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"Public's views matters, not those of the pastors"
Island Luck CEO Sebas Bastian said yesterday he does not need the Church’s permission to run his business.
Bahamians must put party aside and work together
IN POLITICS they call it “pay back time” or “jobs for the boys.” Today it is so blatant under the new government that it is causing much chatter on both sides of the political divide.
Making the judgement on Obama
THE prospects of Barack Obama being re-elected as President of the United States appear to be hanging in the balance. The latest Times/CBS poll in the US shows that the race between him and Republican candidate, Mitt Romney, is essentially tied.
The day they let a good man go
ON THE day that we should have been behind our desk or watching TV 13, we were at a morning meeting and so did not hear or see former prime minister Hubert Ingraham’s final farewell from front-line politics.
Talks over missing airplane
BAHAMIAN officials are in talks with the Haitian government over the return of a Pineapple Air plane reportedly stolen from the nation’s airport and flown to Haiti last May.
Jet Blue passenger held over $48,000 cocaine discovery
A Jet Blue passenger was detained by police yesterday in connection with an attempt to smuggle $48,000 worth of cocaine into the United States, a police source confirmed.
Mixed track record of out island resort projects
THE so-called “anchor project” model of development is a hot-button topic these days – critics say we are selling our birthright to foreign speculators for a mess of pottage.
Two held over ammunition discovery
POLICE detained a 53-year-old man and a 21-year-old woman for questioning in connection with the discovery of some ammunition.
Woman jailed for four years over failed marijuana plot
A FARRINGTON Road woman was sentenced to serve four years in prison yesterday in connection with a failed attempt to export 13 ounces of marijuana on Friday, July 13.
Elderly woman thanks PLP for home repairs
WORKERS began renovating the home of an elderly woman yesterday as part of the government’s Urban Renewal programme.
15 per cent reduction in duty collection costs eyed by 2017
A 15 per cent reduction in the Government’s import duty collection costs is being targeted over the next five years, along with increasing the proportion of taxes/duties paid electronically from zero to 80 per cent.
Son of Dwight, Keva Major facing a preliminary trial
A PRELIMINARY trial has been set for November for the teenage son of convicted drug traffickers Dwight and Keva Major who was charged earlier this year in connection with the robbing and kidnapping of a local college student.
Economy 'cannot support' National Health scheme
The Bahamian economy “cannot support” the Government’s proposed comprehensive National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme, a leading private sector official warning it would act as a barrier to reducing already-high unemployment and threatened to create a “dependency” culture.
How does gambling benefit us?
If we did not consider ourselves a “Christian Nation” I would keep my mouth shut, but as a Christian in a Christian Nation, I feel the need to speak out.
Urban Renewal 'building trust and leading to arrests'
OFFICIALS in charge of Urban Renewal 2.0 say the programme has met with “overwhelming support” from community members and even helped police make a “number of arrests” in target areas.
Cocaine raid at airport
A NASSAU Airport Development Company employee is in police custody after an alleged attempt to smuggle 15 kilos of cocaine out of the country on an international flight.
Defence teams closes case in major drugs trial
THE defence in a major drug trial has closed its case on behalf of clients accused of conspiring to smuggle $6 million worth of marijuana into the Bahamas.
'Stash houses' demolished in less than 24 hours
POLICE, working in conjunction with the Bain and Grant’s Town Urban Renewal Project and the Bahamas Electricity Corporation, demolished two abandoned buildings just off Baillou Hill Road yesterday, putting an end to what were once two “stash houses” for drug peddlers.
‘I was in the wrong place’
A MAN on trial with Stephen “Die” Stubbs and two others in connection with a $6 million drug seizure claimed he was in the wrong place at the wrong time when police arrested him.