Plastics ban - be prepared
OFFICIALS from the Ministry of Environment and Housing are calling for business owners to reach out to the ministry to be educated on the impending 2020 ban on single-use plastics and Styrofoam.
EDITORIAL: Don’t get caught by surprise on plastics deadline
The start of January next year will be the end of an era of destruction to the environment.
PLP's attack out of order
The country was shocked to hear of the killing of a Royal Bahamas Defence Force officer at Government House over the weekend. A family has to bear and endure the tragic loss of a loved one. We are all heartbroken.
Robotic surgery: The future for urology in the Bahamas
The recent introduction of laparoscopic curative prostate surgery for the first time ever in the Bahamas is the first step towards fulfilling of the dream of making minimally invasive robotic urological surgery an everyday reality in this country.
Don’t let your weight weigh you down
Health coach Ethan Quant, of Elite Wellness Solutions, has succeeded in his weight loss journey and now wants to share his methods with the Bahamas in an effort to foster a culture of wellness and conquer the obesity epidemic.
Celebrating the invaluable work of midwives
THE great contributions of midwives in the Bahamas, many that may have gone unnoticed, will be celebrated during this year’s International Midwives Day.
Govt ‘feeling pretty good’ with VAT collection at 56%
The government was yesterday said to be “feeling pretty good” about VAT’s performance despite collecting just 55.6 percent of the 2018-2019 full-year forecast during the first nine months.
Funding the future
THE Generation Esthers organisation is seeking to raise $100,000 to fund the future of young girls as part of its mentorship programme.
No wonder we're a mess
This is a letter regarding the article "Crunch time for NIB payouts".
Help! My marriage is childless
The old saying, “Marriage is easy to get into but difficult to get out of” doesn’t seem to have any effect on the speed in which couples enter and exit marriages today. The reasons why people pursue marriage have also changed over the years. Marriage vows have been edited for comfort, deleted when convenient, and often professed with glee then totally ignored when problems come as though tossing them in the tall weeds of life would bury their significance.
Man, 21, charged with murder
A 21-year-old man was charged in Magistrate’s Court yesterday, accused of murdering a 34-year-old father-of-four over the Easter holiday weekend.
Inquest begins into man shot and killed by police
THE Coroner’s Court inquest into the death of 20-year-old Deangelo Bodie Wallace, who was shot and killed by police during a shoot-out on Saturday, May 16, 2015, officially got underway with evidence submission yesterday.
Potter’s Cay vendors facing crack down on sub-letting
VENDORS at Potter’s Cay Dock are facing a crackdown as officials move to evict owners who sublease their stalls.
‘We want to make Labour Day Parade safe as we can’
LABOUR Minister Dion Foulkes yesterday underscored the desire to “minimise or eliminate altogether” the possibility of another fatal vehicular accident occurring at this year’s Labour Day parade.
Three men charged with fraud
THREE men were arraigned in a Magistrate’s Court yesterday, charged in two separate fraud-related cases.
THE PETER YOUNG COLUMN: In the horror of Sri Lanka, the BBC falls short of the mark
In today’s world of instant communication via the internet, news of the horrors of the recent evil and cowardly terrorist attacks on churches and hotels in Sri Lanka will have reached far and wide.
Maillis deserves the credit
I regret having to correct the opinion of the Rev C B Moss that he saved Clifton back then…he is incorrect he was Johnny come lately.
So will Trump remember to look into travel?
Comment from the Minister of Foreign Affairs on President Trump keeping his word to look into Travel Advisories…what a joke you really think President Trump remembered?
More playing time for Sun’s Jonquel Jones?
The Connecticut Sun made arguably the biggest transaction of the WNBA offseason and it could lead to an increased role for Jonquel Jones.
Horton looking forward to new job in the BBF
WITH his tenure now complete, Eugene Horton is looking forward to making the transition from being the president of the New Providence Basketball Association to first vice president of the Bahamas Basketball Federation.
