Property taxes sell-off targets 'extreme cases'
The Government is "targeting extreme cases" who have totally disregarded their tax obligations for up to 10-20 years with yesterday's warning that it will start to seize and sell-off their properties to recover all arrears owed.
Citizenship ruling will affect 1,500 applications
IMMIGRATION Minister Keith Bell said about 1500 applications for Bahamian citizenship at the Department of Immigration would be affected by last week’s landmark Privy Council ruling.
OFFICER TELLS OF AZARIO SHOOTING: Police witness said an officer yelled ‘he has a gun’ before they fired on him
A POLICE officer at Woody’s Bar on Fire Trail Road when Azario Major was killed said four officers shot the 31-year-old after one shouted: “Gun, gun, he has a gun!”
North Andros residents suffering four-hour ATM travel frustration
Some North Andros residents are enduring frustrating four-round trips to visit the area's sole automatic teller machine (ATM) only to frequently find it is not working.
IAN FERGUSON: Going the extra mile on same-day delivery
Over time, businesses have changed and redefined the meaning of success. Being successful during today's age of e-commerce requires convenience and immediacy for consumer. One of the lessons from COVID-19 was that companies must do everything in their power to ensure their goods and services are more accessible.
Woman killed as car hits tree
A WOMAN has died in Grand Bahama after the vehicle she was driving hit a tree early Thursday morning in the Lucaya area.
Skills Council to assess industry's labour needs
A Cabinet minister yesterday revealed a Skills Council will be formed to assess the labour needs of each industry as he unveiled plans to combine various training schemes into one National Apprenticeship scheme.
Gibson’s ex-fiancee’s virtual testimony ruling Monday
A SUPREME Court judge will rule on Monday whether Adrian Gibson’s ex-fiancee can testify virtually in his corruption trial.
Bahamas strikes 'crossroad' as work permits earn $20m in Q1
A Cabinet minister yesterday said The Bahamas is at a "crossroad" in combating work permit violations as he revealed the Government is mulling legal reforms to hold companies liable for breaches by their sub-contractors.
Letter to the King on Crown Land
BEFORE London’s Big Ben strikes midnight on Sunday, a letter addressed to King Charles III will be hand delivered to Buckingham Palace expressing the hope that the King will be able to celebrate the Bahamas’ 50th anniversary of independence in this country.
GB wants the govt ‘boot off our neck’
How should Bahamians think about the Prime Minister’s announcement that his government will take out a $200m (or is it $400m?) loan from our former colonial masters to build a new airport for Grand Bahama? Is the Davis administration really the knight in shining armor that will ride in and deliver our poor suffering island from all its woes?
Ayton injured, Suns eliminated in Game 6
PHOENIX (AP) — Nikola Jokic scored 32 points in another triple-double, Jamal Murray added 26 and the Denver Nuggets advanced to the Western Conference finals for the first time since 2020 by beating the short-handed Phoenix Suns 125-100 in Game 6 on Thursday night.
Glory Basketball Jamboree to award $5,000 cash prize
THE Glory Basketball Jamboree made its return to the capital last night for the second consecu- tive year at the Kendal GL Isaacs Gymnasium. Day one saw basket- ball played by the Tucker Boys, Abaco’s Three Ounce Athletics, Filipinos all-star team, 242 Ballers, the Great Whites, the Ball Hogs, the Pirates and the defending champions Rockets.
Let’s Swim Bahamas: Dignitaries get ‘first-hand experience’ at UB pool
FOR the past 15 years, the husband and wife team of Andy and Nancy Knowles have been stress-ing the importance of “learning to swim” through their Let’s Swim Bahamas programme.
Pre-Mother’s Day cardio-clinic all set for Saturday
IN an effort to provide an opportunity to bring the community together, the newly formed Paradise Sports Consultants will hold a pre-Mother’s Day Cardio-clinic on Saturday.
STATESIDE: CBS adds Championship League Soccer to lineup; although interrupted by Trump news
TUESDAY afternoon this week was generally a fine spring day on the American east coast, with the last remnants of a much-needed morning rainstorm having largely cleared out to create a pleasant day for work in the yard or other entertainments.
FRONT PORCH: While Commonwealth heads are clear, Bahamain leaders fuzzy on remaining under the King
THE coronation of King Charles III evoked another round of debate by countries which retain the British monarch as head of state on whether and when to become republics. There is also renewed discussion on the role the monarchy played in the slave trade, and on reparations.
EDITORIAL: Where is free speech as Atlantis probed?
THE launch of an investigation into Atlantis after its president dared to express an opinion seems to be a staggering over-reaction.
‘From my core, I am devastated’ says family member of Freedom Park murder victims as three men acquitted
SONIA Kemp waited ten years to hear a jury forewoman utter a single word: “Guilty.”
