Let's stand together
Thank you for this opportunity of commenting on the recovery efforts following Hurricane Dorian’s devastating impact. As a second home owner in Marsh Harbour, I have recently returned from 10 days of recovery work in Abaco and am pleased to report that solid progress is being made following this unprecedented catastrophe.
Protocol, please
Oil spill at Equinor-Riding Rock conservatively 120,000 gallons of crude oil from tanks that were not built to withstand more than 140mph winds and clearly a low biometric pressure popped their lids spilling-spraying ‘000’s of thick black crude. Wednesday next when the House meets after Cabinet Tuesday I expect PM to advise that Government has discontinued all discussions with OBAN. If PM doesn’t then the public has to ask.....who are the people behind OBAN?
St Fleur, Whylly named to CONCACAF Nations League Team of the Week
A PAIR of Bahamian players were recognised by CONCACAF among the best in the region following the latest round of Nations League Play.
McPhee-McCuin and Rebels take centre stage at SEC Media Day
YOLETT McPhee-McCuin and her Ole Miss Rebels women’s basketball programme took centre stage at SEC Media Day.
You Go Girl – Des dreams of stimulating small business growth in the Bahamas
Businesswoman Desiree Major-Corneille describes herself best as an innovator and homesteader at heart.
Hearing loss and the whole person
The month of October is deemed Audiology Awareness Month by the American Academy of Audiology. In honour of this month it is certainly incumbent upon me to share how important hearing is to our overall health and well-being.
Bahamians form BESF – Bahamas Esports Federation
WHILE it started out as something to do as a hobby, a group of Bahamians saw the need to take the world of competitive, organised video gaming between two or more players to another level.
Conchman Triathlon promotes physical fitness for 33rd year
THOUGH Grand Bahama is still in recovery mode after Hurricane Dorian, plans are still in motion for one of the oldest triathlon in the country to take place.
Enjoy sunrise exercise for hurricane relief
LIKE many others in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Dorian, fitness instructor Regina Smith researched organisations she could donate to in order to do her part in the recovery effort.
Two die in Abaco crash horror
TWO men are dead and two others are in the hospital following a horrific two-car collision that occurred in Abaco early Monday morning.
EDITORIAL: Government headstrong over immigration
NEVER mind what other people are saying, the Bahamas government is going to do things its own way.
WORLD VIEW: CARICOM cannot abandon Haiti despite its president’s failure
HAITI is in turmoil again. This time the countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) cannot be criticised for inaction, but questions must be asked about others in the hemispheric community who have been silent about the political and humanitarian situation in the country.
INSIGHT: This is an inherited crisis that we are trying to clear up
This summer, customers of Bahamas Power and Light have yet again endured frustrating periods of load-shedding as generation capacity has failed to meet demand for electricity. Prime Minister, Dr Hubert Minnis, was correct – this was a crisis for families who could not cook meals, small business owners who could not complete transactions, and every Bahamian who had their daily life disrupted by these periods without power.
INSIGHT: Chipman’s lone voice may be an example for others to follow
AMID the political fallout from the government’s handling of Hurricane Dorian was the proverbial straw that broke the camel’s back.
INSIGHT: Will we learn from the Equinor oil spill?
On August 31 Hurricane Dorian slammed into Grand Bahama, ravaging the landscape, devastating communities and tearing lives apart. It destroyed thousands of homes and businesses, ruined vital infrastructure and left so many families grieving for their loved ones.
Abaco airport security staff in walkout
A SMALL group of Leonard M Thompson International Airport security officers walked off the job last week, but the situation never compromised the already strained operations of the facility, Tourism Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar said yesterday.Accordin
Like so many missing - silence
IT has been seven painstaking and worrisome weeks for relatives of Tanario Lowe, an Abaco native not heard from since the day before Hurricane Dorian destroyed the island. “We don’t know what to think or what to do, or where to go from here,” his si
WTO delay: We must get on with it
A prominent Freeport attorney says he is extremely disappointed in comments made by The Bahamas’ World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) chief negotiator, Zhivargo Laing that it is '95 percent unlikely' that the government will accede to the WTO during this current term.
