Development Bank expands financing for electric vehicles
The Bahamas Development Bank (BDB) has expanded its eco-friendly transportation drive by teaming with ICON Bahamas to offer businesses 100 percent financing for their electric car purchases.
Doctors Hospital unveils stock split
Doctors Hospital says it is today unveiling a two-for-one (2:1) stock split to boost liquidity in its stock and make the price more accessible and affordable for retail investors.
Environmental activist renews concerns over mangrove destruction in Grand Bahama
ENVIRONMENTAL activist Captain Daniel Murray is raising concerns over renewed bulldozing and land clearing at a site off Queen’s Highway, where mangroves are being threatened.
Man faces charges of indecent assault and cruelty to children
A 31-year-old man appeared before the Magistrate’s Court on charges of indecent assault and cruelty to children.
Development company makes donation of medical equipment to clinic in Exuma
A COMPANY developing a luxury resort in Exuma has donated medical equipment to support a temporary clinic while the local healthcare facility undergoes repairs.
Junior Anthaya Charlton fourth in long jump
ANTHAYA Charlton, preparing for her first World Indoor Championships this weekend, led a trio of Bahamians in action at the National College Athletic Association’s Indoor Championships over the weekend.
‘Junkanoo Beach Boyz’ fourth overall in Concacaf Beach Soccer Championship
THE Bahamas men’s national beach soccer team saw their storybook run come to an anticlimactic finish yesterday evening at the 2025 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship hosted at the Malcolm Park Beach Soccer Facility.
Stingrays stun Knights to win second GSSSA track and field trophy
THE CV Bethel Stingrays stunned the CR Walker Knights to derail their eighth consecutive title defence at the 2025 Government Secondary Schools Sports Association (GSSSA) Track and Field Championship hosted at the original Thomas A Robinson Stadium.
Swimmers qualify for CARIFTA at Last Chance Meet
BAHAMAS Aquatics held its Last Chance Meet over the weekend at the Betty Kelly Kenning Swim Complex with several swimmers ensuring that they put in their bid for selection to the CARIFTA swim team.
36-member swimming team selected for the Carifta games
WITH a 36-member team selected, all attaining the qualifying standards, Bahamas Aquatics’ president Algernon Cargill said the Bahamas is poised to go to Trinidad & Tobago and capture its seventh straight CARIFTA Swimming Championship title.
Psychiatrist points to rising sense of hopelessness after man found hanging at home
A MAN in his 20s was found hanging at a home in Star Estates off Prince Charles Drive on Friday, making the country’s fifth alleged suicide this year.
Police investigate man's death after construction site accident
Police have launched an investigation after a 38-year-old man died in hospital from injuries he allegedly sustained at a construction site today.
VAT food cut runs ‘counter’ to farm policy
The Government’s 50 percent VAT rate slash on imported unprepared foods will place Bahamian farmers at “a serious disadvantage” and is counter to its sector policy, an agricultural entrepreneur argued yesterday.
‘Caught in the crossfire’: GB Power hit by rate rise delay
Grand Bahama Power Company is suffering a “very real impact” from the delay in reviewing and approving its proposed new rate structure after getting “caught in the crossfire”, it was disclosed yesterday.
Summit at peak strength despite ‘negative’ outlook
A Bahamian insurer yesterday said it is targeting “non-catastrophe” business lines for growth in a bid to escape continued reinsurance pricing pressures that have impacted recent profits and operating results.
Anti-financial crime legal reforms ready pre-Budget
The Attorney General yesterday said legal reforms to assist with the next international evaluation of The Bahamas’ anti-crime defences will be tabled in Parliament before the May Budget unveiling.
Judge rules to allow key witness in murder trial to testify anonymously
A JUDGE has ruled that a key witness in the retrial of Bruce Colebrooke for the 2012 murder of Aboyami Sargent will testify anonymously, despite objections from the accused.
Split feelings on the future of Carnival
INTRODUCED with great fanfare in 2015, Carnival in The Bahamas was meant to establish itself as a staple on the country’s cultural calendar.
‘I found space rocket debris on the beach’, says islander
A RAGGED Island resident said he found debris from a SpaceX Starship rocket along the beach on Tuesday afternoon while on the shoreline with his daughter.
