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Straw market vendors face uncertain future
WITH no income coming in due to COVID-19 restrictions, straw vendors say they fear they do not have sufficient food supplies and income to last for the duration of a two-week lockdown as provisions made by the government are not enough.
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We need to stay resolute: PM warns lockdown must continue as another death recorded and cases rising
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis announced the relaxation of lockdown restrictions for southern islands yesterday while disclosing efforts to add an additional 80 beds to the frontline fight against COVID-19.
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Welcome for clarity in awarding government contracts
A local contractor has welcomed the new Public Procurement Draft Bill put forward by the government for consultation believing it would fix the lack of transparency in the government bidding process.
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Air Canada’s pause ‘certainly bad news’
A senior tourism official yesterday said he would have been more “worried” if Air Canada had suspended its weekly Exuma flight for commercial reasons rather than COVID-19.
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Family Island resorts ‘psyched’ on rebound
A senior tourism executive yesterday said Family Island hotels are “pretty psyched” about the upcoming winter season as they remain on track to beat 2021 forecasts by near 20 percentage points.
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Environment legislation
Thank you for giving me space to express my concerns about a situation that is unfolding that is deeply disturbing. I have heard numerous rumours since the new administration has taken over that the 2019 Environmental Planning and Protection Act and the 2020 Biological Resources and Traditional Knowledge Protection and Sustainable Use Act will be repealed.
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Law change to open building inspections
The government is planning to reform construction-related laws so that licensed architects and engineers can approve building works performed by their counterparts, the deputy prime minister has revealed.
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$4.8m seawall close to completion at Smith’s Point
THE $4.8m seawall and road repaving project at Smith’s Point in Grand Bahama is just about finished and residents are eager for the community to be reopened to the public.
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Jonquel cans 16 in Sun's loss to Lynx
JONQUEL Jones posted her second double-digit scoring effort in three games, but her Connecticut Sun lost yet another close finish.Jones finished with 16 points and six rebounds in the Sun’s 80-78 loss to the Minnesota Lynx Tuesday at the Xcel Energy
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Debt gobbles up 27% of Budget
MORE than 27 per cent of the Government’s total recurrent spending in the 2017-2018 Budget is going towards repaying principal or interest on the Bahamas’ $7 billion-plus debt mountain.
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Credit card capability boosts taxi firm 60%
MasterCard is looking to expand its electronic payment offering among Bahamian “non-traditional” merchants, staring with taxi drivers and straw market vendors, yesterday urging them to “get on board” with the technology or “get left behind”.
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Gov’t in sovereign wealth fund plans
The Government’s draft oil exploration legislation contains provisions for the creation of a Bahamian sovereign wealth fund, which would receive all due multi-million dollar royalty payments on any ‘black gold’ under this nation’s water.
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FNM demand for clarity on landfill contract
FNM Leader Dr Hubert Minnis yesterday demanded that the government fully disclose the details surrounding an agreement with Renew Bahamas, a company contracted to manage the city dump, saying the opposition “does not want any closed door bargaining”.
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NPBA: Cybots holf off Caribs 84-81, Athletico tops the Legends 104-95
THE New Providence Basketball Association (NPBA) continued its regular season at the AF Adderley Gym Wednesday night. The Mail Boat Cybots and Athletico Bahamas earned wins in the double header.
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McPhee-McCuin and Ole Miss Rebels top Flyers 63-50
It was a grand homecoming for coach Yolett McPhee- McCuin as her University of Mississippi Rebels ran away with their opening game of the Baha Mar Hoops Pink Flamingo Championship at the Baha Mar resort last night.
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Mingoes hold off fightback
The University of the Bahamas Mingoes led the Leno Regulators by as much as 28 points, but in the fourth quarter of their New Providence Basketball Association’s division one match-up on Friday night, UB almost let the Regulators back in the game.
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Jones and Flame on brink of elimination
Jonquel Jones and her Shanxi Xing Rui Flame are on the brink of elimination and face an early deficit in the Women’s Chinese Basketball Association Finals.The Flame dropped the first two games of the series to the top seeded Beijing Great Wall as the
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TOP JUNIOR GOLFERS IN NATIONALS SPOTLIGHT
THE top junior golfers in the country vied for national title honours and the top spots in the Bahamas Golf Federation’s Junior Division.
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Bahamian connection, Knights capture the Tip-Off Challenge
THE Niagara Knights men’s basketball programme got off to a successful start in exhibition play to set the tone for a promising 2017-18 campaign.With several Bahamian players on its roster for another season, the Knights captured the Dave Stewart Tip
