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Ambassador's case adds to racism concern
IT SEEMS that institutional racial profiling continues to be a massive problem in the United States notwithstanding that the country has an African-American President, several African-American Congressmen and Mayors of Cities, and accomplished African-Americans in the media and in corporate America.
INSIGHT: The real reasons behind ‘passports for sale’
On January 1, “60 minutes”, an investigative programme aired by the US television company, CBS Corporation, ran a segment on “Citizenship by Investment Programmes” (CIP) that are operated by several countries around the world.
WORLD VIEW: Debt strangling a Caribbean generation
There is a real prospect that, in dealing with unsustainable debt, 11 of 13 Caribbean small states will have lost the first three decades of the 21st century and foregone opportunities for poverty reduction, transformation and growth.
WORLD VIEW: Vaccinate or suffocate – the stark choice
SECTIONS of the population in many of the 14 independent CARICOM countries are in grave danger of undermining their own health and economic interests by their refusal to be inoculated against the coronavirus, COVID-19.
Sands disappointed at 'bias' in report
HEALTH Minister Dr Duane Sands yesterday attacked the scientific credibility of CARICOM’s report on marijuana, expressing disappointment over its methodology and “intrinsic bias”.Dr Sands’ critique follows Bishop Simeon Hall’s suggestion that opposit
FNM chairman accuses PLP counterpart of inciting violence against the PM
THE chairman of the Free National Movement has accused his counterpart in the Progressive Liberal Party of inciting violence against Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis.
WORLD VIEW: Are people in the Caribbean becoming architects of their own destruction?
THE question has to be asked. Are some people in Caribbean countries becoming the architects of their own and the region’s destruction?
Boxers ‘set their fists’ on training in Cuba
IN preparation for the Pan American Games qualifying tournament, the Bahamas Amateur Boxing Federation will be sending veteran boxer Carl Hield, Ronald Woodside and newcomer Lennox Boyce to train in Cuba.
NIB’s unfunded pension liability near 50% GDP
The National Insurance Board’s (NIB) unfunded pension liabilities, equivalent to almost 50 per cent of Bahamian GDP, represent a “major fiscal risk” that demands at least a 5.4 per cent increase in contribution rates.
D.C.’s Bahamas blacklist branded ‘inconsequential’
A former financial services minister yesterday branded as “inconsequential” concerns over the District of Columbia’s (DC) pending ‘tax haven’ blacklisting of the Bahamas and 16 other Caribbean nations.
Sanders bows out of Secretary-General race
SIR Ronald Sanders, who recently took up his post in London as the High Commissioner for Antigua and Barbuda, has withdrawn from the contest for the post of Commonwealth Secretary-General, citing delay by the delegates to make a decision.
Suspect claims police denied him medical treatment for gunshot wounds
CHIEF Magistrate Joyann Ferguson-Pratt yesterday took exception to claims that police denied a suspect access to further medical treatment for gunshot wounds.
Gray praises common purpose of co-operative regulators conference
REGULATORS for ten Caribbean countries took part in the Caribbean Association of Regulators of Co-operatives (CASROC) two-day conference at Superclub Breezes, under the theme “Emerging Risks and Effective Supervision of the Co-operative Sector in the Caribbean – Revitalization of CASROC to meet new challenges and entrepreneurship”.
Global spotlight on local talent
BIG-NAME fashion insiders, Grammy-Award winning producers and songwriters and more than 1,500 stopover visitors are all expected to descend on Nassau next summer for the first ever
Bahamas joins organisation of small island states who face an existential threat due to climate change
AFTER a call by small islands for climate justice, Sir Ronald Sanders, the ambassador for Antigua and Barbuda to the United States and the Organization of American States, has warned that the islands face “a real and present threat” to their existence – and The Bahamas has joined a commission to tackle the issue.
Exuma deaths 'caused by carbon monoxide'
LOCAL officials and Sandals Emerald Bay in Exuma were tight-lipped yesterday about the cause of death of three American tourists who were found dead in their rooms at the hotel earlier this month.
Bahamians say no to rise in cable price
BAHAMIANS are “primarily against” Cable Bahamas’ proposed price increase, according to the Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority’s CEO who was remarking on the corporation’s most recent town hall meeting.
BORCO donates $100,000 to Lewis Yard Primary
FREEPORT — Lewis Yard Primary will benefit from a $100,000 donation from BORCO just as the school is preparing to relocate to a new campus in Hunters this September.
Munroe: Moves to limit bail for murder will be struck down
NATIONAL Security Minister Wayne Munroe said there is no way to restrict bail grants through legislation, noting past efforts have failed throughout the region.
Call for King Charles III to acknowledge and apologise for ‘horrific impacts’ of colonisation
THE Bahamas has joined 12 other countries in demanding that incoming monarch King Charles III apologise and make reparations for the previous oppression and enslavement of indigenous people.