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Berry Islands to get its community centre at last
FIFTEEN years after Members of Parliament before him attempted to build a community centre to serve Great Harbour Cay and Bullock’s Harbour, the current MP for North Eleuthera and the Berry Islands Carlton Bowleg got the nod this week that the long-delayed dream will come true.
Family Island schools to get digital push
FAMILY Island schools will be linked to New Providence classrooms digitally as the government seeks to address teacher shortages. The eLearning platform has cost the taxpayers $20m to date, according to Education Minister Jeffery Lloyd.
PI entrepreneur confident in new Gov’t on lease fight
The Bahamian entrepreneur locked in a legal battle with the Government over his Crown Land lease on Paradise Island yesterday voiced optimism the new administration will come to his rescue.
New US COVID testing creates ‘added wrinkle’
THE US has created “an added wrinkle” to already-cumbersome COVID travel protocols with the measure that all returning citizens be tested within the 24 hours before their flight departs.
New gymnastics programme ‘springing up’ on Eleuthera
THE sport of gymnastics is experiencing new growth here in the Bahamas with the development of a fairly new gymnastics programme springing up on the island of Eleuthera.
All options considered after RBC pull-out from Bimini
THE Minnis administration is “considering all options” to replace banking services on Bimini when the island’s only bank branch closes its operations next month, Deputy Prime Minister Peter Turnquest has confirmed.Mr Turnquest, also the minister of f
A 'heck of a time' on Grand Bahama after Hurricane Matthew
IT's a "heck of a time" in Grand Bahama, an island administrator said on Sunday as residents continued clearing debris from roads, homes and passage ways following the damage inflicted on the island by Hurricane Matthew.
$1.3m Abaco road deal
THE government has signed a $1.3 million contract for road repair in Central Abaco as one item on a long list of necessary infrastructural work that needs to be done in the Family Islands.
PM urges bank over Out Island expansion
The Prime Minister has urged Bank of the Bahamas International (BOB) to consider further expansion into the Family Islands in the near future. He made this request while speaking at the bank’s 25th anniversary reception at the Balmoral Club on Friday evening.
UPDATED: Hurricane warning in effect for Grand Bahama, Abaco, Bimini, and Berry Islands
NICOLE EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY…
Dean: Time to consider what to do when storms form quickly
CHIEF Meteorologist Basil Dean said yesterday that the rapid evolution of Hurricane Joaquin into a category four monster storm raises the question of whether the government should consider implementing new protocols as a proactive measure for quick forming weather systems.
Bridge toll doubles to $2
THE Bridge Authority plans to double toll rates for private vehicles crossing the Sir Sidney Poitier Bridge from $1 to $2 per passage effective from March 1.
Church calls for national youth service in crime fight
THE METHODIST Church has reiterated its call for a national youth service to be considered in the fight against crime in the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands.
Resident’s anger after being prevented from removing seaweed
A FAMILY Island resident claimed that a newly implemented regulation that prohibits the removal of seaweed from beaches is “outrageous” and questioned the legitimacy of an island administrator’s erosion claims.
Gardiner’s visit home
It was a return to Moore’s Island where it all got started for Olympian Steven Gardiner four years ago.
PI is back to being ‘hog island’
THIS is an open letter to the Right Honourable Prime Minister Philip Davis, the members of his Cabinet, all current MPs and aspiring politicians in The Commonwealth of The Bahamas.
$170m project must stop Exuma’s south ‘dying out’
EXUMA’S private sector says the $175m Torch Cay project is urgently needed to prevent the island’s southern end from “dying out”.
Atlantis launches seaplane tie-up with Kamalame Cay
Atlantis has moved to better enable its guests to “experience the sheer beauty of the Family Islands” with this week’s launch of its partnership with Coco Bahama Seaplanes and Kamalame Cay.
Road re-named for Long Island community leader and war hero, Joseph B Carroll
The community of Long Island honored the memory of nation builder, community leader, and war hero Joseph Benjamin Carroll – by officially naming a road in his honor.
‘High time’ to find Stella Maris buyer at $11.75m
A LONG Island resort’s principal yesterday said “it’s high time to put it in the hands” of an owner able to take it to four-five star status once the $11.75m asking price is met.