BPL union presidents not visited ‘Station A’ in years
Bahamas Power & Light’s (BPL) line staff union leader yesterday said he has not been inside Clifton Pier’s ‘Station A’ power plant for years.
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A MAN was charged in a Magistrate’s Court yesterday with the shooting death of a man who had been charged with the murder of a 70-year-old woman. Brandan Smith, 19, stood before Senior Magistrate Carolyn Vogt-Evans on a charge of murder. On July 1
Malikah’s reaching for the stars
SINGER turned actor Malikah Pinder has been a performer for as long as she can remember.
FACE TO FACE: A recipe for success for students
AKHEPRAN International Academy is emerging as a force to be reckoned with in the junior culinary world. Students are gaining national attention with creative, scrumptious, health conscious Bahamian dishes.
Bahamas National Statistical Institute to produce quarterly reports on unemployment rates
BAHAMAS National Statistical Institute acting managing director Nerissa Gibson said the institute will start releasing data on unemployment rates quarterly, twice more than it has traditionally done.
Abaco waste management sites would cost over $10m to restore
MYLES Laroda, State Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister, said it would cost more than $10m to restore two waste management sites in Abaco that have become health hazards.
Appeal for financial aid as cost of living rise impacts the Ranfurly Home for children
INFLATION is making it harder for the Ranfurly Homes for Children to function.
British Colonial Hotel expected to open on December 12
DEPUTY Prime Minister Chester Cooper said the British Colonial Hotel will open on December 12 with 288 renovated rooms, 300 Bahamian employees and 18,000 sq ft of meeting space.
Eight Mile Rock administration building to be named in honour of Obie Wilchcombe
AN administrator’s complex set to open in Eight-Mile Rock will be named after the late West Grand Bahama and Bimini MP Obie Wilchcombe, according to Grand Bahama Minister Ginger Moxey.
Clarence Russell appointed interim chief passport officer
RETIRED superintendent Clarence Russell has been appointed the interim chief passport officer until the government finds a replacement for Kingsley Smith, who resigned to run for political office.
PM told that BPL fuel hedge ‘in the money’
The Prime Minister was told Bahamas Power & Light’s (BPL) fuel hedge, which his administration has sought to discredit, was “in the money” even though fuel woes “substantially ate into the benefits”.
Hitting near 3% growth to make ‘incredible difference’
Economic growth in the “upper 2 percent” range and above will make “an incredible difference” to The Bahamas’ economic prospects if achieved consistently, the Central Bank governor asserted yesterday.
Minister: $21m ‘overrun’ on key BPL investment
A Cabinet minister yesterday asserted that Bahamas Power & Light’s (BPL) key generation investment has suffered a $21m-plus “cost overrun” while failing to deliver the promised efficiencies and savings.
Mortgage loan approvals decline to under one-third
Less than one out of every three mortgage loan applications was approved in the 2023 first half despite total credit applications to the commercial banking sector increasing by 9.4 percent year-over-year.
Digital payments ‘a train that is not going to stop’
The Central Bank’s governor yesterday said he is aiming to “leapfrog The Bahamas to an even better digital payments state” as he warned: “This is a train that is not going to stop.”
‘Nowhere to go’ for shanty residents as eviction looms
RESTLESS residents of the Kool Acres and All Saints Way shanty towns have packed their bags and secured their belongings, ready to leave before the bulldozers arrive.
Govt set on East Hill St for new Parliament
FOREIGN Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell said Cabinet has approved the creation of a new House of Assembly building, which will be located at the site of the old post office headquarters on East Hill Street.
Police-involved killing of Garth Harrison ruled a justifiable homicide
THE family of Garth Harrison III was stunned after a Coroner’s Court jury ruled yesterday that the 24-year-old’s police-involved killing in 2019 was a justifiable homicide.
