Our tangled relations with the US
In the almost 70 years since Sir Stafford Sands revitalised the Development Board (now the Ministry of Tourism), this country has spent well over $2bn dollars educating the world about our touristic charms.
Basketball Smiles and Kelly's team up to buy school supplies
WITH two decades of service in the Bahamas with his series of basketball camps, Sam Nichols looks to use his platform to help students displaced by Hurricane Dorian. Nichols and his Basketball Smiles programme has partnered with Kelly’s Home Centre
Osadebay was light in legal world
I remember Emmanuel Osadebay well now. He was a stern disciplinarian; he was the kind when he stamped you said “how high”. He was a real disciplinarian.
Are we truly transparent?
I suggest we admire the comment of the Prime Minister that his administration stands for accountability – transparency and is totally against corruption.
Jones: 'We move the ball really well'
Already the most successful postseason run of her WNBA career after a single series, Jonquel Jones and the Connecticut Sun took game one of their semi-finals matchup.The Sun have been on the losing end of single game elimination scenarios at the hand
Banks move to 'jumpstart' clients' Dorian recoveries
All Bahamian commercial banks were yesterday said to have implemented Dorian relief programmes to help storm-ravaged clients “jumpstart their recovery and get back on their feet”. LaSonya Missick, chair of the Clearing Banks Association (CBA), said:
Airline bids to 'get going' after Dorian
A Bahamian-owned airline plans to resume flights to Marsh Harbour tomorrow as it bids to rebound from Dorian’s destruction of its Grand Bahama International Airport terminal. Sherrexcia Rolle, Western Air’s vice-president for operations, told Tribun
NIB replaces 438 lost smart cards
The National Insurance Board (NIB) says it is proactively working to assist Abaco and Grand Bahama residents seeking to replace National Insurance smart cards lost in Hurricane Dorian. It said its registration department has taken steps to simplify
Tropical Storm Jerry update
Tropical Storm Jerry is about 715 miles (1,150 kilometres) east of the Leeward Islands and moving west-northwest at 15 mph (nearly 25 kph).
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Easy Car Sales appointed BYD electric vehicle distributor for The Bahamas
A revolution in transportation is taking place around the world – and now The Bahamas can join in by switching to more cost-effective, efficient and sustainable 100% electric vehicles (EVs) thanks to a partnership between an established local car dealership and a global distributor.
A HOME BASE FOR ESPORTS: Heavyweights raise $17M for new gaming network
NEW YORK (AP) — A new venture backed by many of video gaming’s biggest publishers is unveiling a network that hopes to be to esports what ESPN has been to traditional sports.
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• A new project to explore the wreck of the ship dubbed as New England’s Titanic is underway.
ALICIA WALLACE: It’s time to help, not to fight
THE past two weeks have gone by quickly, but the beginning of relief efforts feels like it is in the distant past.
'God help me' pleads mother after son's death
THE mother of a teenager fatally shot while standing outside an Armbrister Street home Monday night is devastated by his murder. According to police, shortly after 8pm on Monday several men were standing outside a home on Armbrister Street, Fox Hi
Grand Bahama Power Company reconnects 9,000 accounts
OF its 19,000 customers, Grand Bahama Power Company has reconnected some 9,000 accounts, representing 47 percent of its customer base, since Hurricane Dorian pummeled the island. Dave McGregor, CEO, said the company is making progress in getting pow
Queen's Highway businesses destroyed by storm surge
MANY businesses in the commercial and light industrial sector of Freeport are closed for business, having suffered major flood damage and significant inventory loss due to Hurricane Dorian.Storm surge swept throughout the entire business district off
Equinor doing 'all they can' in oil spill recovery effort
RECOVERY efforts to contain the oil spill at Equinor’s facility in Grand Bahama are now “in full swing,” Environment Minister Romauld Ferreira said yesterday.“The relief boat has arrived in Grand Bahama. The clean-up crew has arrived. They have dispa
Florida officials speak up amid Dorian relief efforts
HURRICANE Dorian’s devastation and aftermath has drawn the attention of some of the top US government officials in Florida. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said on Thursday that his state’s businesses and citizens are prepared to help Bahamians affect
