$430m Agrihaven development among projects planned for Grand Bahama
GRAND Bahama Minister Ginger Moxey announced that a $430m Agrihaven development in East Lucaya is among several major developments that are on tap this year for Grand Bahama.
Dr Ian Strachan promoted to executive vice president at UB
UNIVERSITY of The Bahamas announced on Friday that Dr Ian Strachan has been promoted to executive vice president and will retain his position as president of the UB-North campus in Grand Bahama.
Eight arrested for allegedly overstaying
EIGHT visitors were taken into custody in Grand Bahama after allegedly overstaying their time in the country.
One year sentence for stealing from employer
A 47-year-old man who stole over $500 worth of items from his employer was sentenced to one year behind bars on Friday.
Conditional discharge for tourist
AN American tourist who was caught with marijuana laced gummies was granted a conditional discharge on Friday.
Man charged with three counts of attempted murder
A MAN was sent to prison Friday on several charges of attempted murder in connection with a drive-by shooting that was allegedly captured on video.
No decision on Columbus statue
PRESS secretary Clint Watson said the Davis administration has not decided what to do about the Christopher Columbus statue at Government House which was defaced last year.
DIANE PHILLIPS: I never knew you cared so much, now what about Downtown?
MUCH to my shock, the March 4 column ‘Montagu Madness’ criticizing the explosion of signage cluttering and disrupting a view so many worked so hard to create set off a maelstrom of response I could never have predicted. The column which was even picked up by World News sparked a petition – though aimed at the wrong target, but well-meaning – and numerous others since that column appeared have been calling for the removal of signs.
EDITORIAL: COVID is not gone and we should stay ready
THE news of nine more deaths from COVID-19 is a sobering moment.
‘It was a mistake for Minnis to use expletives’
FORMER Prime Minister Perry Christie said Killarnary MP Dr Hubert Minnis made a “mistake” when using expletives in a Tribune interview, saying it appeared the former Free National Movement leader was trying to attract attention in the “most graphic way”.
Christie: Right move to avoid referendum
PERRY Christie thinks Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis is correct to try to avoid a referendum on gender and human rights issues and instead focus on legislative changes.
UPDATED: Two dead, one injured after Market Street shooting
Two men are dead and a woman is in hospital after a shooting on Market Street on Thursday night.
DPM unveils 1,500 job GB construction boom
Freeport is poised for a two-year construction boom that will create 1,500 total jobs at peak build-out if major investment projects come to fruition, the deputy prime minister revealed yesterday.
Ex-DPM: Lucayan deal not Hutchison ‘bail out’
The Government had no choice but to acquire the Grand Lucayan resort because its threatened closure “had the potential to sink Grand Bahama”, the former deputy prime minister argued yesterday.
Port touts ‘20% rise in licensee numbers’
A Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) executive yesterday sought to refute assertions that “hundreds of businesses are closing every year in Freeport” by pointing to a near-20 percent increase in licensees since Hurricane Dorian.
Ex-Chamber chief pegs GB jobless rate at 35%
A former Grand Bahama Chamber of Commerce president yesterday estimated that the island’s post-COVID jobless rate is “hovering” around 35 percent given the absence of official data.
Minister to give derelict building fight extra ‘teeth’
A Cabinet minister yesterday pledged to “give teeth” to efforts to tackle Freeport’s derelict building woes, with Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) executives complaining: “Our hands are tied.”
Grand Lucayan bidders to present plans to board this weekend
FIVE bidders have been invited to present plans to the board of Lucayan Renewal Holdings Ltd regarding the Grand Lucayan Resort on Sunday, Tourism, Investments and Aviation Minister Chester Cooper said yesterday.
