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BBF pleased with progress of men's national basketball team in the FIBA World Cup 2027 Americas Qualifiers
BAHAMAS Basketball Federation president Euguene Horton said they are pleased with the progress made by the men’s national basketball team in the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2027 Americas Qualifiers.
Carl 'Flashy King' Hield back to full strength
AFTER recovering from an ankle injury that prevented him from completing his appearance at the Commonwealth Games, Carl 'Flashy King' Hield said he's back to full strength as he defends his titles in a professional fight this weekend.
Jay Philippe new head coach of UB men's basketball team
FOR the first time in 13 years, the University of The Bahamas’ men’s basketball will see a new face running the sidelines as Jay Philippe was named to lead the programme as head coach.
Sebas: Public trust vital to AI adoption
A CABINET minister says public trust will be critical to the speed at which The Bahamas’ adopts artificial intelligence (AI) as the Government prepares to develop its national strategy and governance framework focused on privacy, cyber security, transparency and human oversight.
Bank: $9m-$10m yearly share buy-back spend
COMMONWEALTH Bank says it has no plans to act as “a market maker” for its stock through a recently-unveiled five-year share buy-back initiative upon which it expects to spend between $9m-$10m annually.
BPL union chief labels $20m overtime bill as ‘distraction’
A UNION president yesterday accused the Government of using Bahamas Power & Light’s (BPL) overtime costs as a “distraction” from the wider problems plaguing the electricity sector as the Davis administration branded the near-$20m annual bill as “unsustainable and unacceptable”.
Tourism’s ‘bigger picture’ concerns over fees fall-out
TOURISM executives say they have yet to receive complaints over retroactive triple-digit fee hikes facing private aviation but urged regulators to consider the “bigger picture” and not “ruin The Bahamas’ image”.
Ex-CEO: BPL overtime payouts ‘off the charts’
A FORMER Bahamas Power & Light (BPL) chief executive yesterday said he was “shocked” by overtime figures he branded “off the charts” as it emerged that such payments have previously equalled almost one-third of the state-owned utility’s regular payroll.
A brief history of BEC/BPL overtime controversies
BPL’S latest overtime controversy has echoes stretching back more than a decade, when an internal audit of its predecessor found repeated multimillion-dollar budget overruns, employees earning more in overtime than their basic salaries and weaknesses in management oversight.
