'Outages not related to load shedding'
BAHAMAS POWER and Light executives said the two system disturbances that left customers throughout New Providence without power on Friday were not related to load shedding. On Friday, the company reported that a fault on the transmission network cau
Heastie: We're on way to being self-sufficient
BAHAMAS POWER and Light CEO Whitney Heastie said he believes the company is well on its way to becoming self-sufficient and non-reliant on government funding. In a press conference at the company’s headquarters, Mr Heastie said BPL has executed a st
Pair arrested for breaking Saturday night curfew
NEW Providence police arrested two men for breaching the 10pm curfew on Saturday. According to reports, shortly after midnight, officers from the Operations Unit while patrolling Claridge Road noticed a black vehicle being driven. The officers’ susp
'Body blow' for tourism restart
The tourism industry’s revival has suffered “a body blow” by the continued Atlantis and cruise industry uncertainty, a Cabinet minister has conceded, as commercial travel to the US was yesterday cut-off. Dionisio D’Aguilar, minister of tourism and a
Bay Street sees 80% income loss extended longer
Eighty percent of the spending that kept Bay Street afloat has dried up via a cruise industry shutdown just extended to October 1, the Downtown Nassau Partnership’s (DNP) co-chair has revealed. Charles Klonaris told Tribune Business he does not fore
US travel shut down 'low-risk proposition'
The government’s move to close The Bahamas’ borders to all commercial transportation from the US was yesterday branded “a low-risk proposition” by the Chamber of Commerce’s chief executive. Jeffrey Beckles, pictured , told Tribune Business the decis
Arawak Cay just 25% recovered pre-new closure
Arawak Cay vendors had only recovered 25 percent of their pre-COVID business volumes prior to yesterday’s decision by the prime minister to shut the popular Fish Fry destination a second time.Rodney Russell, the Arawak Cay Association’s president, to
Grand Bahama isolated by new daily curfew
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis implemented a new daily curfew for Grand Bahama and banned international and domestic travel to and from the island, following a resurgence of COVID-19 cases there. During his national address yesterday, Dr Minnis sai
Wells in charge of health portfolio
BAMBOO Town MP Renward Wells will be sworn in today as the country’s newest minister of health, Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis announced yesterday. As a result of the move, Dr Minnis said the Ministry of Transport will now fall under the portfolio
PM announces travel restrictions amid surge in COVID-19 cases
GIVEN the recent surge of COVID-19 cases in the country, Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis yesterday banned all commercial flights and vessels from entering the country beginning on Wednesday with the exception of those coming from Canada, the United Kingdom and the European Union.
Robbery suspect shot by police
AN armed robbery suspect is in hospital after he was shot by police on Saturday.
Defence Force investigates groundings of two vessels
THE Royal Bahamas Defence Force has launched a Board of Inquiry to assess the circumstances surrounding the recent groundings of two of their vessels.
Lashann Higgs will begin her pro basketball career in Spain
LASHANN Higgs will begin her pro basketball career in Spain.
ActivTrades: Change may be uncomfortable but we must embrace it
Altering habits isn’t easy, there is comfort in routine and change can be painful; we have all experienced, at various points in our lives, the disruption caused by it: the first day at a new school, a relationship break-up, changing jobs, etc.
Another 15 cases makes it the worst day so far
COVID-19 cases have surged to 153, with 15 additional cases reported yesterday alone, the country’s largest single day tally since the pandemic began. Nine new cases were reported on Saturday while five additional cases were reported on Friday. Dire
Inagua residents concerned by Haitian arrivals
INAGUA residents yesterday expressed anger over the government’s decision to allow some 20 Haitian migrants to be taken to the island after they were intercepted by US Coast Guard officials on Thursday. In a press statement, the RBDF said officials
Mike Sands has made considerable strides with NACAC confederation
SINCE coming into office last year, president Mike Sands has made considerable strides with members of the North American, Central American and Caribbean (NACAC) Confederation.
Grand Bahama hit by closure of all sporting activities
Prime Minister Hubert Minnis yesterday announced some recurring safety measures to try and help curtail the spread of the coronavirus pandemic in New Providence and Grand Bahama.
I'm glad my two boys now manage to get some sleep
I was depressed and fighting despair.
A bitter but effective dose
Individual rights and freedoms are so sacrosanct that the framers of our constitution made it the third chapter, right behind declaring itself to be the supreme law of the land and the convoluted definition of citizenship.
