PM pledges solar power field by next year
PRIME Minister Phiilip “Brave” Davis said yesterday the government has made a commitment to have a 60 megawatt solar power field by next year.
Change of routes in drug trafficking
NATIONAL Security Minister Wayne Munroe says officials have noticed new drug trafficking trends with smugglers using different routes than seen in past.
Doctor concerned over hospital system capacity to handle COVID rise
A senior physician says she expects increases in the COVID-19 infection rate and is fearful the hospital system is unable to deal with the infected and its regular patients at the same time.
Last-minute rescue for private aviation
Bahamas Customs yesterday flew to the private aviation industry’s last-minute rescue by delaying implementation of a new border control regime that some feared could drive away up to 50 percent of this nation’s business.
Cruise port hits 97% end-May occupancy
Passenger occupancies on vessels calling at Nassau Cruise Port in the final week of May exceeded 97 percent, it was revealed yesterday, signalling the sector is closing on full recovery from COVID-19’s ravages.
Budget’s housing focus can be ‘windfall catalyst’
The Budget’s focus on stimulating home ownership “could be the catalyst that triggers an economic windfall” by boosting investor confidence in the wider economy, the Bahamian Contractors Association’s (BCA) president believes.
‘Get past need for Budget secrecy’
The Government must “move past this need for secrecy” in the annual Budget process and avoid blindsiding the private sector and wider Bahamian public on planned fiscal reforms, a prominent banker is arguing.
Insurers: Monday night floods a ‘wake-up call’
Bahamian insurers yesterday said Monday night’s heavy rainfall and flooding should be a “wake-up call” for all home and vehicle owners, plus businesses, ahead of what is expected to be an active 2022 hurricane season.
Ministry to celebrate Cooperative Month
THE Ministry of Agriculture, Marine Resources and Family Island Affairs is celebrating Cooperative Month this month.
Flooded streets - and more rain on way
TORRENTIAL rains are on the horizon bringing most of us a wet holiday weekend.
Former senator on sex offence charge
A FORMER SENATOR was charged in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday with indecently assaulting a 12-year-old boy.
India donates $1m for Abaco shelter
THE government of India has donated $1m to assist with the construction of the Abaco community centre and hurricane shelter. The funds are being facilitated through India’s United Nations Development Partnership Fund.
Nurses heading to June 9 strike vote
BAHAMAS Nurses Union (BNU) is set to hold a strike vote on June 9 over an outstanding industrial agreement and a 40 percent scale increase.
DOMES USED AS ‘BROTHELS’: Officials probing new claims of illicit use of emergency housing
GOVERNMENT officials are investigating reports that emergency dome houses on Abaco are being used as brothels.
Unions won’t ‘twiddle thumbs’ on industrial agreement delay
A union leader yesterday warned that the labour movement will “not sit around twiddling our thumbs” as he voiced displeasure with the Government’s failure to progress multiple industrial agreement negotiations.
BPL woes can’t be solved ‘overnight’
Bahamas Power & Light’s (BPL) struggles to keep the power on are the result of “legacy issues” that cannot be solved “overnight”, a trade union leader asserted yesterday.
Leaders need to act on flooding
What has happened over the last few weeks should now more than ever be a wake up call for our country’s parliamentary leaders.
Bahamian blood on US Second Amendment
Prime Minister Philip Brave Davis’ startling claim that 90 percent of confiscated guns used in murders in this country have been traced to American manufacturers and firearm retailers suggests to this writer that the 2nd Amendment to the US Constitution is stained with Bahamian blood.
US woman fined over live ammunition in luggage
AN American woman was fined $500 in Magistrate’s Court yesterday for having a live round of 9mm ammunition in her luggage.
Bailed in stolen car case
A MAN was granted $6,000 bail in Magistrate’s Court yesterday after attempting to sell a stolen car.
