$5.6m grant signed with IDB for health infrastructure
THE Ministry of Economic Development and the Inter-American Development Bank signed a $5.6m grant to reinforce healthcare infrastructure in The Bahamas, enhance primary care coverage and modernise the healthcare system.
US Embassy building on pace for early 2024 completion
THE new $310m US Embassy building on East Hill Street will be completed by 2024, officials said yesterday.
Berry Island family homeless after early morning fire
A GREAT Harbour Cay family of nine is homeless after an early morning fire destroyed their house yesterday.
Increased police presence will be at CARIFTA Games
WITH the country set to host the 50th CARIFTA Games, Assistant Commissioner of Police Craig Stubbs emphasised that there will be increased police presence to ensure safety at the event.
Police urge caution over Easter holidays
WITH the Easter holidays upon us, police are urging members of the public to practice caution.
$300m cruise port won’t be ‘a tourism Wal-Mart’
Nassau Cruise Port’s top executive says he is “absolutely” confident that its $300m transformation will increase visitor spending yields and lure more hotel guests downtown, adding: “We’re not creating a tourism Wal-Mart.”
Royal Caribbean breaks silence in PI controversy
Royal Caribbean yesterday broke its silence on the controversy surrounding its $100m Paradise Island project by asserting the “first-in-kind” proposal will “ensure the economic benefit stays in The Bahamas for generations to come”.
‘Barely scratching surface’ on Sand Dollar’s adoption
The Bahamas is “barely scratching the surface” of the Sand Dollar’s potential, payment providers asserted yesterday, with the digital currency needing more “high traffic” merchants to accept it to drive adoption.
Sweeting says govt is progressing in addressing conch population decline
MINISTER of Agriculture, Marine Resources and Family Island Affairs Clay Sweeting defended the government’s efforts to manage queen conch fishing yesterday.
US visa fees increasing
US visa fees will increase on May 30. According to the US Department of State, visitor visas for business or tourism purposes will increase from $160 to $185, as will other non-petition-based NIVs, such as student and exchange visitor visas.
World Health Day this Friday
The World Health Organisation (WHO) celebrates 75 years of improving public health tomorrow - which is World Health Day.
‘Perfect storm of demand’ in 10-15% hotel rate rise
Resorts are enjoying room rates that are 10-15 percent higher than pre-COVID levels because “the perfect storm of demand is working for The Bahamas”, a senior hotelier said yesterday.
Stats show high rate of success on boat rescues
THE Royal Bahamas Defence Force and its partners rescued 243 locals who were in distress at sea over the past four years, failing to locate only ten people presumed to have died.
AG considering fine over sunken ship off Abaco
ATTORNEY General Ryan Pinder said his office is considering fining the owners of a ship that sank off Abaco late last year and has yet to be removed.
Hotel Union: ‘Lead and we will follow you . . . maybe’
THE head of the hotel union has a message for Atlantis executives who want workers to speak out against Royal Caribbean International’s proposed Paradise Island project: “Put your placards on and go do what you (are) telling us to do.”
‘UNLAWFUL TO DETAIN FOR OVER 48 HOURS’: AG says govt abiding by law - so no immigration change after ruling by Privy Council
ATTORNEY General Ryan Pinder said a new Privy Council ruling would not change current immigration detention practices because the government has complied with the law in recent times - despite the ruling being hailed as a “landmark” by Fred Smith, KC.
Man remanded without bail on gun threat charge
A 50-year-old man was remanded after he was accused of threatening someone with a gun.
Going for the gold
The Bahamas CARIFTA team is ready to win gold on home soil at this year’s 50th CARIFTA Games. Last week the team rolled out a full 80-member team for the first time in Bahamian history as athletes look to shine at The Bahamas’ record ninth hosting of CARIFTA.
Colonialism and Haiti
Colonialism: The policy or practice of acquiring fully or partial control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically.
Jesus focal point of our history
CHRISTIANS throughout the world are currently reflecting on the death, burial and glorious resurrection of Jesus Christ during the Holy Week. In his classic little book titled More Than a Carpenter, American Christian apologist Joshua McDowell said that Jesus entered the human race in a small Jewish community 2,000 years ago, yet people everywhere still remember Him.
