Top tourism official urges travel interruption cover
A senior Ministry of Tourism official yesterday suggested introducing trip interruption insurance to give Bahamians and residents confidence they will not suffer financial loss if impacted by COVID issues.
Jonquel Jones eyes WNBA return tonight
Jonquel Jones is set to return to the WNBA tonight and the All-Star forward will take the floor in a Connecticut Sun uniform for the first time since the 2019 Finals.
Forbes, Bell shine in high school baseball
SEVERAL Bahamian baseball players have been active in high school baseball playoffs tournaments in the state of Florida.
Tahnaj Thomas has eight strikeouts in victory
TAHNAJ Thomas had another dominant performance on the mound for Greensboro Grasshoppers in High-A baseball.
Adderley assigned to Dominican Summer League
STEVEN Adderley was one of the latest signings in the Miami Marlins’ 2021 International Signing class and received his first assignment just over a month later.
Captain Marvin Rolle likes makeup of Davis Cup team
RETURNING player/captain Marvin Rolle said he likes the makeup of the Bahamas team for the men’s Davis Cup competition in Panama next month.
‘I’m absolutely confident that Kevin is going to make his mark in Germany’
HE left town on Mother’s Day for Paderborn, Germany, to participate in the Tennis Bundesliga Zone III league.
STATESIDE: We may be entering one of the most discouraging epochs in American political history
Liz Cheney is an improbable saviour-martyr.
FRONT PORCH: Seasons of new growth & new life
THE royal poincianas are blooming. Some of the tall umbrella-like trees with their extended canopies and smooth grey barks are nearly fully inflamed, commemorated meticulously in the brushstrokes of Bahamian artist Chan Pratt.
Study: Living wage in New Providence is $2,625 and $3,550 in Grand Bahama
A 2020 study by the Government and Public Policy Institute of University of The Bahamas concluded that a living wage in New Providence and Grand Bahama is $2,625 and $3,550 per month respectively.
PAHO: Act with ‘utmost caution’ on loosening travel restrictions
PAN American Health Organization officials have urged countries in the region to “act with the utmost caution” when it comes to loosening travel restrictions for fully vaccinated tourists.
Emergency meetings on COVID concerns called at nursing homes
EMERGENCY meetings on coronavirus concerns were called at several private nursing homes yesterday after government officials revealed a local eldercare home had recently experienced a COVID-19 outbreak, resulting in the death of one patient.
COVID-19 death toll rises to 215
ANOTHER COVID-19 death has been reported, bringing the nation’s toll to 215.
Human Rights Bahamas hits out at Bannister, government over shanty town comments
HUMANS Rights Bahamas has again criticised the government for its response to calls from United Nation experts to halt demolition works of shanty towns on Abaco, saying recent comments made by Works Minister Desmond Bannister only “emphasises that the government’s actions are driven by discrimination and xenophobia.”
Defence Force calls off search for missing boater
THE Royal Bahamas Defence Force has called off the search for a boater who reportedly went missing on a journey to Abaco over a week ago.
Auto dealers ‘scrape bottom of the barrel’
Auto dealers were yesterday “scraping the bottom of the barrel” after supply chain woes slashed vehicle inventories by up to 70 percent and left them unable to meet higher-than-expected demand.
‘Nothing to lose’ over concrete export venture
A former Bahamian Contractors Association (BCA) president says the country must explore transforming itself into an exporter of pre-cast concrete products, and urged: “We have nothing to lose.”
Insurers ‘hold line’ over property rates
Bahamian insurers are “trying to hold the line” on property premium rates for 2021 after post-Dorian pressures resulted in increases of up to 30 percent for businesses and homeowners last year.
Briland rebound beats projection ‘by over 25-30%’
Harbour Island resort operators yesterday said the post-COVID tourism rebound has exceeded expectations by 25-30 percent, and added: “We’re still rocking and rolling.”
