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Minister: Strong turnout by staff
EDUCATION Minister Glenys Hanna Martin said more than 85 percent of teachers showed up to work on Monday “despite being urged to turn off their computers and sit it out”.
Briland: Cruise tourism ‘disaster waiting to happen’
More than 99.4 percent of existing and potential Harbour Island visitors have made it “crystal clear cruise tourism is a disaster waiting to happen” for the destination, a hotelier warned yesterday.
Resorts enjoy 'very good' Easter period
MAJOR Nassau/Paradise Island hotels yesterday reported “very good” business over the Easter weekend, with the Nassau Airport Development Company (NAD) receiving a “welcomed boost” from CARIFTA games.“All terminals were busy with passengers excited to
'Golden Anniversary' celebration today in honour of Sir Durward, Cooke
THE Bahamas Olympic Committee is expected to entertain more than 400 people in the Imperial Ballroom at Atlantis Paradise Island today as they honour Sir Durward ‘Sea Wolf’ Knowles and the late Cecil Cooke 50 years after they won their country’s historic first Olympic gold medal.
21 women named Zonta Living Legends
A group of 21 trailblazing Bahamian women will take their place on Saturday, April 28 amongst the group named Zonta Living Legends. "It is very important that we recognise these ladies because of the significant contri
More than 1,600 evacuees in New Providence shelters
MORE than 1,600 people are in emergency shelters in New Providence, according to the National Emergency Management Agency, as Hurricane Dorian’s decimation forced 4,800 people to be evacuated to the capital.
Rapid tests to replace quarantine from Nov 1
TOURISTS and returning residents will be tested for COVID-19 upon arrival in The Bahamas and again four days later as part of new rules that will take effect on November 1 and eliminate the need for travellers to quarantine.
Sun blazing hot as Jones heads for the playoffs
Jonquel Jones and the Connecticut Sun will enter the WNBA Playoffs as one of the league’s hottest teams.
THE PRESS BOX: 'Defence first mentality' has Lakers firing on all cylinders
WITH a league leading 19-3 record, the Los Angeles Lakers are back in a huge way, the juggernaut of the NBA at the moment. It is head coach Frank Vogel’s defence first mentality that has the Lakers firing on all cylinders. It starts and ends with t
EDITORIAL: Hesitation may be your last regret
OUR country’s hesitation to get vaccinated is coming home to roost – with Princess Margaret Hospital now at full capacity.
Massive drop in drug trade to US
By KHRISNA VIRGIL
Moody's: Fiscal deficits 'double' Gov't estimates
The Bahamas’ fiscal deficits for the two upcoming Budget years will be double what the Government is projecting, with Moody’s branding its consolidation targets as “hard to achieve” due to the weak economy.
Taylor Industries staff gain 33% of severance
Forty-one former staff of now-defunct Taylor Industries will receive just 33 percent of the total termination pay and benefits owed to them in what the company’s liquidator defended as “a relatively positive outcome”.
Bimini: Bahamas 'trades quality for quantity'
A world-renowned dive guru yesterday said the Bahamas was sacrificing “quality for quantity” with its tourism development policies for Bimini, adding that he was “heartbroken” the Court of Appeal had failed to halt Resorts World’s dredging.
Buffalo Bulls run over COB Caribs, 81-67
AFTER two victories in Canada over the weekend, the University at Buffalo men’s basketball team moved its foreign tour south to the Bahamas.
BEC saddled by $86m fuel debt
THE Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) currently owes its major fuel supplier more than $86 million, its executive chairman revealed yesterday, adding that the monopoly energy supplier was paying Shell West excess of $18 million a month “just to keep going”.
Pensive about the global order
As the world is gripped by by Covid-19 pandemic, I find myself pensive about the global political, economic and social order.
‘We’ve flattened the curve’
HEALTH Minister Dr Duane Sands said officials have managed to “flatten the curve” by having a maximum of six COVID-19 cases on any given day, but this does not mean the nation is out of the woods.
‘All hands on deck’ as visa site overwhelmed
A Cabinet minister yesterday revealed it is “all hands on deck” to prevent “a surge” in visitor demand from “overwhelming” the Bahamas’ health travel visa website and deterring potential tourists.
Nassau and Freeport top port ‘scrubbers’
Nassau Cruise Port’s top executive yesterday said “more work is definitely needed” after the Bahamian capital and Freeport were ranked in the world’s top five ports for “washwater pollution” discharges.
