Roadrunners have three athletes on CARIFTA team
THEY’RE not one of the top ranked track and field clubs, but coach Dexter Bodie said they are extremely proud to have three of their athletes making the Bahamas’ 80-member team that will compete at the Oaktree Medical Center’s 50th CARIFTA Games this weekend.
Kingsway and SAC crowned as first high school flag football champions
THE Bahamas Youth Flag Football League (BYFFL) hosted the country’s inaugural high school flag football tournament this past weekend at the Thomas A Robinson National Stadium.
WORLD VIEW: UN climate justice success should encourage small states to act together
EFFORTS by small states to seek justice for damage and existential threats to their countries, caused by the world’s major environmental polluters, moved a step further at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on March 29.
INSIGHT: Internal issues distracting FNM from offering competent opposition
AT a time when there are lots of ways to focus on what the government is doing, the FNM seems busier trying to fight internally.
THE KDK REPORT: A family affair
QUITE often when a loved one dies, it’s the silence of the loss and the regret of things left unsaid that cripples us. Then, as others leave us for the unknown, this grief, the words left unsaid and the hugs we intended but didn’t fulfill, add to our personal guilt, compounding the pain we feel from the loss itself.
INSIGHT: $4.5m to beautify Grand Bahama - so did it work?
WITH a budget of $4.5m, Grand Bahama Minister Ginger Moxey promised to make a difference on Grand Bahama and in the lives of many Bahamians through a new unit called Collab: Partnerships for Development.
EDITORIAL: Honour women by bringing equality to all
THE long delay in bringing in laws to provide equal rights in passing on citizenship seems little closer to a resolution.
Despite better academic performance women disadvantaged in workplace
WOMEN have lower labour force participation rates and are more likely to be unemployed than men despite generally better education and academic attainment — one of many gender-based disparities that put them at a disadvantage.
Abaco concerned with disposal of hazardous waste as debris site burns
THE Abaco Chamber of Commerce president accused successive administrations of ignoring health and safety issues related to debris management after another fire erupted on a debris site over the weekend.
Front Porch: RCI beach club a bad deal, but Bay Street needs to be revitalised
Monday, April 3rd, 2023.
Front Porch: Catholic Social Teaching promotes, protects and defends the radical dignity of the human person
Monday, April 3rd, 2023.
Pre-COVID ‘comeback’ still $3bn off GDP target
The Bahamas must focus on “how we grow from here” because returning to pre-COVID’s $13bn economic output is “not sufficient to take the ship of state forward”, a governance reformer argued yesterday.
Ex-BNT chief fears PI dangerous precedent
Bahamians “should be very concerned” that Royal Caribbean’s Paradise Island project sets a precedent that will allow other cruise lines to develop their own private destinations near Nassau, an ex-National Trust chief warned yesterday.
Woman dies in West Bay Street car crash
A WOMAN was killed in a traffic accident when her car hit a tree on West Bay Street on Saturday morning.
Heroic $6.2m investment creates 70 concrete jobs
A Grand Bahama businesswoman is investing $6.2m in a concrete plant operation that will create up to 70 jobs over the next 12 months as it “ramps up” to full operations following its April 22 ground-breaking.
PI entrepreneur says new evidence found
The Bahamian entrepreneur battling to restore Paradise Island’s lighthouse is seeking the Court of Appeal’s permission to introduce new evidence he says he has uncovered relating to his disputed Crown Land lease.
16-year-old girl sexually assaulted by two men
TWO men abducted and sexually assaulted a 16-year-old girl in a bush while she walked near Baillou Hill Road early on Sunday.
Harbour Island firms owe govt $1.3m in tax
TWO Harbour Island businesses raided last week collectively owe the government about $1.3m in taxes, financial secretary Simon Wilson said yesterday.
