Foundation reaches out to help Bahamians
THE I Can Foundation has arrived in The Bahamas and is already making waves in the community, as it fed 200 people in the inner city this past week.
Kai Jones posts double double, season high 21
Continues to dominate for the Swarm in G-League
Kai Jones continues to display his versatility with another dominant performance as he continues his latest G-League assignment with the Greensboro Swarm.
‘Hoopfest in Paradise’ high school basketball tourney to air live on ESPN
FOLLOWING the completion of the men’s and women’s college basketball games in December, the Bahamas will play host to the first Hoopfest in Paradise Tournament for high school boys’ basketball teams.
Miller re-elected president for 2nd straight 2-year term
WITHOUT any opposition, president Lynford Miller and his entire slate of officers were re-elected for their second consecutive two-year team as executives of the Bahamas Golf Federation.
Financial services can give itself ‘pat on back’
FINANCIAL institutions should give themselves “a pat on the back” for slashing the time taken to “cure” regulatory deficiencies to just 11 months, the Central Bank’s top inspector said yesterday.
STATESIDE: Has Putin played a masterful game or been forced into a corner?
THE crisis over Ukraine grinds on. Is the world edging slowly but perceptibly back from the brink?
FRONT PORCH: Repudiating our culture of violence
OVER the past few weeks the country has witnessed a number of murders, including of women, with the death toll steadily climbing.
EDITORIAL: Find the criminals behind human smuggling
JUAN Esteban Montoya Caicedo didn’t know if he would live or die as he clung to the overturned boat he set out aboard from Bimini.
Johnson has no issue with sister supporting rival
ELSWORTH Johnson says he does not fault his sister, former Speaker of the House of Assembly Italia Johnson, for publicly supporting Dr Duane Sands in the Free National Movement’s chairmanship race even though he is also seeking election to that post.
Cartwright dismisses concerns over parks
SHANENDON Cartwright dismissed concerns yesterday about how revelations about the operations of the Bahamas Public Parks and Public Beaches Authority under his tenure could affect his bid to become deputy leader of the Free National Movement.
Some Abaco schools yet to return to face-to-face learning
DIRECTOR of Education Marcellus Taylor has acknowledged some schools in Abaco have yet to return to face-to-face learning amid growing concerns from parents, teachers and students.
Under-40s slow to get vaccine
THERE is a low uptake in vaccinations among people under 40 compared to the older population, according to health data.
Drop in COVID cases - but nation not ready for future epidemics
A LOCAL infectious disease expert has noted a continued downward trend in the most recent COVID cases, but also acknowledged the country ranks among the lowest in preparedness for future epidemics.
‘Glaring deficiencies’: Top architect loses permit fight
A top architect yesterday pledged to fight on after losing a legal challenge to the Government’s decision to halt a building permit application due to “glaring deficiencies and inconsistencies”.
Don’t get ‘shortchanged’ over carbon credits plan
Environmental activists yesterday warned The Bahamas must guard against the prospect of being “short changed” over the sums it could potentially earn from trading carbon credits.
Chamber chief: ‘Don’t get sidetracked’ over investor confidence
The Grand Bahama Chamber of Commerce’s president yesterday urged the Government “not to get sidetracked” by the furore over the Prime Minister suggesting investor confidence is “waning”.
Bahamas close to 1m stopover visitor target
The Bahamas was close to hitting the one million stopover target for 2021 set by his ministerial predecessor, the deputy prime minister told the House of Assembly yesterday.
Seven bids for Lucayan
THE offer process for the sale of the Grand Lucayan resort in Grand Bahama has started in earnest and seven serious inquiries of the property have been made, Tourism, Investments and Aviation Minister Chester Cooper said yesterday.
Realtor concerns over Grand Lucayan’s sale
The Bahamas Real Estate Association’s (BREA) president yesterday said it was “very sad and disheartening” that the Government had seemingly “sidelined” the sector on the Grand Lucayan sale.
