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Environmentalists express Bimini development fears
A group of international conservation experts has expressed serious concern over the environmental impact caused by the ongoing resort construction on Bimini.
Family Island airport revelations ‘damning’
Revelations about ‘the sense of chaos’ at key Family Island airports are potentially “catastrophic” for the tourism industry, a senior airline executive yesterday saying immediate corrective action was required from the Government.
40-job Junkanoo Museum at 'root' of Wendy's protest
The Roots Junkanoo group has joined those opposing the Wendy's/Marco's Pizza restaurants proposed for Paradise Island because of the competition it presents to an investment billed as creating 40 jobs.
Patrick Tomlinson Wins Fidelity Bahamas Optimist National Open Championship
Named Optimist national champion for second time
PATRICK Tomlinson, 13, of New Providence, Bahamas, has won the Fidelity Bahamas Optimist National Open Championship and takes the title of national optimist champion for the second consecutive year.
WORLD VIEW: Join the international fight for climate justice
ON September 23, at the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, the Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Gaston Browne, made a clear and unequivocal statement, concerning the impact of Climate Change.
Minister hopeful for ‘trickle-down-effect’
GRAND Bahama Minister Ginger Moxey said the sale of Grand Lucayan Resort will have an “enormous trickle-down effect” on the island and for the Port Lucaya Marketplace.
Atlantis and its sudden concerns
It is with great interest and mostly baffled as I read in the daily newspapers about the various articles penned by Atlantis president and managing director Audrey Oswell that were published in protest of Royal Caribbean International (RCI) Royal Beach Club proposed to be developed on the western side of Paradise Island. As we all know by now that RCI was given Government approval pending environment impact assessment reports to go forward with its $100m project.
DNA has ‘revolutionary’ plans for Grand Bahama
THE Democratic National Alliance laid out its plans to revitalise Grand Bahama during a recent visit to the island, promising to further develop the industrial sector and transform it into a cultural hub if elected to office.
PLP deputy criticises decision to reduce spending on Family Island projects
PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party Deputy Leader Chester Cooper criticised government’s decision to reduce spending on capital works projects on several Family Islands, saying the move will “strangle” the economy as the country tries to rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic.
GB in approval for 70% water potability
The Grand Bahama Utility Company (GBUC) has received regulatory approval that deems 70 percent of the island’s water is safe to drink, making due on its $5m investment.
Harbour Island 'like movie set that's gone dark'
A Harbour Island property manager has described the tourism hot-spot as akin “a movie set gone dark” amid the COVID-19 lockdown, adding: “We’ve not seen this in almost 70 years.”James Malcolm, a former Ministry of Tourism executive who now runs a vac
Shelters still open Dorian victims
NEARLY 11 months after Hurricane Dorian, people were still living in a hurricane shelter in New Providence, according to the director of Social Services, Lillian Quant-Forbes – although that shelter was due to close yesterday. Hurricane Dorian chang
Land woes ‘complicate’ $200m airport upgrades
The government’s plans to partner with the private sector on Family Island airport upgrades worth $200m have been “complicated” by land woes, a Cabinet minister has revealed.
The Wells FNM farce continues
If you needed proof that politics in the Bahamas is farce, look no further than the saga of Tennyson Wells and the FNM.
Bahamas First in ‘exclusive’ Cayman patient refer deal
Bahamas First’s chief executive yesterday said it “definitely has no intention” of entering the local health insurance market, despite a subsidiary obtaining ‘exclusive rights’ to refer Bahamian patients to a Cayman hospital.
Door ‘slammed shut’ on FNM nomination for Butler-Turner
FREE National Movement Chairman Sidney Collie yesterday said the door to a party nomination for Long Island MP Loretta Butler-Turner in the upcoming general election has been “slammed shut,” telling supporters to “forget it.”
Webshop supports 35-member Junior CAC team
WITH three major international meets and hardly any money left to send their national teams off, the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations got some last minute support from Percy’s @ The Island Game.
Web shop aims to expand reach to Family Islands
THE operators of web shop chain Chances Games said they plan to expand the business to several Family Islands and increase staff after being granted a conditional gaming house operator license by the Gaming Board.
Registration for NHI to begin on January 18
THE National Insurance Board will begin its “enhanced” registration campaign for National Health Insurance on January 18, officials revealed yesterday.
‘I wish it could be like this all year’
Abaco and North Eleuthera resorts said yesterday they were “booked out” due to a surge in business over the Christmas holiday weekend, with one operator telling this newspaper: “I wish it could be like this all year.”