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Mullings: ‘I was happy with my performance’
Ken Mullings will probably not forget his golden opportunity to get on the podium at the World Indoor Championships in Glasgow, Scotland, on Sunday.
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Minister Bowleg congratulates Devynne Charlton
MINISTER of Youth, Sports and Culture Mario Bowleg congratulated Devynne Charlton on her second record breaking performance and gold medal feat at the World Indoor Championships in Glasgow, Scotland on Sunday.
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Gavin McKinney completes sail from Exuma to Nassau
GAVIN McKinney was hoping for much better conditions, but he still managed to complete his daring fundraising sail from Exuma to Nassau in a 14-foot Laser boat in just over eight hours yesterday.
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Kacy Lyn Smith ‘powers up’ in the junior jumping ranks
KACY Lyn Smith continues to power up through the junior jumping ranks on her way to her ultimate goal - a return to the FEI North American Youth Jumping Championships, representing The Bahamas.
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BLTA fields two more teams for international competition
ON the heels of the junior Davis Cup and Billie Jean King Cup teams, the Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association has fielded two more teams for international competition.
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INSIGHT: The geographic and economic roots of our crime problem
ALL people are created equal in the sight of our maker; equal in dignity and value. This is an unquestioned value espoused by most of western society and often enshrined in the constitution.
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INSIGHT: Promise of Haiti election good - if it can happen
IS Haiti finally seeing some progress? The news that Prime Minister Ariel Henry has agreed to hold general elections is either a positive sign – or a concession to pressure at both home and abroad.
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EDITORIAL: More details needed for proposed PPP with BPL
IT did not take long for the word BaTelCo to come up after word began to spread of a shake-up of Bahamas Power and Light.
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Ministry of Works investigates new shanty buildings on Gladstone Road
THE Ministry of Works is investigating a developing shanty town in Gladstone Road, according to building control officer Craig Delancy.
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BPL workers: We feel betrayed
BAHAMAS Electrical Workers Union (BEWU) president Kyle Wilson said employees at Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) have given “an outright NO” to the impending private public partnership (PPP) agreements for the utility company.
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Pintard on BPL: ‘How in the hell did we get to this point?
OPPOSITION leader Michael Pintard said the government’s potential granting of private public partnerships (PPPs) for the generation and transmission and distribution at Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) “appears to be privatisation”.
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Condo development denied by Department of Physical Planning
PLANS for the Neveah Group Enterprises’ Palazzo Vista Del Mar project - to be located on a 21,000 square foot site south of Da Plantation Bar and Grill off West Bay Street - were shot down by physical planning officials who considered the project to be an “over-development” of the site.
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Bank signs agreement to back equality project
THE Bahamas Development Bank (BDB) and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations (UN) signed an agreement aimed at advancing the Joint Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Fund’s Building Back Equal project.
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PM says there is ‘some misinterpretation of allocation of funds’ for $100k travel expenses
PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis said criticism of how his administration used $100,000 in travel expenses before last year’s by-election was the result of “some misinterpretation of allocation of funds”.
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FEARS OF BPL PRIVATISATION: Unions and FNM raise concerns at possible PPP deals
CONFLICT looms over the future of Bahamas Power and Light as Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis vows reforms and the head of the Bahamas Electrical Workers Union (BEWU) pledges resistance.
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Davis: Cabinet still considering amendments to Nationality Act
AS many mark March as Women’s Month, it remains unclear when the Davis administration will amend the law to equalise citizenship access for men and women, although Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis said yesterday that Cabinet is reviewing amendments from the Office of the Attorney General.
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After unprecedented murder numbers in January, rate slows in February
AFTER an unprecedented start to the year, the murder rate dropped significantly last month, though the country still recorded 29 per cent more killings than it did in February 2023.
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A $200k helping hand from Atlantis
ATLANTIS and its partners donated over $200,000 to five non-profit organisations yesterday as the resort continued to celebrate last year’s 25th anniversary of its opening.
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Devynne Charlton breaks her own world record in the 60 metre hurdles
WORLD ATHLETICS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
DEVYNNE Charlton lowered her co-women's 60 metres hurdles world record with a gold medal on Sunday to lead the six-member Bahamian team at the World Indoor Championships in Glasgow, Scotland.
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Rashield Williams wins the National Boxing Association Welterweight Title
RASHIELD “Raw” Williams moved into another realm of his young professional boxing career, winning the National Boxing Association welterweight title on Saturday night in Tampa, Florida.
