Russell opts not to travel with Billie Jean Cup team
VETERAN tennis player Larikah Russell has opted not to travel with the Billie Jean Cup team next month in Panama because of her difference in role on Team Bahamas.
Stopover tourists 40% below pre-COVID level
A Cabinet minister yesterday said that while monthly stopover tourist arrivals are steadily increasing their numbers are still less than 40 percent of pre-COVID-19 levels.
Mixed Bimini reaction to $40m airport PPP
Bimini businesses and tourism operators yesterday gave a mixed reaction to plans by the island’s largest investor to take over its airport, with some hailing the move but others branding it “apocalyptic”.
Hotels enjoy steady uptick without COVID test cease
Bahamian hotels yesterday said eliminating the COVID-19 RT-PCR test for fully vaccinated visitors has yet to boost future bookings as business continues to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.
All natural, all the way
Exuma native turns to 'bush remedies' for hair and skincare line
Exuma native Deanton Ferguson is a man of faith and he believes that God has given us everything we need to heal and take care of ourselves - bushes, trees, plants, all of earth’s natural resources.
Author bares her soul in new book about traumatic life experiences
Doris Emmanuel Johnson’s life story reads like the script of a Lifetime Movie of the Week. She survived a near death experience, escaped from a physical assault, and put up a bloody fight against a would-be rapist.
EDITORIAL: Are we properly prepared for fires?
TWO fires in recent times have left questions in their aftermath about how prepared we are to deal with such incidents.
PETER YOUNG: Boris has painted himself into a corner he’s finding hard to escape from
It is almost a truism that corruption and sleaze exist in politics worldwide. History abounds with examples. But in today’s conditions of instant and often intrusive communications, when politicians are under greater scrutiny than ever before so that reprehensible behaviour is harder to hide, it seems to be worse than ever.
FACE TO FACE: Two young women in the fight to protect our planet
All around the world, countries are looking at ways to address climate change and the devastating impact that emissions from fossil fuels and other contaminants are causing to planet Earth. The Bahamas is no different.
59-year-old man dies from COVID-19
ANOTHER COVID-19 death has been recorded, according to the Ministry of Health yesterday.
Moultrie: Dispute is resolved
HOUSE Speaker Halson Moultrie says the disagreements between his chamber and the executive have been resolved.
Assistance planned for Potter’s Cay vendors
AGRICULTURE and Marine Resources Minister Michael Pintard says government plans to assist vendors at Potters Cay who lost their businesses due to a fire last month.
Minister’s ‘rising frustration’ over vaccination hesitancy
A Cabinet minister says daily reports on the growing COVID-19 surge are making him “ever-more frustrated” with the “hesitancy” of many Bahamians to become vaccinated and aid economic revival.
Bimini’s top investor in $40m airport proposal
Bimini’s largest investor has submitted a $40m proposal that would see it transform and take over the management of that island’s airport, a senior government official revealed yesterday.
Loan approvals hit six-year low
Bank loan approvals fell to their lowest level for six years in the 2020 second half, it was revealed yesterday, with just two-thirds of applicants approved compared to 80 percent in the prior year.
Governor: We saved $500m for reserves
The Central Bank’s governor yesterday disclosed that restrictions on foreign currency outflows imposed at COVID’s peak could have saved up to $500m in external reserves.
‘We’ve lost everything’
STEPHEN Swaby stood gazing at the charred rubble that was once his 96-year-old grandmother’s home at Jennie Street, in disbelief that his family has lost everything.
Brave blasts ‘know it all’ Minnis over COVID
OPPOSITION leader, Philip “Brave” Davis has said government has continuously dropped the ball in its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
FIRST SIGNAL ELECTION ON? RBDF given deadline to register personnel for poll
THE Royal Bahamas Defence Force has asked its department heads to prepare “for the possibility of an early General Election” by providing a list of people who will vote in an advanced poll.
