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Cruise port hits 97% end-May occupancy
Passenger occupancies on vessels calling at Nassau Cruise Port in the final week of May exceeded 97 percent, it was revealed yesterday, signalling the sector is closing on full recovery from COVID-19’s ravages.
Budget’s housing focus can be ‘windfall catalyst’
The Budget’s focus on stimulating home ownership “could be the catalyst that triggers an economic windfall” by boosting investor confidence in the wider economy, the Bahamian Contractors Association’s (BCA) president believes.
DOMES USED AS ‘BROTHELS’: Officials probing new claims of illicit use of emergency housing
GOVERNMENT officials are investigating reports that emergency dome houses on Abaco are being used as brothels.
Bahamian blood on US Second Amendment
Prime Minister Philip Brave Davis’ startling claim that 90 percent of confiscated guns used in murders in this country have been traced to American manufacturers and firearm retailers suggests to this writer that the 2nd Amendment to the US Constitution is stained with Bahamian blood.
Sprint hurdler Charlton clocks season’s best time
Sprint hurdler Devynne Charlton continues her season of milestones with another new season’s best time.
Isaacs Jr and Seymour offensive leaders
ANFERNEE Seymour and Todd Isaacs Jr have had productive starts to their seasons in independent baseball leagues and have emerged among early offensive leaders for their respective clubs.
‘We’re working with U.S. to track illegal firearms’
Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis said yesterday he is working with the United States on tracking firearms that enter into the country illegally but they still “need to do more”.
Police Commissioner Rolle to leave office on July 5
POLICE Commissioner Paul Rolle confirmed yesterday that he is demitting office on July 5, after months of speculation on the date.
Cable in $169m refinance amid return to profitability
Cable Bahamas yesterday unveiled plans to refinance $169m in preference share debt, and slash annual interest payments by $500,000, after generating its first quarterly net profit for several years.
Sands beer’s tax advantage threatened in Budget reform
Budget reforms designed to brew “a level playing field” among Bahamian beer manufacturers are threatening to cost one Grand Bahama producer the tax advantage it has long enjoyed over its BISX-listed rival.
‘Fantastic’ food tariff cuts won’t fully offset inflation
The Budget’s tariff cuts “can’t compensate” fully for the 20 percent increase in food prices since late 2021, Super Value’s principal said yesterday, although they may cover “half of what was lost” by the return of breadbasket VAT.
Ex-BACO president in ‘non-compete’ dispute
A past Bahamas Association of Compliance Officers (BACO) president was yesterday said to be free to “engage in her profession” after a Florida appeals court refused to extend a non-compete injunction relating to a two-year legal battle.
DOMES FOR RENT: Emergency homes in Abaco have been secretly rented out
DISASTER Reconstruction Authority executive chairman Alex Storr said investigations launched on the dome project on Abaco, initiated by the previous government administration, found some residents were renting the temporary housing structures for monetary gain.
18 months in jail over 9mm pistol
A MAN was sentenced to 18 months in prison yesterday for firearms and ammunition offences.
Demeritte named men’s track and field coach of the year
An historic season for the Life University Track and Field programme yielded another accolade for head coach Dominic Demeritte.
HomeTown Lender new Bahamas Bowl sponsor
COLLEGE FOOTBALL BOWL SEASON BEGINS IN THE BAHAMAS ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16
NASSAU, Bahamas – Bowl Season will begin in the Bahamas this year as the longest-running international bowl game in college football history, the HomeTown Lenders Bahamas Bowl, will be played Friday, December 16 at 11:30 am ET.
Paul Greene commits to Chipola College
PAUL Greene is set to transfer to a Junior College basketball powerhouse for the next step in his academic and athletic career.
Lewis homers, Fernander returns to Double A
MIAMI Marlins prospect Ian Lewis continues his momentum from his hot start to the season in Single A while Detroit Tigers prospect Chavez Fernander made a return to Double A.
At last, faith in regionalism reignited by the crisis upon us
THE “Agri-Investment Forum”, held in Guyana from 19 to 21 May, was arguably the most successful engagement by CARICOM leaders in the last 15 years.
THE KDK REPORT: This new horizon
WELL-KNOWN for its beautiful beaches and world-class museums, Niteroi is a city in the southeast region of Brazil, facing Rio de Janeiro and just across from Guanabara Bay. It is also the birthplace of one of my patients, who like so many others, has had to overcome more than her fair share of challenges.
