Straw vendors criticise Bannister over closure for repairs
VENDORS Friday criticised Works Minister Desmond Bannister and the Straw Market Authority (SMA) for their decision to close the Bay Street Straw Market for repairs during one of their busiest sale seasons.
EDITORIAL: Speaker should learn when to speak
The current Speaker of the House, Halson Moultrie, came to his post without the benefit of experience of Parliament.
DIANE PHILLIPS: The culture of power is changing before our very eyes
Through the six decades that I have been writing thousands of published news articles, magazine pieces, more lately columns, I have steered clear of politics and have rarely tapped the overflowing well of famous people whose legacy descends into a downhill slide from grace.
Coral reefs around Grand Bahama and Abaco quick to recover
MARINE scientists say most of the coral reefs around Grand Bahama and Abaco could rapidly recover to support fisheries and tourism sectors for those islands, with new research showing only 30 percent of reefs surveyed suffered severe damage.Researche
Final chance for woman to appeal murder conviction
A WOMAN who was convicted of conspiring to have her friend killed has been granted one last chance to overturn her 35-year sentence for the crime. The Court of Appeal granted Caryn Moss leave to petition the London-based Privy Council in a bid to ha
PM defends increase in travel budget
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis yesterday defended the government’s decision to increase its travel benefits for Cabinet ministers and their spouses.He insisted that records would show that officials’ spouses have not been taking advantage of the ben
Agreement close on border protection
THE government is expected to sign a memorandum of understanding on border protection with Turks and Caicos “very soon”, Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis revealed yesterday. The issue of border control, according to Dr Minnis, was among the many topi
1,400 have signed up for repairs plan, says Clarke
DISASTER Reconstruction Authority chairman John Michael Clarke announced that, as of Tuesday, more than 1,400 people have signed up to the Small Homes Repairs Programme.The chairman gave the update yesterday while explaining the authority’s role and
Minnis: Lawsuit won’t affect flow of money
DAYS after HeadKnowles Foundation sued its co-founder Lia Head-Rigby, Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis said he is not concerned about the lawsuit affecting future donations to the country.
QC’s account closures cost Scotiabank $10k
A Bahamian QC has won $10,000 in damages from Scotiabank (Bahamas) after it abruptly closed his law firm’s bank accounts without giving any warning.
Dutch demand 9% corporate taxation to escape blacklist
The Netherlands yesterday demanded that The Bahamas implement a corporate income tax at 9 percent or higher as the price to escape tax non-cooperation “blacklist”.
OECD tax demands may 'devastate the economy'
The Bahamas “may devastate the economy” if it surrenders too easily to demands from high-tax European nations for a corporate income tax, a former finance minister warned yesterday. James Smith, who held the post during the first Christie administra
Two insurance sites eyed for Health ministry
The Government is in “very advanced negotiations” to move the Ministry of Health into two former insurance buildings in the Palmdale area, a Cabinet minister confirmed yesterday. Dr Duane Sands, minister of health, told Tribune Business that the for
Customs cracks down on Abaco aircraft 'abuses'
Bahamas Customs yesterday said it was cracking down on potential “abuses” by private aircraft in response to concerns that it has grounded Abaco’s only air freight provider post-Dorian.The agency, in a statement issued yesterday, did not say Abaco Fr
GoThankYou: Online platform pays $200k to cover ‘lost’ Dorian donations
CROWDFUNDING giant GoFundMe will donate more than $200,000 to the HeadKnowles Foundation, signalling its support for Gina Knowles as she tries to recover funds from charity co-founder Lia Head-Rigby.
‘That’s not your job, Mr Speaker’
AS AN “impartial arbiter,” House Speaker Halson Moultrie should not be calling for action or legislation on any matter regardless of his convictions, attorney Wayne Munroe insisted yesterday.
Haitian man facing year in jail for passport fraud
A HAITIAN man was sentenced to a year in prison yesterday for trying to fraudulently obtain Bahamian citizenship by using a fake Haitian passport. Senior Magistrate Carolyn Vogt-Evans sentenced 29-year-old Jamesly Fils-Aime, who had assumed the iden
Second man charged with $200,000 armed raid on photo studio
A SECOND man was remanded to prison yesterday charged with holding up at gunpoint the proprietor of a photo studio on Carmichael Road and robbing him of over $200,000 last week. Andino Cunningham, 44, of Pinewood Gardens was charged before Chief Mag
Doneisha Anderson named SEC Women’s Runner of the Week
UNIVERSITY of Florida Gators female track and field sophomore Doneisha Anderson has been named this week’s SEC Women’s Runner of the Week, the league office announced Tuesday.
Bahamas Drug Council Fun Run/Walk March 7 at Arawak Cay Heritage Site
THE Caribbean Bottling Company is proud to support the upcoming Bahamas Drug Council’s Fun, Run/Walk. CBC will keep the walkers, runners and joggers hydrated with Dasani water.
