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Another seven families grieve
HEALTH officials yesterday added seven deaths to the tally of overall COVID-19 deaths in the country, bringing the total to 163.
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'New' Rand Memorial Hospital nearly complete
Minister of State for Grand Bahama Kwasi Thompson has indicated that major rebuilding of “a new Rand Memorial Hospital” is nearly completed and should “see some normalcy” by late November.
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Community service order for beating man at gas station
A 26-year-old man who assaulted another man at a local gas station was yesterday ordered to perform 80 hours of community service.
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STATESIDE: A sigh of relief but history will say without COVID Trump would have walked it
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. That sums up America’s great 2020 election about as well as anything.
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Oil opponents to Gov't: 'Come to your senses'
Oil exploration opponents yesterday voiced hope that the "big deal" of support from around 80 international sources would "make the Government come to its senses before it is too late".
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In Japan, Mark St Fort wins, Kadeem Coleby suffers loss
IT was contrasting results for Bahamian professional basketball players Mark St Fort and Kadeem Coleby yesterday as they continued their journey in the regular season of the Japanese B League.
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Atlantis confirms opening is Dec 10
ATLANTIS’ announcement of its re-opening on December 10 has sparked elation among Tourism officials who view it as a light at the end of the tunnel for the rebound of the country’s economy.
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Virgin Galactic plans first New Mexico space launch this month
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Virgin Galactic said last week that it expects to launch its first manned test flight into space from New Mexico this month.
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Kadeem Coleby posts double double for win on birthday
Birthday boy Kadeem Coleby helped the Akita Northern Happinets pick up their second straight victory in two nights over his celebrated weekend against the same team in the Japanese D1 professional basketball league.
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Food stores given weekend choices
Super Value's president last night said the Prime Minister wants "to maintain a certain level of control" over his COVID ease as he revealed food stores were given the choice of which weekend day to open.
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Make COVID-19 ease 'permanent', PM urged
The Prime Minister was last night urged to make his latest COVID-19 relaxation "permanent" after he gave retailers on the brink of closure a last-minute reprieve that may enable their survival.
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In Spain, Lashann Higgs sinks 13 in losing effort
Bahamian guard Lashann Higgs turned in another outstanding performance, but it wasn’t quite enough to lead her Embutidos Pajariel Bembibre PDM women’s professional basketball team to victory in the Spanish League yesterday.
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MP voices support for lockdown of Eleuthera
Central and South Eleuthera MP Hank Johnson voiced support for a total lockdown of the island during a virtual town hall.
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Bahamasair to 'crank up' local services with quarantine end
Bahamasair's chairman yesterday voiced hope it will be able to "crank up" domestic services that are less than one-third of their pre-COVID schedule with the 14-day quarantine's immediate end.'
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Arrival COVID test would have 'cost us competitive advantage'
Resorts on some Family Islands had feared "losing a competitive advantage" had the COVID-19 'upon arrival' test remained in place, a senior Ministry of Tourism official revealed yesterday.
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Atheist Nation
It’s really sad that the Christian community has nothing better to do but to suggest who is or is not an atheist.
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Port chief: Nassau won't see cruise ships till 2021
The cruise lines will resume calling on The Bahamas' major ports in the 2021 first quarter, Nassau Cruise Port's top executive predicted yesterday, while warning: "We won't see anything in 2020."
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Eleuthera bracing for lockdown
AS health officials conduct more COVID-19 testing on Eleuthera, some residents say they have already started preparing for a possible lockdown should the government take that course of action.
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Retailer 'can't afford to take risks blindly' after 80% sales fall
A Bahamian retailer has warned he and others "cannot afford to take blind risks any more" due to the Government's handling of COVID-19, with curb-side restrictions slashing his sales by 80 percent.
