Time to clean up Downtown
DOWNTOWN Nassau desperately needs aggressive transformation, not the incremental changes that have defined improvements to the city over the years, Deputy Prime Minister Chester Cooper said yesterday.
Gov’t close to deal on Club Med re-opening
The deputy prime minister yesterday revealed the Government is close to “an agreement in principle” with Club Med for the winter 2022 re-opening of its San Salvador resort property.
Gov’t invests $100k to fix airport baggage ‘glitches’
The deputy prime minister yesterday disclosed that the Government has invested $100,000 to “fix once and for all glitches” with the baggage handling equipment at Lynden Pindling International Airport (LPIA).
WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS: Sunland Lutheran Stingers win title in high school classic showdown
In a classic showdown in the future of competitive high school basketball in Grand Bahama, the Sunland Lutheran Stingers knocked off the Tabernacle Baptist Falcons 55-51 to take the senior boys’ title.
Hanna Martin meddling with UB decision
Once again, Minister of Education Glenys Hanna Martin has been a terrible disappointment.
Take a look in the mirror
AS Bahamians, we should all admit to ourselves after looking in the mirror that when we go to our so-called election polls every four years plus now, we go to vote for what we see in the mirror.
Father jailed for firearm offences
A FATHER was sentenced to 16 months in prison yesterday on firearm and ammunition charges.
Woman accused of vagrancy
A WOMAN was remanded to the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services for psychological evaluation after being charged with vagrancy yesterday.
Man ‘had items believed to be stolen’
A MAN was arraigned yesterday on charges of unlawful possession.
Seniors to take the spotlight at national schools golf tournament
THE playoff rounds in the primary division of the second annual National Schools Golf Tournament is complete.
Jobless benefit claimants drop 40% in six months
A Cabinet minister says the number of jobless Bahamians receiving benefits through the National Insurance Board (NIB) has declined by over 40 percent in the past six months following the economy’s post-COVID rebound.
Eugene Olson Campbell Sr, 61, dies at his home
NOT many people made an impact in any sporting league they participated in the way Eugene Olson ‘Gene or Geno’ Campbell Sr did.
UB Mingoes track and field team earns 4 top-10 finishes
THE University of The Bahamas track and field team posted four top 10 finishes - three from multi-event specialist Kendrick Thompson - at the University of Central Florida Black and Gold meet over the weekend that included powerhouse track schools such as Kentucky and Michigan.
Ella Saidi earns spot in IEA National Finals
RIDERS from the Bahamas Interscholastic Equestrian League travelled to Tryon, North Carolina this past weekend to compete in the US-based Interscholastic Equestrian Association (IEA) Zone 4 Hunt Seat Finals.
Stevens takes NPSA top spot
FOR the first time, one person will have the chance to serve as the president of both the New Providence Softball Association and the Bahamas Government Departmental Softball Association st the same time.
Junior tennis players achieve top 10 rankings in under-14 COTECC poll
COMING off a spectacular finals at the World Juniors team competition in El Salvador, Bahamian junior tennis players Jackson Mactaggart and William McCartney have achieved top 10 rankings in the Under-14 Central American & Caribbean Tennis Confederation (COTECC) poll.
PETER YOUNG: How can conflict in Ukraine be stopped?
IT is beyond belief that this can really be happening. Such was the anguished reaction of a friend after watching last week the most recent television coverage of the horror taking place in Ukraine. Not easily shocked, he found the situation there appalling and distressing; in particular, the latest footage of the destruction of the city of Mariupol with the shelling of schools and hundreds trapped under the rubble of a bombed theatre where they had taken refuge.
Smith: Deal with citizenship by constitution
GEORGE Smith, a former Progressive Liberal Party Cabinet minister, does not want the Davis administration to address unequal rights to citizenship through ordinary legislation.
FACE TO FACE: Offering youngsters a voice and a safe space
ELIZABETH Thompson was busy doing what she did best – working as a prosecutor for the Bahamas Government. She had the opportunity to make a meaningful contribution to society by bringing suspected criminals to court to be tried. What she did not know was that her caring personality would attract many victims of crime to her office to pour their hearts out. They found a space of solace and a listening ear, and she was always willing to provide it.
