UB Mingoes top Great Whites 73-62, stay undefeated in NPBA
FIVE University of the Bahamas men’s basketball players posted double figures as the Mingoes defeated the BIBT Great Whites 73-62 and remained undefeated in the New Providence Basketball Association.Robert Joseph dropped 17 points with five rebounds
Meditation: A heart of thanksgiving
While our neighbours to the north celebrate Thanksgiving, we continue to have harvest thoughts as well, so that it all speaks to us of being grateful.
BFM explores strategies to reach the youth
Bahamas Faith Ministries (BFM) is exploring different avenues to improve the relationship between the church as an institution and the country’s youth, and looking at ways of teaching religion leaders how to bring the younger generation back into the fold.
Crushing – God’s method of quality control
Before we get into our sharing today, I want us to begin with a verse of scripture.
Where are the ungrateful lepers?
God has been so good to all of us here in the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, and has blessed us with so much. We are an independent nation whose dollar is pegged to the US dollar on a one-to-one basis, and with a robust, salient economy that is the unequivocal envy of the Caribbean; living in a democratic country that holds an election every fives that always go smoothly. Not worrying about anarchy and mutiny from dissidents.
Looking back on a ‘great year’ for Baptist men
In commemoration of his first year in office as the director of the Men’s Department of the Bahamas National Baptist Missionary and Educational Convention, Rev Stephen Ferguson and his team hosted a successful ‘Men’s Week of Service’ to round out a year of special events.
God is faithful
The depth of our love for God is often connected to our personal experiences in time of challenge, adversity, trials and tribulations.
LETTER: How to solve govt's GB airport quandary
Dear Editor , I imagine the government is in a major quandary over Grand Bahama International Airport. The quandary is not whether the $70m needed for a new terminal has to be spent, but by whom. As I have explained, Freeport has no viability if
IAN FERGUSON: A retiring strategy you can bank on
Many employees are making the mistake of taking too long to prepare for retirement. After working diligently for more than 30 years you should set yourself up financially for your “golden years”. The last 12 months before you call an end to your care
Chamber director backs unions groups' merger
A private sector labour specialist yesterday backed the proposed merger between The Bahamas’ two trade union bodies on the basis that it will be “better for workers” and end previous in-fighting.Peter Goudie, The Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and Emplo
EDITORIAL: We can’t rely on the wheel of fortune to build our future
IN the flood of overseas assistance which poured into The Bahamas in the wake of Hurricane Dorian we expect few of us will have noticed one of the biggest individual contributions made towards disaster relief.
STATESIDE: Remember the tortoise and the hare - Biden could still win this race
You’re watching the presidential impeachment hearings in Washington DC, aren’t you?
More migrants are bidding to escape the turmoil and terror in Haiti
OFFICIALS of the International Organisation for Migration have confirmed that there has been an increase of immigrants leaving Haiti to escape the recent turmoil.The Associated Press reported this week that more than 40 people have been killed and do
Ballooning deficit means govt needs to borrow $507m
THE deficit for the fiscal year has ballooned to $677.5 million because of Hurricane Dorian, prompting the government’s plans to borrow $507.9 million to meet the shortfall. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Peter Turnquest said in the Ho
UB to set up new climate change research centre
THE University of the Bahamas has announced the creation of its new Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience Research Centre, which will produce research on climate change impacts on small island developing states. During a press conference held at
'Not grim' despite $1.3bn debt surge
The deputy prime minister yesterday disagreed that The Bahamas faces a "grim" economic and fiscal outlook even though government debt is forecast to increase by $1.3bn over the next five years.
Aliv IPO goal for 2022-2023
The government is targeting the 2022-2023 fiscal year to exit its 51.75 percent majority ownership in Aliv and raise “at least” $73m, it was revealed yesterday.The 2019 Fiscal Strategy Report, released yesterday, disclosed that the government’s dispo
Past govts 'negligent' on $160m BTC pension hole
The Bahamas Telecommunications Company’s (BTC) unions yesterday slammed the “negligence” of previous administrations for creating a near-$160m pension hole that taxpayers must now plug. Ricardo Thompson, pictured , the Bahamas Communications and Pub
Fears Bahamas 'on edge of abject failure'
Fiscal watchdogs yesterday voiced alarm that The Bahamas is “on the precipice of abject failure” based on the sharp post-Dorian hikes in the government’s annual fiscal deficits and national debt.Rick Lowe, an executive with the Nassau Institute think
