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Athletes envision a promising future
Coming out of 2021, some of the country’s top athletes were close to realising their dreams or either winning a medal or making the national team for the delayed 2020 Olympic Games, which took place last August in Tokyo, Japan.
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Food prices: ‘What goes up may not come down’
Super Value’s principal has warned Bahamian shoppers to brace for the possibility that increased food prices may be here to stay, warning: “I don’t believe in what goes up must come down.”
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‘Pure Athletics’ stars hit track
WHILE she cherishes every opportunity she gets to return home, “Golden Girl” Shaunae Miller-Uibo said there’s no better gratification for her to be able to do it with some of her training partners in Pure Athletics Track Club.
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Hilton closure to hit downtown business
DOWNTOWN Nassau businesses yesterday lamented that the British Colonial Hilton’s imminent February 15 closure will result in lost trade for their enterprises.
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CIBC walkout in bid to force bank to address staff issues
CIBC First Caribbean is now “looking to talk” after employees walked off the job to protest not having a collective agreement in place.
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Cabinet yet to decide on jobless benefit extension
Cabinet will likely decide today whether to further extend the Government-funded COVID-19 unemployment benefit that was due to expire at end-December 2021.
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Open schools
The mission statement of The Ministry of Education & Technical & Vocational Training, Bahamas is “To provide ALL persons in the Bahamas an opportunity to receive a quality education in an interdependent changing world.” I cannot think of a more true example than the world we live in today.
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PETER YOUNG: A hat-trick of howlers has taken the shine off of Great Britain
British people have always been avid travellers. Waves of migration from the days of colonial expansion during the early 19th century have been followed in modern times by large numbers choosing to live overseas, sometimes in the pursuit of economic opportunity, while nowadays the younger generation tends to be more mobile in an increasingly integrated world.
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SHOT MARINE HAD ‘MENTAL ISSUES’: Body cam footage backs up officer’s version of events
NATIONAL Security Minister Wayne Munroe said the leading seaman police killed on Monday had mental challenges that were known to the Royal Bahamas Defence Force and had been addressed by the agency.
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STATESIDE: Presidential prospects keep tongues wagging
A nationally syndicated columnist was writing over the weekend about US President Joe Biden’s sagging prospects, not only for re-election but for getting much of anything done for the rest of his current term. She mentioned in particular Biden’s huge social welfare package, the Build Back Better bill.
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A double whammy of COVID challenges in the new year
As the year comes to an end, governments worldwide brace themselves to face the latest COVID-19 variant. Omicron.
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‘He said he was coming inside - then gunshots’
A MAN is dead after he was shot outside his home on Friday night.
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Non-lethal weaponry considered for police
DEPUTY Commissioner of Police Clayton Fernander said he would welcome the acquisition of non-lethal weapons for the Royal Bahamas Police Force, saying the matter is on the table and up for discussion.
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Zimbabwe fears
It's extremely disheartening to keep on witnessing negative sentiments and lack of concerns by the Zimbabwean government about citizens who are continuously leaving Zimbabwe in search of better economic conditions in other foreign countries, particularly South Africa.
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How to get infected in 3, 2, 1...
When you flaunt basic disciplines and protocols of COVID what do you expect.....infection.
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Call for inquiry on COVID-19 spending
BAHAMAS Bar Association President Khalil Parker has called on the government to establish an independent public inquiry into the former administration’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Landscaping chair hits out over rogue entrants
Established landscaping companies are increasingly having to clean-up behind rogue new market entrants who have emerged amid the COVID-19 pandemic, it was argued yesterday.
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HUBERT EDWARDS: Reigniting the debate on Bahamian taxation
This will be a very interesting year economically. Continued COVID-19 headwinds, the first true Budget from the new administration and, consequently, the change in “ownership” of prevailing policy positions will definitely cause a shift in perspective.
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Smith revels in RCCL’s Lucayan setback
A Bahamian entrepreneur said Royal Caribbean Cruise Line (RCCL) is on a losing streak in The Bahamas now, should re-evaluate their future.
