THE KDK REPORT: The hour has come – Part 1
BEFORE getting up, my patient Whitney stretched her entire body, rolling over repeatedly making maximum use of her comfortable king-sized bed. Even after a solid seven hours of sleep, she was still yawning and yearned for more rest. It was a typical Saturday morning and she vividly recalls how soft and warm her bed felt particularly since outside was abnormally cool for early September. She turned on her TV to hear the weather report.
WORLD VIEW: Guyana-Venezuela: the path to peaceful resolution
RECENT intimidatory and aggressive statements issued from Venezuela in the name of President Nicolas Maduro, the Government of Venezuela and the National Assembly concerning Guyana, have raised alarms in the regional, hemispheric and international community.
INSIGHT: A time to pay respects, but also a time to move forward
THE death of Minister of Social Services, Information and Broadcasting, Obie Wilchcombe, caught the nation by surprise in the past week. No, surprise doesn’t do it justice – shock is the right word.
Waiting on DPP to see if officers involved in Evans death will face criminal charges
THE lawyer representing the family of a man police killed in what Coroner’s Court jurors determined was a homicide by manslaughter is concerned that the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions has not indicated whether the officers will be charged with a crime.
Hands for Hunger’s fundraiser - Paradise Plates - returns with a bang
PARADISE Plates, Hands for Hunger’s signature fundraising event, returned with a bang on Saturday night, attracting more than 1,500 guests who ate food and danced for a worthy cause.
Residents ‘adamantly’ oppose resort’s West Bay expansion
Residents in two western New Providence communities are “adamant” a hotel should not be given permission to re-zone a West Bay Street property as “commercial” so it can develop a grocery store, cafe and other amenities.
ArawakX blames BOB ‘mislabel’ for fund commingling allegation
The Bahamas’ first-ever crowdfunding platform is alleging that the “mislabeling” of its accounts by a BISX-listed bank created the “prejudicial impression” that it was commingling investor/client funds with its own.
ArawakX: Our ‘$70m pipeline’ is neglected
ArawakX’s chairman is asserting that regulators are placing too much emphasis on “accounting law” and ignoring “pipeline” business that could be worth up to $7m in fee income for the platform.
Man dies after Garden Hills shooting
Police are actively investigating a shooting incident that has left a 35-year-old man of Geranium Avenue, Garden Hills dead.
Bahamas can’t pay $4bn costs for climate change
The Bahamas cannot afford the $4bn required to meet its pledged climate change targets without international financial, technology and other “capacity-building” support, it has admitted.
Toddlers among 14 hurt in Grand Bahama boat crash
A BOATING accident in Grand Bahama injured 14 people yesterday, including three toddlers.
Tributes after shock death of QC head boy
THE death of Queen’s College head boy Dario Rahming on Saturday sent shockwaves through the school’s community.
CHURCH PROTESTS PRIDE EVENT AT UB...but the university declares it is free of ‘undue influence’
THE University of the Bahamas declared its independence from “undue influence” yesterday after the Bahamas Christian Council protested an LGBT-related event planned for this month.
WSC worker killed as water tank collapses
A 42-year-old Water and Sewerage Corporation employee died during a freak accident in Sweeting’s Cay over the weekend.
Writ rules not being followed
As the “rookie” member of the Opposition in the House of Assembly, I was still appointed Leader of Opposition Business under the first session of Parliament after the 2021 general elections.
BDB’s funding ‘drought’ end with $30m recapitalisation
The Bahamas Development Bank’s (BDB) near two-decade funding “drought” will end through a $30m recapitalisation from the Africa Export-Import Bank.
Jonquel Jones leads New York to first WNBA Finals in 21 years with victory over her former team
UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Breanna Stewart and Jonquel Jones have New York back in the WNBA Finals for the first time in more than two decades.
Jazz hits his 19th home run of the season
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Miami Marlins’ improbable September push will carry into October.
