Briland resort demanding $913k from horse venture
A top Briland resort is demanding that a Bahamian-owned horse riding business pay it $912,500 within ten days or face the threat of legal action as their long-simmering dispute reignites.
‘Under siege’: Tax Task Force treating us like criminals
Bahamian businesses “feel under siege” from the Government’s tax enforcers treating legitimate operators as if they are common criminals, private sector leaders have blasted.
ONE ELEUTHERA FOUNDATION: The impact of civil societies in The Bahamas and Caribbean
“Well, I really want to know if your research covers topics like “Susu,” “Pardner,” or “Box Hand,” topics that show who we are as Caribbean people and explain how we have supported, cared for, and loved each other.” A student posed this question to me after I had presented to a group of PhD students as a part of their research seminar at the University of the Virgin Islands doctoral programme in Creative Leadership for Innovation and Change. My topic for the session was “The Building Blocks of Caribbean-Based and Community-Engaged Research”. During this presentation, I used my recently published book, Get Involved: Stories of Bahamian Civil Society (Rutgers University Press), as a roadmap for the students to advance their work as emerging Caribbean researchers.
DIANE PHILLIPS: The smallest gesture
IN a week marked by major upheavals and startling events, and after a few months of columns devoted to relatively heavy topics I thought we could use a little light-hearted break. So today Page 9 is dedicated to those who help, care and share whether an idea or an act.
STATESIDE: The marginal impact of US presidential debates
THE political director was arriving at a big regional conference, surrounded by several party associates. She wields quite a bit of power as the regional eyes and ears for a Democratic governor in a reliably blue state where Republican victories in statewide elections are an anomalous oddity and GOP power tends to be concentrated in isolated rural areas with low population and almost zero national political visibility.
FRONT PORCH: Masking grand failures: A structural crisis in tourism
A visitor surveying the grand resorts, all-inclusives and boutique properties on Nassau/Paradise Island, the tourism properties on the Family Islands, and the flashy world-class cruise ships in Nassau Harbour, will be impressed by much of the tourism product and infrastructure in The Bahamas.
East Nassau water outage due to damaged transmission main on Prince Charles Drive
SOME eastern New Providence residents had their water supply interrupted as the Water and Sewerage Corporation repaired a damaged transmission main on Prince Charles Drive yesterday.
Police still looking into an apparent motorbike accident that left teen dead
POLICE have yet to classify the death of Jamesly Richmond, a 19-year-old whose motorbike reportedly went missing after he was apparently run over in a traffic accident.
New US Chargé d’Affaires introduced at US Embassy opening ceremony
THE US Embassy in Nassau celebrated the 248th Independence Day anniversary of the United States on Friday with a symbolic ribbon-cutting ceremony that also marked the opening of its new embassy compound on Shirley Street.
‘We need answers on missing Taylor’
MORE than a week after American Taylor Casey went missing, her relatives said they need more answers surrounding her disappearance and don’t feel “as confident” in police’s investigations.
Johnson drops legal action against the FNM
FORMER Free National Movement vice-chairman Richard Johnson has discontinued his legal action against the FNM, which he said was expensive for him to pursue.
Bahamian swim coach takes part in carrying the Olympic torch in France
BEFORE the Olympics begin later this month, 11,000 people will have carried the Olympic Torch in a relay. One of them is a Bahamian.
Woman and man killed in separate incidents
THE country’s murder count rose by two after a woman who was shot by her boyfriend last week died in hospital on Saturday, and a man was found stabbed to death hours later.
Bahamian students hope to avoid Hurricane Beryl
AS Hurricane Beryl barrels towards the Caribbean, some Bahamian students in Jamaica are anxious and making plans to return home.
Health officials record uptick in COVID-19, flu-like illnesses
THE MINISTRY of Health and Wellness revealed it has has observed recently an uptick in the number of persons testing positive for influenza-like illnesses (ILI).
Ministry of Health hosts HIV testing drive
THE Ministry of Health and Wellness in partnership with The Bahamas AIDS Foundation held a Regional HIV Testing initiative on Friday, urging others to take the next step and know their status.
Man shot and killed in Fox Dale subdivision
A MAN wearing a bail monitor was shot dead as he arrived at his home in the Fox Hill area last night.
Bahamas ‘firing on all cylinders’ through attracting 4.8m visitors
THE Ministry of Tourism's top official yesterday said The Bahamas is "firing on all cylinders" with the 4.8m total visitors for 2024's first five months beating last year's record pace.
