EDITORIAL: A bold vision to be HIV free
THIS week has proven a remarkable one for hopes of tackling a scourge for the world – and very much so for our nation.
The problem is the way we vote now
Enact ranked choice voting. Anyone who endorses democracy and understands our voting process can tell you our system is flawed. The two-party system is clearly dysfunctional: Party tribalism divides and distracts us, and who wouldn’t want more options in political representation? I doubt anyone is satisfied with what’s currently available at the voting booth.
Local taxes for local needs
Please let me know if the following analogy is incorrect.
We need caution on Venezuela policy
What we are seeing play out in Venezuela today would probably have horrified Dwight Eisenhower.
Bernard ‘The Executioner’ Hopkins pays courtesy call on Minister of Education
BERNARD ‘The Executioner’ Hopkins, former world middleweight champion, recently paid a courtesy call on Minister of Education Jeff Lloyd.
RBPF Acklins and Crooked Island community members host fun run/walk
IN keeping with the commissioner’s mandate as they celebrated the month of March and the 179th Anniversary of the Royal Bahamas Police Force, the members of the Police Force, along with island administrator Leonard Dames Jr and other members of the Acklins/Crooked Island community, hosted a fun run/walk on Saturday.
Carlton E Francis basketball team has a ‘winning attitude’
SINCE becoming the new principal a year ago, Olivia Daxon said she was waiting for the opportunity to join coach Sherman Smith in celebrating another championship performance from their Carlton E Francis basketball team.
Destroyers get 64-60 win over Angels to take 1-0 lead in series
THE defending champions Bee’s Trucking Destroyers took a 1-0 lead over the Foxy Angels with a 64-60 win as the New Providence Women’s Basketball Association opened its best-of-three championship series at the DW Davis Gymnasium last night.
US warnings ‘threaten core of our existence’
The Bahamas “must do everything in our power” to combat US crime advisories, the Chamber of Commerce’s chief executive warning yesterday: “It threatens the very core of our existence”.
Power managers: Job fears, but ‘on right path’
Bahamas Power & Light’s (BPL) managerial union yesterday said the utility’s generation reforms are “on the right path” while voicing fears about its members’ job security.
Banks’ bad loans strike ten-year low
Bad loans commercial banking industry borrowers dropped to under $800m at end-January 2019, falling to their “lowest levels for ten years”.
BISX market cap rises $50m in '18
The market value of all BISX-listed securities rose by nearly $50m during 2018, with a strong fourth quarter enabling the exchange’s All-Share Index to close the year up 2.2 percent.
Bahamas Striping wins award from think-tank
The Bahamas Striping Group of Companies (BSGC) has been honoured with the Nassau Institute’s Freedom Award for Entrepreneurship.
Govt pushes innovation as solution to change
The government is pushing technology and innovation as a response to the dynamic, rapidly evolving global economy, the deputy prime minister has confirmed.
BPL renewable energy plan still in ‘draft phase’
BAHAMAS Power & Light’s (BPL) $95m deal for new electricity generation “ties in” to its renewable energy plans, a senior executive has confirmed, although these are only in “draft phase”.
Fishermen call for ‘illegal racket’s’ end
Fisheries representatives yesterday called on the government to address “an ‘illegal racket” infiltrating a sector that should be reserved for “Bahamians only”.
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Tuesday, 5th March, 2019.
Doctor’s absolute discharge decision ruled ‘unduly lenient’
THE chief magistrate’s decision to absolutely discharge a doctor for causing harm to another man was too merciful a sentence, the director of public prosecutions has said.
Gibson’s happy to see the water flow on Ragged Island
THE Water and Sewerage Corporation has an ample supply of water available in Ragged Island for residents or anyone who wishes to construct a home or business in the southern island.
FACE TO FACE: Following in the footsteps of the King
Eric Gibson is a household name. The moment a Bahamian hears it, the title “King” precedes it in their mind. King Eric & His Knights were a popular calypso band in The Bahamas since their inception in 1957, a time when music legend Harry Belafonte released his “Calypso” album which received much international acclaim.
