Small business survivors: 90% to keep doors open
Some 90 percent of small business survivors plan to "stay in business" fully after the recent COVID-19 easing sparked more optimism among entrepreneurs, a sector consultant revealed yesterday.
Hundreds of plea deals since January 2016
THE Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions has facilitated 274 guilty plea bargains since January 2016 as part of an unprecedented push to alleviate the burden on the judicial system through these arrangements.
Wells: We’re in talks to buy vaccines
AS the United Kingdom became the first nation to start to vaccinate its citizens against COVID-19 yesterday, Health Minister Renward Wells said the government is currently engaged in its own talks with several vaccine producers.
Minister ‘not aware’ of detention centre abuses
IMMIGRATION Minister Elsworth Johnson said yesterday he is not aware of any abuses happening at the Carmichael Road Detention Centre despite claims that several asylum seekers are being deprived of certain rights in contravention of Bahamian law.
Activists 'misled' by minister on oil drill
Environmental activists yesterday alleged the delayed legal challenge to oil exploration in Bahamian waters resulted after they were lulled into a false sense of security by a Cabinet minister.
Customs officer denied bail ‘after being found with gun’
A CUSTOMS officer was remanded to prison over allegations that he was reportedly found with an unlicensed firearm last week.
All on the same team with a gift of tablets
THE District Grand Lodge Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands and the Bahamas Football Association have responded to the appeals of the Ministry of Education to assist in the education of students.
Eight months in jail for slashing man’s neck
A 46-year-old man who slashed another man’s neck with a box cutter when he refused to give him money was yesterday sentenced to eight months in prison.
Man jailed for threat to his ex-girlfriend
A 35-year-old man who threatened to “blow off” his ex-girlfriend’s head during an argument was sentenced to a month in prison.
Probation sentence for growing marijuana
A 30-year-old man was placed on probation after he was caught cultivating a marijuana plant last month.
Death knell for tourism
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Zimbabwe corruption
Corruption has been grown, cultivated and nurtured in Zimbabwe and the effects of such high level political dishonest, fraudulent conducts, embezzlement of funds and bribes in civil servants, ministers, judges, prison officers and ordinary people.
Pandemic 'accelerates' fund industry change, argues EY
A Bahamas-based EY (Ernst & Young) partner says the COVID-19 pandemic has "only further accelerated" the global investment fund industry's embrace of technology.
'Crawl before walking' on tourism marketing
A Cabinet minister yesterday said The Bahamas must “crawl before it can walk” when it comes to re-entering the tourism market and launching its marketing campaign.
Spa operators persevere despite COVID-19 strains
Bahamian spa operators yesterday said that while abrupt COVID-19 lockdowns and curfews have imposed a major financial strain on their industry they have remained open since August.
Laundromats await hotel opening boost
Laundromats yesterday described business since the easing of COVID-19 restrictions as slow, with one owner saying the sector was expecting to get a boost from the hotel sector's imminent opening.
Lashann Higgs scores 27 points in loss
HARBOUR Island native Lashann Higgs produced another outstanding game, but it wasn’t enough to get her Embutidos Pajariel Bembibre PDM team back into the winning column in the women’s Spanish Professional Basketball League.
Roberts and Maginley suffer loss in doubles
BAHAMIAN Justin Roberts and his long-time close friend and partner Jody Maginley from Antigua suffered a loss yesterday in the men’s doubles at the M15 Santo Domingo Tournament.
Buddy: ‘I have no regrets’
CHAVANO “Buddy” Hield addressed the media for the first time since the regular season finale and the outspoken Sacramento Kings guard sought to clarify.
Pro golfers looking for work
Members of the Bahamas Professional Golfers Association were delighted to be back on the golf course over the weekend as they honoured the memory of their founding father, the late Roy Bowe.
