All results / Stories

Tease photo

$3m marijuana haul discovered

DRUG Enforcement Unit officers discovered $3m worth of marijuana near the Ragged Island chain of cays last week.

Bahamians being kept in dark about government’s NHI plans

IN his budget address in the House of Assembly on May 27 this year, Prime Minister Christie announced that his government planned to introduce its National Health Insurance plan on January 1, 2016.

Project to unlock handicraft sector being squandered

An award-winning electronic platform intended to unlock $6 million in annual sales for Bahamian indigenous “treasure” is in danger of being squandered, its key architect has warned.

‘Full steam ahead’ on $30m project relaunch

Construction on a ‘relaunched’ $30 million Cable Beach development is “moving full steam ahead”, its principal disclosing that 150 workers will be employed at the project’s peak.

Tease photo

Stung, tired and in hospital - but swimmer sets world record

ULTRA-marathon Australian swimmer Chloe McCardel carved her name into the history books early yesterday by swimming almost 80 miles unassisted from the southern tip of Eleuthera to New Providence – but spent the day in hospital as a result of severe jellyfish stings.

Expert warns fraud is common in the Bahamas

A certified Bahamian fraud examiner said fraud is common in the Bahamas and that people are finding ways to come up with more “complex and diversified” fraudulent schemes.

BPL to raise $100m in fiscal 2017-2018

Bahamas Power & Light (BPL) plans to raise $100 million in new debt financing during the 2017-2018 fiscal year, it was revealed yesterday, and is working on a new tariff structure and customer debt forgiveness.

Tease photo

Port chief eyeing Abaco power cable connection

The Grand Bahama Port Authority’s (GBPA) president yesterday suggested running an electricity cable between his island and Abaco as a way to “stabilise” electricity costs and bring rates down.

Tease photo

BGDBA Playoffs: Panthers lead 2-1 in series, Cybots remain undefeated

THE Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture (MOYSC) Panthers and Bain and Grants Town Cybots are heating up in round two of the Bahamas Government Departmental Basketball Association (BGDBA) playoffs.

Tease photo

Just one SOE ‘can throw everything’

The Government yesterday unveiled policies to govern a near-$800m portfolio of loans and guarantees to state-owned entities, a senior official saying: “One transaction could throw everything awry.”

Tease photo

Bahamas among most exposed to Ukraine war

The Bahamas must brace for multiple economic “uncertainties” over the next 12-18 months, a governance reformer warned yesterday, after it was named among the eight Western Hemisphere states most vulnerable to the Ukraine war.

Tease photo

GB Power findings dismissed as ‘fluff’

A well-known retailer locked in a Supreme Court battle with the Grand Bahama Power Company (GBPC) yesterday dismissed the report on its metering/billing practices as “fluff” and a whitewash, although he and the island’s major industrial players would accept a one-third reduction in electricity rates.

Tease photo

Robinson wins Bahamas Professional Golf Association’s Korn Ferry Qualifier

BOOKS ANOTHER TRIP TO THE GREAT EXUMA CLASSIC

DEVAUGHN Robinson booked another trip to the Great Exuma Classic by winning the Bahamas Professional Golf Association’s Korn Ferry Qualifier by five strokes on Monday at the Ocean Club Golf Course on Paradise Island.

Tease photo

Symonette and Speaker clash

HOUSE Speaker Halson Moultrie’s advocacy for greater parliamentary independence sparked a tense exchange in the House of Assembly yesterday involving St Anne’s MP Brent Symonette, who suggested Speaker Moultrie impinged on his independence by directing him to support his agenda.

Tease photo

Oil spotted in ocean off Abaco

OIL has been spotted in the ocean near Abaco and may have impacted parts of the coastline, days after an oil spill occurred in Grand Bahama.Equinor, which operates the South Riding Point storage and transshipment terminal in Grand Bahama, said the so

Marinas: 'Comeback' swift despite 70% market loss

The Marina Association of The Bahamas (MAB) president yesterday voiced optimism the sector will see a swifter "comeback" than other tourism segments despite missing 70 percent of its market.

Tease photo

Breanna slipped twice - then they attacked

A 14-year-old boy yesterday testified how a car full of girls nearly ran him over in their haste to ultimately stab and beat to death teenage mother Breanna Mackey over an $80 cell phone last year.

Tease photo

‘Highly probable’ most of $900m tax debts seized

The Ministry of Finance’s top official yesterday said the Large Taxpayer Unit is “just the start” of major reforms as he revealed it is “highly probable” much of $900m in past due taxes will be collected.

Tease photo

Bank fee moans? It’s your ‘own damn fault’

The Central Bank’s top inspector yesterday said he had little sympathy for those complaining about bank fees since it was their “own damn fault if they are too lazy to switch” to online banking.

Tease photo

WORLD VIEW: Rethink full membership of CARICOM to make it effective

Almost 80 years ago, Jamaica’s Norman Manley asked a question that has been echoing throughout the 12 independent English-Speaking Caribbean countries that form the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).