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$1.5m for ‘National Youth Guard’
YOUTH, Sports, and Culture Minister Mario Bowleg announced on Friday that the government is investing $1.5m into a new initiative, The Bahamas National Youth Guard.
19 migrants found in Abaco safe house
IMMIGRATION Minister Keith Bell on Friday said officers found a safe house in Abaco harbouring 19 migrants of different nationalities, stemming from a recent operation that sent immigration officers to the island.
Smaller stores ‘lead way’ on price control response
Small, inner-city and Family Island food stores were yesterday said to be “leading the way” as the industry works “feverishly” to supply the Government with an alternative to the massive price control expansion by this Friday.
Legal action threat in Old Fort Bay row
The deepening divide at one of western New Providence’s most upscale gated communities is set to trigger legal action as early as today amid concerns over new construction and earlier alleged “rogue actions”.
STATESIDE: Watching threat of longline fishing and to queen conch
WE are an island nation. Marine resources and the sea that surrounds us are critical to our economic prosperity and sense of who we are. It is natural that periodically, maritime issues crop up abroad that should and do concern us. Two recent developments in the US are thus of interest. They concern longline fishing and protections for the queen conch. We’ll look at them in that order.
Assemblies of God on rape laws
I have attached a document for publication entitled, “Marriage is Sacred,” written by Rev Dr. Patrick Paul, General Superintendent of the Assemblies of God in the Bahamas, including the Turks and Caicos Islands regarding “Marital Rape.”
Chamber Golf Classic October 30
THE Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and Employers Confederation (BCCEC) is set to close out the month of October with its much-anticipated Chamber Golf Classic Tournament, with part of the proceeds from the event to be donated to the Sister Sister Breast Cancer Support Group.
Lipscomb University Bisons win White Sands Bahamas NCAA Women’s Golf Invitational
NCAA sports will have an active fall season at the Atlantis resort with golf as the first event on the sports tourism calendar.
Retailers granted extension on new price controls
RETAILERS have been granted an extension to next Friday for the adoption of new price controls, amid the government’s decision to expand its list of price-controlled items.
Abaco frustration over growing shanty towns
CONCERNED Abaco residents who have repeatedly voiced frustrations about the growing shanty towns on the island want the government to “put their money where their mouth is” when it comes to dealing with the unregulated communities.
Bishop warns over lack of transparency
BISHOP Laish Boyd said the real cause of problems that many nations face arise out of a lack of transparency, accountability, and fair play by national leaders and systems.
‘Future generations will say we did no favours’
COVID has worsened The Bahamas’ looming savings and retirement crisis, a pensions specialist warned yesterday, adding: “Future generations will say we did them no favours.”
DPM touts $1.2bn in Exuma investments
The deputy prime minister yesterday asserted that the Davis administration has approved $1.2bn in investment projects “for Exuma alone” in the year since it was elected as he touted a variety of resort developments.
Exuma’s growth ‘severely outstrips our infrastructure’
The deputy prime minister yesterday admitted Exuma’s growth has “severely outstripped the capacity of our infrastructure” with tourist arrivals 22 percent ahead of 2019’s record-breaking levels through to end-August 2022.
Minister: 25% food import cut ‘ambitious aspiration’
A Cabinet minister yesterday admitted that slashing The Bahamas food import bill by 25 percent come 2025 is “an ambitious aspiration” but one that the country must strive for given its present challenges.
$19.9m of meteorology equipment uninsured
DEPARTMENT of Meteorology equipment worth at least $19.9m has been left uninsured and vulnerable to loss or damage, Auditor General Terrance Bastian has revealed following a probe of operations there.
Mother ‘will keep faith’ as sea search called off
SEARCHES at sea have been called off for a 28-year-old Eight Mile Rock man who went missing almost two weeks ago, according to his mother.
ANGLICANS SUPPORT MARITAL RAPE LAW – Bishop: Wherever rape happens, it is called rape
BISHOP Laish Boyd said the Anglican Diocese “wholeheartedly” supports the proposed amendments to the Sexual Offences Act so that “wherever rape happens it is called rape”.
Sunset Pilot member announced as Club Ambassador
THE Sunset Pilot Club of Grand Bahama has announced that Ms Toni Hudson-Bannister is the 2022-2023 1st PIFF (Pilot International Founders Fund) Club Ambassador.
BLTA Fidelity Senior Nationals in full swing
THE Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association Fidelity Senior Nationals kicked off on Tuesday at the National Tennis Centre. The competition continues through October 23..