Waiting for RBC
Calling if not the leading commercial bank one is told calling their Client Service there might be a delay – what is a reasonable delay I have to ask?
Nothing is changing over NIB
On this Majority Rule Day, I think of things relating to the “true true” meaning of the word ‘majority’ particularly after reading a newspaper article that yet again references another immediate call for action relative to the looming depletion of the National Insurance Board (NIB) funds in a mere few years, whilst da gubment dem ain taking “the lazy way out” but are “being creative and finding additional ways” to mitigate any depletion - whatever that might mean!
Sunwing returns to Grand Bahama
ABOUT 500 Canadians visitors were in Grand Bahama last week with the return of Sunwing Airlines non-stop jet service to Freeport.
Police urge people to plan a strategy in case of home invasion
POLICE are urging people to plan a strategy or have one in the event of a burglary or home invasion.
Man accused of December murder
A MAN was remanded to prison on Monday in connection with the fatal shooting of a man on bail for possession of a prohibited weapon last month.
Bail denied after 1,000 rounds found
AN Abaco man was denied bail after being accused of having nearly 1,000 rounds of unfired ammunition and a large quantity of Indian hemp on a family island last week.
Double dose of victory
While it was a double dose of victory for Briana Houlgrave on the girls’ side, Jackson and Patrick Mactaggart made it a brothers affair on the boys’ side of the Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association’s New Year’s Tournament.
Sports Notes
THE Government Secondary Schools Sports Association will kick of its basketball season today with the junior boys and girls playing at the AF Adderley Gymnasium and the senior boys and girls at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium.
Fox and Isaacs Jr encourage each other
AS childhood friends, Lucius Fox and Todd Isaacs Jr have been each other’s greatest inspiration on and off the baseball field.
WORLD VIEW: The fallacy of ‘President’ Juan Guaidó is now over
THE pretender, Juan Guaidó, is now finally gone. The myth that he was the President of Venezuela and had the capacity to act and speak for the country, has now evaporated.
INSIGHT: A show of faith in The Bahamas over FTX probe
THE collapse of FTX – with the vast amounts of money involved – was always going to attract a global spotlight.
Taskforce to deal with backlog of criminal cases
WITH the judiciary experiencing a backlog in cases, particularly criminal proceedings, National Security Minister Wayne Munroe announced yesterday the appointment of a taskforce to address the persistent problem.
‘All hands’ needed to curb crime
PASTOR Dave Burrows said all hands are needed on deck to curb crime, adding there’s a misconception that only those from the “streets” can reach troubled youth.
FTX’s Bahamian liquidators to to control $46m Tether assets
FTX’s Bahamian provisional liquidators have gained control of $46m in Tether stablecoins as part of their “co-operation” deal with the crypto exchange’s US chief that creates a “path forward” to resolve all remaining disputes.
‘Don’t be led like sheep to the digital slaughter’
Bahamians were yesterday told “don’t be led like sheep to the digital slaughter” with a businessman arguing that the stance taken by some government agencies in not accepting cash was illegal.
CLICO victims: Don’t forget our $35m need
Victims of CLICO (Bahamas) implosion have made an impassioned call to the Government not to forget their continuing plight with an estimated $35m still required to make them whole.
Tributes are paid to April Crowther-Gow
TRIBUTES have been paid to April Crowther- Gow, a former deputy chief councillor of Freeport, and a council member of the Free National Movement.
Seven in custody after 390Ibs of suspected marijuana found
Seven men are in police custody after they were found in possession of over 390 pounds of suspected marijuana.
69-year-old woman in hospital after shooting
A 69-year-old woman is in hospital after a shooting incident on Sunday night.
