Anti-corruption defences: ‘Get them over the line’
Governance reformers yesterday renewed calls for The Bahamas to “accelerate” the full enactment of transparency-related laws and “get them over the line” amid fresh contract controversy.
BTC urged: Prioritise network over 5G with tower sale funds
The proceeds from the sale and leaseback of the Bahamas Telecommunications Company’s (BTC) cell towers would be better invested in other parts of its network than 5G, a union leader argued yesterday.
Water Corp’s debt to main supplier up $7m
The Water & Sewerage Corporation is taking “about as much water” as its main BISX-listed supplier can produce even though its debts to the latter rose 41.5 percent during the 2023 third quarter.
Woman dies in boating accident off Paradise Island
One woman is dead after a boating accident close to Paradise Island this morning.
Ministry says diplomatic notes exchanged after DeSantis comments on rockets
UNITED States Charge d’Affaires Usha Pitts regrets if Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ comments about levelling The Bahamas suggest “anything other than a close alliance between our two democratic nations,” according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Delta flight to Eleuthera forced to turn back
A FLIGHT to North Eleuthera from Atlanta had to turn around due to airport weather station issues last week.
Ingraham backs FNM candidate bid
FORMER Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham said he supports the Free National Movement’s West Grand Bahama and Bimini by-election candidate, but added that “the FNM had a great history running in by-elections and losing”.
We don’t cheat, says Roberts after Davis price warning to businesses
AFTER Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis warned businesses not to keep prices high after the government cut import duties, Super Value owner Rupert Roberts said yesterday his company won’t “cheat”.
Nygard was close to both parties, says Davis
PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis claimed former fashion mogul Peter Nygard was close to the Free National Movement, not just the Progressive Liberal Party.
PM: CANCEL PETTY’S DAUGHTER’S WSC DEAL – Davis suggests contract should have ended when relationship was revealed
PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis suggested that the Water and Sewerage Corporation contract Sylvanus Petty’s daughter received should have been cancelled when the relationship between the father and daughter became known.
Champions crowned in the BSF All-Star Classic
Despite playing in the wee hours of the morning, the Bahamas Softball Federation completed its 2023 All-Star Classic on Sunday with the Cyber Blue Marlins keeping the men’s title in New Providence while Grand Bahama carted off the ladies’ crown.
Decius-Norius earns her pro card
Dekel Nesbitt, Briceston Anderson follow suit
THREE more Bahamians, including Serena Salis Decius-Norius, have earned their professional cards after winning their respective divisions at the MCP Worldwide Caribbean Grand Prix at the Atlantis resort, Paradise Island, on Saturday
Sports calendar
AFTER playing its sudden death volleyball playoffs on Monday at Tom ‘The Bird’ Grant Community Center, the Bahamas Scholastic Athletic Association will begin its championship series today, starting at 4pm.
L W Young Golden Eagles celebrate in special ceremony
IN a special ceremony yesterday morning, the faculty and staff of L W Young Junior High School celebrated its impressive performances from its Golden Eagles’ boys and girls teams in the Government Secondary Schools Sports Association’s volleyball championships.
Tanks didn’t need anything, said a WSC manager in Gibson case
A WATER and Sewerage Corporation employee testified in the Adrian Gibson corruption trial yesterday that water tanks were in “fairly” good condition in 2020 before $260k contracts were awarded for companies to paint them.
Ignore Hubert Ingraham
On the very day of Hubert Ingraham’s unwelcome return to front-page politics, both our dailies ran stories about BTC, an institution built on the tax dollars of ordinary Bahamians, and which Mr Ingraham sold to foreign private interests for a measly $148m (when you factor in his saddling of Bahamian taxpayers with the sold-off asset’s pension bill).
ORG calls for more transparency
The Organisation for Responsible Governance (ORG) is committed to advancing the principles of transparent governance and accountability in The Bahamas.
Jamaican woman and Bahamian man charged with human trafficking
A JAMAICAN woman and a Bahamian flight mechanic were granted $9,000 bail after they were accused of trafficking three Jamaican women into the country this year.
Testimony over blood samples in 2017 murder of elderly woman
A DOCTOR and police officer testified yesterday in the trial of a man accused of the murder of an elderly woman in Cat Island.
Accused of armed robbery and having forged money
A 22-year-old was remanded after he allegedly was responsible for an armed carjacking last week. He was reportedly also found with $3,510 in counterfeit cash at his residence.
