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Potter’s Cay must use approved rebuild over fire-damaged stalls

A CABINET minister says Potter’s Cay vendors, whose stalls were destroyed by fire in April 2021, must use the Ministry of Works-approved plan to rebuild after the Government was accused of failing to move reconstruction forward.

PM highlights importance of Bahamas National Youth Guard programme

PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis touted the Bahamas National Youth Guard programme “as one of the most important initiatives on their roster of goals for this administrative term.”

DIANE PHILLIPS: A possible solution for Bahamians to benefit in the hospitality industry

Created just 15 years ago by two friends who rented out an air mattress on their floor when a major event sucked up all the hotel rooms in San Francisco, Airbnb has turned the short-term vacation industry on its head.

ONE ELEUTHERA FOUNDATION: Adapting to create systems of change to facilitate national development

LAST month, I received an invitation to attend a Philanthropy Retreat in St Croix of the US Virgin Islands hosted by Deanna James, president of the St Croix Foundation for Community Development, and her team.

Pintard: Govt must ration funds better to meet community needs

FREE National Movement leader Michael Pintard said the fire in Bimini over the weekend, which exposed dysfunctional firefighting equipment on the island, shows the government must ration its budget better to meet community needs.

Briland delinquency targeted in tax raids

The Ministry of Finance’s top official yesterday warned tax deadbeats “there’s consequences for non-compliance” after several Briland businesses this week saw their assets seized over alleged unpaid debts to the Public Treasury.

Secret ballot

Free, fair and regular elections are fundamental features of democracy. In addition to being free and fair, elections must be seen to be free and fair by Bahamians and by the rest of the world. Elections are the county’s constitutional and legal system of validating public choices in leadership; and they are also very often the only opportunity that the citizens have of participating in the electoral and political process.

Carnival cruise port

Concerning the $200m development of the Carnival Cruise Port at Sharp Rock, East Grand Bahama, what will become of Freeport Harbour once this project is completed?

Threat claim

A MAN was granted $7,500 bail in court yesterday after he was alleged to have threatened a man in Cat Island with a rifle and caused $3,000 worth of damage to his property.

Queen’s College ‘the Strongest Chess School on New Providence island’

ASPIRING chess players from across New Providence participated in the competitive Scholastic Chess Team Championship.

Casuarina Bridge opens bringing residents of East Grand Bahama some relief

THE Casuarina Bridge reopened yesterday to the relief of many residents who live “Over the Bridge” and in East Grand Bahama.

Sweeting denies stall vendor claim of victimisation; reviewing issue

A WOMAN says the government is forcing her to give up her only source of income: her stall at Potter’s Cay Dock.

FRONT PORCH: RCI beach club a bad deal, but Bay Street needs to be revitalised

MANY generations of Bahamians have walked or driven past St Andrew’s Presbyterian Kirk (Church) on Shirley Street in downtown Nassau. The iconic buildings, just east of Peck’s Slope, Market Street, Gregory’s Arch and Government House atop Mount Fitzwilliam, form part of an historic cityscape.

‘How much more can i bear?’

SHE was displaced in Grand Bahama after Hurricane Matthew, forced from Abaco by Hurricane Dorian, and furloughed in New Providence at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Bahamians told: Stop work permit complaints

A CABINET minister yesterday told Bahamians to stop complaining about the number of work permits being issued for expatriate labour if they are unwilling to “step up” and fill these posts themselves.

$20K Bail granted to man waiting for retrial on QC teacher’s murder

A MAN’S bail was reinstated in the Supreme Court yesterday as he awaits retrial for his alleged involvement in the death of a Queen’s College schoolteacher in 2015.

Reloaded Baseball invitational kicks off this Friday to Sunday

RELOADED Baseball, a new programme with the sole interest of developing youth in baseball fundamentals and skill set, is inviting the general public to its first ever invitational games, where the young ballers in Nassau will face off against Family Island teams in three divisions this weekend.

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