BFSB chief shortlisted for international awards
The Bahamas Financial Services Board's (BFSB) chief executive has been shortlisted for honours in two categories at the 21st International Investment Awards.
65 new cases of COVID-19, two additional deaths
The Ministry of Health reported on Monday that there were 65 new cases of COVID-19 and two additional deaths.
Mother and daughter murdered in Nassau Village
A MOTHER and her child were found slain at their Nassau Village home on Monday morning.
WORLD VIEW: Caribbean wouldn’t tolerate external interference on Republics
OF all the fanciful reasons imputed to the decision of the government to make Barbados a Republic, shedding its monarchical status with Queen Elizabeth II as Head of State, the most surprising has come from the Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the British House of Commons, Tom Tugendhat.
INSIGHT: If they’re only in it for themselves, then who has our best interests at heart?
MORE than nine months ago, disaffected Member of Parliament for Golden Isles, Vaughn Miller resigned from the governing Free National Movement.
INSIGHT: Let’s pick up the pace and get the work done now: Why are we waiting?
The transformation of the city of Nassau might seem slow in coming, but the work of the Downtown Nassau Partnership cannot go unnoticed. Slowly but steadily Nassau is being moved from a sleepy town into a world-classed port area for post-COVID tourists, be they here on business or vacation. The work will require a focus on culture and heritage, a physical redevelopment and a systematic effort to remake the city’s image.
EDITORIAL: Our prison system is not doing its job
WHATEVER we are doing, it is not working.
Minnis: In era of disasters, assessments are outdated
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis has questioned why nations prone to disaster are still being assessed by international financial institutions using “outdated” methodologies.
Water corp starts work on Long Island stations
THE Water and Sewerage Corporation has started construction of booster stations in the areas of Mangrove Bush, Petty’s and Grays.
Ready to celebrate a week of Pride
PRIDE Bahamas 2020 will kick off next week and organisers say it will be a week-long series of virtual events geared toward making The Bahamas a country that is more accepting and inclusive of LGBTQI+ people.
Four in hospital after shooting and stabbings
FOUR people are in hospital after a shooting and two stabbing incidents over the weekend.
Chipman ‘not interested’ in making a switch to join the PLP
CENTREVILLE MP Reece Chipman said yesterday he is not interested in joining the opposition Progressive Liberal Party.
New Act planned - but what about now?
AMID complaints of illegal use of land and destruction of natural ponds and animal habitats, Minister of Environmental Health and Housing Romauld Ferreira revealed that the Forestry Unit in his ministry is in the process of drafting a legal framework to repeal and replace the Forestry Act 2010.
Dollarisation must 'be on the table'
An ex-attorney general says full dollarisation of the Bahamian economy must "be on the table" as the country faces "a tipping point" due to the devastation inflicted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Increased testing eyed as tourism's quarantine answer
A Cabinet minister yesterday signalled that post-arrival COVID-19 testing for tourists may be part of the solution to "easing" the mandatory 14-day quarantine impediment to the industry's revival.
Oil explorer targets pre-Christmas well
The Bahamas may gain an exploratory oil well Christmas 'present' for 2020, it was confirmed yesterday, as the project's proponents urged environmental activists to give "a fair representation of the facts".
Stem cell provider suffered $30m loss
A pioneering Freeport-based stem cell therapy provider lost more than $30m over its lifetime prior to being placed in Supreme Court supervision, it can be revealed.
The FinCEN files leak and its impact on the banking sector
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Last Sunday, September 20, BuzzFeed News International, a consortium of investigative journalists, published their analysis of a batch of leaked documents from the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). The leaked files give account of more than 200,000 suspicious financial transaction reports, occurred between 2000 and 2017, that were sent by banks all over the world to the US authorities.
Happy Olympic anniversary Pauline Davis-Thompson
IT took her fifth and final Olympic Games in 2000 in Sydney, Australia for Pauline Davis-Thompson to ascend the podium to finally secure her elusive individual track and field medal on the world’s biggest sporting stage.
