Play Tennis Bahamas
THE Play Tennis Bahamas programme is presently in its sixth year. With a focus on teaching beginners ages 4-17 years old how to play tennis, the programme has reached hundreds of children all over the country.
‘Point taken’ over Auditor General’s independence
A CABINET minister yesterday said “the point is taken” after Opposition senators yesterday questioned whether legal reforms interfere with the Auditor General’s constitutional independence to safeguard taxpayer monies.
Cat Island firms: Airport revival is ‘long overdue’
CAT Island business owners yesterday hailed the “long overdue” $17m upgrade of New Bight’s airport as a potential catalyst for increased tourism and economic activity.
IAN FERGUSON: How to engage millennial staff
Millennials make up a sizeable percentage of today’s workforce. They come with a plethora of skills, strengths and, yes, special needs. This week’s column focuses attention on ways to keep these valuable team members consistently engaged.
STATESIDE: Potcake rescue tourist attraction in TCI leads to US puppy adoptions
The Turks and Caicos: It’s kind of like our little brother. A neighboring archipelago, for many years a tropical backwater, now more recently blossoming into a desirable tourist destination.
FRONT PORCH: Catholic Social Teaching promotes, protects and defends the radical dignity of the human person
IN A 55-minute speech during a 2015 pastoral visit to Bolivia, Pope Francis addressed a crowd of farmers, indigenous people and activists with this ringing plea: “You are social poets: creators of work, builders of housing, producers of food, above all for people left behind by the world market.
Inquests on police involved shootings have resumed
STATE Minister for Legal Affairs Jomo Campbell says inquests into police-involved killings have resumed following a lengthy delay.
Immigration repatriated 1,100 in the last two months and numbers could exceed last year
IMMIGRATION Minister Keith Bell said 1100 people have been repatriated so far this year.
Bahamian whistleblower accused of ‘fabrication’
A Bahamian whistleblower has this week been accused of “fabricating” evidence critical to a case brought by US federal regulators against a former Nassau-based broker/dealer.
Airlines dispute threatened ‘huge’ $43m consequences
The US airline industry’s challenge to The Bahamas’ air navigation services fee regime had potentially “huge consequences” by putting close to $43m in annual revenues at risk, it was revealed yesterday.
FTX chief’s $460m deal with Bahamas fund firm
FTX’s US chief yesterday unveiled a $460m settlement with a Bahamas-based fund manager that received hundreds of millions of dollars in the months leading up to the crypto currency exchange’s collapse.
GB to Abaco power cable ‘fraught with complications’
Grand Bahama Power Company’s top executive says running an electricity cable to Abaco is “fraught with complications” and remains a “longer-term opportunity” it plans to explore.
Search continues for two men from Bimini missing at sea
MULTIPLE agencies are still searching for two Bimini men who went missing at sea on Monday.
Police seize suspected drugs worth $286,600
SUSPECTED drugs worth more than a quarter of a million dollars have been seized at a freight building at Windsor Field.
Six pit bull attack ends with two euthanised
TWO pit bulls will be euthanised after attacking a woman, leaving her hospitalised with severe injuries.
Row erupts over Minnis during FNM meeting
TENSIONS in the Free National Movement boiled over on Tuesday night when deputy chairman Don Saunders publicly argued with a constituency association chairman about whether party leaders want to sideline Dr Hubert Minnis.
Commissioner ‘acted correctly’ in case of unlawfully detained officer
POLICE Commissioner Clayton Fernander believes he acted correctly in a case that has left taxpayers on the hook for damages after a judge ruled a police officer was unlawfully detained.
Davis says uphill battle on US gun makers case
PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis said although it will be difficult for Mexico to win a case seeking to hold US gun traffickers accountable for the spread of guns in the region, The Bahamas needed to support the action to send a strong message to US lawmakers.
‘HUMBLE APOLOGY’ TO FURIOUS PM BY TOBY SMITH – “Deeply disturbed’ Davis: I’m the one left betrayed by developer’s comments
A Bahamian entrepreneur yesterday made a “humble apology” after the Prime Minister reacted furiously to assertions he had “betrayed” him by failing to honour earlier pledges to approve his $3m Paradise Island project.
