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Airport: We’ve got the manpower
WITH Lynden Pindling International Airport experiencing heavy traffic this holiday period, an airport representative said they are satisfied immigration officials have the manpower to process passengers quickly and safely disperse crowds.
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‘Great success’ as mangrove restoration gets underway
MANGROVE restoration is underway in Grand Bahama and Abaco, where replanting events have taken place, bringing the total number of mangroves planted to over 10,000.
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COUPLE ARRESTED AFTER GUN FIND
A FREEPORT couple was arrested for possession of a firearm and ammunition yesterday.
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Bamboo Town candidates' supporters turn out for nomination day
FEW social distancing protocols were practised by people who came to support the Bamboo Town candidates of their respective political parties on nomination day on Friday.
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Comedian 'used megaphone to encourage crowd to throw mace out'
A POLICE officer on Friday claimed that local comedian Wellington Roberts, Jr, used a megaphone to encourage a crowd of people to “throw the mace out of the House of Assembly” during a protest at Parliament last year.
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Equinor site clean-up continuing
EQUINOR’s clean-up work at South Riding Point in East Grand Bahama continues, with a target completion of forest cleaning early this year, according to a consultant who works closely with the multinational energy company.
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Scores gather for Labour Day event
MEMBERS of the labour movement and supporters of the Progressive Liberal Party gathered at the national stadium on Friday morning in an attempt to participate in a Labour Day motorcade despite a notice from police a day earlier that the event had not been sanctioned by authorities.
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Cable ‘reimagines’ TV gateway
A SENIOR Cable Bahamas executive yesterday competition and programming costs were impacting its ability to source all the TV content its subscribers desire.
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Cruise tourism is ‘resoundingly’ not for Harbour Island
Eleuthera’s Chamber of Commerce president has warned the Ministry of Tourism that Harbour Island “resoundingly” believes Crystal Cruises is “the wrong model” for its destination.
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Kwasi Thompson: Hard decision to increase debt to fund assistance
FINANCE State Minister Kwasi Thompson said the government made the “hard” decision to increase the country’s national debt over the short term in order to fund the assistance programmes needed to keep people afloat during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Brave - don’t take risks, get the jab
PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis warned the Omicron variant of COVID-19 will seriously affect unvaccinated people in the coming months.
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IDB: Just 54% of COVID loan firms still doing business
The effectiveness of the government’s COVID-19 small business support has been called into question by a report that found just 54 percent of loan recipients have remained operational.
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INSIGHT: Vaccinations becoming a global initiative may spell the end of the pandemic
POSITIVE signs on the vaccination front were revealed this week with the US deciding to provide some surplus vaccines to The Bahamas. It should be noted this is a result of diplomatic efforts by Foreign Affairs Minister Darren Henfield and Bahamian ambassador to the United States Sidney Collie.
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Commissioner denies political victimisation
POLICE Commissioner Paul Rolle yesterday pushed back against assertions that the Royal Bahamas Police Force is being used to carry out acts of political victimisation, insisting “I do not take instructions from politicians”.
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FNM chairman accuses PLP counterpart of inciting violence against the PM
THE chairman of the Free National Movement has accused his counterpart in the Progressive Liberal Party of inciting violence against Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis.
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Minister pledges: No $10bn debt default
The Bahamas will not default on its $10.356bn national debt or have to seek IMF assistance, a Cabinet minister asserted yesterday, amid mounting public concern over the nation’s fiscal woes.
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ISLAND INSIGHTS – Climate Change: Are we ready?
In this segment, we will explore the issues Small Island Developing States (SIDS) such as The Bahamas face regarding climate change. The Bahamas, among other countries within the region, are extremely vulnerable and sensitive to the direct and indirect impact of climate change. It is a topic of concern that some countries have taken seriously while others are moving at a slower pace to address such pertinent issues.
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FACING UP TO THE BRUTAL FACTS
• In the third of a four-part series, Hubert Edwards warns that The Bahamas must adopt a different mindset to develop its economy beyond the current model
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New minister says his focus will be providing equality to all
OUTGOING Bahamas Basketball Federation president Mario Bowleg, now in charge of the three-headed Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture, said his focus will be providing equality to all and not just concentrating on one over the other.
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FRONT PORCH: Moultrie’s grand farce and the carnival of egotism
Parliament Square has been the site of extraordinary events in the nation’s political history. On April 27, 1965, in protest against the gerrymandered results of the Boundaries Report and the UBP’s intransigence on the Report, Leader of the Opposition Lynden Pindling famously threw out the Speaker’s Mace from an eastern window of the House of Assembly to an expectant crowd in the Square.
