‘Arrest was not influenced by other considerations’
DAMIAN Williams, US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, said Sam Bankman-Fried’s arrest on Monday was dictated by law enforcement as opposed to any other considerations, including his scheduled testimony in Congress on Tuesday.
RBC’s 3-day digital woes an ‘absolute catastrophe’
Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) yesterday pledged it is “working diligently” to restore its digital banking platform with businesses branding the three-day woe as “an absolute catastrophe” for commerce.
Shoppers warned: Don’t go broke for Christmas
A financial expert urged residents to take a “pause” and not to go broke this Christmas season while shopping.
Airline workers sign agreement
AFTER several months of negotiations, Nassau Flight Services and the Airport Airline and Allied Workers Union (AAAWU) signed a five-year industrial agreement at the Office of the Prime Minister yesterday.
‘No special treatment for FTX founder in prison’
ACTING Commissioner of Corrections Doan Cleare said former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried is getting no preferential treatment in prison, adding that “all inmates are treated equally”.
‘FTX BAHAMAS CHIEF CONFESSED TO FRAUD’: Securities Commission director says admission led to liquidation move
The head of FTX’s Bahamian subsidiary sparked an “urgent” police probe into possible criminal misconduct when he confessed to local regulators about the misuse of multi-billion dollar client funds.
Chipola improves to No.2 in poll
Deyton Albury, Paul Greene and Chipola College are now the no.2 ranked men’s basketball programme in NJCAA Division I.
Fredrick King has career night for Blue Jays
FREDRICK King had his second NCAA start and produced a career night for the Creighton Blue Jays.
Treasure Cay ‘one missed pump away from sewerage nightmare’
TREASURE Cay homeowners yesterday complained they still lack a proper sewerage system more than three years after Hurricane Dorian despite contributing “hundreds of thousands” to the Water and Sewerage Corporation (WSC).
Raynor Andrews gets an offer from Syracuse
JUNIOR offensive lineman Raynor Andrews continues to become a sought after prep football prospect.
US prosecutor confident on Bankman-Fried case
US PROSECUTORS yesterday voiced confidence they have sufficient evidence to convict FTX’s embattled founder, Sam Bankman-Fried, on charges that he “misappropriated billions of dollars of customer funds”.
Royal date for National Youth Award director
THE National Director of the Governor General’s Youth Award (GGYA) Jacquetta Lightbourne- Maycock travelled to the United Kingdom last month to address a fundraising dinner attended by Prince Edward, chairman of trustees of The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award Foundation.
$15k fine over marijuana
A MAN was ordered to pay a $15,000 fine after he admitted to having 10 lbs of marijuana in his possession.
Bay Street demolitions to boost Downtown’s revival
THE Deputy Prime Minister yesterday said the Government has demolished five derelict Bay Street properties over the past year to make way for downtown Nassau’s revival.
Shooting suspect is denied bail
A MAN accused of shooting at a woman as she drove away in her car was denied bail in the Supreme Court.
Boys accused of trespassing
FOUR boys admitted to trespassing on school premises after dark intending to commit an offence.
‘Buddy’ and Pacers beat Warriors, Curry hurt
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Tyrese Haliburton scored 29 points and the Indiana Pacers made 16 3-pointers to hold on for a 125-119 victory last night over the Golden State Warriors and Stephen Curry, who didn’t finish the game because of a left shoulder injury.
Kenise: My mother ‘was everything to me’
VETERAN national team player Zella Brown- Symonette, perhaps the greatest female shortstop who won numerous championships in the New Providence Softball Association and the Bahamas Government Departmental Softball Association, passed away on Tuesday.
Sears need not resign
It is interesting to note the baying of opponents of the ruling Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) calling for the resignation of the Hon Minister Alfred M Sears (PLP-Fort Charlotte) as Minister of Works & Public Utilities due to what they call his “admitted misleading of the House of Assembly relative to whether or not he had received an email from the Ministry of Economic Development on the continuation of an oil hedging proposal for Bahamas Power & Light,”
Empty seats at stadiums
Do we fill our stadiums? Have they ever been filled? Are we getting our buck return or is the development-building all politics and makes zero financial sense? You realise with the opening of the Andre Rodgers we now have inventory of $100 million worth of stadia!
