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Sailors show out at KPMG Winter Youth Sailing Championship

THE KPMG Winter Youth Sailing Championship was a rousing success over the weekend at the Nassau Yacht Club.

Nation building begins with our children

I WOULD like to share my experience with you and the public about a conversation I had with one of the top inspectors at Physical Planning.

Physical Planning not helpful

I WOULD like to share my experience with you and the public about a conversation I had with one of the top inspectors at Physical Planning.

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THE BTVI STORY: Raising a toast to BTVI

IT WAS a Wednesday evening and Aaryn McKenzie, who is on break from the College of St Benedict made a second visit to the Toastmasters Club at the Bahamas Technical and Vocational Institute (BTVI). She felt compelled to return.

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ALICIA WALLACE: Inclusion is not enough; All women must have access to all rights

International Women’s Day is on March 8 every year, early in Women’s History Month.

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Low-cost, reliable energy ‘must be 150% the focus’

PRIVATE sector executives yesterday urged the Government to drive for “cost competitive, stable” electricity and not be held hostage by Bahamas Power & Light’s (BPL) trade unions over energy reform.

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‘Impeccable’ Heroic timing: $7.1m plant ‘well worth it’

A GRAND Bahama concrete plant’s $7.1m investment is “well worth it” despite exceeding budget given the “impeccable” timing of yesterday’s ready-mix production launch.

Village Road roadworks: ‘Cold’ but fight not over

VILLAGE Road businesses yesterday said that while their battle for roadworks relief and compensation from the Government has gone “cold” they have not gone away or given up the struggle.

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International certification for GBPA department

THE Building and Development Services at the Grand Bahama Port Authority received ISO 9001 certification, a globally recognised standard for quality management.

‘Catching hell’: Air traffic controllers face challenge

BAHAMIAN air traffic controllers have been “catching hell” over system upgrades that were implemented during the weekend, their union president has asserted.

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Supreme Court takes over PharmaChem’s liquidation

The liquidation of PharmaChem Technologies has been placed under the Supreme Court’s supervision due to the company’s massive insolvency, Tribune Business can reveal.

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Miller tells PM ‘hold ya head’ on union uproar over BPL proposal

LESLIE Miller has several words for Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis amid union pushback to potential Bahamas Power and Light reform: “Hold Ya Head.”

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Man testifies he heard police shout ‘stay down’ before shots fired

A MAN said he heard police officers shout “stay down” before gunshots rang out in his Cowpen Road neighbourhood in 2018.

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BVF elections set for noon on Saturday

WHILE Bishop Joseph “Joe Mo” Smith has decided not to seek another term in office because of his church obligations, either the second female or the first referee will be elected to take over as president of the Bahamas Volleyball Federation.

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McPhee-McCuin proud to be named ESPN’s Coach of the Week

GRAND Bahama native Yolett “Coach Yo” McPhee-McCuin has undoubtedly moved the needle for the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) Rebels women’s basketball programme.

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Top KCs hired amid bid to avoid $200m GBPA battle

TWO top attorneys have been hired by the Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) to defend an anticipated $200m demand from the Government amid last-ditch efforts to avoid a legal confrontation.

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Gas dealers: ‘Silence too great’ on margin increase

GAS station operators yesterday said “we cannot wait longer than a week” for the Prime Minister to respond to cries to address their plight, with one asserting: “The silence is too great.”

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URCA rejects Cable’s Starlink ‘level playing field’ push back

REGULATORS yesterday rejected Cable Bahamas’ renewed concerns that it is competing on an “unlevel playing field” against Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite Internet service.

Hotel workers gain ‘tens of millions’ via new deal

HOTEL workers will receive “tens of millions of dollars” in extra financial benefits following yesterday’s signing of the industry’s first industrial agreement for more than a decade.

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BPL ‘requires over $500m’ as Bannister blasts ‘insult’

An ex-deputy prime minister yesterday branded the Government’s handling of Bahamas Power & Light (BPL) reforms “an insult to the Bahamian people” as it emerged the utility’s “financing needs” exceed $500m.