Speaker’s suit is beyond the pale
Watching the HOA proceeding yesterday, I was flabbergasted with the Deputy Speaker’s oft attire sitting in the Speaker’s Chair in a tan suit.
Do the right thing
Last week Atlantis announced that they were severing ties with 700 employees.
Laurent gets the top job
GABI Laurent, a former standout with the CC Sweeting Cobras men’s basketball team coached by Mario Bowleg, has been elevated to the head coaching job of the Ranger College Lady Rangers basketball team.
Anfernee Seymour joins the 500 Club
ANFERNEE Seymour’s recent production at the plate for the Kane County Cougars produced a career milestone.
A familiar name - but Tarajh taking his own path as a sportsman
TARAJH Hudson could have easily followed in the footsteps of his father Oral Hudson as a volleyball player, but he’s excited about notching his own name in the throwing events in the sport of track and field.
Bahamas Bowl to return after pandemic break
THE 2021 bowl season will begin in The Bahamas this year as the longest-running international bowl game in college football history, the Bahamas Bowl, will be played Friday, December 17, at noon ET.
Cartwright makes Trojans switch
BAHAMIAN collegiate football player, Michael Cartwright, officially announced his intention to transfer and join the Virginia State University Trojans football programme.
EDITORIAL: A Budget for tough times
IT WAS never going to be easy.
STATESIDE: Is the day of reckoning finally approaching for The Donald?
It’s often said that you’re not paranoid if they’re really out to get you. And a lot of talented, determined people are really out to get Donald Trump.
FRONT PORCH: The Rev Dr Colin Archer: Finding God in All Things
Last week, the Rev Dr Colin Archer offered a grace-filled sermon entitled, “A Christian Scientific Approach to the COVID-19 Pandemic”, capturing the attention of the nation in a video that expressed the essence of his spirituality.
New mothers ‘at risk’ because of care disruption
DUE to high levels of COVID-19 infections in the region, prenatal and newborn care have been disrupted, leaving expectant and new mothers at risk, according to Pan American Health Organisation officials.
$290m spent to respond to COVID
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis said the government has spent about $290m in direct spending to respond to challenges people and businesses have faced during the COVID-19 pandemic, a figure that amounts to 2.5 percent of the country’s GDP.
75 college graduates to be hired in public sector
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis said $1.5m has been budgeted for the next fiscal year to hire up to 75 new college graduates aged between 18 and 30 in the public sector.
Relief order extended for Dorian reconstruction
THE government is extending its current tax relief order to continue to support reconstruction efforts in Abaco and Grand Bahama, Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis said yesterday.
‘Deadly’ debt costs breach $1/2bn mark
The government’s annual debt servicing (interest) costs were yesterday branded “deadly” after they breached the $500m mark to now exceed combined health and education spending.
‘Makes no sense’: Realtors challenge tax crackdown plan
Prominent realtors yesterday warned that the government’s plan to target delinquent commercial property owners by seizing their tenants’ rent “makes no absolutely no sense”.
Tourism chief hails ‘long overdue’ $31m Airbnb tax increase
The Bahamas Hotel and Tourism Association’s (BHTA) president last night hailed the government’s bid to extract an extract $31m from the vacation rental market as “levelling the playing field”.
‘Ready, willing and able’ on Abaco port
Abaco’s Chamber of Commerce president yesterday said the private sector was “ready, willing and able” to secure the island’s main port and ensure direct shipping from the US continues.
