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Venue change for Caribbean Tip-Off Classic this weekend

THE second annual Caribbean Tip-Off Classic is all set for this weekend with a change in venue from the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium to Loyola Hall on Gladstone Road.

Equinor has 100 working on clean up

EQUINOR has 100 people in the field helping in the clear up of the massive oil spill at its refinery in East Grand Bahama. Eskil Eriksen, public information officer at Equinor, says 50,000 barrels of oil and water have been recovered at the site “fr

'I don't know how much more of this I can handle'

A governance reformer yesterday argued “nothing has changed” to improve The Bahamas’ stagnant ease of doing business ranking, as he revealed: “I don’t know how much more I can take.”Robert Myers, a principal with the Organisation for Responsible Gove

McAlpine helps distribute relief to over 700 people in need on Grand Bahama

PINERIDGE MP Rev Frederick McAlpine distributed hurricane relief items to over 700 residents in Grand Bahama yestserday at his constituency headquarters in Freeport. McAlpine and his wife Tracey were front and centre under a tent packing and handing

Rugby: Cuckoos get 15-12 win over Buccaneers

THE ALIV Nassau Cup kicked off last Saturday at the Winton Rugby Centre with the challengers in action looking to take an early advantage in the standings.

Two jailed for stealing and causing harm

A Freeport Magistrate sentenced two men to four years in prison after they pleaded guilty to charges of stealing and causing harm on Friday.

Volunteers’ permits - they should be free

AS the government defends its decision to mandate work permits for relief volunteers entering The Bahamas, a Haitian-Bahamian advocate has called the policy “sickening”, urging officials to immediately reverse it.

Woman pleads guilty to harbouring two Haitian nationals

A BAHAMIAN woman accused of harbouring undocumented migrants and six Haitian nationals were arraigned this week in the Freeport Magistrate’s Court for breach of the Immigration Act.Rossena Ulysse, 29, of Pearl Drive, appeared on Tuesday in Court Thre

Grand Bahama will get its new hospital, says Minnis

PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis said on Monday Grand Bahama would have “a hospital” as soon as possible but did not indicate whether a new facility will be built as previously promised during his party’s election campaign. He was questioned about wh

Clean Marine inks deal to open port facility in Freeport

A $1.5m deal to create the first “clean” port facility in The Bahamas will create around 45 permanent jobs in Grand Bahama.

Development bank partners with BTVI in $4.7m training venture

A $4.7m PROJECT was launched yesterday to boost skills training in The Bahamas.

Darville asks: Is Grand Bahama project credible?

SENATOR Dr Michael Darville is questioning the “credibility” of government’s Heads of Agreement for a new $64 million medical school in Grand Bahama.

After battling the hurricane, residents now face an infestation of rodents and flies

RESIDENTS in Hudson Estates, Grand Bahama, are very concerned about the large piles of debris that have been left in that private subdivision since the passage of Hurricane Dorian seven weeks ago.They complained that the mounds of debris and garbage

200 jobs with new Grand Bahama medical school

A HEADS of Agreement was signed yesterday by the government for a new medical school in Freeport to be built in phases at an overall investment of $64.2 million over a 10-year period.

Harbour Island developers looking forward to 'untangling the red tape'

A HARBOUR Island development company yesterday said a judge’s order for it to stay construction until it gets the requisite approvals from the relevant authority was just an issue of “red tape.”

WTO delay: We must get on with it

A prominent Freeport attorney says he is extremely disappointed in comments made by The Bahamas’ World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) chief negotiator, Zhivargo Laing that it is '95 percent unlikely' that the government will accede to the WTO during this current term.

Bodies of two missing since Dorian found on Grand Bahama

HUMAN remains of two missing persons were recently recovered in the last two days during post Hurricane Dorian searches conducted by Grand Bahama police, according to a senior police official on Friday, bringing the total number of the dead recovered here on the island to 11.

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