GB Chamber seeks Gov’tand Port’s ‘collaboration’
The Grand Bahama business community is seeking greater transparency and consultation over reforms involving the Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) and other development projects, arguing that investor confidence will depend on “visible progress” and clear execution plans.
Fire devastates well-known gas station on Kemp Road
A FIRE tore through the Kemp Road Service Gas Station early Monday morning to leave one of the area’s most recognisable businesses heavily damaged, and residents and officials rallying around the family who have owned and operated it for decades.
Taxpayers forecast to pay $50m on controversial PPP
Bahamian taxpayers are scheduled to pay more than $50m for the Government’s Eight Mile Rock administrative complex, built by a contractor and developer linked to the general election day plane crash drug suspect, due to a 48.8 percent surge in costs and a near-$17m interest bill.
‘Security failures’ at Old Fort Bay allegedly allowed man to enter expat resident’s home
SECURITY failures at the upscale gated community Old Fort Bay allowed a man to enter the property of an expat resident early Friday morning, resulting in violent threats, extensive property damage and a police investigation, the resident at the centre of the incident has alleged.
Boy, 8, seriously injured in Bimini shooting incident
NATIONAL Security Minister Myles Laroda yesterday issued a strong appeal to licensed firearm owners to properly secure their weapons around children after an eight-year-old boy was seriously injured in a shooting incident in North Bimini on Saturday night.
The day Gardiner’s life - along with the plane on which he was a passenger - came crashing down
When Jonathan ‘Player’ Gardiner left Nassau on the now infamous election day charter flight early on the morning of May 12 – to do whatever it was he was tasked with doing that day - the last place on earth the big-time drug kingpin would have wanted to end up was in the United States of America.
Crash pilot: I am no DEA informant
THE pilot at the controls of the Election Day plane which crash-landed at sea carrying drug smuggling kingpin Jonathan Gardiner has categorically denied being an undercover informant for the United States Drugs Enforcement Agency (DEA).
Ex-ambassador’s 20-year ban over ‘misappropriation’
The Bahamas’ former ambassador to Bahrain has been banned from holding any meaningful post in this nation’s financial services industry for 20 years after confessing that he “misappropriated significant client funds”.
Foreigners at PMH have not shown any symptoms of Ebola
TWO foreign nationals being monitored at the Princess Margaret Hospital after recent travel from the Democratic Republic of Congo are in good health and have not shown any symptoms consistent with Ebola Virus, according to health officials.
Mother of murdered man calls for justice
THE grieving mother of a 21-year-old man shot dead while on his way to buy a cellphone said she needs answers about why the gunman targeted her “innocent” son, saying the attacker could have grabbed any of his belongings instead of taking his life.
FACING REALITY: Does domestic violence get the serious attention it needs?
A SOCIETY does not collapse all at once.
66-year-old mother’s partially decomposed body discovered in bushes off Coral Road
A FAMILY’s search for their missing 66-year-old mother ended in anguish on Sunday after her partially decomposed body was discovered in bushes off Coral Road, dashing any hope her relatives had of finding her alive.
62-year- old man found dead in North Eleuthera
A 62-year-old man was found dead in North Eleuthera on Sunday in what police are classifying as a suspected drowning.
43-year-old woman travelling to Haiti arrested at airport for allegedly failing to declare nearly $74,000 in cash
A 43-year-old woman travelling to Haiti was arrested at the airport over the weekend for allegedly failing to declare nearly $74,000 in cash, police said.
Haitian woman charged with fraudulently obtaining several national documents
A HAITIAN woman was charged on Friday with fraudulently obtaining several Bahamian national documents, the latest in a series of such cases in recent months.
Police corporal accused of stealing thousands of dollars from man during search granted bail
A 26-year-old police corporal accused of stealing thousands of dollars from a man during a search earlier this month was granted bail on Friday.
Trainee customs officer sentenced to four years in prison
A TRAINEE customs officer was sentenced to four years behind bars after police allegedly found two guns and 38 rounds of ammunition at his Kennedy Subdivision home last week.
Man accused of assaulting another man with a knife granted bail
A MAN accused of assaulting another man with a knife at his South Beach Drive residence was granted bail on Friday.
Pearl Island seeks dismissal of tourist’s leg-loss lawsuit
A Bahamian excursion destination and boat operator are both urging dismissal of a lawsuit brought by a US tourist over the loss of both her legs to a vessel’s propeller after staff allegedly told her to jump into the sea to urinate after being “plied with unsafe amounts of alcohol” and drugs.
‘Phenomenal’ job creation if economy expanded 3.8%
The Bahamas would have seen “a phenomenal amount of jobs” created with the economy growing by almost 4 percent in real terms during 2025, a senior banker has suggested.
