$3,000 bail in causing harm case
A MAN, accused of causing harm to another man, was granted $3,000 bail in the Magistrate’s court yesterday.
Swimmers get set for FINA Worlds
BAHAMAS Aquatics’ four-member team named to the FINA World Aquatics Championships are all set for their trip to Budapest, Hungary, June 18 to July 3.
Prospects make pro debut in Minor League Baseball
THE newest group of Bahamian baseball prospects made their professional debuts in the Dominican Summer League (DSL) while others progressed to the Arizona (ACL) and Florida (FCL) Complex Leagues for their respective franchises.
FIFA Nations League qualifier: Bahamas vs Nicaragua today
TEAM Bahamas head coach Nesly Jean says they are looking forward to playing Nicaragua today at 5 pm in their first of two meetings in the FIFA Nations League Qualifier.
Pro basketball player Dwight Coleby signs in Venezuela
DWIGHT Coleby’s next stop on his professional basketball journey will take him to the Venezuelan SuperLiga.
Gov’t allocates $4.5m for GB growth revival
A Cabinet minister yesterday said some $360,000 has been set aside to finance micro, small and medium-sized (MSME) businesses and entrepreneurs in Grand Bahama.
Ex-PM renews attack on cost of living ‘crisis’
The former prime minister yesterday renewed his attack on the Government’s decision to reimpose VAT on so-called “breadbasket” food items by arguing this has “made worse” the cost of living crisis faced by many Bahamians.
Special Olympics update
TEAM Bahamas continues competition at the 2022 Special Olympics USA Games, hosted in Orlando, Florida.
FRONT PORCH: Finding the balance in relations with the US and China
CHINA is obviously not attending the 2022 Summit of the Americas currently being hosted by the United States in Los Angeles. But the country of 1.4 billion looms large as a competitor to the US for the interests, investment needs and geopolitical considerations of the Caribbean and Latin America.
STATESIDE: The winds of war are picking up strength
AS REPORTS from the Russo-Ukraine War get pushed further off America’s front pages in favour of higher gas and other prices, mass shootings, COVID and miscellaneous political outrage from all sides, President Joe Biden and his most significant European and Asian allies are quietly preparing for what may be a smack down of the less than awesome Russian army before European unity starts to crumble later this year under the threat of no Russian fossil fuel imports as winter approaches.
EDITORIAL: Another summer of failure ahead for BPL?
WE’VE ASKED it before in this column – but what on Earth is going on at BPL?
Davis: I’ll raise gun smuggling issue
PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis says he intends to raise the issue of gun smuggling into The Bahamas at the 2022 Summit of the Americas.
$12m plan to upgrade Moore’s Island infrastructure
WORKS and Utilities Minister Alfred Sears said his ministry plans to invest more than $12m on much needed infrastructural upgrades and repairs on Moore’s Island, Abaco.
Shelf life extended for vaccine
DESPITE a noted drop in vaccine uptake for the past several months, health officials have not thrown away any doses due to being granted shelf life extensions by international regulators.
Coral disease fighter: ‘We are being seen as pirates’
The scientific institute spearheading The Bahamas’ fight against a killer coral disease yesterday said it may have to start slashing local jobs this summer due to permitting woes, adding: “We’re being viewed as potential pirates.”
FOCOL ‘gunning’ to beat $40m savings for BPL
FOCOL Holdings is “gunning” to beat the $40m savings pledged to Bahamas Power & Light (BPL) customers through the New Providence rental generation it will supply to prevent summer blackouts, its chairman asserted yesterday.
Contractors Act reform must prevent ‘storm’
The Bahamian Contractors Association’s (BCA) president yesterday said the Government is prioritising reforms that will prevent a “storm” erupting in the sector through “thousands” of persons potentially being barred from obtaining licences.
Chinese funding wait halts $23.3m stadium upgrades
The $23.3m renovation of the Thomas A Robinson stadium has been placed “on hold” while the Government tries to obtain grant financing from the Chinese government, a Cabinet minister revealed yesterday.
One dead, three injured in Bain Town shooting
A MAN was left dead and three other men are in the hospital after a shooting in Bain Town last night.
Key files ‘removed’ at Beach Authority
STAFF at Bahamas Public Parks and Public Beaches Authority were told to file a police report after files from a computer in the office were downloaded and removed “after hours” without approval.
