of the entire world in having a “specific framework” to regulate this multi-million dollar activity.

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BRINGING HOME THE GOLD, SILVER: Team Bahamas makes nation proud

BIRMINGHAM, England — After 11 days of intense competition in seven disciplines, Team Bahamas will return from the 2022 Commonwealth Games with a gold and silver medal and tied for the 23rd spot on the medal chart with Grenada.

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Archdeacon William Thompson Softball Park rededicated

PRIME Minister Philip ‘Brave’ Davis assured the public that his administration will not allow the public parks to go into the deteriorating state that previous administrations left the Southern Recreation Grounds in.

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Nurses agreement ‘to be signed soon’

BAHAMAS Nurses Union president Amancha Williams says the union has no issues with a proposed industrial agreement that is nearing completion, adding it will be signed soon.

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DIANE PHILLIPS: Who really named The Bahamas? Was it Lucayans, not the Spanish and does it really mean what we think?

FOR AS long as any of us can remember, we have believed what we have been tol that the Spanish who first discovered these islands in 1492 gave them their name, Bahama, meaning shallow sea.

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Raw Talent Elite wins Summer of Thunder opener

THE Bahamas Basketball Federation’s Summer of Thunder returned to the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium in thrilling fashion with a local team scoring the first win in the series.

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Sharks that don’t bite

THE SBDC/Access Accelerator’s Summer Entrepreneurial Training & Mentorship (SET) series kicked off its first of three pitch nights in grand style awarding $25,000 in cash prizes to local small business owners.

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Negotiator: Talks with BUT ‘99.9% complete’

A SENIOR negotiator for the government says talks are 99.9 percent complete regarding contractual articles with the Bahamas Union of Teachers.

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It’s official: Ayton inks new deal with Phoenix Suns

DEANDRE Ayton officially inked his new deal with the Phoenix Suns and said his focus has shifted from the business of basketball to the pursuit of the franchise’s first NBA title.

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FRONT PORCH: Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan showcased rivalry and worldviews

THE ill-advised trip to Taiwan by Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of US House of Representatives, showcased the deep-seated tensions and intensifying rivalry between the world’s two leading powers. It also revealed the mindsets of the leadership classes and the domestic politics of both nations.

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Poultry producer in halt after 3,000 chick deaths

A Bahamian poultry producer last night said it is suspending operations for a “minimum” three-five weeks, and laying-off ten staff, after a cargo bungle saw almost 3,000 of its chicks bake to death at Miami International Airport.

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