Queen’s College students, teachers and parents pay tribute to Dario Rahming
STUDENTS, teachers and parents gathered on Friday at Queen’s College to pay tribute to Dario Rahming, the head boy who died on the previous Saturday as he attended a basketball practice.
Families of victims killed by police call for justice and accountability at vigil
THE families of those killed during police-involved shootings renewed their calls for justice, accountability and closure for the beloved victims during a candlelight vigil ceremony on Friday.
Cruise port predicts 20% visitor surge to over 5m
Nassau Cruise Port is projecting a near-20 percent jump in passenger volumes to over five million for 2024, it revealed yesterday, as it watches for on any fall-out from Carnival’s Grand Bahama plans from 2025 onwards.
Ex-Sky Bahamas chief’s ‘compliance nightmare’
Sky Bahamas principal says he is enduring “a compliance nightmare” as the now-defunct airline “lives to fight another day” in the battle over its former Lynden Pindling International Airport (LPIA) hangar.
Central Bank: Don’t send dormant accounts ‘direct’
The Central Bank has told its commercial bank and other licensees to stop sending clients seeking to recover dormant accounts directly to it as such applications must come from the institutions itself.
Commission says ArawakX ‘squandered the opportunity’
The Securities Commission has accused The Bahamas’ first-ever crowd-funding platform of “squandering the opportunity” to show why it should not be wound-up via the Supreme Court.
ArawakX slams ‘ridiculous’ capital market threat claim
The Bahamas’ first-ever crowd funding platform has slammed as “ridiculous” assertions that it poses a threat to capital markets integrity while accusing regulators of portraying it as a “Mom and Pop” operation.
Police search for two suspects after sexual assault
Police are searching for two male suspects responsible for sexually assaulting a 31-year-old woman on Monday night. The incident reportedly occurred around 7pm western New Providence.
Man shot dead in Yellow Elder Gardens
A 31-year-old man is dead after a shooting incident on Monday night.
Former Governor General CA Smith hospitalised
FORMER Governor General Sir Cornelius Smith was hospitalised yesterday.
BPL working now to prevent outages in 2024
AFTER power cuts plagued residents this summer, Transport and Energy Minister JoBeth Coleby-Davis said her ministry is already working to ensure reliable operations next summer.
Sears looking into raid that left three siblings abandoned
IMMIGRATION Minister Alfred Sears said he ordered an investigation into reports that a 12-year-old boy and his two siblings were left to fend for themselves after immigration officers arrested their mother in the Kool Acres shanty town last week.
‘WE THOUGHT WE’D DIE ON THE PLANE’: Bahamian tells of seeing missiles at Israel airport
FIRST, the ground shook. Then, air raid sirens roared, and a voice came over the hotel intercom: “Please, everyone evacuate. Come immediately to the staircase. We’re under attack.”
Wilchcombe was an ideal politician
I WAS shocked to have learned of what I consider to be the most untimely death of the late Hon. Obediah Hercules Wilchombe, the former MP for West End and Bimini. “Obie”, as he was affectionately and universally known, was the consummate politician and “servant” of the people of The Bahamas. As a very energetic individual, he was a prime example of what the ideal politician should be for his constituents. He served well and will, I am sure, be sorely missed.
Governance reformers raise anti-corruption Bills ‘concern’
A governance reformer says the omission of anti-corruption legislation from the Speech from the Throne “raises some concerns” about the Government’s upcoming legislative agenda.
Electricity bill doubling ‘holds back everything’
An Abaco poultry farm says high electricity costs are “holding back everything” after its light bill doubled to $14,000 over the summer.
UK trade mission’s $1.3bn deals forecast ‘conservative’
Organisers of the first UK trade mission to The Bahamas in 20 years say the possibility it will yield some $1.3bn worth of business deals is “conservative” given the multiple opportunities that arose.
Scotiabank playing its part in climate change battles
The recent spate of mega storms, hurricanes and other natural disasters in the Caribbean has served as a stark reminder of how our way of life is affecting the climate. It is a wake-up call for us to seriously reconsider our treatment of planet earth.
