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Productivity increase ‘number one priority’

The National Tripartite Council’s “number one priority” is to have draft productivity legislation and standards ready for tabling in Parliament by June, its chairman said yesterday.

New, increased taxes are 'economic suicide'

The government will “commit economic suicide” if it introduces new or increased taxes with next week’s budget, a governance reformer warning yesterday: “Everybody’s been taxed to death.”

Ferguson wants to remove crime label from Fox Hill

FOX Hill MP Shonel Ferguson yesterday expressed concern about the recent wave of gun-related violence in her constituency, as she pledged to “eradicate” the “stigma” of Fox Hill being labelled a crime hotbed by Bahamian society.Ms Ferguson, in an int

18 murders this year so far in Grand Bahama

WITH three weeks left until the end of the year, Grand Bahama has already recorded 18 homicides, one more than the total the island saw in 2015.

Girls take centre court on Father Marcian Day 3

The 31st Father Marcian Peters Basketball Classic moved into day three at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium yesterday as the girls’ division took centre stage.

BUT President Belinda Wilson 'vindicated' after landslide victory

FOLLOWING a landslide victory over her chief opponent, former vice president Zane Lightbourne, Bahamas Union of Teachers president Belinda Wilson said on Friday that the win has “vindicated” her over the allegations that led to her controversial suspensions from the union.

IDB bans companies for fraud and corruption

THE Inter-American Development Bank has sanctioned ten Bahamian entities for fraudulent and collusive practices, barring those companies and individuals from participating in IDB-financed contracts as well as other linked international organisations.

Leave Montagu Beach & Park alone

THE desire to create greater visitor experiences and boost the local economy by opening new entrepreneurial opportunities is a worthy goal and has its rightful place in the planning and zoning of islands like New Providence that welcome millions of cruise and stayover guests a year. But that rightful place is not Montagu Beach.

INSIGHT: Brave new world?

It does not appear the Progressive Liberal Party are heeding the lessons of their election rout. Malcolm J Strachan offers some advice . . .

$500m deficit ‘threat to fiscal credibility’

The Government most move quickly to restore trust in its fiscal credibility, a governance reformer urged yesterday, pointing to the “vast, wild” differences between the new administration’s forecasts and those of its predecessor.

‘Not enough good people to right Bahamas’ ship’

The Bahamas “lacks enough good people to right the ship”, a leading governance reform advocate said yesterday, as it continues to lose more than two-thirds of its brightest minds every year.

Tabernacle Baptist Falcons take 3rd place

THEY missed out on the opportunity to play for the 2016 Arby’s Classic, but the Tabernacle Baptist Falcons made sure that the consolation crown didn’t slip out of their grasp as well as they took the third place prize with them back to Grand Bahama over the New Year holiday weekend.

Grand Bahama was devastated by storm

RESIDENTS in Grand Bahama say they can’t recall a more damaging hurricane on their island than Hurricane Matthew, the category four storm with 140mph winds that barreled through the island late Thursday.

INSIGHT: No need to delay PLP convention

THE Progressive Liberal Party appears to be toying with the idea of postponing its national convention for the third time in two years, again under the guise of needing more time to help constituents recover from the damage wrought by a hurricane.

WORLD VIEW: Boycotted for a Knighthood

GEOFFREY Boycott is a BBC cricket commentator. He was an England cricketer for 24 years. Over that period, he scored 8,114 runs in 108 Test matches for England and was the first England cricketer to pass 8,000 Test runs. For this accomplishment, he received the award of Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) from Her Majesty The Queen, through the UK National Honours Committee. But, he clearly felt that the award was not of a sufficiently high rank and he merited more.

Goombay Splash Bowl set to start on Saturday

PHILIP Major Jr and Danielle Thompson are expected to be the top Bahamian male and female players competing in the Goombay Splash Bowl, an IAAF World ranking junior tournament, that is all set to be staged at the National Tennis Center, starting with the qualifying round on Saturday.

UPDATE: Minister releases statement on Mayaguana runway crash

MAYAGUANA - AN emergency evacuation flight turned deadly this morning when the plane chartered to pick up the ailing individual crashed into a vehicle near the runway, killing three people, the Minister of Aviation Glenys Hanna-Martin revealed.

Mourning relatives say they are disappointed with government

Relatives of the victims who died in last week’s tragic Mayaguana plane crash say they are still in mourning over the deaths and are “disappointed” the government hasn’t been more clear as to what will happen moving forward.

Stem cell research move

THE government is looking to delve into stem cell research with the creation of a special task force designed to review the controversial treatment and offer recommendations on its use in the Bahamas.

Sheraton managers seek 'strike vote'

A trade union chief said he will today write to the Minister of Labour seeking permission for a ‘strike vote’ by his 70 members at the Sheraton Nassau Beach Resort, describing the way in which their work hours had been cut 50 per cent as “ridiculous”.

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