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Disney unveils hiring plans for Eleuthera
DISNEY Cruise Line is set to hire 170 full-time Bahamian staff from September 20223 onwards after "more than tripling" the projected number of initial employees.
BGF NATIONAL SCHOOLS GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS: Poitier sisters dominate
Sisters Zaire, Zion and Zeden Poitier teamed up as the Poitier Golf Home School to dominate the Lower Primary Girls division of the Bahamas Golf Federation’s Junior Division’s National Schools Golf Championships.
GSSSA PLAYOFFS: Knights and Stingrays senior girls advance to championships
THE C R Walker Knights and C V Bethel Stingrays will face off in the Government Secondary Schools Sports Association (GSSSA) senior girls volleyball championships.
Primary school track and field returns
THE 43rd edition of the public primary school track and field championships is set to return to the old Thomas A Robinson stadium after a two-year hiatus.
STATESIDE: Politicians need to recognise when it is time for them to leave the stage
WHAT do Diane Feinstein, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, George Santos and Clarence Thomas have in common?
FRONT PORCH: How long will government drag their feet in granting protection to women?
“Any government’s failure to criminalise marital rape effectively condones and enables the existence of a domestic space within a marriage where sexual violence is permitted. The married woman is, in effect, abandoned with no legal protection.” - Marion Bethel
‘Cooling off’: High-end real estate sales drop 20-25%
A Bahamian realtor yesterday disclosed that high-end sales volumes “cooled” by 20-25 percent during the 2023 first quarter following a “record-shattering” year for single-family home prices on several islands.
Contractors fear return to Act ‘drawing board’
The Bahamian Contractors Association’s (BCA) president yesterday said the industry is “absolutely not enthused at all” over signs that the Government may “go back to the drawing board” on legislation to regulate it.
Sir Franklyn hails golf tie-up as ‘world first’
An Eleuthera-based resort community’s principal developer yesterday hailed its “world first” in being able to offer two golf courses separately designed and branded by some of the sport’s biggest names.
GB residents ‘up in arms’ over water hike process
The Government “must act now” and directly intervene to prevent the Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) “regulating itself” over imminent water rate hikes, the Opposition’s finance spokesman charged yesterday.
Sharks, Lions advance to junior girls’ volleyball championships
The Government Secondary Schools Sports Association (GSSSA) junior girls’ volleyball playoffs got underway yesterday at the CI Gibson Gymnasium.
Eva Hilton Primary wins all team divisions for third year in a row
BGF National High School Golf Championships - day 3
DAY three of the Bahamas Golf Federation’s (BGF) National High School Golf Championships wrapped up yesterday in the Driving Range of the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex.
PI ‘cannot bear pressures’ of Royal Caribbean project
A former Bahamas National Trust (BNT) executive director yesterday voiced concerns that Royal Caribbean’s Paradise Island project “cannot bear the environmental pressures of what is being proposed”.
'Not out of the woods' despite consecutive Budget surpluses
The Government cannot interpret two consecutive monthly Budget surpluses "as a sign we are out of the woods", its top finance official warned last night.
BISX-listed insurer's $6.5m from Deltec's Ansbacher buy
A BISX-listed insurer is due to ultimately receive just over $6.5m from last year's sale of Ansbacher (Bahamas) to Deltec Bank & Trust.
Petroleum retailers told: 'Keep the faith'
Bahamian gas station operators were yesterday urged to "keep the faith" amid ongoing talks over the Government's latest proposal to address the wider petroleum industry's structural woes.
Bahamas 'caught behind 8 ball' on airport upgrades
The deputy prime minister yesterday admitted that The Bahamas has "gotten caught behind the eight ball" over the need to upgrade its airport infrastructure with discussions now also focusing on expanding the country's main gateway.
Atlantis: Royal Caribbean ‘packing a lot’ into PI club
Atlantis yesterday said it has not been swayed by Royal Caribbean’s pledge to hit an environmental “gold standard” as the cruise giant is “packing a lot of people” into its Paradise Island beach club’s 17 acres.
Murder sees 22 percent decline in first quarter
THE murder rate dropped by more than a fifth in the first quarter of 2023 compared to the same period last year, according to Police Commissioner Clayton Fernander.
Kevin Major Jr wins 3rd straight tournament
For the third time this year, rising tennis star Kevin ‘KJ’ Major hoisted a championship trophy.
