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WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS: Sunland Lutheran Stingers win title in high school classic showdown
In a classic showdown in the future of competitive high school basketball in Grand Bahama, the Sunland Lutheran Stingers knocked off the Tabernacle Baptist Falcons 55-51 to take the senior boys’ title.
Stevens takes NPSA top spot
FOR the first time, one person will have the chance to serve as the president of both the New Providence Softball Association and the Bahamas Government Departmental Softball Association st the same time.
Ella Saidi earns spot in IEA National Finals
RIDERS from the Bahamas Interscholastic Equestrian League travelled to Tryon, North Carolina this past weekend to compete in the US-based Interscholastic Equestrian Association (IEA) Zone 4 Hunt Seat Finals.
Gov’t close to deal on Club Med re-opening
The deputy prime minister yesterday revealed the Government is close to “an agreement in principle” with Club Med for the winter 2022 re-opening of its San Salvador resort property.
PETER YOUNG: How can conflict in Ukraine be stopped?
IT is beyond belief that this can really be happening. Such was the anguished reaction of a friend after watching last week the most recent television coverage of the horror taking place in Ukraine. Not easily shocked, he found the situation there appalling and distressing; in particular, the latest footage of the destruction of the city of Mariupol with the shelling of schools and hundreds trapped under the rubble of a bombed theatre where they had taken refuge.
‘Distressing’ hardship at Port Lucaya Marketplace
DEPUTY Prime Minister Chester Cooper said the lack of visitors at the Port Lucaya Marketplace and the economic difficulty being experienced by straw vendors there is very distressing.
Green light given to treat coral disease
AFTER more than a year, the government has given the green light for marine conservationists to treat corals infected with stony coral tissue loss disease as well as to study and better understand its spread.
Deputy PM: ‘Promising’ proposals for Grand Lucayan
DEPUTY Prime Minister Chester Cooper has indicated that proposed master plans presented to the Lucayan Renewal Holdings board so far by hotel bidders for the Grand Lucayan resort look “promising.”
EDITORIAL: Royal visit a chance to show off our future
THERE is sometimes a tendency to naysay by force of habit.
Residents to stage protest march over deforestation
A GROUP of concerned residents is planning to march on Wednesday to protest suspected deforestation of the former Perpall Tract Wellfield located in western New Providence.
‘Impossible for young to cope’ with rising gas prices
BAHAMIANS have weighed in on rising gas prices and how they believe the current situation is starting to hit the working class hardest.
Bridge to link great and little Abacos reopened
JUBILANT Abaconians watched with pride as a ribbon was cut and a plaque unveiled to signal the formal reopening and renaming of the bridge that connects Great Abaco and Little Abaco.
Water Corp ultimatum over Bran $40k claim
A Supreme Court judge has given the Water & Sewerage Corporation two weeks to either file a defence or pay Branville McCartney’s law firm $40,000 in a dispute related to a defamation action launched by ex-chairman Adrian Gibson.
Chamber chief urges GB project ‘timelines’
The Grand Bahama Chamber of Commerce’s president has called on the Government to provide “more timelines” for when residents can expect to see progress on major investments cited by several Cabinet ministers.
DPM unveils 1,500 job GB construction boom
Freeport is poised for a two-year construction boom that will create 1,500 total jobs at peak build-out if major investment projects come to fruition, the deputy prime minister revealed yesterday.
Ex-Chamber chief pegs GB jobless rate at 35%
A former Grand Bahama Chamber of Commerce president yesterday estimated that the island’s post-COVID jobless rate is “hovering” around 35 percent given the absence of official data.
Port touts ‘20% rise in licensee numbers’
A Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) executive yesterday sought to refute assertions that “hundreds of businesses are closing every year in Freeport” by pointing to a near-20 percent increase in licensees since Hurricane Dorian.
Minister to give derelict building fight extra ‘teeth’
A Cabinet minister yesterday pledged to “give teeth” to efforts to tackle Freeport’s derelict building woes, with Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) executives complaining: “Our hands are tied.”
Carnival port project to bring 500 construction jobs
THE Carnival Grand Port Project is targeted for groundbreaking in May with the potential to create 500 new construction jobs for Bahamians in Grand Bahama.
Grand Lucayan bidders to present plans to board this weekend
FIVE bidders have been invited to present plans to the board of Lucayan Renewal Holdings Ltd regarding the Grand Lucayan Resort on Sunday, Tourism, Investments and Aviation Minister Chester Cooper said yesterday.