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New organisation helping grandparents caring for their grandchildren
THE Bahamas Grandparents’ Support Foundation, a newly formed non-profit organisation, is helping grandparents who are caring for their grandchildren in their golden years.
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Shelter - we can’t take any more animals
THE Bahamas Humane Society has announced it is currently unable to accept stray or owner surrendered animals. This will continue to be the case until BHS is able to find homes for the animals it now has leaving additional room to accommodate new intake.
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Hotels ‘can’t ask for more’ over post-COVID rebound
Bahamian resorts are seeing the high-occupancy Christmas period expand by 50 percent, a top hotelier has revealed, adding of the post-COVID rebound: “We couldn’t have asked for more.”
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Rest in peace, Bella
D’Onya Bella Walker, the four-year-old who died while staying with relatives in New Providence on November 5, was finally laid to rest by her paternal relatives in Grand Bahama on Saturday.
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Bahamas First profiting in year-end turnaround
Bahamas First yesterday revealed it overturned a near-$1m loss for the first nine months of 2021 with a strong finish that left annual profits just 10 percent down on prior year levels.
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Money lenders facing regulatory crackdown
A crackdown that aims to reverse “non-existent” consumer protection from unregulated money lenders will take effect in the 2022 second quarter, the Securities Commission’s top executive says.
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Water Corp’s $18.8m debt paid-off come ‘early 2023’
The Water & Sewerage Corporation’s main supplier yesterday revealed that it had “received assurances from the highest level” of the Bahamian government that the multi-million sum owed to it will be brought current by “early 2023”.
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Tow truck driver: I did not knock down work colleague
A wheelchair bound tow truck driver denied knocking his colleague down with his vehicle when he was questioned in police custody, a court was told.
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Walker’s home run, 3 RBIs lead D-Backs past ‘Jazz’ and Marlins 5-4
MIAMI (AP) — Christian Walker had a home run, double and three RBIs, and Arizona Diamondbacks held on to beat the Miami Marlins 5-4 last night.
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Thank you for rescuing me
I am writing this letter in the hopes that it may be read by the wonderful, caring couple who came to my aid last Saturday night.
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A COMIC'S VIEW: All that it took to get people vaccinated was Black Friday
I COULD go so many ways this week; the material has been in abundance.
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Politicians urged: ‘Preach the lessons’ of hard work
The Bahamas is suffering from “a shortage” of political leaders who “preach the lessons” of hard work as opposed to offering hand-outs and giveaways, an outspoken businessman is arguing.
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STATESIDE: Debating the ‘Missing Middle’
RICHARD and his wife of six years, Elise, live in a large northeastern US metropolitan area. They have a young son and Elise is expecting the couple’s second child later this year.
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Groundbreaking ceremony for FTX headquarters
PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis said FTX Digital Markets’ groundbreaking for its headquarters sent a strong message that The Bahamas is a safe place for international companies to set up shop.
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Water and Sewerage outlines plans for Long Island
THE Water and Sewerage Corporation (WSC) has outlined its plans for Long Island following criticism on social media.
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Water Corp selling 44% more thanks to huge loss reduction
The Water and Sewerage Corporation’s general manager yesterday said the utility is selling 44 percent more water than a decade ago despite a 12 percent production fall-off over the same period.
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Retailer’s $10m spend creates up to 70 job
A Bahamian retailer yesterday said its $10m eastern New Providence investment, which has created 60-70 jobs, attracted more consumer traffic than expected during Saturday’s opening.
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‘We buried hatchet’ over retail closure
Super Value’s principal has revealed he and his family “bit the bullet” in closing their loss-making Harbour Bay housewares retailer, adding: “We were fighting a losing battle so we buried the hatchet.”
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Central Bank: Investors no longer ‘tepid’ on Gov’t debt
The Government’s domestic debt issues were fully subscribed for the first time in almost three years during the 2022 second quarter, the Central Bank has revealed, arguing that “tepid investor sentiment” has been reversed.
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Human rights group ‘appalled’ by decision
LOCAL advocacy group Human Rights Bahamas said it is “appalled” by reports from Abaco that families made homeless by Hurricane Dorian are being “forced back into the street” as the government demolishes domes that were erected as temporary shelters after the monster storm.
