$500m developer unveils Bahamas’ ‘largest marina’
The developers behind a proposed $500m Long Island development yesterday released artistic renderings of what is being billed as the largest marina harbour in The Bahamas.
Patrons get taste of The Bahamas
Some 200 patrons recently attended a ‘Taste of The Bahamas’ reception held at the African-American Research Library and Cultural Centre in Fort Lauderdale.
Workshop to prepare GB for $300m cruise projects
Grand Bahama residents and businesses will be prepared to take advantage of $300m in pending cruise line investments at a specialist training session scheduled for early May.
Technology provider in top global award
Bahamas-based Cloud Carib has earned Informa’s prestigious Change Agent Award after seeing off competition from hundreds of technology companies.
Realtor’s Eleuthera agents form team
Two Eleuthera-based Damianos Sotheby’s International Realty agents have partnered to do business as a team, combining 16 years of real estate knowledge and service.
Duo team for a real Oasis
A Bahamian entrepreneur is celebrating her business’s second anniversary with the addition of an in-house decorator and designer at Oasis Furniture.
BPL: No URCA approval needed on Wärtsilä deal
BAHAMAS Power & Light’s (BPL) executive director yesterday pledged it was ensuring “as many Bahamians as possible” work on the $95m installation of Clifton Pier’s new generation assets.
THE ALICIA WALLACE COLUMN: We don’t have to make everything a competition
Disasters intrigue us. We are interested in how the fire started, who was targetted and why it took so long for help to come. Some become amateur detectives, trying to find motive. Some are self-appointed jury members and judges, deciding who did what and what they deserve as punishment. Not much time passes between freak accidents and terrorist attacks, especially when we have international news at our fingertips. There is always something to theorise, obsess, pray and argue over.
Mitchell wants whole truth on rehiring by government
PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party Chairman Fred Mitchell says Public Services Minister Brensil Rolle has not told the whole truth about the government’s rehiring processes.
Minister unhappy after gossip leads to walkout by teachers
EDUCATION Minister Jeff Lloyd has decried the demonstration by a small contingent of SC McPherson Junior High School teachers that occurred Friday morning, insisting this broke an industrial agreement with teachers and the public school system.
Man guilty of Woods Alley killing
JAHMARO “Bingy” Edgecombe is guilty of murdering Kenyari Lightbourne in his Woods Alley neighbourhood three years ago, a Supreme Court jury unanimously found yesterday.
'Please help Kenniyha get brain surgery she needs'
A DISTRAUGHT father struggling to raise funds to airlift his daughter to the United States for emergency brain surgery has made an emotional plea to the public for financial assistance.
Immigration ‘draft’ should not have been published
AFTER roughly two weeks of discussion and public feedback related to what many thought was the consultative process connected to the proposed Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill 2018, Immigration Minister Brent Symonette yesterday revealed the Office of the Attorney General was “premature” in its release of the legislation.
Extra funds for audit shortfall
FINANCE Minister K Peter Turnquest has confirmed the Office of the Auditor General will receive additional resources in the Minnis administration’s upcoming budget.
Water unions’ strike ballot
BAHAMAS Utilities Service and Allied Workers Union President Dwayne Woods is confident today’s strike poll will successfully show the majority of members are in support of industrial action against the Water and Sewerage Corporation.
Near miss 'wake up' for aviation safety
The recent near mid-air collision at Nassau's airport must serve as "a wake-up call" for the aviation industry to ensure all regulations are being enforced, a leading operator warned yesterday.
Police crack down after fatal crashes
NATIONAL Security Minister Marvin Dames is calling for motorists to be more responsible when driving adding police will be more aggressive in enforcing traffic laws.
Support middle class
PRIME Minister Minnis and his FNM government won the election in May, 2017 on the theme of the election – “It’s the People’s Time”.
Rupert Roberts must evolve
King Canute was simultaneously ruler of England, Denmark and Norway from 1016 to 1035. He became famous, rightly or wrongly, as the ruler who stood on the sea-shore and tried but failed to hold back the tide.
