Teachers are placed on ‘industrial action alert’
MEMBERS of the Bahamas Union of Teachers (BUT) have been placed on industrial action alert after overwhelmingly rejecting the Government’s salary counter-proposal for a fifth time, setting the stage for a potential escalation of a long-running dispute just as the school year gets underway.
EMPIRE SPORTS MEDICINE SERIES: Preparing your mind for performance
BEFORE competition, we expect athletes to warm up their bodies. A sprinter performs drills and progressively faster accelerations. A swimmer completes several lengths at increasing intensity. A basketball player shoots, moves through footwork patterns and gradually increases the pace.
Karting driver Lenox opens up with 3rd-place
TEN-year-old Bahamian karting driver Lenox Lockhart opened the 2026 WSK Final Cup with a third-place position in the Mini Gr. 3 championship standings after the opening round at the Franciacorta Karting Track in Castrezzato, Italy.
'BJ' makes MLB debut
BERTRAM “BJ” Murray Jr finally got his opportunity at the highest level of baseball on Tuesday night, making his Major League Baseball debut for the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field.
Sebas: ‘Don’t fall in love with technology alone’
A CABINET minister yesterday urged The Bahamas to focus on extracting the economic benefits and opportunities from digital connectivity, as he asserted: “Let us not fall in love with technology alone.”
Attorney fails to escape costs on Nygard’s ‘debt’
A BAHAMIAN attorney’s bid to escape paying legal costs over his failed bid to block the $11.9m sale of downtown Nassau’s Union Wharf property over an alleged debt owed by Peter Nygard has been rejected by the Court of Appeal.
Bahamians urged: Don’t take BPL outages as ‘new normal’
BAHAMIANS must not accept power outages as the new normal, a former Abaco Chamber of Commerce president demanded yesterday, as she called on Bahamas Power & Light (BPL) to provide customers with “an automatic credit” for the hours they endure without energy.
Auto dealer chief: No panic on first half 11% drop-off
THE BAHAMAS Motor Dealers Association’s (BMDA) president yesterday asserted there is no panic over the 11 percent decline in new auto sales for the 2026 first half as he and other vendors “feel the pinch” of increased shipping costs and delays.
Airport fee increases ‘getting out of hand’
AVIATION providers yesterday warned fees and taxes are “getting out of hand” after the private operator for three key Family Island airports unveiled new and increased levies - including up to $66 directly on international passengers - to take effect from New Year’s Day 2027.
STATESIDE: Storm clouds ahead?
THERE are storm clouds, and then there are storm clouds.
Letter: God save our youth, God bless The Bahamas
EACH week, the headlines force us to pause and grieve. Reports of gun violence, young men lost to the streets, and families shattered have become too familiar. Many Bahamians are asking the same painful question: what is happening to our young people, and especially our young men?
Letter: A court order cannot settle the education dispute
The Supreme Court’s intervention in the dispute between the Government and the Bahamas Educators Managerial Union should allow public schools to resume normal operations.
Letter: What happens to dogs once they are trapped? The public deserves answers
I am writing this letter with deep anger, sadness, and genuine concern about what is currently happening to stray dogs throughout New Providence. The Ministry of Agriculture is reportedly setting traps in various communities to capture stray dogs. But what happens after these animals are trapped? That is the question that needs to be answered publicly.
Letter: Lost to history
IN a recent conversation with a well-known Bahamian cultural icon, among the various points reviewed was the traditional West African game of Wari (Warri, Oware, Awale) --- once played in over-the-hill areas by Bahamian men.
Fire destroys home
A FAMILY understood to include two children was among tenants displaced after an early-morning fire destroyed a home in Golden Gates II yesterday.
Dr Sands calls on PLP to say whether Warren Ellis got government contacts
FREE National Movement chairman Dr Duane Sands has called on the Davis administration to say whether murdered businessman Warren “Spy” Ellis received government contracts, as opposition scrutiny intensifies over the administration’s alleged dealings with people linked to serious criminal activity.
Trial for owner of two dogs alleged to have attacked woman on beach
A PROMINENT Grand Bahama resident is facing trial after his dogs allegedly attacked and bit a woman as she walked on a beach in an upscale Freeport residential area earlier this year.
Twenty four-year-old shot dead was wearing electronic monitor
A GRAPHIC video circulating on social media shows bystanders frantically trying to help a 24-year-old man moments after he was fatally shot near Bay Street and Parliament Street early yesterday.
Police pursued innocent man ‘with malice’ for six years
A MAN who spent 682 days in maximum security on a murder charge remained under prosecution for more than six years after an autopsy found the alleged victim died from sudden cardiac death, with a Supreme Court judge now ruling that the case was pursued with malice and without reasonable and probable cause.
