Kix Academy off to 37th Annual Plantation Thanksgiving Classic
KIX Academy is heading to Plantation, Florida, today for the 37th annual Plantation Thanksgiving Classic.
Bahamas Junior Sunfish Nationals rock Elizabeth Harbour
THE 2023 Bahamas Junior Sunfish Nationals took place this past weekend in beautiful Elizabeth Harbour in George Town, Great Exuma.
Bus systems need more routes
Despite its many ills, the Bus System has been very good to the residents of New Providence. This has been especially true over the past five or six decades. The Bus System transports a significant percentage of the workforce that continues to build and develop our country on a daily basis.
Pair bailed over loaded firearm
A MAN and a woman were granted bail after allegedly being found with a loaded gun in their home by police responding to a domestic incident.
Jailed for breaking into customs area
A MAN was sentenced to two years in prison after admitting to breaking into the Department of Customs area at the Andros airport this week.
IAN FERGUSON: The benefits from offering staff meals
Yesterday was perhaps the beginning of the holiday food season. No one underestimates the importance of food in the corporate environment. Employees come to work with food on their mind. They are either walking in with breakfast or stepping out to get it. By 11am they are ordering lunch, and by 3pm planning dinner.
Sky dive promotion hit by insurance concerns
A new sky diving excursion yesterday revealed the Ministry of Tourism is reluctant to promote the venture over concerns that it lacks adequate insurance.
Seaplane private charter targeting Harbour Island
A US aviation operator is planning to launch private charter seaplane flights from south Florida to Harbour Island in early 2024 to meet growing demand for the latter location.
Nassau and PI resorts enjoying Thanksgiving ‘record occupancy’
The Nassau/Paradise Island Promotion Board’s (NPIPB) chief executive yesterday said its resort members are reporting “record occupancy” for the Thanksgiving holiday period.
STATESIDE: Biden seeking to avoid gaffes
US President Joe Biden is known for avoiding live press conferences. In sharp contrast to his predecessor, Biden appears to believe that such largely unrehearsed sessions would expose him to more of the gaffes and errors that have occurred many times throughout his long public career – albeit without the crippling effect of some of his contemporaries’ mistakes and misstatements.
FRONT PORCH: Where is the public monument for the 50th anniversary?
PUBLIC monuments play an essential role in the commemoration and celebration of significant national achievements, events and heroes. They are like visual storybooks crafted from granite, marble, bronze and various other stone and metal.
Mother of toddler found dead in Abaco helping police
THE mother of a four-year-old girl who was found dead in Abaco is still assisting police with their investigations.
$500,000 bill for Christmas decorations this year
AS the Christmas season approaches, New Providence and Family Island residents can expect a sparkling display of decorations worth over $500,000, according to Luther Smith, permanent secretary of the Ministry of Works and Utilities.
EDITORIAL: Five takeaways from by-election vote
THE race has been run. The votes have been counted. And after all the sound and fury, the money spent and the time on the campaign trail, we are back to where we started. West Grand Bahama and Bimini have chosen a PLP candidate to fill the vacancy left by the death of PLP MP Obie Wilchcombe.
Top housing official rapped over ‘excessive spending’
The Government’s chief housing officer was reprimanded for “excessive spending” that allegedly exhausted 92 percent of the department’s budget within the fiscal year’s first seven months.
‘Don’t base corporate income tax decision on Shell $1.55bn’
The Bahamas must not implement a corporate income tax “on the narrow performance of entities” such as Shell which last year paid zero tax on its local subsidiary’s $1.55bn profits.
Liquidators control 30% of FTX Bahamas cash
FTX’s Bahamian liquidators have to-date gained control of just 30 percent of the local subsidiary’s $255.2m cash assets despite locating fresh recoveries in Switzerland.
‘No wasting time’ declares new MP
WINNING more than 2,000 votes at the polls in the West Grand Bahama and Bimini by-election yesterday, newly elected MP Kingsley Smith said he and the Progressive Liberal Party are up for the challenge.
Bain ‘awesome’ after winning 307 votes in by-election battle
COALITION of Independents Leader Lincoln Bain said although the Progressive Liberal Party won the by-election, his party is prepared to win the war ahead of the 2026 general election.
