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Clean-up held in Bimini
WATERKEEPERS Bahamas alongside 4Ocean hosted its second annual beach clean-up on Radio Beach, Bimini, where the event saw the removal of 1,500 pounds of garbage.
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EDITORIAL: Twin disasters of COVID and Dorian
WE ALL knew that COVID-19 had inflicted a hammer blow to the Bahamian economy. The scale of that impact is still only now becoming clear.
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Man tells court his stolen bike was on sale on Facebook
A MAN yesterday told a Magistrate’s Court that after his motorcycle was stolen, it was later placed on Facebook for sale.
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Three face court on firearm charges
THREE men were arraigned in court yesterday on separate firearm and ammunition charges.
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COVID imposes $120m public health system cost
A Cabinet minister yesterday said COVID-19 has cost the public health system some $120m to-date, leaving it with $50m in “unbudgeted debt” which he discovered upon taking office.
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Bahamas among most exposed to Ukraine war
The Bahamas must brace for multiple economic “uncertainties” over the next 12-18 months, a governance reformer warned yesterday, after it was named among the eight Western Hemisphere states most vulnerable to the Ukraine war.
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Minister discusses ‘betrayal’ claim by former commissioner
NATIONAL Security Minister Wayne Munroe has recalled his personal experiences with former commissioner Paul Rolle regarding the senior officers who were made to take accumulated vacation and later seconded to various ministries.
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COVID collapse sparked rare $1.7bn ‘dual deficit’
Tourism’s “collapse” at COVID-19’s peak “exposed the fragility” of The Bahamas’ current economic model by producing rare twin goods and services trade deficits worth a combined $1.7bn.
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Freeport man on murder charge
A FREEPORT man was charged with murder in the local magistrate’s court yesterday.
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Buddy: ‘We didn’t match their physicality’
NATIONAL Basketball Association player Chavano “Buddy” Hield said he couldn’t ask for more support than they got from the Bahamian public for the men’s national team matchup against the Dominican Republic.
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Coach McPhee-McCuin makes her presence felt
SHE made history as the first Bahamian female to serve as a coach on the men’s national basketball team. But Grand Bahamian Yolett McPhee-McCuin has assured the females that she won’t abandon them as the team’s head coach.
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Super Value transport budget up 47% as gas prices strike
Super Value’s principal yesterday said shoppers have “cut back drastically” on luxury items to make every dollar count, while revealing the supermarket chain’s own transportation budget has soared 47 percent.
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Air arrivals hit 85% of pre-COVID levels
Total air arrivals to The Bahamas rebounded to 85 percent of pre-COVID numbers during April, more than doubling prior year numbers for a period that included the peak Easter holiday weekend.
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Camp back after pandemic pause
FORT Charlotte Constituency’s 21st Summer Camp officially kicked off yesterday after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID- 19 pandemic.
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Binding us together
HOW fitting that the United States hosted the Ninth Summit of the Americas “this past June”, when we celebrate Caribbean American Heritage month.
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Two men accused of rape, burglary and armed robbery
TWO young men were charged with burglary, armed robbery and rape, among other offences, in the Freeport Magistrate’s Court yesterday afternoon.
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Suspect in court over killing of murder accused
A MAN was remanded to the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services yesterday in connection with the death of an accused murderer.
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Bail granted in $1,900 theft case
A MAN charged with stealing $1,900 worth of property from another man’s home was granted bail in a Magistrate’s Court yesterday.
