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$5 fee for a cent debt
Kindly allow me a little space in your valuable newspaper to inquire if the one cent $0.01 drop or added to your bill has been changed or dropped. I paid a BTC Bill during the month of October 2023 with a balance of $00.56 cent and a payment of $00.55 cents was made and change was given back.
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FNM leader offers bipartisan support to regulate banking sector
FREE National Movement Leader Michael Pintard said the Davis administration would get bipartisan support to regulate the commercial banking sector, so it should act more and talk less about the need for better banking services in The Bahamas.
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Objection to Bahamas KC testifying for Sam Bankman-Fried
US prosecutors yesterday raised objections to a Bahamian KC testifying in defence of embattled FTX founder, Sam Bankman-Fried, over his meetings with local regulators as the crypto exchange imploded.
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Expect poor service post COVID-19?
From Financial Services through banking to consumer services, The Bahamas needs to be better than the average if not excelling, but are we? Post COVID there is a serious breach of good services.
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THE KDK REPORT: The hour has come – Part 1
BEFORE getting up, my patient Whitney stretched her entire body, rolling over repeatedly making maximum use of her comfortable king-sized bed. Even after a solid seven hours of sleep, she was still yawning and yearned for more rest. It was a typical Saturday morning and she vividly recalls how soft and warm her bed felt particularly since outside was abnormally cool for early September. She turned on her TV to hear the weather report.
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Wynn agrees to ‘quashing’ first penthouse approvals
The developer of a 14-storey Goodman’s Bay penthouse complex has restarted its bid for planning permission after agreeing that the initial approvals granted to the project should be “quashed”.
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Power problems and thefts cause BTC service issues
The Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) released a statement yesterday advising that some Family Island consumers have been experiencing service issues “due to power-related issues and malicious acts”.
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Mitchell blasts GBPA’s $64m tax break ‘subsidy’
A Cabinet minister yesterday argued the Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) gained a $64m “subsidy” from just one tax break amid private sector warnings that “there’s no other way” but for the two warring parties to collaborate.
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Mitchell critical of 'relentless march' to a cashless society
FOREIGN Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell said Friday he does not agree with the country being a “cashless society.”
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Bahamians increasingly becoming fraud victims
The Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) yesterday warned of an increase in Bahamians having funds stolen from their bank accounts after falling victim to phone and online scammers.
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Khandi Gibson calls for police to treat rape victims more compassionately
KHANDI Gibson, an advocate for violence victims, said the Royal Bahamas Police Force must treat rape victims more compassionately.
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The sound of the summer
CAMP RNY, by Rhythm and Youth is a cultural camp that focuses on rake n scrape, Junkanoo crafts and sports. The camp has been held annually since 2012 and runs for one week on a Family Island, this year it was held in Exuma.
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Tar washing up on beaches after oil spill
GRAND Bahama residents and visitors have encountered a black oily substance at Fortune Beach in the Lucaya area. This follows an oil spill believed to be from last week’s oil spill at the jetty off Pinder’s Point - but there are suggestions that there may have been a separate spill in the area.
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Bill helps deal with increasing sexual assaults, says Munroe
NATIONAL Security Minister Wayne Munroe said the Protection Against Violence Bill would help the country grapple with increasing reports of sexual assaults.
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PETER YOUNG: Travelling is great, but ‘oh so nice to wander back’
Legendary American entertainer Frank Sinatra famously sang about how nice it was to go travelling but that it was “oh so nice to wander back”. With that in mind, what a pleasure it is to be in harness again today with my weekly column after a short absence while on a visit to England to catch up with family and friends. It is easy to see what he meant. Despite the pleasure of a three-week trip it is good to be home again and back in the old familiar routine.
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Years go by and still no ambassador
Our closest neighbour has not had a full accredited Ambassador as they would say “in-country” for over nine plus years basically since the last much liked Ambassador Nicole Avant left.
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EDITORIAL: Govt avoidance of answer on irregularities telling
IT IS worth noting the defensiveness currently taking place over the Chinese workers who were released from custody after the intervention of Immigration Minister Keith Bell despite irregularities in their status.
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Digital payment provider ventures into ticket sales
A digital payment provider has launched a ticketing platform where customers will be able to purchase tickets directly from the web with assigned seating.
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Eric Wiberg: A beacon that saved lives of pilots
WHEN the 112-foot Castle Island Light off Acklins was operational, it was a critically important beacon that three World War Two bombers crash-landed near in order to be rescued.
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STATESIDE: While Trump headlines GOP presidential candidates, Republicans seem unable to leverage voter unease
IT seems like with every passing day, we get more evidence from the media that America just doesn’t seem to know what to do with Donald Trump. But there’s also plenty of evidence that outside the Washington Beltway, there is much more consequential stuff for people to worry about.
