GB requires ‘critical mass like yesterday’
Grand Bahama’s Chamber of Commerce president says the island needs to regain critical mass “like yesterday”, adding: “We desperately need jobs here.”
Entrepreneur relives exporting ‘nightmare’
A Freeport entrepreneur yesterday branded exporting a “nightmare” due to costs that are more than quadruple product prices and delays encountered in getting sales to customers.
Tributes paid to ‘pioneer’ Farrington
VETERAN hotelier J Barrie Farrington died yesterday, prompting tributes from people including the president of the Atlantis resort who hailed him as one who chartered the course to The Bahamas becoming an international destination.
Rehiring the retired? They get salary plus pension
THE Davis administration will allow retired civil servants who are reengaged by the government to simultaneously receive their salary and their pension, a shift in policy from the Minnis administration.
Suspects identified in April Jerome Avenue massacre
POLICE Commissioner Paul Rolle says officers are “actively” searching for several suspects some of whom are believed to have left town following the mass shooting on Jerome Avenue that left six men dead in April.
MURDER RATE RISES BY 61%: Police Commissioner hails overall crime drop - but denies curfew played part
POLICE Commissioner Paul Rolle revealed yesterday a 26 percent increase in crimes against the person, with nearly all criminal offenses in that category including murder, robberies and rape trending upward this year.
246 complaints against police this year
THERE were 246 complaints against police from January to September, according to Royal Bahamas Police Force statistics.
Sledgehammer can’t alter past
A thug with a sledgehammer proclaimed himself judge, jury and executioner on one aspect of our sometimes tortured but by and large glorious history.
Facing great expectations
Now that the PLP and the Hon Philip ‘Brave’ Davis, QC, are in charge of the administration of our wonderful nation, there are great expectations on the part of our people. We live in instant society and we tend to expect advances and corrections immediately, regardless of the circumstances. Yes, electoral promises would have been made and we fully expect that they will be delivered on. We have to, however, be realistic.
Food for The Punch
Two stories hit me from your Tuesday edition... if there was still The Punch today I am sure Ivan Johnson will have had a totally different spin on those stories.
Minnis is done
Kindly consider the publication of this open letter to Dr Hubert Alexander Minnis, Leader of the Official Opposition - FNM party.
Man dies in Grand Bahama accident
A GRAND Bahama man is dead after a traffic accident on the island on Tuesday.
Three gave fake names when questioned
TWO men and a teenager who gave police fake names when they were stopped and questioned must complete 100 hours of community service to avoid spending a month behind bars.
Woman told to avoid witnesses
A woman accused of grievously harming another woman was yesterday warned not to interfere with any of the witnesses involved in her case leading up to her trial.
‘Stay out of trouble after $10 cocaine find’
TWO men found with a gram of cocaine were discharged on the agreement that they would stay out of trouble in the future.
Beacon School joins eco programme
THE Beacon School has joined the Eco-Schools programme and is now among eight institutions on Grand Bahama identified as green-flag schools.
Chisholm Jr named to All-Rookie Second team
Jasrado “Jazz” Chisholm Jr’s first full season in Major League Baseball earned a postseason accolade as he was recognised as one of the top rookies in the sport.
High expectations for coach McPhee-McCuin and Rebels
EXPECTATIONS loom large for Ole Miss Rebels women’s basketball head coach Yolett McPhee-McCuin and her programme with the return of a core group that finished as runners-up in the WNIT.
Bridgewater leading scorer with 22.4 points per game
DOMNICK Bridgewater continues his dominant play in his second stint in France’s NM2 League.
Baha Mar to host 2nd annual ‘Baha Mar Cup’
BAHA Mar resort has announced the return of Baha Mar Cup, a pre-eminent celebrity tennis fund-raising event scheduled to take place at Baha Mar on Saturday, November 6.
