Asset manager in $200m GB airport cargo hub offer
A Bahamian financier yesterday revealed a $150bn asset management firm last year offered to invest $200m in rebuilding Grand Bahama International Airport (GBIA) and developing a cargo hub at the site.
STATESIDE: ‘Subtext’ in the crisis in Ukraine
ELAINE is a New Yorker who has travelled extensively and worked overseas, including in the Caribbean where she fell in love with The Bahamas. She is definitely “woke.” To describe her as a fervently liberal anti-Trumper is a huge understatement.
FRONT PORCH: Lenten pilgrimage and spiritual exercises
THE days of Lent are like a mini-pilgrimage, a retreat, a time for spiritual exercises and practices in preparation for the celebration of Easter and rebirth. A dear friend, a source and example of mercy and healing, who lives overseas, attends daily mass during Lent at a parish not far from his residence.
EDITORIAL: Finger pointing and name calling won’t take us forward
THERE were some ridiculous political antics on show yesterday, with the leading figures of the PLP right at the heart of them.
Govt has approved baseball stadium funds
WORKS and Utilities Minister Alfred Sears revealed yesterday that the government has approved funding for construction works to resume at the Andre Rodgers Baseball Stadium.
Minnis heckled outside House
FORMER Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis was heckled and taunted by a small group of Progressive Liberal Party supporters as he walked into the House of Assembly yesterday.
Mobile police station launched
DAYS after a spate of murders at Thompson Lane, a 24-hour mobile police station was launched in the area yesterday.
Former PM: Bahamas had no choice over sanctions
FORMER Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham said The Bahamas has no choice but to sanction Russia after its deadly invasion of Ukraine.
Ex-PM: ‘Not one red cent missing’
Dr Hubert Minnis yesterday asserted that “not one red cent is missing” from any of the COVID-19 relief initiatives that came under fresh assault in Parliament from his successor.
Town Planning turns down swimming pigs expansion
Opponents of an Adelaide-based swimming pigs attraction yesterday hailed the Town Planning Committee for upholding “the rule of law” by denying its application to develop a bar and grill.
COVID food costs ‘far below’ NGOs average
The COVID food initiative’s 8 percent administrative costs ratio is “far below” the typical international benchmark for non-profits, a governance reformer revealed yesterday.
BTC: Tax ‘disruptors’ like Netflix and Hulu
The Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) has demanded that industry regulators tax “disruptive” providers of over-the-top (OTT) services to counter their “onslaught” on local carriers.
Candles for Carissa
A CANDLELIGHT vigil was held last night at Southern Recreational Grounds in memory of young mother Carissa Culmer.
PAHO cautions that some restrictions could return
A PAN AMERICAN Health Organisation official said adjustments of COVID-19 restrictions must be “dynamic” in the context of each country’s individual situation, but added it should not be surprising if certain protocols are reimplemented as the trends fluctuate.
Meeting held to detail road improvements
THE Ministry of Works and Utilities hosted a virtual meeting recently to inform the public about the design, construction and improvement of 0.9 miles of roadway on Village Road between St Andrew’s Drive and Montagu Beach.
Airport authority signs union deal
THE Airport Authority signed a recognition agreement with the Public Managers Union this week.
Minister expects Bahamian to hold UB president post ‘in short order’
EDUCATION Minister Glenys Hanna Martin distanced the Davis administration yesterday from the decision of the board of University of The Bahamas to appoint a non-Bahamian president of the institution, saying she expects that “in short order” a Bahamian will ascend to the top post.
Ingraham confident of marital rape legislation
FORMER Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham is convinced the Davis administration will criminalise marital rape and solve gender inequality issues pertaining to Bahamian citizenship.
Minnis: This is worst ever budget statement
FORMER Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis last night slammed Prime Minister Phillip “Brave” Davis’ mid-year budget statement as the “worst” and “most empty” one ever, saying it lacked vision to transform the country’s ailing economy and help hurting Bahamians.
