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Bridge leap: Family tells of fight with depression
THE woman who jumped off Paradise Island bridge on Sunday suffered severe depression and was temporarily admitted to Sandilands Rehabilitation Centre for psychiatric care last year, according to her shattered relatives, who wonder what more they could have done to prevent the tragedy.
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Laroda confident despite housing shortage
A YEAR after the Chamber of Commerce president in Abaco warned that the housing shortage remains “extremely acute” on the island post-Dorian, Social Services Minister Myles Laroda said he is confident his ministry will provide housing assistance to shanty town residents facing eviction on the island.
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Court told of 28 wounds in police shooting probe
THE mother of Valentino Pratt, one of three men killed by police in Blair Estates in 2019, gasped as a pathologist described the estimated 28 gunshot wounds her son suffered as the Coroner’s Court inquest into the matter continued yesterday.
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POLICE ‘REFUSED TO GIVE RAPE KIT’: Force disputes claims after sex attack allegation
POLICE yesterday disputed the claims of two American women who alleged in the international press that after they were sexually assaulted in Grand Bahama on Sunday, officers “treated them like criminals” and refused to give them rape kits.
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Giants junior boys win basketball title
Game two was all the St John’s College Giants junior boys and Charles W Saunders senior boys needed last night to sweep their opponents in the Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools (BAISS) best-of-three championship series.
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Bahamas to host CARIFTA Aquatics Championships
THE Bahamas is gearing up to host 30th CARIFTA Aquatics Championships at the Betty Kelly-Kenning Aquatics Centre from March 28 to April 7 and, with nearly a month remaining on the countdown, preparations which include facility repairs, are in full swing.
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Pro boxer Carl Hield looking for his fifth straight victory
BAHAMIAN pro boxer Carl Hield is currently undefeated and will look to keep that feat alive this Saturday against Colombia’s Emilio Julio in Santa Marta, Colombia.
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Mingoes rain down goals on Inter-Nassau FC blues
THE University of the Bahamas men’s soccer team started off very slow against Inter-Nassau FC Blues Sunday in Bahamas Football Association action at The Roscow A.L. Davies Field.
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Man charged for two counts of rape over separate incidents
A 26-year-old man was remanded in custody yesterday after he allegedly sexually assaulted two women in separate incidents in New Providence in the last four months.One of his victims was a Mexican woman he allegedly abducted at knifepoint on Paradise Island, where he sexually abused her in his car.
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Traffic fatality
A MAN was killed in a traffic accident around 6am yesterday.
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BTC appoints new director of legal and government affairs
STEPHEN Coakley-Wells has been appointed Director of Legal & Government Affairs at the Bahamas Telecommunications Company Limited (BTC).
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21-year-old accused of taking car at gunpoint
A 21-year-old man was imprisoned yesterday after he allegedly robbed a man of his car at gunpoint on the Eastern Road in December.
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Two years for having loaded gun
A 37-year-old male was sentenced to two years in prison after he admitted to having a loaded gun in his car on Tonique Williams Darling Highway last week.
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Economics and crime
Thanks again in advance for space to address two issues sure to intersect in ways some of us cannot imagine or desire if we can: Economics and crime!
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19-year-old Aldrich Potgieter makes golf history in Abaco
Aldrich Potgieter, 19, from South Africa, secured victory at the Bahamas Great Abaco Classic, to become the youngest winner in the history of the Korn Ferry Tour.
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DEIDRE BASTIAN: Accept ‘the customer is sometimes wrong’
The expression that the “customer is always right” is central to customer service, but is it always applicable to every situation? While it is essential to prioritise the customer’s satisfaction, it is also important to not waste resources through becoming sidetracked by this goal.
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Pintard: ‘Why did leading finance officials contradict each other?’
The Opposition’s leader yesterday challenged the Prime Minister to explain why The Bahamas’ two top finance officials “would openly contradict each other” over the Government’s recent $500m borrowing.
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Entrepreneur eyes product, manufacturing expansion
A Bahamian manufacturer yesterday confirmed it is aiming to “scale up” and expand after exhausting existing inventory due to high consumer demand.
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Businesses blame COVID, KYC in bank account delay
Bahamian businesses are blaming stringent Know Your Customer (KYC) due diligence rules and the post-COVID hangover for why it takes an average two months to open a corporate bank account.
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ALICIA WALLACE – Communities: People coming together for a common goal
IN a small group discussion earlier this week, someone noted that we use the word “community” very frequently and loosely. It is used in reference to people who intentionally and consistently come together with a particular purpose, and it is used in reference to people who have something in common and are then, in many cases, assumed to be connected through that commonality.
