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Entrepreneur relives exporting ‘nightmare’
A Freeport entrepreneur yesterday branded exporting a “nightmare” due to costs that are more than quadruple product prices and delays encountered in getting sales to customers.
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Christian Science and COVID-19
I was taken aback after learning of two Grand Bahamian women who are adherents of Christian Science (not to be confused with L Ron Hubbard’s Scientology), a cult based in the north eastern region of the United States. Both women are Black.
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Hunt for two men after Palmdale armed robbery
Police are hunting for two male suspects who reportedly robbed another man in the Palmdale area on Thursday.
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Man accused of gunpoint robbery
A MAN was remanded to the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services yesterday for allegedly robbing a woman at gunpoint of her vehicle.
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BUT president: Concerns were raised over virtual platform, school repairs
AN alarm was sounded several months ago that not only was the Ministry of Education’s virtual platform inoperable, but that schools were in a dire need for repair, according to Bahamas Union of Teachers President Belinda Wilson yesterday.
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TEACHER FEARS AS PRINCIPAL ATTACKED: Head of LW Young struck on head during altercation
BAHAMAS Union of Teachers President Belinda Wilson said the safety of teachers at public schools in the country continues to be a concern, insisting teachers everyday witness violence on campuses and at times have suffered physical harm.
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Govt targets vaccine for children under 12
HEALTH and Wellness Minister Dr Michael Darville said yesterday officials are hoping to receive paediatric doses of the Pfizer vaccine for five to 11-year-olds as soon as possible to assist with the successful opening of schools for face-to-face learning.
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NPSA: Hitmen pull off 10-0 shoutout of Atlantis Titans
WHILE Martin Burrows Jr just missed a perfect game on the mound, third baseman Sherman Ferguson didn’t pass up the opportunity for a big offensive outing on Saturday night for the New Providence Softball Association defending men’s champions C&S Hitmen.
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Scholarship fund to benefit from cathedral art exhibition
AN exhibition is being held by artist Jé-Rome Harris Miller, titled Colours of Celebration 2022.
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Retired Boxers Association Inaugural Hall of Fame Awards postponed
THE Retired Boxers Association Inaugural Hall of Fame Awards programme originally scheduled for Sunday, September 18 has been postponed and will now take place at a date to be announced in late October.
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Police seek help in finding suspects
POLICE are requesting assistance from members of the public in regard to two crime incidents.
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No more Pfizer first doses from Thursday
THE Ministry of Health and Wellness has advised that “due to diminishing supplies”, first doses of the Pfizer vaccine will no longer be offered effective Thursday.
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‘Schools not ready’ for classes in person
WHILE officials hope to soon announce a date for the resumption of face-to-face learning, Education Minister Glenys Hanna Martin disclosed that several schools will be unable to open due to an unsatisfactory state of repair.
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EDITORIAL: We are failing our children
THE children of our nation seem to be caught in the middle of an almighty mess.
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BGDSA: Softball heats up
DESPITE the down pouring of the rain, the Bahamas Government Departmental Softball Association managed to play a couple of games in the Bankers Field at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex on Saturday.
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Juvenile jailed for stealing car from woman at gunpoint
A MALE juvenile was sent to prison yesterday after he was accused of robbing a woman at gun point and stealing a car.
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NPSA opens fastpitch season
AFTER a two-year hiatus as a result of COVID-19, the New Providence Softball Association opened its 2022 fastpitch season over the weekend with the new look Cybertech Blue Marlins and the veteran Sunshine Auto Wildcats getting off to an impressive start.
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DIANE PHILLIPS: What has happened to us?
WHEN I was young, we carried books to school, not guns. When I was young, I knelt by the side of the bed and prayed asking God to make my family happy, not to keep them safe from the bullets of an evil lunatic or the fury of a troubled teen. When I was young, l was innocent, but the world did not look then like it looks now. The weather was unpredictable, not the person sitting next to you.
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Student speech competition to focus on crime prevention
STRONGER Neighbourhoods Bahamas Foundation (SNB) will be partnering with the Royal Bahamas Police Force for an upcoming student speech competition focused on crime prevention.
