EDITORIAL: More bank frustrations, and more talk
EARLIER this year, we wrote in this space about the troubles many Bahamians experience with access to banking facilities – things are not getting any easier, it seems.
LETTER: New FNM team will carry torch
THE Free National Movement (FNM) was established as a result of a desire for increased accountability and transparency. On November 18, 1970, eight men courageously lit the torch to bring light out of darkness. The warmth of this torch has been felt throughout the decades that followed and now, as responsible Bahamians who love this country, we must rely on the light of the torch to help us navigate these dark times. The FNM is the movement of choice to govern the Bahamas because of its belief in Youth Empowerment, The Advancement of Women, and Upward mobility for each citizen.
ERIC WIBERG: The Greek tragedy of General Colocotronis
On the night of March 7, 1968, the Greek tanker General Colocotronis was on a laden voyage from Aruba to Palm Beach with oil when she suffered an engine failure in heavy weather and was stranded on the eastern shore of Eleuthera.
DIANE PHILLIPS: Maybe you should have kept those old records and magazines...
There is apparently a collector for everything. Someone in the world collects used band-aids. Why I have no idea as the idea seems almost as revolting as a collection of belly button lint but according to a website devoted to weird things people collect, there are people out there who collect belly button lint, including a self-taught clothing designer named Skippy who uses it as part of his appeal for a date or least a woman who will kiss him, any woman. He’s 34 and still working on it. Has no one had the courage to tell him it’s not working? Given the offer of roses and chocolate or belly button lint, the choice would be pretty obvious to women, but guess he has to find out the truth for himself though he seems to have a lot of followers who are advising him.
STATESIDE: The tale of the Doge - it's not just about Elon
Who said Donald Trump and Elon Musk don’t have a sense of humor? After Musk helped significantly to bankroll Trump’s return to the White House with total campaign contributions that have been estimated to exceed $275m, Trump appointed the Tesla, “X” (formerly Twitter) and SpaceX owner to head something he grandly created and called the Department of Government Efficiency. As an acronym, that becomes “DOGE”.
FRONT PORCH: The example of Pope Francis's last days
We should not mythologise the last days of Pope Francis. Prior to his final appearance on Easter Sunday, on the loggia of St Peter’s Basilica around noon Rome time, the 88-yeat-old pontiff had spent 38 days in hospital with double pneumonia.
PETER YOUNG: Exceptional Pope who cared about everyone
So much has already been written about Pope Francis since his passing on Easter Monday that one feels emboldened to write briefly about him today, based on a variety of reports.
IVOINE INGRAHAM: Hypocrisy is everywhere: Monopolies are ungodly, designed to keep control
The Bahamas must be the hypocritical capital of the world. We quickly point out everything someone else does but often struggle to admit our faults. It’s time we become more introspective and acknowledge our missteps. We are the judge, jury, and executioner of those who make a misstep. Our country has found ways to condemn those from other countries but would not admit that we are guilty of the same.
Judokan Karra Hanna earns her IJF ranking
With her sights set on making it to the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, California, judokan Karra Hanna has made a gigantic leap forward in the International Judo Federation (IJF) women’s division.
‘ROAD TO TOKYO’ begins at Silver Lightning Track Classic
THE road to Tokyo for the 2025 World Championships will get underway for a lot of the local track and field athletes at the ninth edition of the Silver Lightning Track Classic.
Horton pleased with BBF nationals
EUGENE Horton, president of the Bahamas Basketball Federation, said he was pleased with the national round robin tournament over the weekend.
Sports calendar April 29
SPECIAL Olympics Bahamas has announced that its National Bocce Championships is scheduled for this weekend at Stapledon School.
Sophomore Michael Major Jr racks up tennis awards
IT has been a very productive year for Michael Major Jr as the sophomore completed his season for the Bison men’s tennis team at Howard University, earning several athletic and academic awards.
BFA regular season results
THE Bahamas Football Association continued its regular season action over the weekend at the Roscoe Davis Developmental Center at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex.
Fourteen Clubs Golf Academy hosts another round of its US Kids Tournament at Albany
THE Fourteen Clubs Golf Academy hosted another round of its U.S. Kids Golf Tournament at the Albany Golf Club over the weekend.
Labour Department in ‘crisis mode’ after fire
Labour investigators plan to this week visit a private cruise island and another “major” destination to probe worker complaints even though a recent fire has left the Department “in crisis mode”.
Cruise lines target $348m investment at Xanadu site
Royal Caribbean and one of its affiliates have obtained government approval to acquire Freeport’s long-closed Xanadu Beach Hotel and surrounding land as part of a $348m investment, it was revealed yesterday.
Lending stability ‘better than bubble set to burst’
A Bahamian banker last night said “stability is sometimes better than a bubble about to burst” after the Central Bank unveiled double-digit increases for both loan approvals and rejections in the 2024 second half.
Gov’t’s $120m drawdown helps cut external reserve growth 69%
The Central Bank’s governor yesterday said the Bahamian economy can still grow in 2025 amid Trump tariff uncertainty as the pace of expansion for the country’s foreign currency reserves fell almost 69 percent.
Central Bank in ‘substantial work’ over banking reforms
The Central Bank’s governor yesterday said the banking industry regulator is planning to complete a “substantial amount” of work on sector reforms during 2025.
