Eleuthera man remanded on charge of sexually assaulting mentally ill woman
A MAN accused of attempting to sexually assault a mentally ill woman in Eleuthera in January was remanded to prison yesterday.
Police denied planting gun and abusing suspect in murder trial
The murder trial of a man accused of killing two teenage boys in Yellow Elder Gardens in 2017 continued yesterday as a police officer testified finding the accused with a gun on Lightbourne Avenue.
Limited data and infrastructure to blame for recent airline near misses
NEAR-miss incidents involving American Airlines aircraft at Family Island airports highlight longstanding safety concerns tied to limited data and infrastructure at uncontrolled airfields, according to a senior aviation official.
12 aircraft rescue and fire instructors certified to train
TWELVE new aircraft rescue and firefighting instructors from The Bahamas were internationally certified after completing a training programme at the Central Florida State Fire College.
PM expects country’s employment to fall by 9.1 percent this year
PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis expects the country’s unemployment rate to fall to 9.1 percent this year.
Davis defends the doubling of government unpaid invoices
PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis said yesterday that a sharp rise in government arrears and unpaid invoices reflects active project execution, support for essential services and seasonal cash flow pressures, not overspending.
FRONT PORCH: The ongoing work of emancipation
AUTHOR, and chronicler of Bahamian culture, Arlene Nash Ferguson, wrote a book about Junkanoo entitled, I Come to Get Me: An Inside Look at the Junkanoo Festival.
STATESIDE: Is the Iran bombing just a distraction?
THE world certainly looks a bit different this morning than it did just a week ago.
GBPA’s $1bn damages claim rejection ‘good news for taxpayers’
The Attorney General yesterday hailed the rejection of the Grand Bahama Port Authority’s (GBPA) $1bn damages claim against the Government while accusing it of trying to enrich itself at the expense of Bahamian taxpayers.
Yntegra cut dredging by 75% over Govt’s ‘$25m carbon losses’
The Rosewood Exuma developer agreed to slash its dredging “footprint” by 75 percent after a unit within the Prime Minister’s Office voiced concern it could cost The Bahamas up to $25m in lost ‘blue carbon credits’ revenues.
AG: GBPA arbitration verdict solves Port utilities regulation
The Attorney General yesterday asserted that findings in the $357m Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) arbitration dispute could result in the “dismissal” of Supreme Court challenges to the Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority’s (URCA ) authority to supervise utilities in Freeport.
GBPA claim Gov’t ‘frustrated’ $10bn investment dismissed
The Grand Bahama Port Authority’s (GBPA) assertion that the Government’s “misguided policies” resulted in it “deliberately frustrating” more than $10bn worth of investment for Freeport has been rejected by arbitrators.
Gov’ts $357m GBPA owner change bid suffers setback
The Davis administration’s ambition of forcing a rapid ownership change at the Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) suffered a setback - but has not been ended - by the ruling that dismissed its $357m payment demand.
ALICIA WALLACE: International Women's Day - time to take a stand
INTERNATIONAL Women’s Day is on Sunday, March 8 and the United Nations has “Rights. Justice. Action. For ALL Women and Girls.” as its theme.
Woman gets probation for knife attack over parking space dispute
A WOMAN who charged at her neighbours with a kitchen knife during a dispute over a parking space in Cooper’s Terrace last week was placed on one year’s probation.
‘Davis govt wasted public funds and failed to secure result it promised’
FREE National Movement leader Michael Pintard accused the Davis Administration of choosing ‘an aggressive legal path, spending public funds, and failing to secure the result it promised.’
West End residents divided over MP’s first-year record
RESIDENTS in West Grand Bahama are divided over whether Member of Parliament Kingsley Smith, after a year in office, has delivered on the promises he made during his by-election campaign.
Bahamians face ‘tremendous’ problems in Cuba fuel crisis
BAHAMIANS living in or travelling to Cuba say daily life on the island has become far more difficult after the United States cut off Venezuelan oil shipments — previously the country’s largest fuel source — triggering widespread blackouts, transport disruptions and rising tensions among residents.
‘No budget changes amid oil price spike’
ECONOMIC Affairs Minister Michael Halkitis said the government will not adjust its budget in response to rising oil prices linked to escalating tensions between the United States, Israel and Iran, calling it “early days” as officials monitor global developments.
