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Bell says UN doesn’t fully understand asylum process
IMMIGRATION Minister Keith Bell said the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees does not fully understand this country’s process for dealing with asylum-seekers.
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Lawyers for Nygard seek to avoid US extradition
PETER Nygard’s lawyers expressed concerns for his health and safety while urging appellate judges in Canada to quash an order to extradite the former fashion mogul to the United States to face sex trafficking and racketeering charges.
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NIB ordered: Pay ex-chief seven years of pensions
The National Insurance Board (NIB) has been ordered to pay a former director almost seven years’ worth of pension benefts after losing a legal battle over her due retirement entitlement.
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Environment activists to press RCI on beach resort
THE public consultation process for Royal Caribbean International’s proposed Paradise Island Beach Club project will reopen next month, allowing people to hear how the cruise lines will address their concerns.
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‘Sky’s the limit’: New auto sales soar 40%
The Bahamas Motor Dealers Association’s (BMDA) president yesterday voiced optimism that “the sky’s the limit” for the sector in 2023 after new car sales increased by “almost 40 percent” year-over-year for the first quarter.
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Tackle ‘structural inefficiency’ before capping banking fees
The Bahamas will cause more problems than it solves if it seeks to “cap” bank fees without first tackling “structural inefficiencies” in the industry, the Central Bank’s governor warned yesterday.
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Bahamas ‘closer to inflation peak’
The Central Bank’s governor yesterday predicted that The Bahamas is now “closer to the peak, if we have not yet seen it”, of inflationary pressures that have driven the post-COVID cost of living crisis.
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Governor trims growth forecast ‘closer to 4%’
The Bahamas’ stopover visitor numbers rebounded to 97 percent of pre-COVID levels in the 2023 first quarter, the Central Bank’s governor said yesterday, while slightly trimming his full-year economic growth forecast.
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A top grocer says raising employment age could have ‘negative’ affect
A TOP grocer opposes increasing the minimum employment age, saying this would produce more idle teenagers who get into mischief rather than perform productive activities or help their families.
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Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease found at renowned Abaco diving spot
ENVIRONMENTALISTS are scrambling to save corals at a renowned scuba diving spot in Abaco that has contracted the deadly Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD).
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EDITORIAL: A tale of two projects
LET us consider for a moment two stories of different spending decisions.
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The Rolly Gray Harbour
The National Family Islands Regatta Committee records its full support of the renewed call to name the Harbour at George Town, Exuma “The Rolly Gray Harbour” by Commodore and Chairman Daniel Strachan.
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PM shows maturity
I read on an Internet news site that the Office of the Prime Minister has announced that Prime Minister Philip Brave Davis will attend the historic coronation of King Charles III on May 6 at Westminster Abbey in London, England.
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Opposition to Viking Court Plaza
Re: Application (PSA/192/2022) on behalf of Viking Court Plaza c/o TDG Architects Ltd.
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Man charged with recent killing of two brothers
A MAN accused of killing two brothers in Solomon’s Super Centre parking lot last month was charged with two counts of murder yesterday.
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Armed robber accused remanded without bail
A MAN was sent to jail yesterday after being accused of an armed robbery in New Providence last month.
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Bus driver charged with touching 11-year-old girl
A BUS driver was granted bail after being accused of touching an 11-year-old girl’s private parts as she left his bus last week.
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US Vaccine requirements for foreign travellers to end May 11
VACCINE requirements for foreign air travellers to the US will end on May 11 as the Biden administration ends most of its remaining federal COVID-19 vaccine measures next week.
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Tributes after death of Bahamas’ Consul General in Toronto Al Dillette
Al Dillette, The Bahamas’ Consul General in Toronto, died at home in his official residence on Monday night. In a statement, Minister of Foreign Affairs Fred Mitchell said “we have lost a treasured son, friend, and brother”.
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FACE TO FACE: Young sprinter Cayden Smith honours a legacy in track and field
IT was one of the hottest races in all of the CARIFTA Games. When Cayden Smith left a gap on the track and crossed the finish line first in the Under-17 Boys 200m race, he lit up the entire Thomas A Robinson National Track and Field Stadium. The crowd erupted in cheers, and the sounds of Junkanoo resonated from every wing of the stadium.
