Sporting personalities honoured
BAHAMAS Olympic Committee secretary general Derron Donaldson, Bahamas Anti-Doping commissioner Petra Haven and sportscaster/national basketball coach Jay Philippe were among the 40 persons honoured on Saturday.
Local action on climate change should match international talk from Davis
CLIMATE change is again in the spotlight – with Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis giving a speech during the Climate Week event held in New York.
Ecology to be destroyed by govt
The Perpall’s Tract Wellfield was established by legislation in and around 1937 and during the period 1937 thru 1940/42 the 212 acres of land that was used for the wellfield was secured by the government by eminent domain.
Need to take aviation seriously
PRIVATE aviation in an archipelago...essential service so it must be Licenced and operated at the highest level of efficiency and assurance of safety but is the Bahamas Private Aviation sector anyway close to there?
New title sponsor to give Genesis Junkanoo group the "cutting edge"
THE Genesis Junkanoo group said over the years they’ve been seen as the underdogs in the parades, but with their new title sponsor Bahamas Technological Services Limited (BTSL) the group is ready to bring a “cutting edge” style to Bay Street.
Mitchell urges GB residents to pursue legal action over proposed electricity rate increase
Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Chairman Fred Mitchell on Friday criticised the Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) for announcing a public consultation on proposed electricity rate increases, calling the process “folly and futility.”
URCA to ‘use all avenues under law’ on GB Power
The Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) yesterday pledged it “will use all avenues available under the law” in responding to Grand Bahama Power Company’s bid for a rate increase.
Airline warning: ‘We’re being taxed to death’
A senior tourism executive yesterday urged The Bahamas “to convert our proximity into affordability” after multiple airlines serving this destination warned: “We’re being taxed to death.”
PM: BPL grid deal finalised ‘in a week’
The Prime Minister yesterday defended his administration’s decision to outsource New Providence’s electricity grid to private investor control while revealing the deal will be finalised in “about another week”.
BPL ‘pretty confident’ on record Abaco demand
Bahamas Power & Light’s (BPL) top executive is “pretty confident” it will be able to handle Abaco’s 30 mega watt (MW) energy demand that is forecast to shatter pre-Dorian records next summer.
Bank ordered to hand over $63,000 from ex-MP’s account
A BISX-listed bank has been ordered to hand over $63,000 from accounts belonging to an ex-MP and Supreme Court judge to help repay a multi-million dollar debt owed to a US investor.
D’Aguilar: Push Atlantis to open more rooms
FORMER Tourism Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar said the government should pressure Atlantis to reopen hundreds of its vacant hotel rooms, which he said have been left “dead in the water”.
Lucayan sale to conclude in two weeks, says Davis
PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis said the government should be closing arrangements for the sale of the Grand Lucayan Resort “within the next two weeks or so”.
Fernander: Police probe to complete by year’s end
POLICE Commissioner Clayton Fernander said the police corruption probe triggered by leaked voice notes is expected to be completed by the end of the year.
PM: ‘Public cost’ for campaign financing
PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis said regulating campaign finance is fraught with “difficulties”, partly because it could require that public funds be used to finance political campaigns.
‘Ragged Island school 99 percent complete’
DEPUTY Prime Minister Chester Cooper said a new Ragged Island school is “99 percent complete”, with necessary furniture to arrive next week.
DIANE PHILLIPS: Shame on a nation that shuns its own history
A four-storey hotel in the heart of Bain and Grants Town collapsed on Monday.
Clubs & Societies: September 20, 2024
September 20, 2024
