OP ED: Who’s responsible? Untangling web of environmental enforcement in The Bahamas
When last week’s article called out the “silent sabotage” of environmental crime, the response was immediate: readers wanted to know, Who is responsible for stopping this? The answer is both straightforward and complicated. Environmental protection in The Bahamas isn’t the job of any one agency. It is shared by a patchwork of ministries, regulatory and compliance agencies, law enforcement, and non-governmental organisations. While this should mean robust protection, in practice, it often breeds confusion, bureaucracy fatigue, and, most dangerously, inaction.
FRONT PORCH: Failed promise and wasted opportunity
A story in this journal in March of this year reported: “Introduced with great fanfare in 2015, Carnival in The Bahamas was meant to establish itself as a staple on the country’s cultural calendar. Now, opinions on its future are split, with many seeing it as a fading experiment that never fully took root in Bahamian culture.”
STATESIDE: Trying to see inside the mind of Trump
It’s not just an American parlour game anymore. It has spread right across the world. Everyone is trying to get inside the mind of the man who has simply taken over the global consciousness.
DEIDRE BASTIAN: Factors that show your business on right path
Growing a business from idea to long-term success is no walk in the park. All entrepreneurs want to know their enterprise is doing well, but some may feel that, if you grow too quickly, you risk depleting your resources or not being able to keep up with customer demand. Yet expand too slowly, and a business could stagnate and lose out on lucrative opportunities.
‘Good a time as any’ to revive LPIA hotel
Lynden Pindling International Airport’s (LPIA) top executive yesterday asserted “this is as good a time as any” to revive a 15-year effort to develop a hotel with up to 240 rooms at Nassau’s main gateway.
‘Screams to get louder’ over closures of Nassau quarries
The Bahamian Contractors Association (BCA) president yesterday asserted that “the screams are going to get louder and louder” as New Providence’s limestone supply dries up due to enforced quarry closures.
PM signals Bahamas to escape France blacklist
A US infrastructure provider yesterday announced it has struck an agreement with a government-sponsored entity to monetise The Bahamas’ seagrass carbon assets through issuing its ‘sovereign carbon security’.
US provider in carbon credits Bahamas deal
A US infrastructure provider yesterday announced it has struck an agreement with a government-sponsored entity to monetise The Bahamas’ seagrass carbon assets through issuing its ‘sovereign carbon security’.
CARIFTA athletes and coaches celebrated
THE Bahamian CARIFTA Games athletes were celebrated yesterday in the House of Assembly, with parliamentarians from both sides of the aisle rising to recognise their achievements.
Bahamasair agrees to new industrial agreement with Public Managers Union
MIDDLE managers at Bahamasair expect to benefit from incoming salary adjustments, performance incentives, and expected travel benefits after a new industrial agreement was signed between the national carrier Bahamasair and the Public Managers Union (PMU).
Woman admits to choking and beating her boyfriend’s one-year-old daughter
A 28-year-old woman was remanded to prison yesterday after admitting she choked and beat her boyfriend’s one-year-old daughter on Sunday.
30-month jail sentence for possession of loaded gun
A MAN was sentenced to 30 months in prison yesterday after admitting he had a loaded gun in a car on Cowpen Road.
Teen accused of knifepoint robbery
A 15-year-old boy was remanded into custody yesterday after he was accused of robbing someone at knifepoint last week.
Officer testifies shots fired from inside car in police-involved killing of three men
A CRIME scene investigator testified yesterday that gunshots were fired from inside the car where three men were killed by police in 2020.
Procedural bottlenecks, not neglect, blamed for delays to regularising Bahamian nurses
GOVERNMENT ministers have pushed back against criticism from the Bahamas Nurses Union (BNU), insisting the public service is actively addressing nurses’ concerns and attributing delays in regularisation to procedural bottlenecks, not neglect.
‘No discipline for officer forcefully seizing phone’, says Deputy Commissioner
NO disciplinary action will be taken against an officer filmed forcefully seizing a civilian’s phone, according to Deputy Commissioner of Police Kirkwood Andrews, who confirmed yesterday that the civilian involved requested only a warning for the senior officer.
Five seek to represent FNM in Central Grand Bahama
FIVE people are seeking the Free National Movement’s nomination for Central Grand Bahama in the next general election, a seat long considered one of the party’s safest.
'Heads to roll at the highest level'
The Government's labour director yesterday revealed he has called for "heads to roll at the highest level" on a cruise line's private Bahamian island amid claims that several senior staff were terminated.
Parliament turns ‘nasty’ as Pintard and Mitchell clash
A FIERY clash broke out in the House of Assembly yesterday as Opposition leader Michael Pintard and Progressive Liberal Party chairman Fred Mitchell exchanged barbs over the spiralling collapse of banking services in the Family Islands.
Russian businessman accused of fraud seeking Bahamian citizenship
A RUSSIAN businessman once accused of embezzling millions from a state oil giant and dodging extradition to Moscow is seeking to become a Bahamian.
