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Cut-price land deal for young buyers
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis said the government will offer lots of land valued at $150,000 for about $50,000 to young professionals in the western area of New Providence.
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PM’S ANTI-OIL STANCE ‘MUSIC TO OUR EARS’: Declaration against drilling delights lobby fighting BPC’s plans
Environmental activists spent the weekend celebrating after Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis revealed he is “totally against” oil drilling in Bahamian waters.
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Harvey scores career high 10 points in win
AHMARD Harvey had the best game of his collegiate career while several Bahamian players made their NCAA Division I basketball debuts this week after their programmes got off to late starts due to schedule adjustments and COVID-19 protocols.
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PM 'totally against' oil drilling in Bahamian waters
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis told reporters on Friday that he is “totally against” oil drilling in Bahamian waters and suggested that the government would have backed out of a controversial oil exploration deal if it could have.
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DIANE PHILLIPS: One death too many, please let this not be real
WHATEVER the cause of death, there can be no greater heartbreak than that of burying a child. Children are supposed to bury their parents. It’s not supposed to be the other way around.
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Oil drilling shows green economy is 'lip service'
Activists yesterday argued The Bahamas is "paying lip service to the green and blue economy" in response to charges they have exposed their "true agenda" by seeking to block oil exploration.
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Kadeem Coleby posts triple double
Kadeem Coleby continues to post career numbers this season in the Japanese B-League and recorded another milestone in his fourth season with the Akita Northern Happinets.
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FRONT PORCH: We need good ideas more than ever - and the PM knows that
NEAR the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis presciently convened a National Economic Recovery Committee (ERC). The ERC was charged with offering his administration recommendations to help the country’s recovery during and after the pandemic.
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Food distributed in Grand Bahama
THE Grand Bahama Disaster Relief Foundation together with valued partners Sigma Chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority and Omega Psi Phi Fraternity have provided healthy food supplies to disadvantaged families across the island of Grand Bahama.
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Baha Mar returnees increasing to 1,800
Baha Mar has increased the number of staff being brought back for the Grand Hyatt's December 17 re-opening to 1,800, or 40 percent of its total workforce, the resort's top executive said yesterday.
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Kalik brewer: We'll retain 'at least' 90% of workers
Commonwealth Brewery yesterday pledged to retain at least 90 percent of its workforce as the final number of staff to be terminated in the latest redundancy exercise has not been determined.
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EDITORIAL: Not the end of COVID-19 yet - but a landmark day
IT was a landmark day yesterday in the UK. The British government dubbed it ‘V-day’, or vaccination day, and the first person to receive the approved Pfizer vaccine against COVID-19 was a 90-year-old Northern Irish woman.
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‘I survived COVID - but I’m still fighting to recover’
TWO months after testing positive for COVID-19, Henry Dean says he still struggles with breathing normally even after having won his four-week long battle with the deadly virus.
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Oil explorer fearing up to $500m harm
The Bahamas Petroleum Company (BPC) fears it could suffer "up to $500m in economic harm" if environmental activists succeed with yesterday's legal bid to halt its oil drilling plans.
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Small business survivors: 90% to keep doors open
Some 90 percent of small business survivors plan to "stay in business" fully after the recent COVID-19 easing sparked more optimism among entrepreneurs, a sector consultant revealed yesterday.
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Wells: We’re in talks to buy vaccines
AS the United Kingdom became the first nation to start to vaccinate its citizens against COVID-19 yesterday, Health Minister Renward Wells said the government is currently engaged in its own talks with several vaccine producers.
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Roberts and Maginley suffer loss in doubles
BAHAMIAN Justin Roberts and his long-time close friend and partner Jody Maginley from Antigua suffered a loss yesterday in the men’s doubles at the M15 Santo Domingo Tournament.
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‘Bahamas could be held liable in US for oil spill’
ACTIVISTS from the Only One conservation platform are calling on Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis to put a stop to proposed oil exploration, saying The Bahamas can be made liable in US courts should some form of spillage occur.
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Fusion cash ‘nearly depleted’
FUSION Superflex’s cash reserves are “nearly depleted” after being closed since March with the entertainment centre’s CEO telling The Tribune the facility needs to reopen soon before the business suffers “permanent” damage.
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Bahamasair 'exhausts' $19m annual subsidy
Bahamasair's chairman yesterday confirmed the airline "exhausted" its $19m taxpayer subsidy during the first four-five months of its financial year, but said: "At least we don't have zero cash flow now."
