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Bimini: 'Everything' tied to Resorts World return
Bimini businesses say “everything” concerning the island's economic fate is tied to the Resorts World (RWB) property's re-opening from December 26.
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Investment deal's anatomy exposed
A south Abaco developer says "the numbers have changed quite materially" after documents emerged showing he and his family were investing just $10m, or less than 2 percent, of the required $718m.
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Is Bahamas becoming a dictatorship?
WITH the November 24 declaration of a third state of emergency by Governor General Sir Cornelius Smith, Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis now has constitutional authority to impose additional restrictive measures for another six months.
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Jones posts double in Foxes’ victory
FOLLOWING a break in competition for national team play at the FIBA Eurobasket 2021 Qualifiers, Jonquel Jones and her UMMC Ekaterinburg Foxes began FIBA Euroleague play this week and continued their dominance in the region.
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St Fort signs with 3rd team this season in Japan B-League
MARK St Fort is on the move once again in the Japanese B-League and signed with his third team this season.
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‘Mr Consistent’ Maycock a national golf champion
As consistent as he was from day one, Greg Maycock maintained his lead and held on to win the Bahamas Professional Golfers Association’s Leroy ‘Roy’ Bowe Founder BPGA 2020 National Championship title.
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Oil explorer: Just 20% of opponents from the Bahamas
The oil exploration battle further heated up last night after Bahamas Petroleum Company (BPC) sought to discredit an activist petition by asserting just 20 percent of signatories were local.
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When will we get vaccine?
AS the United Kingdom became the world’s first country to authorise use of a COVID-19 vaccine, Minister of Health Renward Wells said the government is still determining which brand it will secure.
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Call for Caribbean to adopt HIV self-testing
ON the occasion of World AIDS Day, Caribbean AIDS response stakeholders are calling for countries in the region to adopt HIV self-testing.
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'Deer in headlights' on $1.5bn debt increase
Fiscal watchdogs yesterday warned The Bahamas' debt-to-GDP ratio must "be upwards of 90 percent" after Central Bank data revealed the Government's direct debt rose by $1.5bn in just 12 months.
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Oil explorer blasts activists over last ditch legal threats
Bahamas Petroleum Company (BPC) last night blasted oil exploration opponents for "significantly exaggerated" claims and waiting more than a decade to make a last-minute attempt to halt its plans.
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Maycock leads the pack
With two consistent rounds of two-over-par 74s, veteran Greg Maycock holds a slim four-stroke lead over his nearest rival Keathen Stuart after the first two days of competition in the Bahamas Professional Golf Association (BPGA) 2020 National Championships.
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Bowleg: ‘I still want to commend the players who were available. They went out there and played their hearts out’
BAHAMAS Basketball Federation President Mario Bowleg admitted that the men’s national team could have played better than they did against the United States of America and Puerto Rico in the bubble in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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Nassau's tourism arrivals see 99% September drop
Tourism arrivals almost totally dried up in September 2020 due to COVID-19 lockdowns and border restrictions, falling by 98.6 percent against a prior year comparative that contained Hurricane Dorian.
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‘True fall-out’: Household loan defaults grow $58m
MORTGAGE and consumer loan delinquencies increased by $58m during October 2020 with a senior banker warning it may take five to seven years to recover from COVID-19’s “true fall-out”.
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Bahamas blows late lead, loses to Puerto Rico 91-85
A disastrous fourth quarter collapse saw Team Bahamas squander a late lead to Puerto Rico and finish winless in the second window of the FIBA Americup 2022 Qualifiers.
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Activists: Study exposes oil’s ‘roll of the dice’
OIL exploration opponents yesterday said their demands for a drilling halt are justified by a study showing The Bahamas must match almost 60 percent of US offshore crude output to fully offset all economic risks.
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USA runs past The Bahamas 99-59 in AmeriCup qualifier
The United States dominated both the boards and points in the paint en route to a lopsided win over a shorthanded Team Bahamas at the FIBA AmeriCup 2022 Qualifiers.
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‘We’re flattening the curve’
HEALTH Minister Renward Wells declared in the House of Assembly yesterday that Bahamians are flattening the COVID-19 epidemic curve.
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Oil opponents: BPC gives us ‘no choice’
OIL exploration opponents last night said they have “no choice” but to apply for an injunction halting Bahamas Petroleum Company’s (BPC) activities as its drilling ship began its voyage to this nation.