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Attorney General hails ‘trailblazing’ carbon Bill
The Attorney General yesterday hailed the Carbon Credit Trading Bill as “trailblazing”, asserting that The Bahamas is further ahead of the entire world in having a “specific framework” to regulate this multi-million dollar activity.
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Gas dealers ‘optimistic’ despite wait over relief
Bahamian gas station operators yesterday said they remain “optimistic” about their relief negotiations with the Government despite the two sides not having met or communicated for “quite a while”.
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Exuma oil spillage: ‘Polluter must pay’
An environmental activist yesterday said it was vital those responsible for last week’s Exuma oil spill pay the full clean-up cost and “meaningful penalties” to deter further pollution-related negligence.
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INSIGHT: What lessons will be learned from Exuma diesel spill?
THE diesel spill at the Old Navy Base cove last week turned all eyes on Exuma – and once more brought the discussion about how well we are protecting our environment to the fore.
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SO DESPERATE: 17 die with eight missing and 25 rescued in smuggling tragedy, three Bahamians in police custody
TWO Bahamian men are in police custody after 17 suspected Haitian migrants, including a minor, died when their boat capsized in rough seas early yesterday morning during a suspected “human smuggling operation”.
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COVID vaccine doses for children as young as five arrive in The Bahamas
PAEDIATRIC doses of the COVID-19 vaccine will arrive on Saturday and could be administered in The Bahamas as early as Monday, Minister of Health Dr Michael Darville announced.
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‘Don’t take Kalik bottle’ to carbon trading fight
The Bahamas must “take a gun to a gunfight as opposed to a Kalik bottle” if it wants “to be ahead of the game” in developing carbon credits and their trading, a well-known banker is urging.
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‘Patronising’ Medical Council move caused family break-up
A Supreme Court judge has slammed the Bahamas Medical Council’s “dismissive and patronising” approach to rejecting an expatriate doctor’s bid to be licensed as a radiology specialist - a decision that forced her family to split-up.
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Bahamas ‘can’t sit on laurels’ over digital assets regulation
The Securities Commission’s top executive has warned that The Bahamas “cannot sit on our laurels” as she disclosed that further reforms to tighten digital assets regulation will be unveiled “in the next few months”.
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PM disappointed over US trafficking report
PRIME Minister Phillip “Brave” Davis yesterday expressed disappointment in observations made in a recent US Trafficking in Persons Report concerning his government’s recruitment of Cuban nurses.
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LinkedIn gives VAT alert to Bahamians
Bahamians have been alerted that LinkedIn, the professional networking app, has become the latest digital economy app to impose 10 percent VAT with effect from July 21, 2022.
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GOLD FOR SHAUNAE: Miller-Uibo wins 400m final at World Athletics Championships
As she tacked on the final piece missing from her glaring crown, Shaunae Miller-Uibo completed what she called her final global 400 metres by finally adding the World Championships title to her illustrious career that now has her pegged as one of the greatest ever.
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No bank fall-out on ‘unfriendly’ Russia
The Central Bank’s governor yesterday reassured “there is no material impact to The Bahamas’ financial sector” from Russia’s decision to name this nation among “unfriendly” countries opposed to its invasion of Ukraine.
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Paediatric COVID-19 vaccine will arrive on Saturday
Paediatric doses of the COVID-19 vaccine will arrive on Saturday and could be administered in the Bahamas as early as Monday, Minister of Health Dr Michael Darville announced.
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Old Navy Base cove closed till August as clean up continues
THE Old Navy Base cove in Exuma will remain closed until August 10 as workers clean up the remaining diesel from the water and prepare to remove sand for further testing.
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Munroe says 'we accept all criticism' after US trafficking report
NATIONAL Security Minister Wayne Munroe says “we accept all criticism” in response to the latest US Trafficking in Persons Report’s concerns of the country’s prosecution efforts.
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Parks Authority ‘working on contract pay concerns’
MCKELL Bonaby, executive chairman of the Public Parks and Public Beaches Authority, says officials are working to address pay concerns of workers who were contracted to do work for the authority.
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Poultry producer in halt after 3,000 chick deaths
A Bahamian poultry producer last night said it is suspending operations for a “minimum” three-five weeks, and laying-off ten staff, after a cargo bungle saw almost 3,000 of its chicks bake to death at Miami International Airport.
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Payment provider targets 25-30% digital user growth
A Bahamian payments provider yesterday disclosed it is targeting “manageable” annual growth of 25-30 percent in digital wallet users while pledging to do its part in reducing the “fear” surrounding electronic transactions.
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Oil spill ‘greater struggle’ if wind and tide different
FOCOL Holdings’ chairman yesterday conceded that cleaning-up Exuma’s 30,000-gallon oil spill would have been “a much greater struggle” if the wind and tide had taken the slick in a different direction.
