Cooking gas suppliers in 68% increase plea
Stressed dealers are pleading with the government for a 68 percent increase in the price of cooking gas to secure the industry’s survival in an “horrendous” climate where some are losing up to $500,000 per year.
EMBARGO REMOVAL COULD BE SOLUTION: PM sees opening up Venezuela trade as answer to gas crisis
PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis believes the key to relief for Bahamians concerning escalating gas prices and higher energy costs is wrapped up in the removal of sanctions on Venezuela.
Banking options
Why is it that the same handful of Canadian banks continue to hold the Bahamian people hostage after all these years? Why are these banks even operating in The Bahamas when they clearly don’t want to interact with or have anything to do with our citizens and only serve customers grudgingly, as if they were doing us a favour?
Struggling to buy gas? Blame Biden
Who would’ve thought that Bahamians would have to pay an astounding $7 for one gallon of gasoline? A 2022 Chevrolet Equinox gasoline tank holds 14.9 gallons.
Need to know
In the Minnis Administration we had a High Commissioner to CARICOM... full time working at Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Marine turtles
While it is not surprising that Kim Aranha would respond vigorously to my letter deploring the Ingraham government’s insensitive and unnecessary ban on turtle meat consumption, it is disappointing that, in doing so, she either overlooked or chose to ignore its principal points.
Man guilty of housebreaking
AN ANDROS man was sentenced to nine months in prison yesterday on charges related to housebreaking, stealing and damage.
Bail over death threats
A MAN and a woman were granted bail in Magistrate’s Court yesterday on separate charges of threats of death.
Man accused of rape
A MAN was remanded to the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services yesterday after he faced a rape charge.
Jailed for bid to steal bumper
A MAN was sentenced to three months in prison yesterday for trying to steal a man’s car bumper.
Junior girls hope to ‘get back into medal round’
FIBA Centrobasket Under-15 Girls Championship
Head coach Varel Davis said the Bahamas junior girls national team is a very young team, but they are performing as best as they can at the FIBA Centrobasket Under-15 Girls Championship.
BIG3 set to return to The Bahamas
THE BIG3 is set to return to The Bahamas in 2022 and will highlight its fifth season of professional 3-on-3 basketball by hosting its All-Star festivities at the Atlantis resort.
Pauline Davis: ‘What Jonquel said about BTC in America was wrong’
OLYMPIC champion Pauline Davis said it’s unfair for Grand Bahamian Women’s National Basketball Association star player Jonquel Jones to attack the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) over her sponsorship in the manner that she did.
Drumeco Archer pleased with athletes’ performances
BAAA NATIONAL TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS
THE performances from the cross-section of elite, collegian and locally-based athletes at the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations’ National Track and Field Championships got the attention of BAAA president Drumeco Archer.
Chavez Young named player of the week
CHAVEZ Young has excelled with the Buffalo Bison since his return to Triple-A baseball and was recognised as the club’s Player of the Week.
Corrington Maycock voted in as new president of Bahamas Association of Athletic Coaches
IN a keenly contested election of officers on Saturday, Blue Chips Throwers Club founder and head coach Corrington Maycock was voted in as the new president of the Bahamas Association of Athletic Coaches.
WORLD VIEW: Time is overdue for correcting a foolish wrong
IT IS time that several nations, led in the Western Hemisphere by the US and Canada, correct a foolish wrong. Among those countries are two member states of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), namely Haiti and Jamaica.
THE KDK REPORT: Thicker than water
FEAR is unpredictable. It can turn the brave into heroes or lay bare previously camouflaged cowardly traits for the world to see. But in our darkest hour and for a small few, the fear of the unknown can manifest courage so great it nearly defies explanation. Those are the stories that make headlines. It can also allow those willing to face the storm directly to channel their adversities with grace.
