BLTA Fidelity Senior Nationals in full swing
THE Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association Fidelity Senior Nationals kicked off on Tuesday at the National Tennis Centre. The competition continues through October 23..
UB Athletics, US Embassy team up to host community basketball clinic at UB
THE University of The Bahamas and the United States Embassy teamed up Saturday to host a basketball clinic for area high school players at the university’s courts.
Ayton has double double, Suns rally from 22 points down to get win over Mavs 107-105
DEANDRE Ayton concluded last season in disappointment with a season low effort against the Dallas Mavericks but he began the 2022-23 campaign with a double double in the latest edition of the budding rivalry.
Mobile money uptake hit by bank obstacles
A CABLE Bahamas executive yesterday suggested that commercial banking practices are an obstacle to the faster uptake of mobile money, adding: “We need to get on it right now.”
IAN FERGUSON: How to deal with employee misfits
EMPLOYEES are the most essential part of any company. And skilled recruiters will try to source the best workers for their business.
URCA chief: ‘Much to do’ on better Internet access
THE Bahamas’ top communications regulator yesterday admitted there is “much work to do” on ensuring affordable, widespread access to broadband Internet and mobile data.
Water Corp loss slash effort in $100m saving
AN $83m project to slash the Water & Sewerage Corporation’s system losses has more than paid for itself by generating more than $100m in savings, its contractor asserted yesterday.
Skyguard Severe Weather Alert 20th October: Freeport
STARTS: 10/20/2022 6:15 PM EDT EXPIRES: 10/20/2022 7:45 PM EDT
Two feeding programmes launched
SOCIAL Services Minister Obie Wilchcombe announced the start of two new feeding programmes that will offer breakfast to students and make available provisions for people to be fed at night.
FRONT PORCH: Events, dear boy, events!
THERE is a rejoinder, allegedly made by British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan when asked what was among the greatest challenges he faced as a political leader. The alleged response: “Events, dear boy, events,” has never been fully authenticated, though it has been widely reported.
Govt owes $1.7m to BTVI
MORE than $1m is owed to the Bahamas Technical and Vocational Institute (BTVI) by the Ministry of Education, according to an audit into the institution.
Old Fort Bay ‘torn’ by escalating fight
One of western New Providence’s most upscale communities is being “torn” apart through an escalating dispute triggered by demands that homeowners finance a 50 percent increase in security costs.
Food retailers ‘trying like hell’ for Friday solutions
Bahamian food retailers were yesterday “trying like hell” to meet Friday’s deadline to produce an acceptable alternative to the Government’s “catastrophic” price control expansion.
Bahamas cannot be blacklisting ‘pariah’
The Bahamas will not risk becoming a global “pariah” by rejecting the countries and organisations that continue to ‘blacklist’ its financial services industry, a Cabinet minister asserted yesterday.
BTVI overpaid staff by nearly $100,000
The Bahamas Technical and Vocational Institute (BTVI) potentially overpaid its 135 staff by almost $100,000 over the ten months to end-July 2020, it was revealed yesterday.
EU blacklist: ‘Square peg in round holes’
The Government and Opposition yesterday continued to trade blows over who was responsible for The Bahamas’ blacklisting by the European Union (EU) amid accusations a key reporting system “did not cut the mustard”.
Ministry ‘aware’ of teacher shortage
CONCERNS have been raised about a teacher shortage at RN Gomez All Age School in Bullocks Harbour, Berry Islands.
‘Govt will phase in liveable wage’
LABOUR Minister Keith Bell said the government remains committed to phasing in a “liveable wage” for Bahamian workers.
Police investigate ‘man with knife’ at school
POLICE have confirmed an investigation is ongoing into a six-year-old girl’s account that she was approached and chased by a man with a knife while at school.
