No one is safe unless everyone is
No one is safe, unless everyone is safe. Ten lives have been lost to senseless bloodshed during the first 11 days of 2024, leaving families mourning for their loved ones. The harsh reality is that it could easily have been any one of us left breathless – a casualty of war, as bullets do not have GPS and these incidents are taking place in public spaces, at times when everyday citizens are out and about.
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Two men charged for the murder of Gerrard Coakley remanded
TWO men were remanded yesterday after they allegedly chased and gunned down a 31-year-old man in his South Beach home while he was on release for attempted murder last week.
IAN FERGUSON: Strengthening business resolve in the New Year
The year 2023 is now officially history. We have walked into a brand new year - for some, a new fiscal year - where trying to find a proper footing and bearings is not the best position to be in. Good track and field athletes know their success often depends on how they start the race.
Palm Cay targets 2030 for construction finish
A south-eastern New Providence development is targeting 2030 for its full build-out with more stages to come after the current phase four.
Bar chief says 'world class' justice requires investment
Delivering "world class" justice "requires meaningful financial investment and not empty rhetoric", the Bar Association's president urged yesterday, as he called for the judiciary's budget to be increased.
'Novel' human rights argument to counter OECD blacklistings
The Government was yesterday said to be developing a "novel" legal argument for presentation before the United Nations (UN) that The Bahamas' "human rights" are being breached by blacklisting tactics.
Bowe: Govt should pay off debt and work at surplus
A TOP financial expert has said the government should aim to pay off its debt and operate at a surplus - for the first time since Independence.
'Bahamas needs to implement a National Development Plan'
Gowon Bowe, CEO of Fidelity Bank Bahamas, has renewed his call for the government to implement a National Development Plan to direct and benchmark improvements on key economic and social metrics.
Davis says policies will boost home ownership
Prime Minister Philip "Brave" Davis said his administration is committed to ensuring affordable and accessible home ownership for Bahamians as he toured the construction site of Renaissance at Carmichael yesterday.
National Tripartite Council sets out three-year agenda
THE National Tripartite Council (NTC) has reconvened with an ambitious three-year agenda, focusing on living wages, decent work conditions, and improved worker benefits.
SHOOTING INCIDENT: Man being questioned after woman killed, toddler in critical condition
Police are questioning a 27-year-old man of Lily of the Valley Corner in connection with a shooting incident on Thursday that has left a 56-year-old woman dead and her two-year-old grandson in critical condition in hospital.
EDITORIAL: Evidence there to check the facts
EVIDENCE is a powerful thing.
STATESIDE: Harvard president caught in the political crossfire
WHEN the president of Harvard University stepped down last week under severe pressure from alumni, donors and Republican congressmen and women, Elise Stefanik literally rubbed her hands in glee.
FRONT PORCH: Museums overlooked - but important to tell our story
APARTHEID, the system of institutionalised racism and minoritarian rule in South Africa, formally existed from 1948 to the early 1990s. It was steeped in a history of slavery, colonialism, and the warring for political and economic control between competing groups and powers.
Davis: PharmaChem loss a blow to GB – but we tried to intervene
PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis said the government was unsuccessful in intervening to prevent the closure of PharmaChem Technologies and the loss of more than 100 employees, which he called a “blow” to Grand Bahama’s economy.
154 prison officers promoted – but others wait for their turn
ONE hundred and fifty-four prison officers were promoted this week, but the head of the association representing them said he will not be satisfied until others awaiting promotion are advanced.
$200m capital markets poised for ‘very big year’
A Bahamas-based investment banker says 2024 is poised to “be a very big year” for the capital markets with companies seeking to raise “at least a couple hundred million” to finance their growth.
$250m Six Senses project eyes summer building start
The developer behind Grand Bahama’s $260m Six Senses resort project yesterday voiced optimism that construction will start this summer depending on when it receives its final approvals.
