Portable water plant on Abaco to supply 10,000 gallons a day
A PORTABLE water plant has been installed on Abaco, bringing 10,000 gallons of potable water a day to residents.
Homeless man pleads guilty to violating curfew
A 50-year-old homeless man, who claimed he was on the streets because he was being chased by six invisible people, was charged on Friday for violating the curfew.
Man accused of sex with two teenaged girls
A 25-year-old man was remanded to prison on Friday accused of having sex with two teenaged girls.
Davis calls for Sands' resignation
PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party leader Philip “Brave” Davis called for the resignation of Health Minister Dr Duane Sands on Friday - and claimed there were potentially other instances of people coming into the country while the borders are closed for Bahamians.
Gym owner 'puzzled' by re-opening phases
EVOLVE Functional Fitness’s owner is left scratching her head over how certain businesses are opening before others in the government’s measured reopening plan for the economy.
Elizabeth Avenue south of Shirley Street closed for two weeks
Elizabeth Avenue will be closed south of Shirley Street to traffic for two weeks, it was announced yesterday.
EDITORIAL: The other battle we face - against hunger
ONE in four people in The Bahamas may now be facing hunger.
Probe begins over patient snubbed for wearing his shoes
HEALTH Minister Dr Duane Sands said yesterday a formal investigation is underway after a patient complained about being ordered to remove his shoes by a doctor before receiving treatment at Princess Margaret Hospital’s Dialysis Unit.The letter of com
Home becomes help centre
FOR many residents in the poor areas of New Providence the current COVID crisis has just magnified the problems thrown at them in life.
A COMIC'S VIEW: Comedy in times of the coronavirus
THIS coming May 10th, Lord spare my life, will be my 22nd year as ‘House Comic’ at the Jokers Wild Comedy Club, and as a professional stand up comedian, both locally and internationally. To God be the glory.
1,500 fed as hunger mounts
GRAND Bahama civic leader Dudley Seide is helping to feed thousands of people affected during the COVID-19 shutdown that has left many unemployed and struggling to put food on the table.Some 1,500 persons turned up at the Reach Out Community Centre o
DIANE PHILLIPS: Life at a standstill - but not for Mother Nature
THERE is nothing normal about the new normal, and that might be a very good thing. Not in all ways, of course, but maybe in some ways and maybe, just maybe some of those are worth stopping a moment for, thinking about and yes, appreciating.
Potter's Cay: Why let restaurants open but keep our stalls closed?
VENDORS at Potter’s Cay are calling for the government to allow them to resume their operations, saying it’s “unfair” that other restaurant operators have been allowed to stay open amid the COVID-19 pandemic while their businesses remain closed. Not
Bahamas image voted best taken from space
A STUNNING photo of the Bahamas taken from space has been voted as NASA’s all-time best image.
Govt revenues in 50% March slump
Government revenues declined by 50 percent in March, the deputy prime minister revealed yesterday, as the COVID-19 crisis threw a better-than-expected post-Dorian fiscal showing “out of whack”. K Peter Turnquest, speaking as the government unveiled
Cruise port requires $284m total funding
The Nassau Cruise Port’s transformation has $284.3m in total financing needs with its developer/operator having the ability to introduce new services and charges at its “discretion”. The details are revealed in documents issued to potential investor
Landlords ask: ‘What about us?’
A former Bahamas Real Estate Association (BREA) president yesterday warned that the government’s rental assistance initiative threatens to place many landlords at “an unfair disadvantage”.
Brewery fears lockdown will waste $500k in beer
A Bahamian brewery and liquor distributor yesterday voiced fears that $500,000 worth of beer it is holding will soon go to waste due to the lockdown, adding: “Something’s got to give.”Gary Sands, the Bahamian Brewery and Beverage Company’s general ma
