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Bowleg tables CARIFTA figures

YOUTH, Sports and Culture Minister Mario Bowleg tabled an unaudited financial statement about the 2023 CARIFA Games in the House of Assembly yesterday.

Minister’s $185k CARIFTA ‘surplus’ came from 360% subsidy overshoot

A Cabinet minister yesterday asserted that last year’s CARIFTA games generated a $185,503 “net surplus” even though this was only made possible by a taxpayer subsidy over four times’ higher than budgeted.

Bowleg hits back on audit findings

YOUTH, Sports and Culture Minister Mario Bowleg said the government did not overspend on last year’s CARIFTA and Jubilee Games, which cost more than $7m than was allocated, according to audit reports from the Office of the Auditor General.

Energy bill opens door to BPL move

The Government yesterday unveiled a major overhaul of the country’s energy regulatory regime to provide a platform for rescuing Bahamas Power & Light (BPL) from its $1bn debt and investment hole.

US: Bahamas not equal for women

THE latest United States human rights report says the Bahamian government is contributing to statelessness “through discrimination against women in nationality laws” and is failing to effectively implement laws related to contracts and procurement.

DPM: ‘Cracks’ showing in Briland’s tourism product

The deputy prime minister has raised the alarm that “cracks” are appearing in Harbour Island’s tourism product, as he warned: “Unless we manage the paradise we have we stand the risk of losing it.”

Concerns raised over transparency on environment fines

AS parliamentarians passed a bill to introduce spot fines for environmental infractions yesterday, some complained about the Davis administration’s lack of transparency regarding penalties for those who have broken environmental laws.

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

10 years of an undersea kingdom

THE Bahamas Reef Environment Educational Foundation (BREEF) is celebrating the tenth anniversary of the Sir Nicholas Nuttall Coral Reef Sculpture Garden and Coral Nursery (CRSG) - a testament to a decade of unwavering commitment to marine conservation and environmental stewardship.

WORLD VIEW: Is Ecuador’s expulsion from the UN really the answer to the diplomatic crisis with Mexico?

THE Mexican government has taken the significant step of asking the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to “suspend Ecuador as member of the United Nations” and also to “initiate the process of expulsion under article 6 of the United Nations Charter”.

FOCOL shares smoke and mirrors

WE may recall about a month or two back an article published in The Tribune where it was stated that “FOCOL was pregnant with opportunities”.

US says LGBTQ+ community in Bahamas is disenfranchised

THE United States wrote extensively about how the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex community in The Bahamas is disenfranchised or treated differently from heterosexuals in its latest human rights report.

Cleare sworn in as dept of corrections commissioner

DOAN Cleare was sworn in as prison commissioner yesterday –– one day before a court case scrutinising his ascendency is expected to heat up.

Minister ‘agenda’ against Murphy

RETIRED commissioner of the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services Charles Murphy claimed in court yesterday that National Security Minister Wayne Munroe had a personal agenda against him and failed to adequately explain why he sent him on administrative leave after the 2021 general election.

Doctors Hospital targets $10m acquisition boost

Doctors Hospital yesterday predicted annual revenues will increase by $10m through its acquisition of The Kidney Centre in a deal that will make its workforce more than 1,000-strong.

Rasta leaders want free cannabis growing licences

RASTAFARIAN leaders want free cannabis cultivation licences as reparations for years of being criminalised for marijuana possession.

GAIN AN EDGE: Conversation and compromise: Elevating the youth voice in climate action

Ashawnté Russell, a biology major with a minor in chemistry at University of The Bahamas (UB), is painfully aware that The Bahamas is under threat and her recent year-long service in the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) reinforced that certainty. It also opened doors for the youth voice – hers included – to be elevated in national and global conversations about climate change.

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