Carnival Cruise Line turns ship upgrades into community support
When a cruise ship enters dry dock for a scheduled refit, the items being replaced could simply be discarded. Carnival Cruise LIne has chosen a different path.
A day to ‘celebrate the journey that has been the Royal Beach Club’
The Royal Beach Club at Paradise Island marked Labour Day by opening its doors to contractors, vendors, community organisations and other partners whose support helped bring the development from concept to reality.
Tendering, Transparency and the Public Hospitals Authority
Most people judge a hospital by the doctors they meet, the nurses who care for them, or the treatment they receive in an emergency. But behind every functioning hospital is something far less visible — a quiet supply chain that keeps the entire healthcare system alive.
NIB: Ignore fake smart card messages
THE National Insurance Board (NIB) is warning Bahamians to remain vigilant of fraudulent text messages in circulation that claim recipients must renew their NIB Smart Card before June 2026 to maintain access to National Insurance and National Health Insurance (NHI) services.
Surveyors’ chief sees opportunities in tech
THE Bahamas has re-established its presence in the international surveying arena and secured new educational, professional and technological partnerships following a delegation’s participation in the 2026 Congress of the International Federation of Surveyors (FIG) in Cape Town, South Africa, according to the Bahamas Association of Land Surveyors (BALS).
BALS backs stronger surveying profession
THE Bahamas Association of Land Surveyors (BALS) is renewing its call for greater investment in local training and education programmes, arguing that The Bahamas can develop enough professionals to meet demand and reduce reliance on foreign surveyors.
BPL outage costs retailer its busiest day for trading
A Bahamian retailer yesterday revealed that Sunday's island-wide power outage forced it to close at 2pm, wiping out one of its busiest trading days and highlighting the growing cost that electricity disruptions are imposing on companies.
Top Notch subcontracted to paint WSC tanks, jury told
Jurors in the Adrian Gibson corruption trial were told yesterday that the company owned by convicted drug smuggler Jonathan Gardiner was subcontracted to paint the Water and Sewerage Corporation's water tanks for $45,000 in 2020.
Teenager remanded in custody after admitting to Eleuthera burglary
A 15-year-old boy was remanded to the Simpson Penn Centre for Boys yesterday after admitting to breaking into a residence in Eleuthera last weekend.
Minister defends public sector pension overhaul proposal
LABOUR and Public Service Minister Pia Glover-Rolle defended the government’s proposed pension overhaul yesterday, warning that concerns about the fund’s long-term sustainability can no longer be ignored despite union resistance to key parts of the plan.
Rollins warns of ‘dangerous’ loophole in residency bill
FREE National Movement MP Dr Andre Rollins has accused the Davis administration of trying to slip a major immigration change through Parliament during the budget debate, warning that a proposed amendment to the Bahamas Nationality Act could create a “dangerous loophole for exploitation”.
NIB director insists pension fund is ‘actually not in crisis’
NATIONAL Insurance Board Director Dr Tami Francis insisted yesterday that the pension fund “is actually not in crisis” after government warnings and actuarial concerns pointed to deep long-term pressure from a shrinking workforce, rising retiree numbers and demographic decline.
Higher earners face NIB rate hike as pension benefits rise
WORKERS earning more than $810 a week will pay about $4 more per month in National Insurance contributions from July 1, while pensioners will receive a monthly increase as the National Insurance Board rolls out its latest statutory biennial adjustments.
Power bills ‘five times’ more than regional average
Annual Bahamian household spending on electricity bills is “five times’ higher” than the Latin American and Caribbean average, a just-released Inter-American Development Bank (IDN) report has revealed, due to “structural generation and system inefficiencies”.
Fishermen face threat of 12.5% trump tariff
A senior fisheries executive yesterday asked “where does it end” as the Trump administration threatened to hit Bahamian exports to the US with 12.5 percent tariffs after finding this nation is failing to combat imported goods made with forced labour.
FNM delays convention as Sands plans exit
FREE National Movement chairman Dr Duane Sands said he does not expect to seek re-election as party chairman when the FNM holds its next convention.
FRONT PORCH: From energy reform to energy collapse and failure
In its election Blueprint for Change in 2021, the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) promised
Mother and daughter sentenced to seven years in prison for attempted murder
PROSECUTORS immediately launched an appeal for a harsher sentence yesterday after a mother and daughter were jailed for seven years after being convicted of the attempted murders of two of their tenants.
