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Gov’t’s $286m deficit over 50% at half-way
THE GOVERNMENT yesterday revealed that its $285.7m fiscal deficit at the 2022-2023 half-way point was more than 50 percent of that projected for the full-year despite revenue collections increasing by $111.5m year-over-year.
Man accused of sexual abuse of 10-year-old
A 41-YEAR-OLD man was sent to prison yesterday after being accused of sexually abusing a 10-year-old girl earlier this year.
Four men charged with firearm possession
FOUR men were charged yesterday after being accused of driving with a loaded gun in their car early Monday morning.
Dame of CARIFTA Pauline Davis: ‘Come gold with us’
THE 50th CARIFTA Games are six weeks away and the anticipation for this 50th anniversary of the games continues to grow.
NPPPSSA members take advantage of two-day NPVA volleyball seminar
TO ensure that they are abreast of all of the rule changes before they start their volleyball competition, the New Providence Public Primary Schools Sports Association is engaging its members in a two-day seminar with the New Providence Volleyball Association.
ALICIA WALLACE: People and human rights need to be honoured over votes and power
INTERNATIONAL Women’s Day is two weeks away, and the celebration of The Bahamas’ 50th year of independence is 20 weeks away. Whenever there is talk about independence, I think about women’s rights.
Small home repair programme to start with 20 homes on Grand Bahama
REPAIRS are underway on about 20 homes in Grand Bahama and work should start soon on Abaco, according to Executive Chairman of the Disaster Reconstruction Authority Alex Storr.
Former FNM candidate facing legal strike-off
A former FNM election candidate, already ruled a bankrupt, now faces being disbarred from the legal profession over a $192,870 Rum Cay land deal that was plagued by claims of fraud and forgery.
Agriculture ‘status quo’ of Gov’t control must change
The Bahamas “needs a system that works for the farmers and its people”, an agriculture entrepreneur argued yesterday, after the Government rejected outsourcing key industry assets due to concerns over who controls them.
PM meet’s ‘way to defuse’ VAT health claims dispute
The Prime Minister’s Business Round Table with senior corporate executives may have created a pathway for “defusing” the row over the VAT treatment of health insurance claims, one attendee said last night.
Children’s learning disorders
Please allow the publishing of this open letter to the Minister of Education & Culture:
UB Mingoes look to build off experience at Skinner Classic
NORTH MIAMI, Florida - The rebuilding University of The Bahamas men’s basketball team picked up valuable experience at The Skinner Classic over the weekend in North Miami, Florida.
Fidelity ready to ‘put money behind’ bad mortgage cure
Fidelity Bank (Bahamas) stands ready to "put money behind" a properly structured investment vehicle that could cure this nation's housing and distressed mortgage woes, its top executive said yesterday.
Exercise to bring extra Census data
THE Bahamas National Statistical Institute will be conducting a post-enumeration survey where census enumerators will re-enter the field to capture additional data needed to assist in validating and finalising the 2022 Census report.
Certainty and issue of immigration
I have often spoken about the concept of “certainty” and why it is important to the success of any endeavour.
Basic freedoms
I do not agree with Lincoln Bain. With that said, however, I believe it is incumbent upon all of us to defend the right of Lincoln Bain to have a voice in this country.
McPhee-McCuin and Lady Rebels fall short
Coach Yolett McPhee-McCuin and her University of Mississippi Lady Rebels had their chances in regulation on Sunday, but they blew it and lost in overtime as the NCAA top-ranked South Carolina Gamecocks stayed undefeated.
Falcons fly past Saints, 76-49
36TH HUGH CAMPBELL BASKETBALL CLASSIC @ KENDAL ISAACS GYMNASIUM
THE Jordan Prince Williams Falcons, in their first game since losing the Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools’ senior boys title to the Charles W Saunders Cougars, didn’t have any mercy on the Kingsway Academy Saints.
Tour de Turquoise raises a record $165,000 for Exuma
FOR donors who wonder where exactly their dollars go and who they help, in Exuma they only have to look as far as the school bus that proudly bears the name LN Coakley High.
INSIGHT: Wait and see if CARICOM was a success
SO CARICOM came, and CARICOM went – and while there may have been some bumps at the outset, now that it’s all done, what was achieved?