Minnis has failed - but he’s not alone
Let me state from the outset that I don’t tote water for the Free National Movement (FNM) or Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis. Minnis is obviously the whipping boy of the media and opposition forces, over his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic since March 2020.
Fake polls and reality
We the people gave Minnis and the then opposition FNM a massive victory in May, 2017. We were allured by the many, now bogus, promises made by them plus we were dead tired of brother Christie. Since being elected it is to be admitted that back-to-back events, the hurricanes and now the ongoing pandemic created grave difficulties for the incoming government. It is how it reacted to and dealt with the effects that has now turned many Bahamians off with the PM and his halting administration.
Hopefuls seek to muscle way onto the team
WITHOUT an actual show to fall back on because of the restrictions imposed by Covid-19, the Bahamas Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation staged a screening for competitors wishing to make the Central American and Caribbean Bodybuilding Championship team.
Jones: Let’s set our sights on Paris
WHILE Team Bahamas is in the midst of competition in swimming and athletics at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, Kai Jones became the second Bahamian NBA player to lend his voice to the growing sentiment that Bahamas basketball could join the other disciplines at the Paris 2024 Games.
Munroe makes debut in Dominican Summer League
KRISTIN Munroe made his professional debut in the Dominican Summer League over the weekend and gave the Los Angeles Angels an early look at the productivity he hopes to bring to the organisation.
Tributes paid to Sandra Moore
THE Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Free National Movement and the Progressive Liberal Party have led tributes to Sandra Moore, the wife of FNM founding father Maurice Moore who died yesterday.
DEREK SMITH: Anti-financial crime regime must be alive
Since The Wolfsberg Group’s original issuance of its anti-money laundering (AML) principles for private banking in October 2000, and its subsequent statements over the past decades - including more recently its statement of effectiveness in December 2019 - many jurisdictions have taken steps to enact more effective regimes to combat financial crime and terrorism financing.
Top restaurant’s manager laments COVID measures
An executive with a prominent restaurant says the tighter COVID restrictions “don’t make any sense” as he lamented the earlier curfew, indoor dining prohibition and discrimination in favour of hotels.
Resort owner backs ‘mandatory’ vaccine
A Family Island resort owner wants the government to make COVID-19 vaccinations mandatory as the only way to combat the misinformation and conspiracy theories circulating on social media.
Merchants: Vaccine only way to revive economy
Increasing the pace of COVID-19 vaccinations is the only way to restore the Bahamian economy to full strength, merchants are arguing, as the Government tightens restrictions to combat the latest case spike.
Sectors lament going back to ‘the old norm’
Industries impacted by the government’s tightening of COVID-19 restrictions have lamented the return to “the old norm” and warned that small businesses will increasingly struggle to survive.
Izaak Bastian makes his Olympic debut
COLLEGIAN Izaak Bastian said he’s getting the hang of being an Olympian, although his debut at the 2020 Games in Tokyo, Japan was a little more than he had anticipated.
Joanna Evans second in heat – misses out on final
CO-flag bearer Joanna Evans made a splash in her signature event at the 2020 Olympic Games, but it was short of her getting into the final.
URCA demands Cable Bahamas pull political ad
THE Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority has ordered Cable Bahamas Limited to immediately cease and desist from broadcasting a political advertisement of Progressive Liberal Party Leader Philip “Brave” Davis that has been showing on its channels.
Man fined for violating bail conditions
A MAN who claimed he violated his bail conditions because he left his residence to “cool down” after getting into an argument with his girlfriend was on Friday fined $2,500.
Second man charged in connection with shooting death
A SECOND man was Friday charged with murder in connection with the shooting death of another man at a local car wash over the Independence holiday weekend.
Comedian 'used megaphone to encourage crowd to throw mace out'
A POLICE officer on Friday claimed that local comedian Wellington Roberts, Jr, used a megaphone to encourage a crowd of people to “throw the mace out of the House of Assembly” during a protest at Parliament last year.
Third batch of AstraZeneca vaccines delayed until next month
THE third batch of Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines from the COVAX facility has been delayed until next month, Health Minister Renward Wells said Friday.
Osaka lights cauldron at Tokyo opening ceremony
(AP) – Tennis star Naomi Osaka has lit the cauldron at the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Games, ending the flame’s long journey from Greece to these delayed Olympics.
New COVID-19 restrictions announced
THE recent surge of COVID-19 cases in the country has sparked a reimplementation of harsher restrictions in New Providence and Grand Bahama along with North and Central Eleuthera, Health Minister Reward Wells announced Friday.
