EDITORIAL: Downtown dilemma that won’t go away
TO say that a transformation of Downtown Nassau is overdue is an understatement in the extreme.
Strict enforcement of COVID rules during visit
HEALTH and Wellness Minister Dr Michael Darville suggested yesterday that there will be strict enforcement of COVID-19 rules during the UK Royals’ visit to The Bahamas this week, while assuring that any potential exposure to the virus amid the trip “will be dealt with”.
FOAM leader plans protest to highlight gender issues
THE founder of advocacy group Families of All Murder Victims is organising a demonstration during the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s visit to The Bahamas to shed light on gender issues in the country.
Abaco ‘seeing rebound’ in boating
ABACO is seeing a rebound of yachting and boating, and a strong demand for investment, said Tourism, Investments and Aviation Minister Chester Cooper.
Education Minister says graduation requirements are being reviewed
EDUCATION Minister Glenys Hanna Martin says her ministry is reviewing graduation requirements for public high schools with a view to making them “more facilitative” for performing students.
Halkitis: We have no plans to raise VAT to 15 percent
THE Bahamas will not raise value added tax to 15 percent, Minister of Economic Affairs Michael Halkitis said yesterday.
Cooper: FNM claim on visa costs ‘political nonsense’
TOURISM, Investments and Aviation Minister Chester Cooper yesterday called the opposition’s assertions that the government was subsidising the cost of American tourists’ COVID tests “political nonsense”.
‘Public needs educated on gender violence’
LISA Rahming, State Minister for Social Services and Urban Development, says there is a need for public education on gender-based violence before new legislation addressing the social issue is brought into force.
‘Time not on our side’ for Bay Street revival
Nassau Cruise Port’s top executive yesterday warned “time is not on our side” to ensure Bay Street’s tourism product meets the expectations of 20,000-plus cruise ship passengers and other visitors frequenting the area daily.
Bahamian contractors ‘scrapping for 40% left’
The Bahamian Contractors Association’s (BCA) interim president yesterday urged the Government to “save the 40 percent that’s left for locals” by finally enacting self-regulation and “fixing a broken” work permit renewal system.
IMF ‘preaching to choir’ over COVID-19 ravages
A senior hotelier yesterday said the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is “preaching to the choir” over its call to make increased COVID-19 vaccination rates The Bahamas’ leading economic policy priority.
Manager loses $195k claim over alleged watches theft
A store manager has lost his $195,000 claim against a luxury goods retailer over the alleged theft of hundreds of thousands of dollars in watches despite being cleared of all criminal charges relating to the affair.
DPM: Bay Street can’t be ‘point of national shame’
The deputy prime minister yesterday said downtown Nassau must “become the calling card of The Bahamas, not continue to be a point of national shame”
Man shot dead in street in 32nd murder of year
A MAN believed to be in his early 30s was shot dead on Wright’s Lane last night, becoming the country’s 32nd murder so far for the year.
Royals ‘must reckon’ with reparations
THE Bahamas National Reparations Committee said the British Royal Family must reckon with its devastating legacy of slavery, death and colonisation not be treated with a trip funded in part by Bahamian taxpayers.
Time to clean up Downtown
DOWNTOWN Nassau desperately needs aggressive transformation, not the incremental changes that have defined improvements to the city over the years, Deputy Prime Minister Chester Cooper said yesterday.
Gov’t close to deal on Club Med re-opening
The deputy prime minister yesterday revealed the Government is close to “an agreement in principle” with Club Med for the winter 2022 re-opening of its San Salvador resort property.
Gov’t invests $100k to fix airport baggage ‘glitches’
The deputy prime minister yesterday disclosed that the Government has invested $100,000 to “fix once and for all glitches” with the baggage handling equipment at Lynden Pindling International Airport (LPIA).
WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS: Sunland Lutheran Stingers win title in high school classic showdown
In a classic showdown in the future of competitive high school basketball in Grand Bahama, the Sunland Lutheran Stingers knocked off the Tabernacle Baptist Falcons 55-51 to take the senior boys’ title.
Hanna Martin meddling with UB decision
Once again, Minister of Education Glenys Hanna Martin has been a terrible disappointment.
