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PM’s GDP growth targets ‘nothing to write home’ on
The prime minister’s ambitions of achieving a “consistent” five to six percent annual GDP growth rate are “nothing to write home about” when set against COVID-19’s economic devastation, it was argued yesterday.
1,400 Baha Mar staff vaccinated
ABOUT 1,400 out of Baha Mar’s 4,000 employees have been vaccinated thus far, the resort’s senior vice-president of external relations and government affairs, Robert Sands said yesterday.
Passengers hurt after ferry ran aground
MORE than a dozen passengers received minor injuries when a ferry boat they were on ran aground in waters near Man-O-War Cay, Abaco, on Sunday evening.
FACE TO FACE: ‘The Soil Guru’ on a mission and people are buying in to his message
THE cannabis industry is beginning to take shape in The Bahamas with the imminent Medicinal Cannabis Bill 2021 set to be tabled in Parliament.
Three sworn in as Supreme Court justices
THREE newly appointed justices for the Supreme Court took their oaths yesterday.
Job readiness graduates praised by youth minister
MINISTER of Youth, Sports, and Culture Iram Lewis commended over 70 young participants who completed the seven-week job readiness programme in Grand Bahama.
Grand Bahama wary of budget as ‘political’ tool
WHILE Grand Bahamians welcome the significant concessions and benefits announced by Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis in his budget communication last week, some see it as a “political” tool to entice voters before the next election.
Athletes book their tickets to NCAA Outdoors
STRONG woman Serena Brown, triple jumpers Charisma Taylor, Tamar Greene and Laquan Nairn, sprinters Samson Colebrooke, Terrance Jones, Brianne Bethel and Camille Rutherford and quarter-miler Megan Moss all booked their tickets to the 2021 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Outdoor Championships.
Mental health alert ahead of new hurricane season
AS hurricane season approaches, Grand Bahama residents are being urged to pay close attention to their mental health due to the post-traumatic stress experienced after Hurricane Dorian two years ago.
Two held for Abaco accident
A HAITIAN couple have been arrested in connection with a traffic accident that resulted in serious injuries to a child and woman in Abaco.
Census officers sworn in
FIFTEEN people in Grand Bahama were sworn in yesterday as listing officers for the 2021 Population and Housing Census.
New judges are appointed
THE Judicial and Legal Service Commission has announced the appointment of new judges to the Supreme and Magistrates Courts.
From tragedy to triumph for Sands
A YEAR AGO, versatile Bahamian jumper Bria Sands skipped the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Outdoor Championships because of the death of her father, Leevan Sands Sr,
Relief order extended for Dorian reconstruction
THE government is extending its current tax relief order to continue to support reconstruction efforts in Abaco and Grand Bahama, Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis said yesterday.
‘Deadly’ debt costs breach $1/2bn mark
The government’s annual debt servicing (interest) costs were yesterday branded “deadly” after they breached the $500m mark to now exceed combined health and education spending.
Tourism chief hails ‘long overdue’ $31m Airbnb tax increase
The Bahamas Hotel and Tourism Association’s (BHTA) president last night hailed the government’s bid to extract an extract $31m from the vacation rental market as “levelling the playing field”.
Decision close on new North Campus for university
UNIVERSITY of the Bahamas North is close to deciding on a new permanent campus in downtown Freeport, according to campus president, Dr Ian Strachan.
New homes handed over to Sweeting’s Cay residents
NINE newly-built homes were turned over to residents in Sweeting’s Cay during a key handover ceremony last week.
From ‘burners to earners’ as debt at 100% of GDP
The Bahamas must rapidly “convert tax burners to earners” following official confirmation that its direct national debt is now almost the same size as the economy, a governance reformer has warned.
Man found dead in sinkhole
BIMINI police are investigating the apparent drowning of a Grand Bahama man found floating in a sinkhole on Sunday.