Op-Ed: From standards to strength, a framework for sustainable success
I remember standing before the musicians of the Jackson State University Chamber Orchestra as the conductor in Washington, D.C. in January 2009.
Police say no evidence links officer to fatal hit-and-run
POLICE said there is no evidence that a serving officer was involved in the fatal hit-and-run in Nassau Village that claimed the life of a man on Thursday.
Top realtor struck from Briland tourism dispute
A top Bahamian real estate firm has been dismissed as a defendant in the ongoing legal battle between a Harbour Island tourism operator and his former US business partner after a judge found it cannot be blamed for its employee’s purported actions.
‘Safety void’ plus ‘weak enforcement’ concerns cited after fatal Andros crash
Aviation executives have cited a “domestic safety culture void” and “very weak” regulatory enforcement as factors that potentially contributed to the fatal Independence Day plane crash that killed all ten persons on board.
Central Bank in ‘cash buffer’ as Gov’t to refinance $3.4bn
A “cash buffer framework” has been developed to ease the Government’s cash flow and liquidity pressures during the weaker first half of its fiscal year, it has been revealed, amid plans to refinance near-$3.4bn in total public debt during the 2026-2027 Budget period.
Fatal plane crash to ‘take toll on industry’
Bahamian aviation executives yesterday revealed the fatal Andros plane crash will “take a toll on the industry” and “stay with us for a while” as an Opposition MP challenged the level of regulatory oversight applied prior to the crash.
Gov’t pledges to fix nurse appointments after protest
THE Bahamas Nurses Union (BNU) is demanding sweeping reforms at the Ministry of Health and Wellness, arguing that years-long delays in confirming worker appointments are harming its members’ finances, delaying career progress and worsening healthcare staffing shortages.
Partnership seeking to aid Abaco entrepreneurs
THE Small Business Development Centre (SBDC) has signed an agreement with the Abaco Chamber of Commerce that is designed to expand access to financing, business training and advisory services for entrepreneurs on that island.
Fatal hit-and-run sparks gun battle with off-duty police
What began as an apparent fatal hit-and-run on Carmichael Road erupted into a gun battle between suspects and two off-duty police officers on Sunday morning, leaving one suspect wounded and another being hunted by police.
Bodies of 10 North Andros crash victims returned to Nassau as investigation continues
The bodies of the 10 people killed in Friday's North Andros plane crash were returned to New Providence last night, where Christian Council president Mario Moxey led prayers on the airport tarmac for the victims and their grieving families.
PM: No survivors in North Andros plane crash
Prime Minister Philip Davis confirmed that all 10 people aboard a plane that crashed in North Andros on Independence Day have died.
Family Independence Day event converted to memorial after North Andros plane crash
The Ministry of Culture, Arts and Heritage has converted tonight's Family Independence Day celebration at Clifford Park into a memorial service following the North Andros plane crash.
UPDATE: AAIA identifies aircraft as Cessna 402; investigators dispatched to North Andros crash
The Aircraft Accident Investigation Authority has identified the aircraft involved in Friday's North Andros crash as a Cessna 402, registration C6-FLX.
Flamingo Air operations suspended after North Andros plane crash
The crash of a plane carrying at least seven people near North Andros Airport today has prompted aviation officials to temporarily suspend Flamingo Air's Air Operator Certificate as a search for those on board continued.
Rights group demands probe into viral police slap video
HUMAN Rights Bahamas has called for a prompt, independent and transparent investigation into a viral video that showed a Royal Bahamas Police Force officer slapping a man during a crowded public sporting event.
‘I just wept, I really felt the pain’, says mother
LOVAN Miller-Christie, the Andros mother who lost all three of her sons in a car crash less than two years ago, said she wept for the five teenagers killed in last month’s Shirley Street crash, saying the tragedy tore open the grief she still carries.
Father says Diamond would want him to forgive car crash driver
DAMIAN Stubbs, the father of 17-year-old Diamond Stubbs, says he has forgiven the 19-year-old driver charged over the Shirley Street crash that killed his daughter and four other teenagers, softening the anger he felt in the raw days after the country’s deadliest traffic accident in at least two decades.
Bimini blaze leaves twenty homeless
RESIDENTS formed a bucket brigade from the shoreline and scrambled onto rooftops to fight a massive Bailey Town fire on Wednesday morning, as flames tore through homes in Bimini and reignited long-running anger over the island’s firefighting resources.
