THE BTVI STORY: Cory’s extraordinary journey
BEFORE Police Inspector Cory Hield graduated from the Bahamas Technical and Vocational Institute (BTVI) in 2022 with a certificate in Human Resources (HR) Management, he knew he would level up by studying towards a degree in the same area.
MP cooks up a Valentine treat
STUDENTS and staff at RM Bailey High School were treated to a Valentine’s Lunch Date.
Breakfast with love
STUDENTS at Cleveland Eneas Primary School received breakfast made with love on Valentine’s Day.
Pitch your idea to turn the tide
THE Organisation for Responsible Governance (ORG) is launching a new initiative, the Young Leaders Plastic Challenge, where high school students can compete in a pitch competition and win $500.
PETER YOUNG: A courageous man of principle
AT the two-day annual Munich Security Conference held at this time of year politicians and diplomats discuss the world’s security challenges.
FACE TO FACE: Angelique shares the gift of playful learning
WHO would have known that playing with flowers and twigs in the backyard, drawing a hopscotch board on the road with chalky rock, and skipping pebbles along the top of a turquoise sea would one day lead to a professional career helping children to learn better by playing! Angelique Shantel Thompson cherishes her childhood days in The Bahamas.
Defence Force to do integrated training with Jamaican forces
A ROYAL Bahamas Defence Force team will soon visit Jamaica to prepare for possible deployment to Haiti, according to Defence Force Commodore Raymond King.
RBDF confiscates over 1,500 pounds of grouper caught since close of season
AUTHORITIES confiscated 1,500 pounds of Nassau Grouper in the past three weeks despite the closed season for the fish, according to acting Director of the Department of Marine Resources Gregory Bethel.
Subsidies stopped for Margaritaville at Sea
THE government has stopped giving subsidies to Margaritaville at Sea after the cruise company discontinued its one-way cruise travel to and from Grand Bahama, according to John Pinder, parliamentary secretary in the Ministry of Tourism.
Minister is hopeful on prison accreditation
NATIONAL Security Minister Wayne Munroe is hopeful that improvements to the prison’s infrastructure will help the institution get accredited, even as he awaits Cabinet’s approval of necessary construction plans for the facilities.
Deltec pleaded Bahamas law breach, poverty over FTX evidence demands
Deltec Bank & Trust pleaded poverty and violations of Bahamian law in a failed bid to block aggrieved former FTX investors from forcing it to provide evidence.
Apprenticeship initiative to impact ‘big numbers’
The planned National Apprenticeship Programme will impact “big numbers” with ambitions to have the first entrants working in the Bahamian maritime industry as early as April/May 2024.
‘Zero’ crime fall-out for cruise numbers
Nassau Cruise Port’s top executive yesterday said he can “guarantee” passenger numbers for the past three days have surpassed prior years to show there has been “zero” impact from recent crime concerns.
‘Sting operations’ net 1,500 pounds of illegal grouper
A senior fisheries official yesterday revealed that “sting operations” over the past three weeks have netted more than 1,500 pounds of Nassau grouper caught illegally out-of-season.
‘No harm’: Private aviation meets ‘bonkers’ prior years
THE Bahamas’ private aviation business was yesterday said to have suffered “no harm” from saturation media coverage of this nation’s crime woes with visitor numbers matching the “bonkers” prior two years.
Pair charged with running brothel and prostitution
A BAHAMIAN man and a Cuban woman faced rare charges yesterday when they were accused of operating and performing in an illegal brothel in Ardastra Estates.
61-year-old accused of incest with grandchild
A 61-year-old man was sent to prison yesterday accused of molesting his granddaughter over a four-year period.
Bannister: No cap on WSC contract approval
FORMER Works Minister Desmond Bannister testified that the Water and Sewerage Corporation’s (WSC) board was not legally required to refer contracts over $250,000 for ministerial approval during his last day of testimony in the bribery and fraud trial of Long Island MP Adrian Gibson and five others.
Pistol used by police was engraved with ‘headshots’
THE word “headshot” was engraved on a police gun used in the fatal shooting of two men on Tonique Williams-Darling Highway in 2017.
Over 180 feet of clogged pipes are excavated at Arawak Cay
MORE than 180 feet of clogged pipes have been excavated to-date as part of sewerage upgrades at Arawak Cay, it was revealed yesterday.
