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Call for curfew in hot spots to tackle crime
NOTED psychiatrist Dr David Allen has called for a curfew in crime hot spots and urged the government to bring in law enforcement officers from overseas to help combat the crime problem.
$18.8m credit shrink exposes weakness
Persistent private sector and consumer weakness was further exposed by July’s $18.8m credit contraction, with total banking sector loan arrears also slightly increasing to $835mThe Central Bank, in its July economic update, said: “Private sector cred
U SPORTS final 8: Wilson, Burrows and Tigers win silver
AN historic season for Jordan Wilson, Shamar Burrows and the Dalhousie Tigers ended just short of their ultimate goal, but finished as the second ranked team in all of Canadian collegiate basketball. The Tigers finished with the silver medal at the
Baha Mar on target for opening date
BAHA Mar is still expected to meet its targeted December 2014 opening, the resort’s Chief Marketing Officer, Denise Godreau, said yesterday.
Conquerors, Crimestoppers pull off victories in NPBA
THE Police Crimestoppers and the Woodside Petroleum Conquerors both pulled off victories Tuesday night as the New Providence Basketball Association continued its regular season at CI Gibson Gym.
Miller and Aggies get 84-73 win over Cleare and Longhorns, into Battle 4 Atlantis semis
SHAQUILLE Cleare had the better individual performance, but it was Tavario Miller and the No.25 ranked Texas A&M Aggies who came away with the win to advance to the Battle 4 Atlantis semi-final.
Ministry adviser slams 'ridiculous' Institute VAT study
A leading Ministry of Finance consultant yesterday blasted the Nassau Institute’s Value-Added Tax (VAT) study as “one of the most extreme, ridiculous and exaggerated” reports he had ever seen.
Buddy Hield and Sooners into 'Sweet 16'
ONE of the most popular sporting events in America, the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship tipped off with several Bahamian players figuring prominently in the first two rounds.
Firearms task force ‘to create safer Bahamas’
PRIME Minister Philip Davis said the success of a firearms task force will make fighting illegal weapons more likely by providing a coordinated and comprehensive approach to the problem.
Labour ‘limits employer tricks’
A top official yesterday said the Department of Labour had “significantly limited the tricks” used by employers to deny Bahamians jobs in preference to foreigners, slamming some tourism and financial services work permit applications as “ridiculous”.
Two Breanna accused stay silent
TWO women opted to remain silent yesterday to allegations that two years ago they murdered teenage mother Breanna Mackey in an argument over an $80 smartphone.
GB Power secures ‘best solar rate in Caribbean’
Grand Bahama Power Company believes it has obtained “the best rate in the Caribbean” with its first solar energy deal with an independent provider, its top executive has revealed.
Businesses blast Grand Bahama Power fuel charge hike
GRAND Bahama Power Company’s (GBPC) impending fuel charge increase was yesterday branded “disgraceful” by one businessman although the move came as little surprise.
THE PRESS BOX: In the NFL, it's the battle of wounded knee in the Big 'D'
DALLAS Cowboys wide receiver Amari Cooper underwent an MRI on his injured knee Wednesday and missed practice yesterday, according to Michael Gehlken of the Dallas Morning News. The NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport also added that the MRI was precautionary
Island Luck launches self starter grant funding programme
ISLAND Luck, the country's largest webshop chain, officially launched its new self starter grant funding programme, OWN Bahamas, at the British Colonial Hilton Hotel on Thursday night.
Three-year ‘action plans’ to achieve energy objectives
The Government’s newly-released National Energy Policy aims to implement a series of three-year “action plans” to take it towards its goal of having 30 per cent of the Bahamas’ energy needs generated by renewable sources come 2013.
PI project's $40m 'Cinderella story'
The developer of Paradise Island’s One Ocean condominium project believes it has achieved “the closest thing to a Cinderella story”, having generated $40 million in sales in under a year.The 10-storey property at the eastern end of Paradise Island ha
‘Headroom for growth’: Tourism forecast to hit regional average
A senior hotelier yesterday said The Bahamas “still has some headroom for tourism growth” post-COVID amid forecasts its annual expansion rate will merely match the Caribbean average for the next decade.
QC slams selection of Bimini as ‘model PPP’
An outspoken QC has slammed the selection of Bimini as a model tourism public-private partnership (PPP), arguing that the Resorts World project was “completely divorced from a harmonious relationship” with local Bahamians.
Baha Mar ‘not too far gone’ for arbitration
The $3.5 billion Baha Mar dispute is “not so far gone” that professional arbitration will be unable to resolve it, the Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and Employers Confederation’s (BCCEC) chief executive yesterday arguing that such intervention was becoming more urgent by the day.
