Cruise giant’s 150-year PI Crown Land ‘option’
The Minnis administration has effectively given Royal Caribbean a minimum 150-year lease over seven Crown Land acres on Paradise Island for its multi-million dollar Beach Club project.
NIB chief’s three-year deal was standard
FORMER Public Service Minister Brensil Rolle has insisted the Minnis administration did nothing untoward when it executed a three-year contract of employment with National Insurance Board director James Moss.
Unvaccinated still dominate numbers
NINETY-TWO percent of the people who died or were admitted to the Princess Margaret Hospital for COVID-19 in October were unvaccinated, according to the Public Hospitals Authority.
$100M ARREARS PUT BPL IN ‘DIRE STRAITS’: Company finances hit as customers continue to leave bills unsettled
BAHAMAS Power & Light CEO Whitney Heastie revealed yesterday more than $100m in unpaid bills is owed to the company which is in “dire straits financially.”
Just 72% of vendors back to Straw Market
Just 72 percent of straw vendors are returning to the re-opened Bay Street facility, it was revealed yesterday, representing a 140-person decline from pre-COVID levels.
Winder stepping down as Commonwealth chief
Commonwealth Bank’s president, Raymond Winder, is stepping down to be replaced by the BISX-listed institution’s chief operating officer, Tribune Business can reveal.
Man ‘stabbed waiter in the head’ at bar
A WAITER was left bleeding after a man struck him in the head with a pocket knife at his place of employment, a court was told.
International Bazaar is an embarrassment
Fire fighters of the Grand Bahama Fire Services, the Grand Bahama Shipyard and Buckeye Bahamas averted an unmitigated disaster by quickly outing the fire blaze at the once popular International Bazaar.
Bahamas morning
The long nightmare which Bahamians endured for a little over four years is, mercifully, at an end with the election of the Davis administration two months ago. The draconian responses to the arrival of the pandemic and reaction to the devastation of Dorian pushed Minnis and his people them straight over the cliff, even if they gratuitously carried thousands of the unwashed masses with them.
Bahamas morning
The long nightmare which Bahamians endured for a little over four years is, mercifully, at an end with the election of the Davis administration two months ago. The draconian responses to the arrival of the pandemic and reaction to the devastation of Dorian pushed Minnis and his people them straight over the cliff, even if they gratuitously carried thousands of the unwashed masses with them.
Man accused of sex with underage girls
A 41-year-old man was charged in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday with unlawful sexual intercourse with two 15-year-old girls.
Bahamas suffers loss in pivotal tie, misses out on spot in semifinals
TEAM Bahamas lost a pivotal tie at the ITF/ COTECC 12U Team Finals and missed out on a spot in the semifinals.
Rights in Zimbabwe
It is beyond belief that the Zimbabwean government is failing to respect disabled people and empower them so that they can have decent standards of living.
Repeat offender admits taking off ankle bracelet
A REPEAT offender who removed his ankle bracelet was once again sentenced to time on remand yesterday after admitting he broke into a man’s home to steal last week.
Bail granted in $10,000 theft trial for cashier
A CASHIER who denied stealing more than $10,000 from her place of employment was yesterday granted bail ahead of her trial.
Prince Strachan and Rams advance to regional final
PRINCE Strachan and his John Carroll Catholic Golden Rams continue their run in the Florida High School Athletic Association playoffs and are headed to the regional final - second consecutive upset - with a win.
Toledo Rockets tip off ‘Nassau Championship’ with victory
THE Toledo Rockets opened a week of NCAA basketball at the inaugural Baha Mar Hoops with the first win in the series of tournaments.
Clarke scores career high, Bastian and McCoy post double doubles
GARVIN Clarke posted a career-high scoring night in NCAA Division I and a pair of Bahamians posted double doubles in Division II basketball.
