Boxing team heading off
WITH the 27-member team already reduced because of the lack of funding, Bahamas Boxing Federation President Vincent Strachan said he’s confident the remaining 10 boxers will get the opportunity to travel this week to Kissimmee, Florida.
BAHAMAS GOLDEN JUBILEE GAMES OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED
THE Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture officially launched the Bahamas Golden Jubilee Games at Baha Mar on Saturday night.
Valentino Knowles will serve as the new president for one year
AFTER being dormant for quite a while, the New Providence Boxing Association has been re-established with national boxing coach Valentino Knowles being appointed as the new president by the Bahamas Boxing Federation.
Bahamas crypto exchange to ‘prove’ financially sound
A SECOND Bahamas-based crypto currency exchange yesterday pledged to publicly disclose “proof” of its financial soundness and reserves in a bid to reassure jittery investors following the implosion of rival FTX.
Pharmacies ‘doing good’ on price control changes
PRIVATE pharmacies have “been doing good” and “progressing” since reaching their price control deal with the Government, the Bahamas Pharmaceutical Association’s (BPA) president said yesterday.
Artists team with union body to place culture at forefront
A BAHAMIAN artists and entertainers’ union has joined the Trades Union Congress (CBTUC) after a two-and-a-half-year wait for recognition, with a labour leader asserting yesterday: “You can’t have a country without culture.”
UPDATED: Deputy PM says Billy McFarland 'considered to be a fugutive'
Deputy Prime Minister Chester Cooper has released a statement regarding Billy McFarland, saying that govt will not endorse or approve any event in The Bahamas associated with him and he is considered to be a fugitive.
Business destroyed by Dorian is ruined again by Nicole
MEDIOUS Edgecombe, the owner of Coopers Town Marine, is in good spirits despite his business being destroyed by Hurricane Nicole after barely recovering from the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian.
INSIGHT: Fyre, FTX and the harm to our nation
A YOUNG entrepreneur, out of his depth, losing a ton of money and injuring the reputation of The Bahamas along the way. I could be talking about Sam Bankman-Fried, whose company FTX has combusted so spectacularly in the past week or so – and I will – but let’s take a trip to the past first.
EDITORIAL: Fyre Festival fraudster returns to scene of his crime
WHEN Billy McFarland left The Bahamas after the debacle that was the Fyre Festival, the country was collectively glad to see the back of him.
220 Legendary jobs for ‘hazardous’ site
An $80m marina investment for southern New Providence is pledging to transform “a hazardous location” blighted by trash dumps and stolen boats via a project that will create 220 permanent jobs at full build-out.
Bahamas told: Don’t pause digital assets plan on FTX failure
Halting its digital assets growth strategy due to FTX’s collapse would be “the worst thing The Bahamas could do”, an industry entrepreneur says, even though the failed crypto exchange now faces a local criminal investigation.
Collapse ‘bewilders’ FTX Bahamas staff
FTX’s 40 Bahamian staff have been left “bewildered and beleaguered” by the speed of the crypto exchange’s collapse, a senior executive says, amid hopes its $74m real estate outlay will prove a key recovery source for local creditors.
WORLD VIEW: America’s Democracy not trumped in mid-term vote
IN my commentary last week entitled, US Mid-term elections: a defining moment for the World, I pointed out that no less a person than Joseph R Biden Jr, the President of the United States of America, proclaimed that democracy is at stake in his country.
Side-by-side with police on crime beat
POLICE of the southwestern division in New Providence took members of the media on a ride-along to visit various sectors of the community on Friday.
UPDATED: Man released from prison shot dead
A MAN who was recently released from prison was shot dead at the intersection of Eden Street and Foster Road on Saturday.
Fears FTX freeze order was violated
Fears were raised yesterday that the Supreme Court order freezing all assets of FTX’s Bahamian subsidiary was violated when some of the collapsed crypto currency exchange’s clients withdrew their monies late last week.
CRIMINAL PROBE OF FTX LAUNCHED...while FNM wants to know if government was left exposed
POLICE are working with the Securities Commission to investigate if any “criminal misconduct occurred” in view of the collapse of FTX, the Royal Bahamas Police Force announced yesterday.
FNM delegation inspects Abaco after hurricane
A DELEGATION from the Free National Movement travelled to Abaco on Saturday in the aftermath of Hurricane Nicole.
