Contractors eye 10-15% time slash via inspection outsource
The Bahamian Contractors Association’s (BCA) president yesterday predicted the time required to complete construction projects could be slashed by between 10-15 percent through outsourcing building inspections.
‘Mind blowing’: Watchdog finds stores selling expired products
The Consumer Protection Commission’s chairman yesterday asserted it was “mind blowing” that the watchdog verified complaints about expired grocery products on store shelves are correct.
Bahamas sees $665m cruise boost, but yields down
The Bahamas leads the Caribbean and Central America in extracting an annual $655m economic boost from the cruise industry despite consistently ranking in the bottom 40 percent on key visitor satisfaction metrics.
Officials on the ground after hurricane
THE Disaster Risk Management Authority (DRMA) has classified the damage from Hurricane Oscar as level one, according to acting Prime Minister Chester Cooper.
Minnis claims FNM party leadership blocking him
FORMER Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis accused the Free National Movement’s leadership of blocking him from speaking at party events and association meetings — a claim FNM chairman Dr Duane Sands called “absolutely untrue.”
Teen: My nightmare over sex attack by grandfather
A TEENAGE girl described her ordeal as a “nightmare” as she testified that her grandfather molested her multiple times over five years.
MP’s lawyer: Rape inquiry is flawed
THE lawyer representing North Abaco MP Kirk Cornish argued yesterday that police gathered little physical evidence in his trial that he raped the complainant.
STATESIDE: If Harris wins, it will be because of Trump
This arrived in email-boxes all across the US on Monday and Tuesday, after Donald Trump worked part of a shift at a MacDonalds restaurant:
Immigration carry out routine exercise - detain 31 people
THE Department of Immigration conducted an operation in Cable Beach from 5.30am to 9.30pm yesterday that resulted in the detention of at least 31 people, all of whom are Haitian nationals, for various infractions of immigration laws.
JR Cadot joins Sunrise Christian coaching staff
FORMER senior men’s national basketball team player JR Cadot is taking his talents to the sidelines
Bahamas gets 3-1 win over USVI on opening day
TEAM Bahamas excelled on the opening day of the sixth Caribbean Baseball Cup at the Andre Rodgers National Baseball Stadium.
Addressing court ruling a job for PM, not Mitchell
IN the wake of the court ruling that saw $1.6bn being awarded to Sarkis Izmirlian in the court battle with China Construction America, the government gave a quick response.
Musings on Mosko project
ROCK Point...West Bay…let’s state the law as to access to the beach... public have right up to 10ft above high water mark. their eastern boundary stone wall questionably blocks access but there is no law, I suggest not having a boundary wall-fence... this issue is void.
Search for woman who ‘jumped’ from cruise ship called off
THE Royal Bahamas Defense Force (RBDF) has called off their search for a 66-year-old woman who went overboard from Royal Caribbean’s Allure of the Seas near New Providence, Bahamas.
Colina donates former PM’s books to UB libraries
Colina Insurance Limited generously donated several copies of Volumes 2 and 3 of “I Say What I Mean and I Mean What I Say: Hubert A. Ingraham In His Own Words to the University of The Bahamas’ Harry C. Moore Library and Information Centre in Nassau, as well as the library of UB-North, Grand Bahama.
FRONT PORCH: The inability and necessity to offer mercy and forgiveness
The inability or ability to move beyond our own inner rage or anger in order to forgive another often says more about our own inner and spiritual state than it is does about those who require or need our forgiveness.
‘Mitchell remarks on Izmirlian’s case findings silly, nonsensical and comical’
FREE National Movement (FNM) Leader Michael Pintard has ramped up his criticism of the government, hitting out at Progressive Liberal Party Chairman Fred Mitchell following a New York State Supreme Court ruling that awarded Baha Mar’s original developer, Sarkis Izmirlian, over $1.6bn in damages in a fraud and breach of contract case against China Construction America (CCA), the project’s main contractor.
PM talks climate crisis, reparations and collaboration at CHOGM 2024 in Samoa
PRIME Minister Philip Davis engaged in discussions to enhance disaster resilience and foster economic opportunities for Bahamians during this week’s Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) 2024 in Apia, Samoa.
Cooper: Izmirlian and CCA legal dispute a ‘sideshow’ with no effect on investments
DEPUTY Prime Minister Chester Cooper dismissed concerns that the $1.6 billion ruling favouring Sarkis Izmirlian, the original developer of Baha Mar, against China Construction America (CCA) would affect the Bahamas’ investment climate or economic stability.
Eight-year-old’s death ruled a suicide by police
POLICE have completed their investigation into the death of eight-year-old Mariano Cheryl, ruling it a suicide.
