Regulators warn BPL: Be ‘fair’ in your probe
Regulators have warned Bahamas Power & Light (BPL) to be “fair, transparent and non-discriminatory” over any probe into whether its customers are using “fake energy saving devices”.
The Bahamas is not Nassau, says PM as he promises to keep visiting the Family Islands
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis says he will continue trips to the Family Islands despite Official Opposition criticisms that the visits are being used for political campaigning.
WORLD VIEW: Caribbean in no one’s backyard
PJ Patterson, the former Prime Minister of Jamaica, recently observed to an attentive audience in Washington, DC that: “We of the Caribbean should never allow our strategy to be dictated or determined by anyone else”, adding that “we live in no one’s backyard”.
Police seize $12,000 worth of marijuana
POLICE discovered and seized $12,000 worth of suspected marijuana and a firearm in Eight Mile Rock on the weekend.
Decomposing body found in building
FOUL play is not suspected in the discovery of a male’s decomposing body in a building at East Street and Odle Corner over the weekend, a senior police officer said yesterday.
EDITORIAL: The health of a nation, is the wealth of a nation
IT WOULD appear that Prime Minister Minnis is unwilling, embarrassed or unable to muster the courage to address the “pink elephant in the room”. While some may be relieved to learn it is not an Immigration, U.S. crime warning, OECD black listing or global pandemic spread by some highly infectious disease, in reality it is a far more deadly, insidious and immediate threat to our country.
Uncle Sam should look nearer to home
One popular saying springs to mind when attempting to digest the recent pious pronouncements from our good friends in the US State Department: Practice what you preach or change your speech.
We need financial independence
When I was pursuing my math education training with the University of the West Indies in the 1990's, I was taught that developed economics dealt more in manufacturing than the developing economies. For example we would sell them pineapples. They would can it and sell us back for a higher price. It is call adding value to the product.
Were police watching TV?
Re: We need police on our streets.
‘Buddy’ sets franchise season record for 3s
IT was a game of milestones for both Buddy Hield and Deandre Ayton in their fourth and final head-to-head matchup of the 2018-19 NBA regular season.
Bahamians make splash in NCAA Swimming Championships
SEVERAL Bahamian student athletes participated in the NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center in Austin, Texas.
NPBA Playoffs: Stingers, High Flyers take 2-1 leads
THE PJ Stingers and the Breezes High Flyers are both now one game away from returning to the New Providence Basketball Association’s championship series.
Pro boxer Rashield Williams loses split decision
RASHIELD Williams felt what it was like to be on the other side of his professional boxing career after he suffered his first loss in his second fight this year.
Big Red Machine in the win column
The St Augustine’s College Big Red Machine captured half of the divisional titles and a number of athletes attained the CARIFTA qualifying standards on the final day of the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture’s National Track and Field Championships.
Miller re-elected president of BAAC in landslide victory
SHAUN Miller has been re-elected as president of the Bahamas Association of Athletic Coaches in a landslide victory over past president Curtis Pride with all of his slate of officers voted in.
Ex-Bahamas CEO defeats $2m asset freeze reimposition
A former Bahamas-based chief executive, accused by his ex-employer of taking $2m in unauthorised payments and expenses, has successfully resisted the reimposition of an asset freeze.
Lucayan managers in new ‘reasonable’ proposal to govt
The Grand Lucayan’s managerial union is seeking a ministerial meeting early this week after submitting a “reasonable” offer to resolve the long-running payout impasse.
BAIC warning to tenants: ‘Put your house in order’
THE Bahamas Agricultural & Industrial Corporation (BAIC) has warned delinquent tenants to “get their house in order”, its chairman noting that several businesses had been evicted over the past year.
Tourism must ‘continuously up its game’, minister urges
A Cabinet minister has called on the Bahamian tourism industry to “continuously up its game” following its record-breaking visitor arrivals performance in 2018.
Tripartite Council in ‘aggressive’ agenda
A Cabinet minister has described the 16 projects in the National Tripartite Council’s strategic plan to improve workplace relations as “aggressive and ambitious”.
