Bastian lowers his national record in 200m breast
WITH one spot available for the men if there are no automatic A qualifiers at the Bahamas Aquatics’ National Swimming Championships this weekend, top contender Izaak Bastian proved he’s here to take on the challenge with a national record-breaking performance.
PRESS BOX: Bahamian makes history in professional wrestling
WHAT a nice surprise I had late the other night while flipping through the cable channels.
Tokyo Olympics: Last Chance Meet all set for Monday
RIGHT after the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations completes its National Open Track and Field Championships this weekend, the Blue Marlin Management will stage its Last Chance Meet on Monday.
EDITORIAL: A long legacy of illegal detention
THE question of the illegal treatment of Douglas Ngumi is not at issue. He was locked up for six and a half years illegally – that’s already been ruled on in court. The Bahamas illegally imprisoned him.
STATESIDE: You can feel it’s coming – another summer of unrest for a troubled country
WHILE the meteorological hurricane season has already begun for 2021, there is increasing evidence that a new political and social hurricane season is just starting to get underway in the United States.
FRONT PORCH: States and citizens playing Russian Roulette with COVID
The Bahamas is making progress in the uptake of SARS-COV-2 vaccines by Bahamians. The uptake is consistent and steady. Yet, it is not as good as it can be nor as good as other jurisdictions where citizens are taking vaccinations at a quicker and eager pace.
Bethel: No change in citizenship law
ATTORNEY General Carl Bethel stressed yesterday the law has not changed regarding citizenship despite the Court of Appeal affirming a landmark ruling.
Suspect detained after police station escape
A SUSPECT is back in custody after escaping from Central Police Station on Tuesday, Police Commissioner Paul Rolle confirmed last night.
Pointe ordered to stop work that closed road
DEPUTY Prime Minister and Minister of Works Desmond Bannister said yesterday his ministry ordered staff at The Pointe to stop the work that resulted in the closure of Dorchester Street.
Fire-hit vendors wait for repairs go-ahead
THE association representing vendors at Potter’s Cay said stakeholders are awaiting officials from the Ministry of Works to sign off on plans to reconstruct stalls that were destroyed by fire earlier this year.
‘Get creative’ over govt debt aversion
The government was yesterday urged to “become more creative” in the Bahamian debt markets as traditional purchasers of its bonds increasingly reject long-term paper due to the mounting fiscal crisis.
Minister’s cargo hub plans for GB airport
Establishing the city of Freeport as an air cargo transshipment hub could generate the extra income required to make its rebuild attractive to private capital and operators/developers, a Cabinet minister said yesterday.
Minister: ‘No favours’ to payment provider
A Cabinet minister yesterday asserted that “no special favours” were involved in hiring a digital payments provider to handle the health travel via fees generated by tourism’s COVID-19 re-opening.
Shipyard’s ‘really big deal’: Can be 30% of GB output
A top hotelier yesterday hailed the planned $350m investment in the Grand Bahama Shipyard as “a really big deal” that could result in the facility generating up to 30 percent of the island’s economic output.
Melia closure’s $5m potential hit for bank
A BISX-listed bank has revealed that a major Nassau-based resort’s decision to close for two years has placed more than $5m worth of outstanding loans in potential default.
Airline which veered off runway given warning
AN American airline that operated a plane that skidded off the runway at Grand Bahama International Airport in October last year has been issued a warning by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
Anti-virus software creator McAfee kills himself in prison
AMERICAN anti-virus software founder John McAfee, pictured, was found dead in his cell at a Barcelona prison in an apparent suicide, according to international reports.
D’Aguilar shrugs off contract questions
TOURISM Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar has defended the government’s award of a no-bid contract to Kanoo Pays, an electronic retail payment provider, to process travel health visa payments.
‘HE DESERVES MORE’: Kenyan awarded $640k for six years of illegal detention seeks higher compensation
KENYAN native Douglas Ngumi is challenging a Supreme Court ruling that awarded him over $640,000 in damages for his unlawful arrest, detention and inhumane treatment at the Carmichael Road Detention Centre, arguing more compensation is needed for the wrongs committed against him.
