DPM hails world’s largest cruise ship
The deputy prime minister yesterday hailed the arrival of the world’s largest cruise ship in Nassau as epitomising “what a good partnership is supposed to look like”.
ALICIA WALLACE: When will we just face the facts and accept this simple truth?
YESTERDAY was International Women’s Day and there were thousands of events held all over the world to raise awareness of issues women face, celebrate the progress that has been made, recognize women whose contributions have helped us to move closer to gender equality and kickstart new initiatives and programmes.
EDITORIAL: Changing the way we handle policing
IT almost feels like it should go without saying that excessive force should not be something police officers resort to – and yet Commissioner Paul Rolle has set his sights on exactly that problem.
Honouring women
THE Office of the Spouse of the Prime Minister held a wreath laying ceremony for the “Bahamian Madonna” statue at Prince George Dock yesterday.
Regattas may return this summer
MARINE Resources and Family Island Affairs Minister Clay Sweeting says he expects several Family Island regattas and festivals will be held this summer once COVID-19 cases remain low in the country.
Pintard urges caution over COVID
FREE National Movement leader Michael Pintard has urged caution from the Davis administration as it rolls back COVID-19 restrictions, noting the country does not have the same widespread vaccination coverage as larger nations that are also easing measures.
Track hero Davis tells her tale
TWO-TIME Olympic champion Pauline Davis held a book signing at Goodman’s Bay yesterday for her anticipated memoir, Running Sideways.
Banks urged: Don’t leave buyers ‘holding the bag’
A prominent accountant has urged Bahamian financial institutions not to leave clients “holding the bag” by selling them repossessed properties in unapproved subdivisions.
Chamber chief urges VAT gasoline ‘cap’
Abaco’s Chamber of Commerce president yesterday urged the Government to “cap” the VAT it earns from taxing gasoline at 45 cents per gallon and “alleviate the pain” of soaring fuel costs.
Bahamas to ‘feel brunt’ of Russian sanctions shock
The Bahamas will “feel the brunt” of the fall-out from Russia’s Ukraine invasion, a governance reformer warned yesterday, with hyper-inflation threatening to plunge the world into a depression.
Abaco suffers three-year, $60m Dorian rental blow
Abaco lost more than $60m in rental income during the 28 months immediately after Hurricane Dorian due to the devastation inflicted on its housing stock, it was revealed yesterday.
More questions raised over BPL fuel hedging
Bahamas Power & Light (BPL) yesterday rejected accusations that the Davis administration had cancelled its fuel hedging initiative even though it was not producing the desired financial savings.
123 Haitian migrants detained at Cay Sal Bank
ONE hundred and twenty-three Haitian migrants, including children, who were picked up at sea were brought to Grand Bahama yesterday morning.
FNM: Amend the law on marital rape
THE Free National Movement has called on the Davis administration to amend the law to criminalise marital rape.
Edward Turner, husband of former MP dies
EDWARD Turner, the husband of Loretta Butler-Turner, died yesterday.
PM announces relaxation of some COVID-19 restrictions
Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis announced the following relaxations to COVID-19 restrictions in the House of Assembly on Wednesday morning.
‘What exactly is our policy on Ukraine?’
FREE National Movement Leader Michael Pintard said he is concerned that Russian vessels that have been denied permission to land in the United States and Canada have gained entry into The Bahamas.
What message are we sending to poachers?
FISHERMEN have been taken aback by the sentences given to four Dominican poachers with some saying the lawbreakers deserved a harsher penalty.
Fares increase ‘on hold’ until summer
TRANSPORT and Housing Minister JoBeth Coleby-Davis says the government is considering allowing taxi and jitney drivers to increase fares in response to rising fuel prices.
