How delegation can build stronger teams
Every leader eventually hits the same wall. Too much work, too little time. The best ones do not push through it alone; they delegate. But handing off tasks well is a skill in itself, and experts say it comes down to seven habits.
Union challenges BPL on late overtime intervention
THE UNION representing Bahamas Power & Light (BPL) middle managers yesterday challenged why management did not intervene sooner over more than $600,000 in overtime reportedly paid to three employees.
Union Alliance head pleads for taxi driver return to talks
THE BAHAMAS Union of Teachers (BUT) president yesterday urged the Bahamas Taxi Cab Union (BTCU) to resume negotiations with livery operators to resolve their escalating dispute but this was rejected by the latter’s appeal.
Transport rivals differ over ‘trial agreement’
THE DISPUTE over how taxi and livery operators work at Lynden Pindling International Airport (LPIA) has escalated into a disagreement over whether the Government ever secured an agreement between the competing transportation groups.
Gov’t targets interoperable systems for every agency
THE DAVIS administration is moving to establish an interoperable framework for its digital systems in a bid to eliminate the need for businesses to repeatedly submit information to different agencies, a Cabinet minister has revealed.
Regulators and police team to aid insurance customers
Insurance regulators met with Royal Bahamas Police Force officers in a bid to strengthen collaboration and better protect consumers from fraud and other rogue practices.
Ministers meet GB Shipyard over review on work permits
A trio of Cabinet ministers, together with senior officials, met with Grand Bahama Shipyard executives as part of a review of work permits and related labour needs on Grand Bahama.
Rival teams vie to lead public services union
THE Bahamas Public Services Union is heading into a leadership transition after nearly a decade under Kimsley Ferguson, with two rival teams promising to rebuild a sharply reduced membership, modernise the union and give members a greater role in how it is run.
EMPIRE SPORTS MEDICINE SERIES: Is doing you best always enough?
“JUST do your best.” It is probably one of the most common things we say to our children before they compete. We say it before the race, before the game, before the swimming final and sometimes even before an examination. Usually, it comes from a good place.
08132026 OBITUARIES
Thursday, August 13, 2026
BBF honours FIBA 3x3 national teams
THE Bahamas Basketball Federation honoured both of The Bahamas’ FIBA 3x3 teams at a press conference following their performances at the 2026 3x3 Caribbean Cup, where both the men’s and women’s team captured gold.
Team Bahamas named
THE Bahamas Football Association has announced the players and staff selected to represent The Bahamas at the 2026 CFU U14 Challenge Series Boys, scheduled for August 16-23 in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
BBA launches inaugural summer camp
THE Bahamas Basketball Federation honoured both of The Bahamas’ FIBA 3x3 teams at a press conference following their performances at the 2026 3x3 Caribbean Cup, where both the men’s and women’s team captured gold.
Sebas: Bahamas cautious on ‘monstrous’ AI data centres
THE BAHAMAS is taking a cautious approach to attracting data centres due to the demands they will impose on already-strained electricity, water and other infrastructure resources, a Cabinet minister said last night.
BPL union: Overtime change to force us to Bahamas Grid
THE BAHAMAS Electrical Workers Union’s (BEWU) president last night accused Bahamas Power & Light (BPL) of trying to pressure workers into joining Bahamas Grid Company (BGC) as it filed a formal trade dispute over an overtime policy it alleges was introduced without its consent.
Battle reignites on work halt at $200m Rosewood Exuma
THE WARRING parties in the $200m Rosewood Exuma conflict yesterday resumed battle over what sparked the developer’s “undertaking” to halt all Sampson Cay work until August 26 and the fall-out for their legal fight and the project’s future.
TUC chief laughs off resignation call amid union turmoil
A VETERAN trade unionist yesterday called for Obie Ferguson KC to step down from the Trades Union Congress (TUC) presidency following a near two-year legal battle that has left the Bahamas General Workers Union (BGWU) in turmoil.
Realtor and tour operator slam ‘fabricated, impertinent’ claims
A TOP Bahamian real estate firm and Briland tour operator have slammed the latest “fabricated and impertinent allegations” levied against them by the latter’s former US partner as they bid to dismiss his “shotgun pleading”.
Miller calls on BPL ‘to get it right’ after recent outages
FORMER PLP Cabinet minister Leslie Miller yesterday called on Bahamas and Power Light (BPL) “to get it right” after recent power outages, warning that “lives are at stake” and “there’s nothing trivial” about the struggles ordinary Bahamians are enduring from prolonged power cuts.
