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Culmer: Minnis was worst leader ever

CARL Culmer lifted the lid on his tenure as the Free National Movement’s chairman yesterday and described former Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis as the worst leader he has served in any capacity.

Recreational watercraft bill adds citizenship requirement

THE Davis administration yesterday tabled legislation that would transform the commercial watercraft industry and allow Bahamians to get the maximum benefit from the nation’s tourism industry.

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BUDGET COMMUNICATION 2024/2025: Key Budget measures

As he outlined key budget measures, Mr Davis underscored the 2024/2025 Budget has no new taxes, with some adjustments made to fees on government services where the cost of providing that service has increased.

Long-term Gov’t paper recovery two years out - but no bad thing

Demand for long-term Bahamas government debt is unlikely to recover until after a 2026 general election but that is not necessarily a bad outcome, a senior banker predicted yesterday.

‘We are all at risk’ over Abaco port uncertainty

Abaco’s Chamber of Commerce president is warning “we are all at risk” as she urged the Government to clarify if it has selected a private operator to take over Marsh Harbour’s commercial shipping port.

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Records broken at Red-Line Youth Track Classic

THE third edition of the Red-Line Youth Track Classic brought out multiple record-breaking performances this past weekend at the original Thomas A Robinson Stadium. Division Scores The Hurry Murray track club rounded up victories in three out of eight divisions at the two-day meet and last club meet for the season. They won the under-7 division with a total of 52 points. The host club was second with 39 points and Speed Capacity Maximised finished third at 34 points.

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$256m FTX properties to ‘hit market within 30 days’

FTX’s $256m Bahamian property empire is set to “hit the market within the next 30 days” after five to seven local realtors were selected to handle their disposal.

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FTX properties up for sale in next month

FTX’s $256m Bahamian property empire is set to “hit the market within the next 30 days” after five to seven local realtors were selected to handle their disposal.

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More FNM members throw support behind incumbent leader Pintard

MORE members of the Free National Movement who former Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis appointed to Cabinet threw their support behind Michael Pintard yesterday ahead of the upcoming one-day convention.

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David Watson makes his breakthrough in ‘Hyrox’

THE Bahamas has had representation in just about every sport you could imagine.

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‘JJ’ is the fastest player in WNBA history to grab 2,000 rebounds, make 250 3s

JONQUEL ‘JJ’ Jones already has a long list of notable career accolades and she recently added one more during the New York Liberty’s recent four-game winning streak.

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Kraschanda qualifies for powerlifting nationals

POWERLIFTING is not the most popular sport in The Bahamas by any means but that has not stopped Bahamian powerlifter Kraschanda Oliver from carving out her own path to success.

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Pintard and Minnis share their plans at competing events

THE contenders for the Free National Movement’s top post held duelling events on Friday ahead of the party’s convention, discussing their plans and policies for the country.

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‘There’s no hospital without physicians”

More than half of surveyed doctors feel the new $290m hospital is not “fiscally sound”, the Medical Association of The Bahamas (MAB) president said yesterday, as she warned: “There’s no hospital without the physicians.”

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Over 100 people apply to have their police record expunged at job fair

OVER 100 people at a job fair on Saturday applied to have minor criminal offences expunged from their police records, surprising officials who did not expect such numbers.

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Jazz and Miami Marlins run away with 1-0 win over Detroit Tigers

Jesús Sánchez drove in Bryan De La Cruz with a 10th-inning groundout, and the Miami Marlins beat the Detroit Tigers 1-0 on Tuesday night.

Gov’t awards 43 sustainable food grants

Forty-three fishermen and farmers have been presented with sustainable food grants by a variety of government agencies.

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Pedestrians intervene to stop woman jumping from the bridge

A WOMAN tried to jump from the Sir Sidney Poitier Bridge while holding her two-year-old daughter yesterday before pedestrians intervened to stop her before police arrived.

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Evan Fox ‘suffered a self-inflicted wound’, say police

POLICE said Evan Fox, a man who was reported missing last month before he was found dead near his truck in bushes of Frank Watson Boulevard, committed suicide.

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‘One-stop solution’ to BPL woes re-floated

A “quick one-stop solution” for The Bahamas’ energy crisis was yesterday re-floated by a local attorney who argued it could resolve cost, reliability and environmental woes “within months”.

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