Digital Caribbean means ending connectivity gaps
The Caribbean’s political and communications leaders have called for the closing of connectivity gaps, policy reforms and improved collaboration for the region to fulfill its digital potential.
Maritime safety boost call following Exuma accident
A group of Exuma resorts and businesses is urging the Government to enhance maritime safety enforcement to protect swimmers and divers from speeding boats and jet skis in Bahamian waters.
DPM: ‘We’re going to bring back downtown nightlife’
The Deputy Prime Minister yesterday said the Government is “courting investors” for proposed hotel sites in downtown Nassau and Cable Beach as it strives to revive Bay Street nightlife.
East Bay St hotel opponents voicing ‘done deal’ suspicions
Opponents of a proposed East Bay Street condo hotel and marina yesterday voiced suspicions it was “a done deal” after the project received its conditional go-ahead despite their protests.
Cable urging ‘sustainable and balanced’ satellite competition
Cable Bahamas yesterday renewed its call for a competitive “level playing field” with satellite communications providers that is “fair, sustainable and balanced” for both consumers and the economy.
Deltec: We fight on for $20m despite asset freeze defeat
A Bahamian bank yesterday pledged it will not be deterred from pursuing $20m “unlawfully withheld” by a payments provider despite a Florida court rejecting its bid to freeze these assets.
WSC looks to halve 3 million gallons lost in leaks by end of next year
THE Water and Sewerage Corporation (WSC) is currently losing more than three million gallons of water per day but is aiming to cut that figure in half by the end of next year, according to Devon Wilmott, WSC’s waste manager.
Prison officer shoots man who opened fire on him
A PRISON officer shot a man early yesterday morning at the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services after the suspect allegedly opened fire on him.
Bus driver acquitted of sex assault of 15-year-old girl
A 40-year-old bus driver was acquitted yesterday of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl who had been reported missing in Yamacraw Estates in 2023.
Save Exuma Alliance calls for crackdown on reckless boating
A GRASSROOTS coalition in the Exumas is calling on the Bahamian government to urgently crack down on reckless boating, citing a surge in dangerous incidents tied to the explosion of boat traffic around popular tourist attractions like the Swimming Pigs.
Minister: ‘I did everything right’ on $267m hospital’s financing
A Cabinet minister yesterday revealed US government-backed institutions showed “no appetite” to finance the new $267m hospital while the UK offer emerged when the China deal was “95 percent done”.
Family grieves for mom and daughter
A MOTHER and her daughter were killed in a violent car crash early Saturday morning, a tragedy that has left their family struggling to cover burial costs. Yesterday, a third person in the car, a 33-year-old man, was also pronounced dead.
China: Is there a US loan proposal on the table?
THE Chinese embassy has challenged the United States to say whether it ever offered The Bahamas a competing loan for a new hospital, after the US criticised the Davis administration’s $195m agreement with Beijing.
Sebas rejects pastor’s claim that he is trying to reinvent himself
SEBAS Bastian has defended his role in the rise of the web shop industry, rejecting calls from a prominent pastor to repent for what the clergyman described as years of profiting off the poor.
Cannabis Authority’s work ‘moving too slowly’
A DIRECTOR on the Cannabis Authority says the authority’s work is moving too slowly. “Almost like everything in our country, it’s just slow, almost to a stop,” said Bishop Simeon Hall, who also served as co-chair of the former Marijuana Commission.
EDITORIAL: Importance of finding the best deal
THE diplomatic sparring between the US and China has continued over the signing of a deal to provide a loan towards a new hospital for New Providence.
GB Power outage woe branded ‘pretty brutal’
Grand Bahama Power Company is “definitely competing for weakest link” in the island’s economy at present with last week’s outages described by private sector executives as “brutal”.
Bahamas bank defendant in $28m unpaid US tax lawsuit
A Bahamian financial institution is a defendant in a lawsuit demanding that a “bankrupt” client return trust assets domiciled in this nation to settle almost $28m in unpaid US federal income taxes.
Big Game marina off 50% as Gov’t eyes tripling boat fees
A prominent Bimini resort’s marina business plunged by 50 percent compared to normal July 4 weekends after the enactment of revised boating fees that the Government expects to triple its revenues.
Cable fears starlink may force them out of market
Cable Bahamas is warning it may “be forced to exit the market and/or file for bankruptcy” if regulators fail to ensure it can compete on equal terms with Elon Musk’s Starlink and other satellite providers.
