Bahamas All-Pro Football Camp set to return this month
The second edition of the Bahamas All-Pro Football Camp will get underway on Saturday, June 24 at the Thomas A Robinson Stadium. The star-studded camp will get take place from 12-3pm.
New head coach could help Ayton shine at the Suns
Phoenix Suns centre and Bahamian National Basketball Association (NBA) player Deandre Ayton could see his talents maximised once again this upcoming NBA season. There is a newfound optimism surrounding the Bahamian centre after the team hired Frank Vogel as their new head coach following the firing of previous coach Monty Williams after the playoffs. The team was ousted from the 2023 NBA playoff semifinals after the Denver Nuggets defeated them in a 25-point blowout win to end their season.
ALICIA WALLACE: Take pride in who you are
ANOTHER year, another month of June, another observation of Pride Month. For the third consecutive year, the US Embassy has decided to fly the Pride flag at the Queen Street chancery at at Liberty Overlook, the residence of the US Ambassador.
Halkitis says govt monitoring oil production cuts in Saudi Arabia
ECONOMIC Affairs Minister Michael Halkitis said the government is monitoring global oil production amid reports that Saudi Arabia would cut daily oil output by one million barrels in July.
EDITORIAL: One wait on NIB is over - another begins
AND so the long wait for an answer about the National Insurance fund is over. Or at least in part.
Inspectorate recommends more robust system to review police complaints and corruption branch
THE Police Complaints Inspectorate recommends the government create a more robust administrative system to support the body’s purpose: reviewing the work of the Royal Bahamas Police Force’s complaints and corruption branch.
Police files received on two Bahamians who died in Italy, more information needed
FOREIGN Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell said Italian authorities had given their Bahamian counterparts the investigative file on two Bahamian men who died suspiciously in Italy three years ago, bringing local investigators closer to a conclusion about what happened.
FNM chairman says Davis administration is ‘selling a dream’
LATRAE Rahming, director of communications in the Office of Prime Minister, defended the Davis administration’s increases to the budget for the OPM’s communications unit after Free National Movement chairman Dr Duane Sands accused the administration of having misplaced priorities.
Over 100 to be employed to build community centre in Nassau Village
GOVERNMENT officials broke ground yesterday on a Nassau Village community centre that is expected to provide more than 100 jobs over its 14-month construction period.
Ex-PM: 'Grave mistake' on $86m hospital funds
A former prime minister is charging that the Government made "a grave mistake" by returning more than $86m in low-cost financing for Princess Margaret Hospital's (PMH) expansion to the original lender.
BAIC, ZNS get $5.7m for arrears 'clean up'
The Ministry of Finance's top official yesterday said the $5.7m allocated for "balance sheet clean-up" at two loss-making government agencies will likely "widen" in upcoming fiscal years to other state-owned enterprises (SOEs).
'Hanging' no longer: PM affirms NIB rate increase
Private sector executives last night voiced relief that The Bahamas is no longer "hanging on this thing" after the Prime Minister confirmed a National Insurance Board (NIB) contribution rate increase will be implemented on July 1, 2024.
Levy-raising power is 'too open ended'
Governance reformers yesterday argued that the discretion afforded the minister of finance by proposed legislation enabling the introduction of so-called 'sin' or 'sugar' taxes is "too open ended".
BTC targets Internet lead with 90% fibre coverage
The Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) is aiming to cover 90 percent of New Providence with its new fibre network within the next nine months as it placed broadband Internet at the core of yesterday's corporate rebranding.
Saudi oil production cuts fuel concerns of soaring prices locally at the pump
SAUDI Arabia’s plan to cut oil output is exacerbating petroleum retailers’ concerns over their current price-controlled margins regime, according to Vasco Bastian, vice president of the Bahamas Petroleum Dealers Association.
Adrian Gibson says roads in Long Island are in ‘unacceptable’ shape
THE state of the roads in Long Island has been criticised by the local Member of Parliament, Adrian Gibson, who declared: “Enough is enough!”
Claims improper practice used in rental of consumer protection office
THE deputy chairman of the Consumer Protection Commission claims improper practices led the government to choose the agency’s new rental space, a claim Economic Affairs Minister Michael Halkitis denied yesterday.
Some Parliamentarians have STILL not disclosed
SOME elected officials have still not complied with financial disclosure requirements in 2023, according to Public Disclosure Commission Chairman Bishop Victor Cooper.
