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Royal Caribbean chief: ‘I wish we’d answered on environment sooner’
Royal Caribbean is aiming “in the next couple of weeks” to answer the 120 questions sparked by its Paradise Island project’s initial environmental consultation, with a senior executive yesterday saying: “I wish we’d replied sooner.”
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BISX chief: What about Bahamas Food Services?
The Bahamas International Securities Exchange’s (BISX) chief executive is challenging why the decade-old pledge for an initial public offering (IPO) of the former Bahamas Food Services has yet to be fulfilled.
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Commission unveils DARE overhaul - no FTX mention
The Securities Commission last night unveiled its long-awaited overhaul of The Bahamas’ digital assets regulatory regime although there was no mention of, or reference to, the recent FTX implosion.
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Road to 50 project to educate grade six students and public about mangroves
THE Independence Secretariat yesterday announced the launch of a national mangrove project to educate the public and protect local mangroves.
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Five families still receiving govt assistance after March Bimini blaze
FIVE families still rely on housing assistance from the government after a fire blazed through the Porgy Bay settlement of Bimini last month.
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Coastline awareness campaign launched by Tourism at GB school
A CAMPAIGN to keep coastlines clean has been reintroduced on Grand Bahama by the Ministry of Tourism, Investment and Aviation (MOTIA).
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AG calls MP White a ‘rookie parliamentarian’ with a ‘dismissive attitude’
ATTORNEY General Ryan Pinder gave St Anne’s MP Adrian White a scathing rebuke yesterday for opposing and criticising the Law Reform and Revision Act.
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Teen granted $3,000 bail on housebreaking accusation
A 15-year-old youth was granted $3,000 bail after being accused of breaking into a woman’s home last week.
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WSC signs $3m industrial agreement with Bahamas Utility and Allied Workers Union
A NEW $3m industrial agreement between the Water and Sewerage Corporation (WSC) and the Bahamas Utility Services and Allied Workers Union (BUSAWU) will benefit 386 union members.
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Government website to be revamped as public frustrated with user experience
FRUSTRATION with the official Bahamas government website has led to a decline in its use, according to Wayne Watson, Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry of Economic Affairs.
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ALICIA WALLACE: Long wait for investigation in MP allegation highlights our rape culture
APRIL is Sexual Assault Awareness Month — a time to focus specifically on the pervasiveness of sexual violence and its impact on survivors and their communities, educate the public, and advocate for the introduction and/or expansion of prevention, intervention, and support programmes and services.
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Govt unlikely to renew extended price control which has expired
THE Davis administration is unlikely to renew the order expanding the list of items added to the price control regime last year, Economic Affairs Minister Michael Halkitis suggested yesterday.
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Digital payments co-founder to join PM at UK receptions
A Bahamian-headquartered digital payments provider yesterday said its co-founder and chairman will speak alongside Prime Minister Philip Davis KC at several upcoming London events.
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Poultry producer waits on $14k solar funds balance
A Bahamian poultry producer is awaiting receipt of the final $14,000 from the Small Business Development Centre’s (SBDC) $40,000 grant before it begins its solar energy transition.
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Eleuthera is 'bursting at seams with possibilities'
The transformation of Eleuthera's three principal airports will provide the "gateways" to increase investment flows into Eleuthera, a Cabinet minister has asserted, describing the island as "bursting at the seams with opportunity".
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Grants awarded to 51 creative entrepreneurs
Some 51 Bahamian entrepreneurs were yesterday awarded grants of up to $5,000 to help develop their creative ventures and expand the so-called 'orange' economy.
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Champions crowned in GSSSA volleyball
LIONS, ROYALS, KNIGHTS, RATTLERS WIN TITLES
The Government Secondary Schools Sports Association (GSSSA) championship round concluded on Monday at the Kendal G L Isaacs Gymnasium.
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Delancy named volleyball player of the year in SIAC
FOR the second consecutive year in a row, Bahamian rising star Ras Jesse Delancy has been named the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) Men’s Volleyball Player of the Year.
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Bahamas Aquatics stands firmly in support of Joanna Evans
WITH Olympian and multiple Bahamian national record holder Joanna Evans being sidelined with a two-year ban for a drug violation that will run through February 12, 2024, Bahamas Aquatics has stepped forth and given her their full support in her quest to be vindicated.
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Noble Prep: Spring Classic basketball tourney returns
THE Noble Preparatory Academy’s sixth edition of the Spring Classic Basketball tournament returns to the Kendal G L Isaacs Gymnasium following a two-year hiatus.
