Junkanoo 242 teams up with World Relays
THE World Athletics Relays Bahamas ‘24 announced the partnership with Junkanoo 242 at their official launch over the weekend.
Rev Diana Francis set to be honoured at awards banquet
THE Rev. Diana Francis is expected to be honoured on Saturday night when the Roadrunners Track Club hosts its 23rd annual Presentation and Awards Banquet at the Sandals Royal Bahamian hotel on West Bay Street.
Agape Eagles senior girls, LIS boys win Northern Bahamas volleyball title
THE Northern Bahamas Volleyball Championships took place Saturday at St George’s gym in Grand Bahama with both the senior girls and boys games being completed in two-game sweeps.
Pintard needs to deal with rebels
The open rebellion within the Free National Movement towards Marco City MP Michael Pintard is not unique, but the irrational expectations of the beleaguered leader’s detractors is borderline unprecedented.
Man charged with murder in the killing of Angelo Antonio
A MAN was remanded after he allegedly gunned down a 37-year-old man who was sitting in his car outside a bar on West Bay Street last month.
Man remanded after being charged with manslaughter
A MAN was remanded yesterday after he was accused of causing the death of a person last month.
Suspect accused of raping woman in Shirley St home
A MAN was remanded yesterday after he was accused of sexually assaulting a woman at a residence on Shirley Street last week.
‘My son threatened a pastor before police shot him dead’
THE mother of Ishido Saunders testified that her son threatened a pastor at Golden Gates Assembly Church before he was killed.
Battery energy storage ‘sooner rather than later’
Utilities Regulation & Competition Authority (URCA) executives yesterday said battery energy storage systems (BESS) to help drive greater renewable energy usage will be here “sooner rather than later”.
Stopover visitors exceed pre-COVID high by 30%
Stopover arrivals beat pre-COVID highs by more than 30 percent in September with the economy forecast to hold its “growth momentum” into 2024, the Central Bank said yesterday.
THE KDK REPORT: A thousand percent
THERE is a rhythm to island life that foreigners may appreciate but only natives can fully understand. Day by day, the oft dull percussions of the land and sea beat slowly with no regard for time. Islanders move at their own pace and work if they feel like it or if they must.
WORLD VIEW – Climate Change Realities at COP28: A Critical Assessment
THE upcoming Climate Change meeting in Dubai – COP28 – is enveloped in hype, yet expectations of transformational change are misplaced.
INSIGHT: When actions don’t support the rhetoric
RIGHT now, people are sitting down to try to save the world. In theory, at least.
EDITORIAL: Praiseworthy statistics in fight against HIV
FOR those who remember the challenges this country has gone through in dealing with sexually transmitted diseases, today’s news of continuing declines in cases is the kind of news that seemed impossible to dream of at times.
Flooding mitigation promised by Ministry of Works has not arrived a year later, say Cable Beach residents
ONE year later, residents near Cable Beach say Ministry of Works officials have not delivered on promises to mitigate flooding and its effects in their area.
‘Time is a luxury we do not have’, Davis warns at COP28
PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis warned world leaders that “time is a luxury we do not have” as he once again called for urgent action to fight climate change at the Conference of the Parties (COP 28) in Dubai on Saturday.
Gov’t loses intervention on $12m cruise ship sale VAT
The Department of Inland Revenue’s bid to intervene in the sale of two cruise ships and secure the $11.636m in VAT it claims to be owed has been dismissed by the Supreme Court.
Abaco Cay warns PM BPL woe ‘unbearable’
Residents of an Abaco cay have warned the Prime Minister that “unbearable” electricity woes have become “a significant deterrent” to tourism and are driving second homeowners to invest elsewhere.
