Have rethink on travel rules, please
Our family own travel agencies in northern New Jersey and have had a long association with The Bahamas, including being part time residents.
Fiasco in Afghanistan
The decision of great powers have exacting and long lasting effects upon other nations and their populations in the world. They always have.
‘I could have bled out on the court’
Zane Knowles expected to take Hungary’s Zalakerámia ZTE KK basketball club by storm this season, but a possible life threatening injury - discovered by happenstance - sidelined those plans for the immediate future.
Mitchell off to quick start with Panthers
Elijah Mitchell continues his stellar early season play for the Birmingham-Southern Panthers men’s soccer programme and has scored three points in his first two games.
Another award win for Jonquel
Jonquel Jones claimed another league wide award and her Connecticut Sun won their 10th consecutive game to improve their league leading record to 22-6.
Isaacs homers in the ninth
Todd Isaacs Jr’s late game heroics helped the New Jersey Jackals to open up their current series against the Washington Wild Things with a come-from-behind win.
EDITORIAL: Tax talks ahead - no matter who wins
THE comments of James Smith about our economy shouldn’t come as a surprise.
ALICIA WALLACE: A week to go and there’s no clue on how election day will work
THE general election is in one week and we still do not know how the process will be managed given the increasing number of COVID-19 cases in the country. By now, we should know the measures being taken to keep us all safe and what is required of us to keep each other safe as we exercise our rights to participate in the election.
Nursing union chief thanks govt for honorarium
BAHAMAS Nurses Union president Amancha Williams estimates more than 500 nurses have received an honorarium for work done during the COVID-19 pandemic and has thanked the government for the gift.
Rolle: We kept our promises
PUBLIC Service Minister Brensil Rolle maintained yesterday the government has lived up to its promises to the Bahamas Public Services Union (BPSU) regarding the issue of increment pay outs after concerns were recently raised by the union.
Ex-disclosures chairman says Bahamas lags on corruption
FORMER Public Disclosure Commission chairman Myles Laroda said The Bahamas lags far behind other countries in the region regarding anti-corruption legislation, adding the Progressive Liberal Party plans to enact a bill to change that.
Watson: It’ll be a close race – but FNM will win election
FORMER Deputy Prime Minister Frank Watson says he is confident the Free National Movement will be returned to office after next week’s general election, but predicts it will be a close race.
PLP candidate laments state of graveyard
PLP candidate for Central Grand Bahama Kirkland Russell raised concerns yesterday over the neglect of the Lewis Yard Public Cemetery, where graves are no longer accessible because of thick ground cover and overgrown shrubs.
Freeport ‘tax grab’ fear on exposed incentives
An ex-Grand Bahama Chamber of Commerce president yesterday said it was “striking” that the major political parties have seemingly ignored a problem deterring “sensible investors” from Freeport.
Overseas investment COVID bar removed
The Central Bank yesterday confirmed that Bahamians will be able to resume purchasing overseas securities and real estate from October 1 after seeing a sufficient uptick in tourism-related foreign currency inflows.
‘Water heater sales are lucrative on GB’
A Grand Bahama hotel operator says “it’s a lucrative business to be in hot water heater sales” as his property grapples with the same salt water issues that have afflicted the nearby Grand Lucayan.
‘Don’t put damper on a good thing’
A Bahamian realtor says the Government should focus on collecting the estimated $600m in outstanding real property taxes rather than increase rates, and warned: “Don’t put a damper on a good thing.”
Bahamas needing ‘small miracle’ to avoid austerity
A former finance minister yesterday warned that Bahamians must hope “a small miracle happens” if the country is to avoid harsh post-COVID austerity measures and low growth in coming years.
Barbados early poll day delayed
THE Minnis administration has amended the Parliamentary Elections Act through an Emergency Powers Order to allow an advanced poll in Barbados to be rescheduled.
