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EDITORIAL: Are 120,000 vaccinations really enough?
THE Minister of Health was in optimistic mood yesterday.
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Cargo port ‘starts to shrink the gap’
Nassau’s sole cargo port yesterday voiced optimism it has “started to shrink the gap” to pre-COVID business volumes with vehicle imports making up 20 percentage points during May alone.
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WELLS’ NEW MAGIC NUMBER - 120,000: Minister says hitting this vaccination total puts us in ‘good place’
HEALTH Minister Renward Wells estimates that 120,000 people need to be vaccinated in order for the nation to be “in good stead” in the fight against COVID-19.
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$357,000 of repairs approved for 37 Sweeting Cay Homes
THE Disaster Reconstruction Authority has approved some 37 homeowners on Sweeting’s Cay for nearly $360,000 of repair assistance under the Small Homes Repair Programme.
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Attorney fails to overturn $640k loan ‘negligence’
A Bahamian attorney has failed to overturn a “negligence” verdict over a $640,000 loan issued by an insurer whose owners include the PLP’s deputy leader.
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Men’s national basketball team on path toward FIBA World Cup 2023
THE Bahamas Basketball Federation’s men’s national team is set to begin its path toward the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023.
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‘Ride For Reine’ Trail-a-thon a success
TWENTY young riders mounted up and hit the trails with enthusiasm this past Sunday as a part of the “Ride For Reine” Trail-a-thon to raise funds on behalf of Reine Pagliaro.
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EDITORIAL: The devil’s in the detail for the economy
IT can be easy to get lost in the big numbers when it comes to the economy, but the simple fact is this – we have more money going out than we have coming in.
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INSIGHT: Election fever is ablaze as the government panders to the “Hate-The-Haitian Lynch Mob”
THE bulldozers have been rolling in Abaco. When the dust settles and night descends, several families were left out in the rain with nothing but the clothes on their backs and a few garbage bags containing what meagre possessions they managed to rescue from the ruin of their homes.
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‘Walk and chew gum’: Subsidies, debt cost $938m
The Bahamas “must walk and chew gum” on its fiscal and economic revival, a leading banker has warned, with $938.5m - one third of government spending - taken up by debt and subsidy costs.
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Ayton and Suns tie series 2-2
Deandre Ayton had his fourth consecutive double double in the 2021 NBA playoffs and his Phoenix Suns evened their best-of-seven round one series against the Los Angeles Lakers.
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Jones’ double double streak ends at six
JONQUEL Jones’ double double streak ended at six games and her Connecticut Sun loss their second game of the season.
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DIANE PHILLIPS: This isn’t the first time we’ve had to get tough to beat a disease
WHEN the first local cases of COVID-19 were reported in March last year, The Bahamas headed by a medically trained Prime Minister, got tough.
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Three new deaths confirmed
THE country recorded 62 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 as of Wednesday and three new deaths.
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‘Very confident’ of 80% rebound by mid-2022
The Ministry of Finance’s top official yesterday predicted the Bahamian economy will regain 80 percent of its pre-COVID capacity by June 2022 with key taxes forecast to rise by a similar magnitude.
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Govt urged to delay 12% VAT realty hike
The government was yesterday urged to postpone implementation of the 12 percent VAT rate on high-end real estate deals for two months so as not to derail transactions “already in the pipeline”.
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Man ‘beat me and held knife to my throat’
A WOMAN yesterday testified that a man brutally beat her before holding a knife to her throat during a domestic dispute earlier this year.
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New judges are appointed
THE Judicial and Legal Service Commission has announced the appointment of new judges to the Supreme and Magistrates Courts.
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Anfernee Seymour joins the 500 Club
ANFERNEE Seymour’s recent production at the plate for the Kane County Cougars produced a career milestone.