‘Don’t build financial services on crypto’
FTX’s collapse into provisional liquidation is a warning that The Bahamas should “not build the whole financial services recovery” on digital assets, a prominent Bahamian accountant said yesterday.
AML Foods targets e-commerce launch
BISX-listed AML Foods is planning to launch an e-commerce division during its current financial year that will enable the group to supply clients “throughout The Bahamas”.
Businesses thankful for minimal impact
ABACO business owners are thankful their livelihoods were spared significant damage from Hurricane Nicole, which passed over the island as a tropical storm on Wednesday before strengthening over Grand Bahama.
How green spaces can make life sweeter
“BOY ELUTRA sweet nah!” was the response from someone who had just learned that I was relocating from Nassau to Eleuthera. I often get similar responses from folks who ask how my family is enjoying living in Eleuthera.
DIANE PHILLIPS: View from the sidewalk
IT’S amazing what trying to look at something through someone else’s eyes can reveal.
53-year-old man was victim of latest killing
THE man who was shot dead outside his Kool Acres home on Wednesday night has been identified by area residents as 53-year-old Nathan Stubbs. According to police, the incident occurred shortly before 10pm outside the victim’s residence.
Regulator ‘freezes’ FTX and sends in liquidator
Regulators yesterday moved to protect clients of The Bahamas’ flagship crypto currency investor by “freezing” its assets, and seizing control of the company, amid reports it acquired $74m in local real estate this year alone.
Blaze at Prodigal Sons shack
WITH the return of the Boxing Day and New Year’s Day parades a few weeks away, the Prodigal Sons Junkanoo group is uncertain if it will be able to compete following a devastating fire at their shack on Tuesday.
'Shanty towns will not go unchecked forever’
PUBLIC Works Minister Alfred Sears warned that illegal shanty towns will not be allowed to go unchecked indefinitely, while revealing that officials are reviewing an existing injunction with a view to making appropriate applications to the Supreme Court to crack down on the unregulated communities.
No serious infrastructure damage suffered in Abaco
ACTING Prime Minister Chester Cooper says Abaco fared well with no significant infrastructure damage or serious injuries in the aftermath of Nicole. The day after the storm followed the same path as Hurricane Dorian three years ago, Mr Cooper, along with government officials and the official opposition assessed the island.
Grand Bahama ‘fared well’ through hurricane
GRAND Bahama fared well overall during the passage of Hurricane Nicole, Minister for Grand Bahama Ginger Moxey said yesterday.
Pair accused of armed robbery
TWO men, accused of robbing two people at gunpoint last month, were charged in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday.
Bahamas triathlon team off to CARIFTA
After a two-year hiatus, the Bahamas Triathlon Association is eager to send a national team off to compete in the fourth CARIFTA Triathlon.
Pair guilty over marijuana find
A MAGISTRATE yesterday fined two men who were found with a quantity of marijuana outside a home two months ago.
‘Drunk teenager guilty of disorderly behaviour
A TEENAGER who behaved in a disorderly manner and cursed at police because he claimed he was drunk was yesterday ordered to be of good behaviour.
Cayman Prep, St Andrew’s emerge as champions in LCIS KPMG Football Fest
LYFORD Cay International School (LCIS) hosted its 9th KPMG Football Fest last weekend.
64-year-old accused of sex with girl, aged 12
A 64-year-old man accused of having sex with a minor last year was remanded in custody yesterday.
Major Jr wins opening match in the BLTA’s IC Junior Tennis Challenge
MICHAEL Major Jr, coming off his double championship victory at the FOCOL Junior Tennis Tournament held recently in Grand Bahama, won his opening match in the Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association’s IC Junior Tennis Challenge at the National Tennis Center.
Denika Lightbourne commits to Dayton
AS she heads into the final year of her stellar prep basketball career, Bahamas national team standout Denika Lightbourne ended her sought after recruitment by committing to a Division I programme.
Optimist North American Sailing Championships in Nassau next week
THE Optimist North American Championship (OPTINAM) is a large, high profile junior sailing event hosted annually at different locations around the North Americas and Caribbean.
