Water Corp debt to major supplier slashed to $15m
The Water & Sewerage Corporation managed to cut the debt owed to its main BISX-listed supplier by $3.3m in October after making zero progress during then first nine months of 2020.
BTC launches Xmas campaign
The Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) yesterday launched its seven-week ‘All I want for Christmas is’ campaign featuring special offers on all its products and services.
Exuma businesses: We saw it all coming
Exuma businesses yesterday backed the Government's decision to tighten COVID-19 restrictions on the island with many saying they could "see it coming" due to non-compliance with health protocols.
Eleuthera COVID outbreak gives Gov't few alternatives
Eleuthera's COVID-19 restrictions will be “very challenging” for an island that is now at the “cusp” of the winter tourism season, several businesses have warned.
Retailers forecast a bleak Christmas
Retailers yesterday forecast a bleak Christmas after recently-removed curb-side restrictions further dampened sales expectations amid the COVID-19 pandemic's economic fall-out.
'Worrying' growth in uninsured accidents
Bahamas First's top executive yesterday revealed that COVID-19 restrictions have produced a "noticeable" drop in motor vehicle claims despite a "worrying" increase in uninsured driver accidents.
Don't 'add insult to injury' over Dorian's tax breaks
An Abaco resort manager yesterday warned the Government it will "add insult to injury" if it fails to extend the Hurricane Dorian tax breaks that are due to expire at year-end 2020.
Inter-island travel visa hits final stage
THE domestic travel visa, which is expected to facilitate the removal of the two-week quarantine requirement for inter-island travel has now been completed, according to Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis.
MONIQUE PINDLING STAKES HER CLAIM FOR SOUTH ANDROS: Former PM’s daughter confirms ambition to secure seat and replace existing 13-year MP
MONIQUE Pindling, the daughter of former Prime Minister Sir Lynden Pindling, has publicly confirmed her bid to be the Progressive Liberal Party’s nominee in the South Andros constituency in the 2022 general election, telling The Tribune she wants to help “fulfil the plan that was laid out for Andros so many years ago”.
Oil drilling
I am superstitious. I don’t want to be and try to fight it because it’s not evidence based belief.
Police investigate suicide attempt
POLICE are investigating an attempted suicide that happened Sunday.
Police investigate suicide attempt
POLICE are investigating an attempted suicide that happened Sunday.
Fined $2k over drug possession
A 29-year-old man who was found with more than five ounces of drugs was fined $2,150 in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday.
Man accused of stealing iPhone
A 27-year-old was remanded to prison yesterday accused of stealing a woman’s iPhone and robbing another woman of more than $200 in cash.
Discharge over police assault
AN Andros man who threatened and assaulted a police officer last week was conditionally discharged on the agreement he would be of good behaviour for six months.
The state of the judiciary
I hold that the main stream media does not always portray the truth of the status quo of most governmental agencies and bodies as it relates to the dispensation of services expected by citizens. Two cases in point. Even before the onslaught of the pandemic it was difficult for litigants to file documents in the Magistrates’ Courts and/or to obtain timely trial dates.
Texas of Caribbean
Someone forgot to remind US Representatives Debbie Wasserman Shultz and Debbie Mucarsel-Powell that The Bahamas is a sovereign nation, like the United States of America.
EDITORIAL: Weigh criticism of projects against the need for jobs
TWO different developments in the spotlight today raise a weighty question – in the time of COVID-19, how picky should we be about the impact of projects?
WORLD VIEW: The world waiting to breathe normally again
CARIBBEAN Community (CARICOM) countries should by now have worked out a strategy for securing the early attention of US President-elect, Joe Biden, and the team working on his transition into the White House and to the helm of government.
