ALICIA WALLACE: Planning for the future - but do we really have one?
Independence is always an interesting time in The Bahamas. On the weekend, someone joked that on July 9, people complain about the country. On July 10, The Bahamas is the best place on earth. By July 11, the complaints are back.
Diplomats return home from Haiti
FOUR Bahamian diplomats who were stationed in Haiti are now safely back home after the shock assassination of Haitian President Jouvenal Moise last week, said Foreign Affairs Minister Darren Henfield.
Airlines fined thousands for visa failures
CHIEF Superintendent of Police Zhivago Dames said commercial airlines have been fined thousands of dollars for letting passengers enter this country without the required documents, such as the travel health visa.
‘My grandson went to the store - and was shot dead’
A GRANDMOTHER is in mourning after her grandson was shot dead in Ridgeland Park on Saturday.
Drifting catamaran rescued by RBDF
THREE occupants of a disabled vessel are grateful for the assistance of members of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force after they were safely escorted to harbour in the southern Bahamas early yesterday morning.
Dames defends efforts in search for missing man
NATIONAL Security Minister Marvin Dames yesterday defended the Royal Bahamas Defence Force’s search and rescue efforts for a missing man following a boating accident over the weekend.
Union chief: Workers not feeling tourism’s rebound
The hotel union’s president yesterday said industry workers were yet to feel the benefits from tourism’s post-COVID resurgence with “no higher than 40 percent” of his members recalled to work to-date.
Carnival’s GB port to double arrivals to 1m
Carnival’s Grand Bahama port will double the passengers it brings to the island to one million within three years of completion, economic forecasters have predicted, while boosting annual visitor spend by $68m.
Cruise port eyes 1m visitors by end-2021
Nassau Cruise Port’s top executive yesterday said it could welcome one million visitors over the five months to year-end 2021 even if vessels call with just 60 percent average occupancy.
Baha Mar builder seeks Bahamian judicial assistance
Baha Mar’s main contractor has launched its own bid to secure Bahamian judicial assistance in a bid to unearth evidence that will support its counter-claims against former owner Sarkis Izmirlian.
‘Full accounting’ demanded by oil opponents
Oil exploration opponents yesterday submitted their third Freedom of Information Act request in a bid to obtain greater transparency over the Government’s dealings with the ex-Bahamas Petroleum Company.
PI resort ends tests for fully vaccinated guests
A Paradise Island resort says fully vaccinated guests will no longer have to produce negative COVID test results as it extends its ‘fourth night free’ promotion through until August 31.
Remembering ‘gentle giant’ Charles Sweeting
TRIBUTES have poured in for former Queen’s College principal and president of The Bahamas Conference of the Methodist Church Reverend Charles Sweeting, who died last week.
Pfizer’s vaccine here by August
HEALTH Minister Renward Wells said the country is expected to receive its first doses of the Pfizer vaccine through the World Health Organisation’s COVAX Facility soon, with additional doses of the brand anticipated to arrive in the country later this year.
‘Mother’ Pratt: It has been rough
FORMER Deputy Prime Minister Cynthia “Mother” Pratt says she’s happy to be recuperating at home after surviving horrific COVID-19 symptoms in hospital. “It’s been rough, oh it’s been rough, but praise God, I made it,” Mrs Pratt, 75, said yesterday.
‘KILLINGS PRODUCT OF OUR FAILURES’: Dames blames decades of neglect for murders but assures public ‘You’re safe’
DESPITE a recent spate of murders over the holiday weekend, National Security Minister Marvin Dames said Bahamians have no reason to feel unsafe, insisting police have the crime situation under control.
Crystal drops Cat Island on docking
Cat Island business owners said Crystal Cruises was unable to select the island as a port-of-call during its seven-night Bahamas voyages because the water near the public dock was too shallow.
It’s time to reevaluate our relations
Dear Minister Darren Henfield, For most of our 48 year history, The Bahamas has been relying on two of our strongest allies, which is the US and China. We always gave them our hopes and expectations, but what have we gotten from our cooperation?
The losers of the next general election
Who’s going to lose the next general election in our country – The Bahamas? We, the Bahamian people, as usual.
DEREK SMITH: Don’t simply ‘check box’ for passports over KYC
The fraud industry is booming. A few months before COVID-19 appeared, the Financial Cost of Fraud Report 2019 stated: “Fraud is costing businesses and individuals across the world $5.127tr each year.” Moreover, the results of a survey completed by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) noted that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, experts have observed an increase in multiple types of fraud. Both historically ,and recently, financial institutions and designated non-financial business and professions (“DNFBPs) are targets of fraudsters.
