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DPM: Eleuthera airport woe ‘completely embarrassing’
The deputy prime minister has admitted that North Eleuthera airport’s present woes are “completely embarrassing” even though the island posted a monthly visitor record for February 2024.
FRONT PORCH: The failure to civilise new generations
A gnawing grief seized the family and friends of former Member of Parliament and Deputy House of Assembly Speaker, Don Saunders, following his murder during an armed robbery
‘Keep faucet open’ govt urged as real estate triples
The Government was yesterday urged to “keep the faucet open”, and not tinker with real estate taxes and regulation in the upcoming Budget, as contracted property sales more than tripled year-over-year.
10 years of an undersea kingdom
THE Bahamas Reef Environment Educational Foundation (BREEF) is celebrating the tenth anniversary of the Sir Nicholas Nuttall Coral Reef Sculpture Garden and Coral Nursery (CRSG) - a testament to a decade of unwavering commitment to marine conservation and environmental stewardship.
FRONT PORCH: Restraint in politics and government
ANTHONY Seldon, the well-known British headteacher and political observer has written books on each of his country’s prime ministers over the past 40 years.
Minister ‘agenda’ against Murphy
RETIRED commissioner of the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services Charles Murphy claimed in court yesterday that National Security Minister Wayne Munroe had a personal agenda against him and failed to adequately explain why he sent him on administrative leave after the 2021 general election.
Rolle gets 40 years jail for murder of Kessinger
RODRIGO Rolle was emotionless yesterday as a judge sentenced him to 40 years in prison for murdering an elderly American woman during a home invasion in Cat Island in 2017.
Beautiful Grand Bahama project is praised for helping YMCA
KAREN Pinder-Johnson, the YMCA’s executive director, has praised Beautiful Grand Bahama (BGB) for assisting with much-needed improvements to the facility and its sporting amenities.
NPBA Finals: Discount Distributors Rockets win Division One title
THE Discount Distributors Rockets added another chapter to their long-standing rivalry with the Commonwealth Bank Giants in division one play.
Woman accused of trying to kill man with her vehicle
A WOMAN was remanded to prison yesterday after she allegedly tried to kill a man with her vehicle on Carmichael Road last week.
Pintard: Retired nurses should be brought back to alleviate shortage
OPPOSITION Leader Michael Pintard said the nursing profession is experiencing a severe shortage in the country, and said retired nurses should be brought back into the system.
Bahamas finishes fourth at Jr Davis Cup qualifiers
THE Bahamas’ trio of Jerald Carroll, Jackson Mactaggart and William McCartney finished fourth at the World Junior Tennis (WJT) Junior Davis Cup/Junior Billie Jean King Cup North, Central American and Caribbean Final Qualifying Tournament in Orlando, Florida, over the weekend.
Diversity Programme prevents youth detentions on sexuality
THE Ministry of Social Services introduced a diversity programme that is helping to prevent gay youth from being sent to juvenile detention centres because of their sexuality, according to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex advocate Alexus D'Marco.
Police say traffic deaths ‘unusually high’ as two more die over weekend
TWO people were killed in a car crash during a weekend that recorded more than a dozen traffic accidents.
Gas station ordered shut in leak probe
AN Abaco gas station has been ordered to close pending an investigation into a diesel leak from its fuel line that has affected the island’s drainage system.
Discharge for mother who hit daughter with cord
A 35-year-old mother was conditionally discharged yesterday after admitting to injuring her 15-year-old daughter because the girl lied about how she got to the movies last Saturday.
Woman claims she stabbed former lover with a knife in self-defence
A WOMAN testified yesterday that she stabbed her former lover last year because he tried to force his way into her home.
Student fights with school resource officer at Eight Mile Rock High School
AN Eight Mile Rock High School student fought a school resource officer on Monday in a chaotic incident captured on camera.
Comets, Hurricanes repeat as junior soccer champions
The junior portion of the Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools Sports (BAISS) Soccer Championships is officially in the books.
Three men charged on the murder of Renaldo Pinder
THREE men were behind bars yesterday after they were accused of killing a man last week.
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