Stopover tourist spend rises 25%
Stopover visitor spending throughout The Bahamas has increased by more than $500 or 25.4 percent per person compared to pre-COVID levels, tourism’s top official asserted yesterday.
Gov’t avoids bond markets for third consecutive year
The Government is aiming to avoid the international bond markets for a third successive fiscal year as it bids to raise $360m in foreign currency bank loans to meet its $1.803bn gross financing needs.
UK legal heavyweights to decide $357m GBPA fight
Two UK legal heavyweights have been appointed to determine Freeport’s fate in the Government’s $357m dispute with the Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA).
Construction ‘strong and healthy’ despite $128m fall in 2023 starts
Construction remains “strong and healthy” despite 2023’s $128m decline in the value of new building starts, a prominent contractor argued yesterday, with cement block demand “outpacing” production.
Man shot outside club in Abaco dies in hospital
THE country’s murder count rose by one on Tuesday when a man died in hospital after being shot outside a nightclub in Abaco on Monday.
Taylor ‘not taken from yoga retreat’
THE Sivananda Ashram Yoga Retreat American Taylor Casey visited before she disappeared said she was not abducted from the site and that evidence suggests she left the retreat voluntarily.
Bahamian students who stayed in Jamaica all OK
BAHAMIAN students in Jamaica fared well under Hurricane Beryl passage and have no regrets about remaining in the country to endure the powerful storm, according to Honorary Consul in Jamaica Alveta Knight.
Leader of Valley Boys faction intends to take legal action
TREVOR Davis, the interim chairman of a faction within the Valley Boys community that wants to change the organisation’s leadership, said his team intends to take legal action against the Junkanoo Corporation of New Providence.
FRONT PORCH: Pandora’s Box - why residents should not be allowed to gamble in casinos
THERE are few physical reminders left of Hobby Horse Hall, such as the stables, converted into apartments which eventually grew into disrepair. The eponymous roadway near Commonwealth Bank in Cable Beach, is another reminder of the defunct racetrack once located in the vicinity of the new golf clubhouse at Baha Mar.
STATESIDE: What should, and what will, President Biden do?
IT’S Independence Day in the US this morning, the date Americans commemorate their 248th national birthday. But as the US celebrates on its national day with cookouts and fireworks, many minds are distracted by the confused, tumultuous state of the current presidential race.
Police shoot man wielding a cutlass
Police report that a 29-year-old male from Ross Corner is in the hospital after being shot by police while armed with a cutlass yesterday.
New Bight Airport runway repaired, Western Air will resume flights
AVIATION Director Dr Kenneth Romer said potholes on Cat Island’s runway that caused Western Air to temporarily suspend flights have been repaired.
Lucayan South Towers’ owners hope they can save their complex
LUCAYAN South Towers owners are hoping to revitalise and save their complex before the Grand Bahama Port Authority follows through with its plan to revoke the structure’s certificate of occupancy.
Officer testifies that Finley was unarmed at time he was shot
THE lawyer for the estate of 15-year-old Gino Evante Finley, Jr, questioned the report of the officer who fatally shot the teen on Prince Charles Drive in 2017.
Bills amending three existing Aviation Acts were debated and passed in HOA
PARLIAMENTARIANS debated and passed three amended bills that would give the Civil Aviation Authority more autonomy and empower the Governor General to appoint up to four law reform commissioners instead of three.
Man ordered to anger management after attacking woman with cutlass
A MAN was ordered to attend anger management classes after he assaulted a woman with a cutlass and threatened to kill her last week.
Teen admits to stealing, sent to Simpson Penn
A TEENAGE boy admitted to breaking into a store on John Chipman Street last month and stealing items worth over $500.
Man accused of the murder of Heston Adderley last weekend
A MAN was remanded in custody yesterday after being accused of a murder in New Providence last week.
90 percent demolition done at Royal Beach Club project
Phil Simon, president of the Royal Beach Club, said the project has completed 90 percent of the structure demolition with the process targeted for completion by September.
