Leaked policy reveals BPL overtime caps and strict rules
BAHAMAS Power and Light’s new overtime policy would cap planned overtime for some workers at 20 hours a month, subject employees who repeatedly hit overtime limits to management review and require senior scrutiny when overtime exceeds specified proportions of a worker’s salary.
Supreme Court blocks Palm Cay demand for immediate payout
PALM Cay Development Co Ltd has lost its bid for an immediate $506,731 judgment against a condominium purchaser after a Supreme Court judge found serious disputes over whether the money is actually owed.
Man killed while trying to flee gunman on Fire Trail Road
A 30-YEAR-OLD man was shot dead on Fire Trail Road East on Wednesday night after an armed man wearing a black hoodie approached the car he was sitting in and opened fire as he tried to run away.
Cartwright questions govt plan for schools amid power crisis
WITH the new school year approaching and Bahamas Power and Light unable to guarantee fewer outages in the coming weeks, FNM deputy leader Shanendon Cartwright is demanding to know how the government plans to keep classrooms running if the power crisis persists.
BPSU executives allege leadership breached constitution
SENIOR Bahamas Public Service Union executives have accused the union’s leadership of repeatedly breaching its constitution, withholding information about its affairs and failing to provide a clear process for an election that must be held by the end of September.
LIGHTHOUSES: New Providence & stories of small lighthouses
IN 1967 a British paper in Liecester carried an article about dramatic stories told by well-regarded former head of the lighthouse service in the Bahamas, Commander R. Langton Jones.
DIANE PHILLIPS: Some places need to be left in perfect disarray
THERE’S a long, skinny peninsula connected by an isthmus to a mainland in the Central Bahamas that by all reasonable expectations should have been wiped out long ago, swallowed by a storm surge, devastated by a hurricane, evaporated by winds and rushing waters pounding its shallow sea level.
CEI unveils reimagined Marina Village Boutique, celebrating Bahamian heritage and a bold new chapter
Honouring its heritage while investing in its future, the Bahamian-born jewellery brand Colombian Emeralds International (CEI) is renewing its focus on local customers, longstanding partnerships and the next generation.
Insurance agent unveils online portal capabilities
A Bahamian insurance agency says it is marking its 60th anniversary by helping customers discover how much of their insurance business can be handled online.
How delegation can build stronger teams
Every leader eventually hits the same wall. Too much work, too little time. The best ones do not push through it alone; they delegate. But handing off tasks well is a skill in itself, and experts say it comes down to seven habits.
Union challenges BPL on late overtime intervention
THE UNION representing Bahamas Power & Light (BPL) middle managers yesterday challenged why management did not intervene sooner over more than $600,000 in overtime reportedly paid to three employees.
Union Alliance head pleads for taxi driver return to talks
THE BAHAMAS Union of Teachers (BUT) president yesterday urged the Bahamas Taxi Cab Union (BTCU) to resume negotiations with livery operators to resolve their escalating dispute but this was rejected by the latter’s appeal.
Transport rivals differ over ‘trial agreement’
THE DISPUTE over how taxi and livery operators work at Lynden Pindling International Airport (LPIA) has escalated into a disagreement over whether the Government ever secured an agreement between the competing transportation groups.
Gov’t targets interoperable systems for every agency
THE DAVIS administration is moving to establish an interoperable framework for its digital systems in a bid to eliminate the need for businesses to repeatedly submit information to different agencies, a Cabinet minister has revealed.
Regulators and police team to aid insurance customers
Insurance regulators met with Royal Bahamas Police Force officers in a bid to strengthen collaboration and better protect consumers from fraud and other rogue practices.
Ministers meet GB Shipyard over review on work permits
A trio of Cabinet ministers, together with senior officials, met with Grand Bahama Shipyard executives as part of a review of work permits and related labour needs on Grand Bahama.
Rival teams vie to lead public services union
THE Bahamas Public Services Union is heading into a leadership transition after nearly a decade under Kimsley Ferguson, with two rival teams promising to rebuild a sharply reduced membership, modernise the union and give members a greater role in how it is run.
EMPIRE SPORTS MEDICINE SERIES: Is doing you best always enough?
“JUST do your best.” It is probably one of the most common things we say to our children before they compete. We say it before the race, before the game, before the swimming final and sometimes even before an examination. Usually, it comes from a good place.
08132026 OBITUARIES
Thursday, August 13, 2026
