Minnis calls accusations over Gibson mudslinging
OUTGOING Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis deflected to the Progressive Liberal Party’s campaign style in the face of questions about his failure to publicly address allegations against Adrian Gibson and his handling of certain contracts in his capacity as Water and Sewerage Corporation chairman.
$52m Bahamas boost from single cruise line
A 156 percent increase in Nassau calls by just one cruise line has the potential to generate a $52m-plus boost for the Bahamian economy in 2022, Nassau Cruise Port’s top executive revealed yesterday
Bahamian insurers under rating review
A rating agency’s decision to place two Bahamian insurance companies under review due to a $90.5m acquisition by its parent group was yesterday said to be routine and of no concern.
Stronger shipping waste regulations ‘ready to go’
The outgoing environment minister says regulations to strengthen ship waste disposal procedures are “ready to go” as the Government awaits a report on the recent invasive beetle controversy.
Freeport faces ‘disaster’ if 2016 Act not repealed
Freeport’s 2016 investment legislation is “an absolute disaster” that must be repealed if small and medium-sized businesses are to invest in the city, a prominent attorney warned yesterday.
COVID measures ‘can’t last forever’
The Bahamas “cannot continue to live under restrictive COVID-19 measures” if it wants its tourism industry and wider economy to fully rebound from the pandemic, a businessman said yesterday.
Host of top ministers swept out of office
A MAJOR upset at the polls yesterday has left many Free National Movement Cabinet ministers without a seat in Parliament as The Bahamas ushers in a new Progressive Liberal Party government.
Minnis staying on to lead FNM in opposition
AFTER repeatedly declaring that his party would be returned to office, Free National Movement leader Dr Hubert Minnis was forced to concede defeat and congratulate PLP leader Philip “Brave” Davis for his wide margin electoral victory.
IT’S A BRAVE NEW WORLD: PLP stuns with total reversal of 2017 defeat
AFTER leading the Progressive Liberal Party to a wide victory at the polls, incoming Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis promised to tackle the challenges facing The Bahamas with humility and determination.
Coleby to join top tier basketball league in France
DWIGHT Coleby will join the top-tiered basketball league in France for the 2021-22 season.
Perry Newton elected president of COTECC
IN just about six years, Perry Newton has been elevated from public relations to president of the Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association and now to president of Confederation of Tennis of Central American and The Caribbean (COTECC) Subregion 3 Countries.
Bar owner: Let us open in morning
A pub owner yesterday suggested that he and other bar operators should be allowed to open at 9am in the morning to compensate for the hours lost to the night-time curfew.
IAN FERGUSON: Beware peril of unfair employee dismissals
When you terminate an employee’s contract without a fair reason, it is an unfair or unlawful dismissal. Sometimes these issues are dealt with at Industrial Tribunals but, quite often, there are many terminations that go unaddressed.
Downtown business raises cruise concern
A downtown Nassau business yesterday challenged whether the cruise lines are giving their passengers correct information as just 20 percent are currently disembarking the vessel while in port.
Sands gets new coaching job
After spending the past two years as an assistant coach at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, Colorado, Bahamian national triple jump record holder Leevan ‘Superman’ Sands is closer to home as an assistant coach with the Florida State University Seminoles track and field programme.
Dr Minnis' full concession speech
In a concession speech released by the FNM, outgoing Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis has thanked Bahamians for the last four years:
FRONT PORCH: A More Authentic Understanding of Hope
During the general election season and throughout the COVID-19 pandemic the virtue and value of “hope” has often been bandied about as a sort of magical thinking or a bottled elixir than can be employed as an easy fix for difficult problems, whether personally or nationally.
STATESIDE: Early sign Democrats may be safe in the mid-terms
There was a lot of political news in the US on Tuesday. Pundits and commentators from both the left and the right had plenty to talk about. The big question is whether any of the news was really significant. It might be.
