Show advanced options

Select all Clear all

Story

Grand Bahama numbers for sexually transmitted infections see increase

GRAND Bahama is on track to record more sexually transmitted infections this year than in 2022.

Story
Tease photo

As illicit fentanyl is rising experts hope to prevent a crisis in The Bahamas

AS illicit fentanyl use rises in The Bahamas, experts hope to prevent a crisis.

Story
Tease photo

Goombay Summer Festival returns

AFTER a decade-plus hiatus, the Goombay Summer Festival is returning to New Providence.

Story
Tease photo

Fund ‘first’ targeting $100m in five years

A Bahamian investment bank yesterday unveiled ambitions to “make a massive difference” for the economy by growing the country’s ‘first-ever’ private equity fund to $100m within five years.

Story

Food prices to ‘never return to pre-COVID’

The Retail Grocers Association’s president yesterday warned Bahamians that food prices will not return to pre-COVID levels and said: “The cost of operations is increasing all over the world.”

Story
Tease photo

Otto Laing going to Howard University

Carifta gold medallist Otto Laing will be headed to Washington DC to commence his studies and collegiate track career at Howard University.

Story
Tease photo

CFL summer soccer returns every Sunday

THE Capital Football Label (CFL) Summer Soccer Championships are back at the Roscow A L Davies soccer field every Sunday until August 20.

Story

BPL hikes ‘blow up’ Abaco living costs

Abaco business owners yesterday revealed their electricity costs more than doubled in just one month as Bahamas Power & Light’s (BPL) fuel cost recovery strategy consumes an ever-increasing share of corporate cash flows.

Story

Authentic Bahamian goods sales struggle

VENDORS at the Nassau Cruise Port have been having difficulty in promoting and selling authentically Bahamian products, it was asserted during a press conference held by the Trade Union Congress (TUC) yesterday.

Story

Lobster season fears over boat registration fee reform

Bahamian fishermen were yesterday “eagerly awaiting” promised revisions to the over “ten-fold” increases in annual boat registration fees amid fears the reforms will not take effect before lobster season’s August 1 start.

Story
Tease photo

Opposition ‘to hammer’ Gov’t on BPL’s $110m

The Opposition’s leader has pledged to “continue to hammer” the Government over the accounting treatment it is using for the $110m loan advanced to Bahamas Power & Light (BPL) to pay off its fuel arrears.

Story
Tease photo

Bahamas bank’s account seized over $58.5m ‘pig butcher’ scam

A Bahamian financial institution yesterday asserted it “has been proactively co-operating” with a US Secret Service probe that seized its bank account on the basis that $58.465m in fraud proceeds were laundered through it.

Story
Tease photo

$15,000 reward offered to find missing Kyle

TWO months after 20-year-old Kyle Carey went missing, his family still hope for his return.

Story
Tease photo

GARDINER PRODUCES WORLD-LEADING TIME: Wins 400 metre race in Hungary

Steven Gardiner produced the world’s fastest time and lowered his meet record in the process to win the men’s 400 metres at the Gyulai Istvan Memorial in Szekesfehervar, Hungary.

Story
Tease photo

Deandre Ayton ‘thinking about’ playing for the national team

BAHAMIAN professional National Basketball Association (NBA) player Deandre Ayton remains undecided on his decision to play with Team Bahamas at the FIBA Olympic Pre-Qualifying tournament in Argentina.

Story
Tease photo

Anthaya Charlton transfers to Florida

AFTER producing a stellar freshman season for the University of Kentucky Wildcats track and field team, sprinter/long jumper Anthaya Charlton has moved on to the Florida Gators.

Story
Tease photo

Man accused of killing his brother’s murderer denied bail

THE Court of Appeal denied bail to a man accused of killing his brother’s alleged murderer in Exuma last year.

Story
Tease photo

Possession of drugs and guns gets man over two years jail

A MAN was sentenced to two and half years in prison after admitting to owning two guns recovered when police raided his house last weekend.

Story
Tease photo

Man accused of failing to charge monitoring device

A MAN on bail for murder was remanded in custody after allegedly failing to charge his electronic monitoring device (EMD).

Story
Tease photo

Security guard charged for possession of ammunition

A SECURITY officer was granted bail after he was accused of having almost 100 rounds of rifle ammunition in his home last weekend.