Insurers ‘trying to hold line’ on rate increases
Bahamian insurers yesterday warned businesses and homeowners that premium prices are again coming under “upward pressure”, with one pledging: “We’re trying to hold the line.”
Court backs regulator’s FBI ‘bait’ broker wind-up
The Securities Commission’s intervention to “nip in the bud” conduct by a Bahamian broker/dealer once used as FBI “bait” was yesterday vindicated by a Supreme Court judge.
Race against time to help four-month-old baby girl
A MOTHER is in a race against time to raise money to pay for lifesaving surgery for her four-month-old daughter.
ZNS anchor stripped of $27,500 Scotia award
A ZNS TV anchor has been stripped of the $27,500 damages she won from Scotiabank (Bahamas) after the Court of Appeal found there was “no basis in law” to hold it responsible for her loss.
Pintard looks to expand numbers at conference
FREE National Movement leader Michael Pintard says he hopes the party agrees to increase its number of voting delegates at the next convention.
SAFETY FIRST: Carnival to stay shut after govt persuaded of COVID spread risk
THE government has again denied a request from operators of the Christmas Carnival, citing the fast-spreading omicron variant of COVID-19 and a need to mitigate risks from the virus as children prepare for face-to-face learning next month.
Who can afford an income tax?
This past week on many of the Talk Shows callers were promoting Income Tax as their choice to pull our revenue out of the hole it is in.
FOAM to feed 500 in giveback
LOCAL advocacy group Families of All Murder Victims expects to feed 500 people today during a giveback event in observance of the festive season.
Bank hands $5,000 to young achievers
COMMONWEALTH Bank yesterday donated $5,000 to Junior Achievement Bahamas to assist the organisation in meeting its goal of making all of their programmes available to every kindergarten, primary and high school student in the country.
Stadium - but seats stay empty
So the Sports Authority are better served with a bunch of bankers than business people who have some sense of how to manage a marketable facility. Didn’t the PLP pre-2017 sign a very costly management-marketing contract with a California Sports Marketing Co, and got nothing.
Carnival capers
Amazing how quickly it is back to normal after an election with all those pious promises of Better Better New Day... nothing at all if we are to take the obvious from the carnival saga.
Banking service
See public, make public comment as to how a company-service acts inappropriately, like that Canadian bank and their refusal to spurt out $20.00 bills from their ATM machines… see a lot of negative comments and guess what, even the bosses in Ottawa listened.
Coconut Grove suspect in court
A 21-year-old man was remanded to prison yesterday after being accused of murdering a man and attempting to kill another earlier this month.
Firearms suspect held
A MAN who is suspected of trafficking firearms from the United States to The Bahamas since 2016 was apprehended by the Royal Bahamas Police Force yesterday.
Man accused of incest
A 26-year-old man was charged in a Magistrate’s Court yesterday with incest and indecent assault.
Ramsingh-Pierre appointed
ALL the work that Catherine Ramsingh-Pierre would have done over the years in Bahamas Equestrian has paid off as she was appointed as the Group IV representative to the International Federation for Equestrian Sports (FEI) solidarity committee.
$300 fine over marijuana
A 27-year-old man who was found with five grams of marijuana earlier this week was yesterday ordered to pay $300 or risk spending a month behind bars.
‘Jazz’ breaks ground, starting in Pinewood
The Pinewood Sports Complex is set to receive a major upgrade due to several groups of investors and Bahamian Major League Baseball (MLB) player Jasrado “Jazz” Chisholm.
Higgins sails for Bahamas at Youth World Championships
HARBOUR Island native Joshua Higgins is representing the Bahamas this week in one of the most prestigious events on the world sailing calendar in Oman.
Don’t Blink Home Run Derby in Paradise rocks with kids’ camp
THE Don’t Blink Home Run Derby in Paradise opened its busy schedule of events with a new initiative and a staple of previous editions. Don’t Blink Home Run Derby in Paradise rocks with kids’ camp
