UB Mingoes men’s soccer team end up in scoreless tie with Atlantis University
THE University of The Bahamas men’s soccer team fought to a scoreless tie against Atlantis University in a match that had two red cards and eight yellow cards Thursday in Miami.
Now deal with signs and shacks
If I might piggy back on the resounding result of the Atlantis Aerodrome town hall meeting on Tuesday night. I have never heard people speak so passionately against what was being proposed and I actually had the feeling that what they felt about Fort Montagu is that it is a sacred place.
Take your own advice, Mitchell
In politics and life, self-awareness is often the hardest but most essential virtue. It’s this very virtue that the respected chairman of the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP), Mr Fred Mitchell, recently invoked when commenting on the importance of former public figures recognising when it’s time to move on. It’s both ironic and poignant that Mr Mitchell, having turned 70 and holding the dual roles of chairman of the PLP and Minister of Foreign Affairs, seems not to apply this wisdom to his own situation.
Man granted $9,000 bail after allegedly being found with $40k worth of cocaine
A MAN was granted $9,000 bail after allegedly being found with $40,000 worth of cocaine in his Stapledon Gardens home earlier this week.
Two men charged with possession of an unlicenced firearm granted $7k bail each
TWO men were granted bail after they were accused of having a loaded gun in their jeep outside a lounge on West Bay Street last week.
Medical marijuana: 'This is what it takes to get it right'
A Cabinet minister last night urged Bahamians to voice their opinions on the draft legislation to legalise and regulate medical marijuana because "that's what it takes to get it right".
FRONT PORCH: Ignorant fundamentalists showing homophobic, undemocratic colours
THE wildly irrational freak-out, moral panic and paroxysms by certain clerics and their cheering squads over a Pride Bahamas forum at the University of The Bahamas was at times humorous, especially given the nonsensical statements by an excitable prideful parade of homophobes displaying their theocratic colours.
Adopted pit bulls returned to Humane Society of Grand Bahama after alleged mistreatment
TWO adopted pit bulls were returned to the Humane Society of Grand Bahama after allegedly being mistreated and subjected to cruel conditions.
Promotion exercise to be done before year’s end, says Police Commissioner
POLICE Commissioner Clayton Fernander said a promotion exercise for police officers would be completed before the end of the year.
Mitchell does not expect court decision to prevent Kenya officers deployment
FOREIGN Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell does not believe a court’s decision in Kenya that prevents the country from deploying police officers to fight gangs in Haiti will be a long-term issue for the move to launch a multinational security mission to Haiti.
Deltec chair to SBF: ‘Why in the world?’
Deltec Bank & Trust’s chairman yesterday said his response to Sam Bankman-Fried would be “why in the world” if the embattled FTX founder were to ever contact him.
Atlantis: We preferred other seaplane sites
Atlantis yesterday said it will swiftly ask the authorities to “reconsider” alternative seaplane landing sites that it prefers to the Montagu Bay option rejected by residents and the boating community alike.
Bahamas ‘leading from front’ on digital assets
The Attorney General yesterday argued The Bahamas is “leading from the front” on digital assets regulation as he sought to portray the jurisdiction as the ideal domicile for industry providers.
No ‘Passion’ over Love Beach condo
A former two-time Bahamas Real Estate Association (BREA) president yesterday said it was “too bad” a developer and Love Beach residents “cannot meet half-way” as both sides await a planning appeal’s outcome.
‘Files being assessed’ on police-involved killings to see if officers to be charged
PUBLIC Prosecutions Director Cordell Frazier said she is reviewing the Coroner's Court file of Deangelo Evans, a man police are accused of killing in 2020, to determine whether to charge the officers involved in his death with a crime.
Anxious mother tells of son stuck in Israel
A BAHAMIAN is stuck in Israel as deaths mount in the war between that country and Palestinian militants.
Bowleg: Repair of stadium likely Chinese govt funded
YOUTH, Sports and Culture Minister Mario Bowleg said the Chinese government would likely fund all Thomas A Robinson National Stadium repairs and employ Chinese workers to do the work.
Christie disagrees on PLP’s candidate restriction
FORMER Prime Minister Perry Christie disagrees with the Progressive Liberal Party’s purported restriction on who is eligible for a nomination in the upcoming by-election in the West Grand Bahama and Bimini constituency.
Atlantis to seek new spot for seaplane operation
ATLANTIS will pursue an alternative location for its desired seaplane operations after residents repudiated their request to establish it in Montagu Bay.
