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NPSA Best of 5: Hitmen take Game 1
MANAGER Darren Stevens liked what he saw from his C&S Hitmen in game one of their New Providence Softball Association men’s best-of-five championship series at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex on Saturday night.
Sports Notes
THE Government Secondary Schools Sports Association (GSSSA) will begin its 2022/23 sports calendar with softball and baseball on Monday at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex.
Bahamian pro basketball players in Euro spotlight
BAHAMIAN pro basketball players across various leagues in Europe produced season highs in early season play for their new clubs.
Main Street versus Wall Street
ActivTrades
We are living through a phase of divergence between the interests of the real economy and those of investors in the financial markets. What is good for Wall Street is bad for main street, and vice versa. This dissociation between our everyday lives and those of high-flying investors is bad for the reputation of the markets, exacerbating the resentment of those who believe that a global elite is taking everyone else for a ride.
PM to meet with retailers next week
PRESS Secretary Clint Watson confirmed a meeting with retailers and Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis will take place next week.
Request for proposals soon to award contracts for new Grand Bahama hospital
HEALTH and Wellness Minister Dr Michael Darville said Friday a request for proposals to award contracts for the building phase of a new Grand Bahama hospital is coming soon.
Ministry working with PAHO after cholera case
HEALTH and Wellness Minister Dr Michael Darville has assured the public that the Bahamas can handle an outbreak of cholera, should one occur, adding that officials were actively working to implement additional protocols.
Police investigate alleged suicide
POLICE are investigating an alleged suicide in which a male juvenile was the reported victim.
Scheme aims to bring farming into the backyard
AGRICULTURAL Development Organisation has partnered with The Church Commercial Farming Group (TCCFG) to facilitate the backyard farming initiative.
‘Challenge to survive’ even on $260 minimum wage
DESPITE the government raising the country’s minimum wage to $260, some yesterday argued that the challenge to survive remains.
Long Island cruise port build-out to hit $500m
The developer behind the planned Long Island cruise port has committed to employing a workforce that is a minimum 80 percent Bahamian for a project where the total investment could exceed $500m.
NPSA games rained out
GAME one of the New Providence Softball Association’s best-of-five championship series in both the men and ladies divisions got rained out on Thursday night at the Bankers Field at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex.
PM: ‘No concerns’ that businesses won’t cope
PRIME Minister Phillip “Brave” Davis said yesterday he had no concerns about small business longevity in the face of an impending light bill increase and now a newly announced higher minimum wage of $260 a week. Mr Davis said it was a step in the right direction.
Minimum wage rise to hit firms with 'tight margins'
MERCHANTS yesterday said that, while a minimum wage increase is necessary to help ease the cost of living crisis, the increase in payroll expense may force some companies operating on tight margins to lay-off staff.
Innovation hub seeking to boost technology funding
A NEWLY-LAUNCHED innovation hub aims to give Bahamian digital assets and technology entrepreneurs direct access to international financing by forging links with California's Silicon Valley.
NIB unemployed payout drops to $610k monthly
A CABINET minister yesterday said the collective $610,000 per month that the National Insurance Board (NIB) is paying in unemployment benefit is “considerably less” than during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Labour on the Blocks job fair to be held this weekend
OFFICIALS say the upcoming Labour on the Blocks job fair this weekend promises to be the “largest job fair ever”.
Govt has its annus horribilis
This week was the equivalent of that famous quote of Her Majesty - ‘annus horribilis’.
Isaacs and Hanna team up at Lake Eerie Crushers
A PAIR of Bahamian players are set to become teammates in the Frontier League after a series of trades by the Lake Eerie Crushers.
URCA promises ‘active review’ of BPL fuel hike
The energy regulator’s pledge that it has begun “an active review” of the up to 163 percent hike in Bahamas Power & Light’s (BPL) fuel charge was yesterday branded “critical” to its continued credibility.
