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9PM HURRICANE ALERT FROM BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY

ALERT #23 ON HURRICANE JOAQUIN ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FRIDAY 2ND OCTOBER, 2015 AT 9PM EDT.

Port Authority gives its support to Pinktober appeal

SARAH St George, vice-chairman of the Grand Bahama Port Authority, said that she would definitely endorse an oncology centre in Grand Bahama after having learned that 50 per cent of the cancer patients being treated in Nassau are from Grand Bahama.

Team Bahamas tops Suriname 72-57 at the CBC

THREE games and three blowout wins thus far for the Bahamas’ senior men’s national basketball team as they continue to dominate regional competition at the Caribbean Basketball Confederation Championships.

Canada swim clubs make Bahamas new winter training site

THE Ministry of Tourism’s Sports Tourism department, staying true to their mandate of making the Bahamas the top sports tourism destination in the region, announced yesterday that two of Canada’s top swim clubs have made the Bahamas their new winter training site.

Bahamas finishes group play with 100-41 rout of Barbados

THE Bahamas continues its momentum and remains untested thus far at the Caribbean Basketball Confederation Championships for Under-16 Boys.

A spaceman came travelling

RETIRED NASA astronaut Scott Kelly touched down on the beautiful shores of The Bahamas last weekend to experience firsthand the beauty and culture of the islands he gazed on from space during his time orbiting Earth.

New jobs needed for a new world

The country’s social and economic progress has mainly been propelled thanks to the tourism and hospitality sector.

Should PLP sell GB to US?

A political operative on Facebook claimed that a Progressive Liberal Party Cabinet minister at the Grand Bahama Business Outlook blamed the island’s protracted economic depression on the COVID-19 pandemic, which is patently false. Grand Bahama has been in the economic doldrums since 2001, the year of the terrorist attacks on the US by Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda.

LETTER TO THE BUSINESS EDITOR: Freeport can no longer be 'nation within nation'

I would like to weigh in on the issue of whether the Government should “invite” the families that presently own the Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) and related companies to remove themselves and establish a government-controlled GBPA for the future.

Team Bahamas beaten by Dominican Republic

THE Bahamas women’s national basketball team will have to play for the bronze medal on Sunday at the FIBA Caribbean Women’s Championships after losing to the Dominican Republic in their semifinal playoff game on Saturday.

Second sky dive provider now seeks CAAB permits

THE company behind the Grand Bahama sky diving demonstration is different from a separate entity that has voiced repeated frustrations over its inability to obtain the necessary licences.

US Embassy presents four vessels to Royal Bahamas Police Force

FOUR vessels have been presented to the Royal Bahamas Police Force by the US Embassy to help to protect The Bahamas, with the boats to be assigned to New Providence, Abaco, Bimini and Grand Bahama.

First international flight post-Dorian reaches GB

Grand Bahama on Tuesday welcomed its first international flight since the passing of Hurricane Dorian to the island’s Fixed Based Operator (FBO) at Grand Bahama International Airport. Representatives from the Ministry of Tourism and Aviation, Grand

Operation Sovereign Bahamas stages protest outside Haitian Embassy

OPERATION Sovereign Bahamas protested outside of the Haitian Embassy on Shirley Street Friday, demanding their officials cooperate with The Bahamas government in dealing with their citizens.

International Bazaar is an embarrassment

Fire fighters of the Grand Bahama Fire Services, the Grand Bahama Shipyard and Buckeye Bahamas averted an unmitigated disaster by quickly outing the fire blaze at the once popular International Bazaar.

'Don't be deterred by failures', Turnquest urges graduates

DEPUTY Prime Minister Peter Turnquest told some 60 graduates of the University of The Bahamas North in Grand Bahama not to be deterred or derailed by challenges and failures, but to take control of their destiny and embrace the opportunities in front of them.

Working to re-engergise brand

MINISTER of Financial Services Ryan Pinder said that the government is “tirelessly working” to re-energise the financial services brand of the Bahamas.

Bahamas 'a land of relays, champions and athletics'

A NEW venture, both for the Bahamas and the IAAF, the Bahamas emerged from the rigorous selection process based on its rich athletics history and attraction as a sports tourism destination.

Family group hits out at schools power cut-off

ANOTHER civic organisation in Freeport has spoken out against the Grand Bahama Power Company over its disconnection of supply at the public schools in Grand Bahama. Families for Justice said the recent action executed by officials at the Power Company was an “insult” to the entire community of Grand Bahama.

Major agricultural business in process of approval for Grand Bahama

THE government is in the process of approving an application for a major agricultural enterprise in Grand Bahama that could significantly help to decrease the country’s dependency on food imports.

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