FRONT PORCH: The empathy and duty of care of Dr Perry Gomez
THIS past Tuesday the country said farewell to Dr Michael Perry Gomez, who demonstrated extraordinary compassion and service as a medical doctor and public servant throughout his professional life.
EDITORIAL: A pyramid of problems for Grant
Bishop Ricardo Grant’s campaign to become the new MP for West Grand Bahama and Bimini is in trouble.
Complaints of slow process at advance poll for West Grand Bahama and Bimini by-election
VOTERS arrived early and queued despite inclement weather yesterday as the advance poll took place for the West Grand Bahama and Bimini by-election.
Burna Boy concert coming December 16
GLOBAL afro beats sensation Burna Boy will headline a musical extravaganza at Carnival Grounds next month.
Retail’s extra ‘strain’ in Christmas run-up
Bahamian retailers say downtown closures, and a longer wait to clear key stock, are imposing extra “strain” on the “make or break” Christmas shopping season that has assumed greater importance this year.
‘Full probe’ demand on WSC chair resignation
The Opposition’s chairman last night demanded “a full investigation” into the resignation of the Water & Sewerage Corporation’s executive chairman, asserting: “You’ve opened the box so let’s see what’s in it.”
DPM blasts ‘unacceptable’ Aliv, BTC dropped calls
The Deputy Prime Minister yesterday said the service quality provided by the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) and Aliv is “unacceptable” with their failings “difficult to comprehend”.
Pilot ‘cannibalisation’ fear on Bahamasair
Private Bahamian airlines fear they will be “cannibalised” by Bahamasair poaching their best pilots to ease its cockpit shortage amid the ongoing impasse over raising the retirement age to 65.
‘Companies awarded contracts were not approved contractors’
A SENIOR manager of the Water and Sewerage Corporation (WSC), who claimed to be related to Adrian Gibson, testified that the companies awarded contracts to paint water tanks when Mr Gibson was executive chairman were not on the corporation’s approved contractor list nor known to engineers.
Man on bail for multiple crimes murdered in broad daylight
A MAN in his early 30s was shot dead in the Nassau Village community yesterday.
Grandmother: Child found dead was ‘sweet, sweet boy’
A DISTRAUGHT grandmother wants to know the circumstances around the death of her two-year-old grandson Daniel Nixon, “a sweet, sweet boy” found dead in bushes near his home on Tuesday.
Police want public to share their home camera feeds
THE Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBDF) wants people and businesses with security cameras to join a programme letting police monitor their video feeds to fight crime.
Blue Lagoon boat ‘complied with regulations’
ACTING Port Controller Lieutenant Commander Berne Wright said both the catamaran that sank enroute to Blue Lagoon Island on Tuesday and its captain fully complied with regulations governing the sector.
Petty resigns as WSC chair after contract revelation
NORTH Eleuthera MP Sylvanus Petty resigned as executive chairman of the Water and Sewerage Corporation yesterday after the public learned that his daughter was given a contract with the company.
FNM’S GRANT WAS IN PYRAMID SCHEME: ‘We owe no one’ says MP candidate as Sands says they were victims
THE Free National Movement’s West Grand Bahama and Bimini by-election candidate Bishop Ricardo Grant and his wife Shandlene Grant participated in a pyramid scheme in 2020 where some people lost their investments and never received promised payouts.
Teen ordered to compensate woman after damaging and stealing parts from her car
AN 18-year-old youth was ordered to pay $2,760 to compensate a woman after admitting damaging and stealing parts from her car.
Man remanded after being charged with unlawful sex with an underage girl
A 21-year-old has been remanded after he allegedly sexually assaulted an underage girl earlier this year.
Transparency from Town Planning Committee?
The Town Planning Committee appears to be bending over backwards in its consideration of a commercial operation on the corner of Tropical Gardens and West Bay Street, despite the fact that has been resoundingly rejected by the community. What exactly is going on?
PLP must act over living cost
As the member of Parliament for Killarney, I have heard repeatedly from constituents as to how hard it is to make ends meet due to the high cost of living. The price of food is high. Gas prices are high. The cost of electricity is sky-high.
Detective and DNA analyst testify in Cat Island woman’s murder case
A POLICE officer testified that he photographed the burned safe and vehicle that Rodrigo Rolle allegedly stole from the home of an elderly American woman he is accused of killing in Cat Island in 2017.
