WORLD VIEW – St Vincent on the UN Security Council: More valuable than coin
MAKE no mistake about it, the election of St Vincent and the Grenadines – one of the world’s smallest states – to a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is both an important and timely event.
GAIN AN EDGE: A band of brothers - and sisters - achieve their common dream
FOCUS (Forward and Onward to College Upward to Success) is a college access programme of Lyford Cay Foundations, made possible by the generosity of donors. This year the very first cohort of students completes high school and moves forward to college. This is their story.
POLICE ADVICE: Simple rules to keep children safe this summer
SUMMER IS HERE and thousands of children are off school. Here are ways to keep your children safe this summer.
EDITORIAL: Don't mock a slip-up, look at the job being done
MIRIAM Emmanuel was the target of a lot of mockery over the past few days.
Rehabilitation work underway on airport runway and taxiway
Major rehabilitation work has begun on Runway 09/27 (soon to be Runway 10/28) and Taxiway India at Lynden Pindling International Airport (LPIA). Nassau Airport Development Company (NAD) has partnered with local firm Bahamas Hot Mix to complete the capital project valued at just under $20 million.
Healthcare needs a clear vision - and greater funding
FOR the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) to expand the services provided under the National Health Insurance (NHI) programme $20m ‘is not going to do it’, according to Medical Association of The Bahamas (MAB) president Dr Marcus Cooper, stressing there must be a vision and serious commitment to improving the state of healthcare in the country.
Canadian firm chases unpaid millions from Renew walkaway
A Canadian recycling manufacturer says it is has been left ‘holding the bag’ over a multi-million materials recycling facility (MRF) sold to the New Providence landfill’s former manager Renew Bahamas, and is now urging the government to bring an end to the ‘back and forth’.
First tenants move in to completed Thirty Six
Aristo Development has completed construction on the $30 million luxury residential THIRTY SIX development on Paradise Island with the first residents taking occupancy.
ISLAND INSIGHTS: Crown Land – ownership and management
Crown Land can be defined as public land. It is a territorial area owned by the state (government) by which citizens have access and rights to use this land.
Man killed, woman injured in shootings hours apart
POLICE are investigating after a man was killed and a woman was injured in two shooting incidents hours apart.
BPL criticised for power failure
MANY customers turned to Facebook to criticise the Bahamas Power and Light company on Friday for the power failure that left the western area of New Providence in darkness for more than ten hours Thursday night.
Break-in and robbery at Solomon's in Freeport
GRAND Bahama Police are investigating a brazen break-in and robbery at the Solomon's Wholesale Store in Freeport on Friday that resulted in significant damage to the establishment and a bank ATM machine there.
Former assistant principal charged with Bahamian woman's murder in Florida
A FORMER assistant principal at the school where Bahamian Kameela Russell was employed has been charged with her murder in Florida.
Belinda Wilson re-elected as BUT president
BELINDA Wilson is celebrating yet another re-election victory as president of the Bahamas Union of Teachers after elections were held this week.
Sands defends MICAL MP from 'unacceptable bullying'
HEALTH Minister Dr Duane Sands yesterday defended MICAL MP Miriam Emmanuel amid criticism following a recent verbal blunder she had in the House of Assembly, calling the public commentary surrounding the ordeal “unacceptable bullying.”
Woman dies after car crash
POLICE are investigating a traffic fatality that left a woman dead Friday morning.
'Help is on the way' at Passport Office
FOREIGN Affairs Minister Darren Henfield says that although the Passport Office has some challenges, help is on the way. During his 2019/2020 Budget contribution, the Minister said that the Passport Office has always been challenged with providing services in a building with inadequate space.
Investigation continues into school fire
AN INVESTIGATION into the cause of the fire at the Huntley P. Christie High School in Andros is continuing, the Ministry of Education confirmed.
Many thanks, Alicia, for your moving words on young men
I am moved to thank Alicia Wallace for the column she wrote about the deaths of the two Bahamians Alrae Ramsey, my former colleague at the Foreign Office and Blair John, the St Mary’s Ph D student.
