Body found in overturned car
POLICE on Andros discovered a man’s partially decomposed body in a car overturned in bushes on Thursday.
Man charged with housebreaking, stealing and receiving
A 31-year-old man was remanded to prison on Friday after being charged with several housebreaking and stealing incidents.
Bail for man who denied assaulting sister
A 43-year-old man who denied assaulting his sister earlier this week was on Friday granted bail ahead of his trial.
Woman pleads not guilty to assault
A HAITIAN woman was granted $3,000 bail on Friday after pleading not guilty to assaulting another woman last month.
EDITORIAL: The light at the end of the tunnel
THE Americans are coming.
DIANE PHILLIPS: A Rose that will always bloom
THERE are photographers and then there was Roland Rose.
A COMIC'S VIEW: Lots of talk but little action when it comes to citizenship
THIS week, I watched something that I usually (aggressively) try to avoid; the televised Senate proceedings.
D’Aguilar says supply chain to blame for Sandals delay
TOURISM Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar is confident that Sandals Resorts International has pushed back the reopening of its Sandals Royal Bahamian resort in New Providence because of supply chain issues related to construction and nothing else.
Bahamas not on UK list
THE United Kingdom is poised to add 16 countries to its “green list” – though not The Bahamas – as it expands its list of countries to where travel is safe.
Foulkes says 8,000 jobs created or coming soon
LABOUR Minister Dion Foulkes said yesterday that some 8,000 jobs have either been created recently or will come on stream soon.
Munroe: AG cannot request stay on ruling
ATTORNEY Wayne Munroe does not believe the Office of the Attorney General can request a stay of the Court of Appeal’s citizenship ruling because “the Court of Appeal has not ordered the government to do anything”.
US departures back to 75% pre-COVID levels
US pre-clearance at Lynden Pindling International Airport (LPIA) expects to be processing 70-75 percent of pre-COVID’s record passenger volumes “by the end of summer”, a top official revealed yesterday.
Construction costs to jump 20% this year
Two ex-Bahamian Contractors Association (BCA) presidents yesterday warned that construction costs will likely increase up to 20 percent this year as cement became the latest product to take a hit.
‘Greater resolve’ to eliminate Bahamas in financial services
A former prime minister yesterday warned that COVID-19 has “only strengthened the resolve” of major nations to eliminate the competitive threat posed by The Bahamas and other Caribbean countries.
Man killed, woman injured in second fatal shooting on Thursday
A MAN is dead and a woman is in hospital after a shooting in Coconut Grove Thursday night.
Nassau ‘running low’ on cement supplies
New Providence is “running very low” on cement supplies due to a combination of shipping delays and surging post-COVID construction activity, merchants disclosed yesterday.
Sanctions letters for 11 registered agents
The government has issued sanctions warnings to 11 financial services providers for failing to supply beneficial ownership details on corporate entities they act for, the attorney general revealed yesterday.
