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Learn from the storm
About three days after the storm, a BEC/BPL assessment person came to my area to look at downed wires.
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A shock to travel along Bay Street
It is not often that I get an opportunity to travel the Bay Street and downtown areas. On Monday, 12th instant, I had to take my family somewhere in those environments. I was appalled and deeply shocked by the absolutely deplorable and unkempt conditions from the East Street intersection and beyond travelling east on Bay Street! A few years ago it was terrible, but now it is even worse than before.
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Biting the hand that feeds
Franklin Graham is the son of the legendary Billy Graham -- a man who has preached the gospel to more people in person than anyone in church history. He is also the president and CEO of the humanitarian organisation, Samaritan’s Purse, which was founded in 1970 by the late Bob Pierce.
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OP-ED: We can't send people back to damaged, poor homes
Mr Frankie Campbell, Minister of Social Services, pictured, is a very compassionate and caring individual. I understand clearly his desire that individuals who are still housed in shelters need to get back to their homes. However, what is the conditi
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EDITORIAL: A word of advice - double check the advisory
THERE has been a lot of talk in recent days about the travel advisory issued by the US Department of State to visitors.
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Douglas Beechum Saunders
Funeral Service for Douglas Beechum Saunders age 57 years and a resident of Deadman’s Reef, Grand Bahama and Alice Town, Bimini will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday 1st, June 2019 at Transformation Dispora Church of God, Bailey Town …
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Theodora Maria Miller
Funeral Service for the late Theodora Maria Miller aged 69 years of Cable Beach will be held on Tuesday July 9th 2019 at 11:00 a.m. at Bahamas Faith Ministries, Carmichael Road. Officiating will be Pastor Henry Francis assisted by other …
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Distillery opens for tours at Downtown Nassau Estate
THE Watling’s Distillery is now open for free tours at the Buena Vista Estate in Downtown Nassau.
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'Hypocritical' view over appointments
RESPONDING to the FNM’s criticism of recent diplomatic appointments, Foreign Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell accused the opposition party of wanting to “have its cake and eat it too”.
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$100,000 loss for Atlantis as cruise ship turned away
THOUSANDS of enraged stop-over visitors demanded compensation after the cruise ship they were on was turned away from Prince George dock.
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A fresh look for Holmes Rock
REPAIRS and improvements were made to the Holmes Rock Primary school in Grand Bahama by the Grand Bahama Shipyard (GBS) and other sponsors.
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Chamber unveils new Board faces
The Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and Employers Confederation (BCCEC) will face some of the most pressing decisions in its history with familiar faces at the top and a slew of new directors following its recent annual general meeting (AGM) and election of officers.
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Juventus opens up 3-point lead over AC Milan
ROME (AP) -- Undefeated Juventus routed 10-man Roma 4-0 on Sunday to open up a three-point lead over AC Milan with just five rounds remaining in Serie A. Ten-man Milan needed a 90th-minute equalizer from Zlatan Ibrahimovic to salvage a 1-1 draw at home wit
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US tells BISX-listed firm: We can get you
Federal regulators have effectively accused a BISX-listed company’s principal, and its broker/dealer affiliate, of hypocrisy over their claims that US law “cannot touch” their allegedly “egregious acts” in relation to a $400 million fraud.
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SANCHESKA v RENALDO: NFL week 15 picks
Buccaneers at Rams RENALDO: Oh God, Thursday nights mean NFL Colour Rush. Which means we’re subjected to the NFL’s latest money grab scheme, these God awful uniforms. Avert your eyes away from the bright colours and away from Nick Foles. BUCS over Rams
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BAISS softball season all set to begin on Monday
Four weeks into the academic year, the athletic calendar gets underway for the Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools with the 2013 softball season.
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Nassau and Freeport top port ‘scrubbers’
Nassau Cruise Port’s top executive yesterday said “more work is definitely needed” after the Bahamian capital and Freeport were ranked in the world’s top five ports for “washwater pollution” discharges.
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Bahamas targets January 1 launch for overflight fees
The Bahamas is aiming to levy fees on aircraft flying through Bahamian airspace by January 1, 2021, a Cabinet minister revealed yesterday, adding: “We think we’re close to a solution.”Dionisio D’Aguilar, minister of tourism and aviation, said the gov
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FRONT PORCH: The virtue of a life-long pursuit of personal growth and wisdom
In 1941, in his early 70s, after an extraordinary career and a dozen years before his death at 84, the brilliant French artist Henri Matisse underwent surgery following a diagnosis of abdominal cancer. He was left bed- and chair-ridden. Sculpturing and painting were now too physically challenging.
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INSIGHT: Assessing the looming threat from Hurricane Matthew
Matthew is weaker as it meanders over the central Caribbean south of Haiti, but the mighty Category 4 hurricane is expected to move northwards later on Sunday and deliver a punishing blow to the islands of Hispaniola, Cuba and Jamaica on Monday and Tuesday.
