Okay folks, the race is on. There’s one thing to decide . . . WHO DO WE TRUST?
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis announced an early election yesterday after Governor General Sir C A Smith dissolved Parliament, a step he said is needed to ensure the next administration has the mandate to address the major economic and health challenges ahead.
Anniversary of FNM’s 1992 victory
I consider former Prime Minister Hubert Alexander Ingraham to be the greatest political leader in the annals of modern Bahamian history. If Sir Lynden Pindling is the Black Moses, then Ingraham is the Black Joshua, who led The Bahamas into the land of Canaan, where true democracy along with its attendant freedom of speech and expression, evident in the opening of the airwaves, resides.
Rental assistance
Navigating one's way through the sweltering heat of hardship is no easy undertaking. An unduly harsh economic climate, reduced work hours and the myriad of uncertainty that surrounds and assails the poor and marginalised in this country can be daunting.
Rhema Otabor breaks junior national record in the javelin
Although she produced a junior national record, Rhema Otabor said she was a little disappointed in falling short of getting on the medal podium in the women’s javelin at the World Athletics’ Under-20 Championships.
Couple plead guilty to child cruelty charges
A COUPLE accused of child cruelty were arraigned on various serious child-abuse related charges in the Freeport Magistrate’s Court yesterday.
Health worker sick-out goes into eighth day
WITH yesterday marking the eighth day of a staff sick out affecting public health services, Health Minister Renward Wells said officials are in discussions with unions.
Accused ‘fired six warning shots’ says police officer
A MAN fired six warning shots after a police officer tried to arrest him for pulling out a gun in a packed nightclub, a court was told.
Man admits unlawful sex with boy aged 15
A 39-YEAR-OLD man who admitted to having unlawful sexual intercourse with a 15-year-old boy was sentenced to four years in prison yesterday by a Grand Bahama magistrate.
20-year sentence upheld for man who shot his victim in head in nightclub
THE COURT of Appeal has affirmed the 20-year prison sentence of a man convicted of fatally shooting another man nearly five years ago.
Officer found marijuana blocks while looking for stolen building supplies
A POLICE officer testified yesterday of finding four packages of marijuana in a man’s home after conducting inquiries for stolen building supplies in his area.
Abaco man accused of murder attempt
AN Abaco man was charged in the Magistrate’s court yesterday with attempted murder.
Kristin Munroe climbs to No. 26 prospect for Los Angeles Angels
YOUNG Bahamian baseball players continue to progress and climb the ladder in the pipeline of their respective organisations.
‘Tappy’ Davis helps students get enrolled in boarding school
FOR the past five years, former volleyball/ basketball player Philip ‘Tappy’ Davis has served as a student consultant for boarding and day schools Webb School in Bell Buckle, Tennessee and Tallulah Falls School in Georgia.
Butler pleased with progress of his Southwest Tennis Club
MICHAEL Butler is pleased with the progress his Southwest Tennis Club has made in bringing more awareness of the sport to the Flamingo Gardens community.
STATESIDE: Biden’s blundered in the execution but the decision to leave was the right one
AT 12:30AM on Sunday morning, lightning struck the Washington Monument, perhaps the most distinctive memorial in America’s capital city that is full of them.
FRONT PORCH: The balm and grace of mercy
WITH many more deaths, illness, fear and unrelenting heartbreak during this period of the COVID-19 pandemic we are bewildered, grief-stricken, angry, frustrated and embroiled in a range of emotions coursing through individual souls and the soul of the nation.
‘Lift travel ban so we can help Haiti’
HAITIANS in The Bahamas want the Minnis administration to lift the Haiti travel ban so they can help the country in the wake of a massive earthquake that killed at least 1,900 people and injured thousands more.
PAHO does not recommend COVID third booster shot
THE Pan American Health Organization has “no concrete evidence” to recommend a third COVID-19 booster shot at this time for Caribbean countries.
Thompson: Please get vaccinated
STATE Minister for Grand Bahama Senator Kwasi Thompson is pleading with residents to get vaccinated, amid the surge in COVID-19 hospitalizations on Grand Bahama.
