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Man in custody for arson while fires continue to burn in Abaco
CENTRAL and South Abaco MP John Pinder and police officials said a man is in custody for allegedly starting a raging fire in Marsh Harbour last week.
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Johnson set to challenge Duane Sands for chairman
FORMER Yamacraw MP Elsworth Johnson said he has nominated himself for chairman of the Free National Movement, setting up a clash with incumbent Dr Duane Sands at the party’s upcoming convention.
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‘Kenya troop deployments to begin by month’s end’
FOREIGN Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell said Kenya is expected to begin deploying troops to Haiti on May 26.
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‘Kenya troop deployments to begin by month’s end’
FOREIGN Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell said Kenya is expected to begin deploying troops to Haiti on May 26.
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PM: We are ushering in a new era of power generation
PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis said his administration is ushering in a “new era of power generation” with its planned “comprehensive” reforms for Bahamas Power and Light (BPL).
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Hanna Martin does not support BUT chief’s call for drug testing students
EDUCATION Minister Glenys Hanna Martin does not support Bahamas Union of Teachers president Belinda Wilson’s call for students to be drug tested.
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Laroda denies Social Services reducing food assistance rates
SOCIAL Services Minister Myles Laroda said his ministry is reviewing its food assistance programme to recommend “cost of living increases”.
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FRONT PORCH: Capital punishment and a culture of revenge and retaliation
Former Roman Catholic Archbishop of Nassau, the late Lawrence Burke, SJ, lamented that many Bahamians often seemed more fixated on Good Friday, less seized by the assurance and promise of Easter Sunday.
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'Horrendous' surge in contractor walk-aways
The Bahamian Contractors Association's (BCA) president yesterday revealed there has been "an horrendous" increase in complaints over the past 12-18 months about contractors abandoning clients.
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Bahamas First 'changes' after 63% profits decline
Bahamas First's executive chairman has pledged to make "strategic changes" after the insurer's 2023 full-year profit slumped by 63.1 percent due primarily to "ongoing issues" with its Cayman health business.
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East GB microgrids set to hire up to 50
Up to 50 workers will be hired for the proposed build-out of five solar microgrids designed to help “ease cost of living concerns” and entice former residents to return to Dorian-ravaged east Grand Bahama.
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$100m ‘dream team’ pitched as GBPA confrontation alternative
A LONG-STANDING Freeport licensee yesterday unveiled a $100m investor and management “dream team” alternative to the Government’s “ugly confrontation” with the Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA).
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Minister urges private sector aid for ‘country-changing’ initiative
A Cabinet minister last night urged the private sector to participate in the National Apprenticeship Programme and improve workforce skills levels.
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Darville: Bills to legalise and decriminalise marijuana will be passed by end of year
BILLS legalising medical marijuana use and decriminalising recreational marijuana use will be passed before the end of this year, Health Minister Dr Michael Darville said yesterday.
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Only four ambulances on road? PHA won’t say - but 14 on way
THE Public Hospitals Authority denied that some ambulances are uninsured and unlicenced but did not verify whether only four ambulances in New Providence are operational.
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Bannister: No safeguards in Electricity bill
FORMER Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Works Desmond Bannister said the recently tabled Electricity Bill would empower the government to transfer Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) assets to subsidiary companies.
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‘MP raped me and spat on me’
A WOMAN cried and alleged in court that North Abaco MP Kirk Cornish raped her, spat on her and left her in fear for her life.
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Cowboys sign Denzel Daxon
Crooked Island native Denzel Daxon went undrafted in the 2024 NFL Draft but that was only a minor setback for a major comeback.
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Archer: We are ready for a wonderful showcase
IN three days the World Athletics Relays will return to paradise at a newly renovated Thomas A Robinson National Stadium.
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Lucaya Solar Power - first solar farm in Bahamas - completes construction
Lucaya Solar Power Ltd has completed the construction of the first solar farm in Grand Bahama, making it the first of its kind in the Bahamas.
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