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Govt in talks to import Saudi oil
PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis has started discussions with the Saudi Arabian government on how the country can import fuel from the Middle Eastern country, according to Press Secretary Clint Watson.
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MURDERS UP 63%: Figures also show increase in crimes against the person
THERE was an 18 percent increase in crimes against the person in 2021 compared to 2020, Royal Bahamas Police Force Commissioner Paul Rolle said yesterday.
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Sir Godfrey PLP slight a disgrace
It WAS disgraceful to listen to the PLP in the House of Assembly saying they somehow just forgot to give Sir Godfrey Kelly the honours he deserved in death. I don’t buy their apology. I think it was a deliberate slight.
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National basketball team standouts face off in France’s NM1 League
A PAIR of Bahamian national basketball team standouts faced off In France’s NM1 League.
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UB ladies’ softball team displays strong showing in the inaugural games
PEMPROKE PINES, Florida - The University of The Bahamas women’s softball team dropped the team’s first four games in Mingoes history against The St Thomas University Bobcats and the Florida Memorial University Lions over the weekend.
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Retailers switch to bulk buying in inflation fight
Bahamian retailers yesterday said they are employing bulk buying and various other strategies to mitigate rising inflation and goods prices.
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Consumers urge action to ease inflation’s effect
Consumers yesterday called for the Government to increase the minimum wage and remove VAT from breadbasket items to ease the pain inflicted by inflation-busting price hikes.
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Hatchet Bay gets packing
A Cabinet Minister yesterday said the packing house in Hatchet Bay, Eleuthera, will be re-opening today.
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EDITORIAL: A rush to criticise, but slow to exonerate
YOU may remember the political row surrounding the health travel visa and the selection of payment processing company Kanoo to handle payments for the visa.
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US delivers 32,000 Pfizer doses
THE United States delivered 32,400 Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine doses to The Bahamas yesterday.
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Minimum wage proposals ready for parliament ‘very soon’
IMMIGRATION and Labour Minister Keith Bell said officials anticipate that legislation for a new minimum wage will be ready to present to Parliament “very soon”.
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MARCO Alert final testing ‘in coming weeks’
THE Ministry of National Security in partnership with Bahamas Telecommunications Company yesterday conducted the final testing of the MARCO Alert system, with full rollout of the platform expected “in the coming weeks”.
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Health Travel Visa ‘worked bloody well’
A former tourism minister yesterday asserted that the Auditor General’s findings proved the Health Travel Visa had “worked bloody well”, adding: “There’s not a penny missing.”
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BISX-listed insurer in 37% profit jump
A BISX-listed insurance group yesterday unveiled a 36.8 percent year-over-year profit increase for 2021 as its top executive said it was "time to be cautiously optimistic" after two years of COVID.
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Retailer: Price rises ‘hurting our hearts’
The Retail Grocers Association’s president yesterday warned that many merchants would be “forced out of business” by any move to impose across-the-board controls on their margins.
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Auditor General hails Health Visa’s ‘vision’
The Auditor General’s Office has hailed the Ministry of Tourism’s “vision and implementation” of the Health Travel Visa despite finding multiple concerns over how the scheme was administered.
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‘BAMSI in disrepair’
DESPITE an increase in the budget for the Bahamas Agriculture and Marine Science Institute, certain portions of the facility fell into disrepair, according to Agriculture Minister Clay Sweeting yesterday.
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Pledge summit was UN event, not ours’
FORMER Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis says when people mock the 2020 Hurricane Dorian pledge conference, they are in fact knocking the work of the United Nations Development Programme, not his administration.
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Union puzzled why deal needs Cabinet sign off
THE union representing National Insurance Board employees has renewed calls for the government to finalise its outstanding industrial agreement which it says expired over two years ago.
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Hoopfest in Paradise seeks to bring elite prep basketball programmes to Bahamas
THE Hoopfest in Paradise initiative seeks to bring elite programmes from the American prep basketball circuit to The Bahamas over the upcoming winter holiday.
