Health moving to address GB medical waste issues
The Ministry of Health is in negotiations to address the potential dangers caused by the transport of hazardous medical waste through the purchase of an incinerator.
Cultivation centres close to completion
Cultivation centres in New Providence and Eleuthera are in the final stages of development with Eleuthera's Hatchet Bay location set to be completed by the end of the 2025-2026 fiscal year.
Minister defends $2.25m sunken vessel allocation
A Cabinet minister has defended the Government's decision to allocate $2.25m in the 2025-2026 Budget to the removal of sunken vessels from Potter's Cay and elsewhere in The Bahamas.
Royal Caribbean to fill 150 PI posts by summer's end
Royal Caribbean's top Bahamas executive says the cruise line is targeting summer's end to fill 150 posts at its Paradise Island beach club with the second round of recruitment currently underway.
FNM to slash yacht tax rate 'highest in Caribbean-Atlantic'
The Opposition yesterday pledged to slash a yacht charter tax rate, which the industry has branded "the highest in the Caribbean-Atlantic region", by more than 70 percent in percentage terms if elected.
'Huge relief' as the Gov't drops 'void' coveyances
Attorneys have branded the Government's abandoning of legal reforms that would have treated unrecorded real estate deals as "void" as "a huge relief".
Boater backlash on fee increases plus ID install confusion
Marinas in the northern Bahamas have been hit with multiple cancellations due to a combination of boating industry uproar over new and increased fees plus confusion over planned legal reforms.
INSIGHT: Enforcement on the last frontier: A blueprint for a Bahamian environmental police force
Across The Bahamas, in hidden communities, kiln flames devour underbrush for charcoal, apathetic to the choking smoke and vanishing habitat. Heavy equipment operators bulldoze topsoil into gullies, exposing water tables and tainting aquifers. On far-flung cays, excavators carve into mangroves and crush beach rock, reshaping pristine shores into ersatz paradises built on stolen ecology.
INSIGHT: How to stay safe during heat waves – and heat stroke warning signs to watch for
Summer is just getting started, and millions of people are under heat advisories as a major heat wave spreads across large parts of the central and eastern US in June 2025.
SIR RONALD SANDERS: The continuing distress of the Haitian people
The situation in Haiti is worsening, and the ordinary people of Haiti — already among the most impoverished in the Western Hemisphere — are its most tragic victims. They continue to exist, barely, in conditions of extreme poverty, rampant violence, and diminishing hope for a better life.
INSIGHT: How to see through the fake news shared online
My phone pinged the other night with a message – a Whatsapp note being circulated describing a scandal involving a senior figure in the government. Except, after even a few moments of reading the alleged scandal, it was clearly untrue.
THE KDK REPORT: The ties that bind
The often-discussed life-long sacrifices that mothers make for their children are globally well-documented. Mothers are the backbone of every society in every nation throughout the world and the bond between a mother and her child is arguably the strongest entity on planet Earth. But this tangible connection doesn’t only occur within the human race. Within the animal kingdom, similar examples of maternal altruism and devotion are evident.
‘No difference’ in cases despite island manhunt
POLICE Commissioner Shanta Knowles has pushed back against accusations that the Royal Bahamas Police Force gives preferential treatment to investigations involving its own officers, maintaining that all homicide cases are handled with the same urgency and care.
No anti-gang prosecution yet - but police chief says officers are gathering evidence
ALMOST four months after Commissioner of Police Shanta Knowles announced the Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) was investigating its first case under the Anti-Gang Act, officers are still working to gather enough evidence to bring the matter before the court.
Two years in jail over illegal shotgun
A MAN was sentenced to two years in prison on Friday after admitting he had an unlicenced shotgun at his Davis Street home last week.
‘No significant harm’ in SpaceX landing - report
THE government has received SpaceX’s post-launch report following its historic Falcon 9 booster landing in Bahamian waters earlier this year, with officials saying the operation caused no significant environmental harm.
FNM leader: Maritime unit a takeover of private sector
OPPOSITION Leader Michael Pintard has blasted the government’s push to establish a statutory Maritime Revenue Unit, warning it represents a quiet takeover of roles currently handled by the private sector and lacks public consultation.
‘Not feasible’ for confiscated plane to be converted for govt use
A $2.5m plan to refurbish a seized King Air 350 aircraft for government use has been quietly shelved after officials deemed the plane unfit for investment, National Security Minister Wayne Munroe confirmed during the 2025/26 budget wrap-up in the House of Assembly.
‘Treat people with dignity’, PM tells Social Services staff
PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis delivered a blunt directive to the Department of Social Services on Friday, calling on staff to treat every person seeking assistance with dignity, not scepticism.
Man shot dead by motorbiker outside home
A MAN in his early 20s was shot and killed in front of his home in the East Street South area yesterday, just days after National Security Minister Wayne Munroe said crime is down nationwide.
