PM tells Bahamian students on Jubilee Day 'celebrate yourselves'
PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis on Friday addressed Bahamian students, encouraging national pride in celebration of Jubilee Day.
FNM Deputy hits out at amendment to security branch members' medical insurance policy
FREE National Movement Deputy Leader Shanendon Cartwright called government’s amendment to the medical insurance policy for security branch members “disgraceful and heartless”.
PM: Plans to develop performing arts school
PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis says his administration is making plans to further develop The Bahamas' orange economy with a performing arts school.
Internal audit review underway on public service drivers’ plates
TRANSPORT and Housing Minister JoBeth Coleby-Davis said that they are still trying to determine the number of inactive public service drivers’ plates in the country so they can bring relief to those people who are challenged by having to lease a plate.
Bail denied for man accused of stealing and receiving
A MAN was denied bail after he was accused in a series of car and auto part thefts on Friday.
Armed robberies investigated
POLICE in New Providence are investigating two separate armed robbery incidents that occurred on Thursday.
US court awards $203m in damages, legal fees to Louis Bacon in defamation case against Peter Nygard
A NEW York court has awarded over $203m in damages and legal fees to billionaire hedge fund founder Louis Bacon in a defamation case against his former Lyford Cay neighbour, Peter Nygard, according to US reports.
DIANE PHILLIPS: The impact of distressed properties on neighbourhood safety and value
EVERY bank and financial institution has them – loans that go bad. Monies lent with the best of intention to customers who have the best of intentions of repaying the funds borrowed to build or buy their dream home or grow their business.
Eric Wiberg – 20 accidents at sea off New Providence
NEW Providence saw over 20 World War II aircraft ditch, crash, and explode into its adjacent waters. Most of these were to the south of the island, east, and north, and depended on direction of the winds, which air field was used, and complex night-time exercises using extremely bright Leigh Lights, and flying in formation. Mechanical failures from aircraft just delivered from American factories played a role as well.
EDITORIAL: Citizenship ruling that truly matters
THOSE who have never been tangled up in issues over citizenship may not immediately grasp the scale of the impact of yesterday’s Privy Council ruling.
Call for King Charles III to acknowledge and apologise for ‘horrific impacts’ of colonisation
THE Bahamas has joined 12 other countries in demanding that incoming monarch King Charles III apologise and make reparations for the previous oppression and enslavement of indigenous people.
Taxi reforms to force 'boot straps pull up'
A senior hotelier yesterday voiced optimism that taxi industry reform will cure "the elevated level of complaints" from tourists by forcing a minority of offending drivers to "pull their boot straps up".
FTX's US chief tells Bahamian liquidators: The $143m is mine
FTX's Bahamas liquidators face a three-way battle to regain control of some $143m seized by the US Justice Department after their US counterpart asserted he "stands first in line" to recover this asset from the federal authorities.
Separate GBPA's assets from regulatory functions
The Grand Bahama Port Authority's (GBPA) regulatory functions must be "separated" from its assets to prevent it self-regulating businesses owned by its shareholders, a Freeport hotelier urged yesterday.
Bahamian digital payment firm to open London office
A Bahamian digital payments provider has unveiled plans to open a UK office in an announcement that coincided with the Prime Minister's visit to London for King Charles III's coronation.
'Real life consequences': Fidelity's $560k Moody's hit
The Government's declining creditworthiness has sparked "real life consequences" for a BISX-listed bank by forcing it to take a "much bigger than expected" $560,000 hit in its 2022 full-year results.
Lawyer: ‘We’re going to fight’ as OAG pulls settlement
ROMONA Farquharson Seymour said the Office of the Attorney General has rescinded its offer to settle Corrections Commissioner Charles Murphy’s lawsuit against the government, declaring: “We’re gonna fight.”
PM to draw down $400m for GB Airport
PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis said his administration would draw $400m from the $1bn made available by the UK EXIM Bank to develop the Grand Bahama International Airport.
‘Citizenship fight was for everyone’
THE man behind the case that has sparked one of the most significant judicial rulings in recent Bahamian history said he always knew the matter was much bigger than his own quest for citizenship.
How to prove paternity is next as govt to grapple with citizenship questions
CHILDREN born out of wedlock to Bahamian men and foreign women won’t be recognised as citizens of The Bahamas until they prove that their biological father is a Bahamian through a process mandated by the government or determined by the courts.
