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Ed Bethel
And then there were three. On Monday, March 13, the media profession in The Bahamas lost a giant of a journalist and broadcaster, Mr Ed Bethel.
No consumer respite despite inflation ease
As the tide of inflation in The Bahamas seems to be ebbing, it prompts reflection on what this means for the average Bahamian’s wallet.
Bimini casino gains 'double tax break'
Resorts World’s $150 million Bimini expansion project is set to benefit from a ‘double casino tax break’, after the Government permitted it to deduct airport and island infrastructure upgrade costs from these payments.
WORLD VIEW: Cooperation, coercion and capitulation
ON March 12, the Council of the 28-nations European Union (EU) placed 15 small territories on a list of what it calls “non-cooperative jurisdictions”. What the EC considers these territories to be “non-cooperative” about reveals the raw exercise of power by the strong over the weak.
TOUGH CALL: When parliamentary privilege was on the other foot
According to Fred ‘This is War’ Mitchell, he will not be bound by any court of law when it comes to what he considers to be his unqualified right to say and do whatever he pleases in Parliament.
Workshop emphasises need to standardise
By DENISE MAYCOCKFREEPORT – As the Bahamas moves toward adopting national standards, industry stakeholders attended a one-day standardisation workshop in Grand Bahama yesterday.
PM pays tribute to Edmund Moxey
THE late Edmund Moxey espoused ideas and introduced projects that historians will come to view as being way ahead of their time, Prime Minister Perry Christie said during the state funeral for one of the Bahamas cultural icons at the Parish Church of the Most Holy Trinity on Stapleton Gardens yesterday.
Sports in brief
THE New Providence Volleyball Association continued its second playoff series at the DW Davis Gymnasium on Wednesday night as the Johnson’s Cherry Bombs swept the College of the Bahamas Lady Caribs 28-26, 25-17 and 25-22 to win the series 2-0 and advance to the ladies’ championship.
PETER YOUNG: Tumultuous year and passing of a statesman
SINCE this column is mainly about international affairs, it might be appropriate at the beginning of January to attempt a brief broad brush review of the year and offer some thoughts about the coming months in what has become a crisis-ridden world. But I fear that in today’s state of febrile uncertainty it would be hazardous to try to predict even the immediate future.
Genting buys Bimini hotel site for $24.6m
Genting’s BB Entertainment subsidiary is investing $24.6 million to acquire a 6.6 hectare site upon which it is building a new 307-room hotel in Bimini.
WORLD VIEW: The fight for a big bite of Apple’s taxes
Over the last few weeks, a trans-Atlantic war of words has been going on between the US Treasury and the European Union Commission (EC) over what amounts to ‘harmful tax competition’.
Junior Jumpers put their skills to the test
Junior Jumper riders put their skills to the test at the Equestrian Bahamas Jumper Show I at Mariposa Stables on Sunday.
Bianca ‘BB’ Stuart 8th overall in long jump final
GOLD Coast, Australia — Although it wasn’t exactly what she wanted, Bianca ‘BB’ Stuart was still delighted to walk off the field at the Carrara Stadium as an eighth place finisher in the women’s long jump final at the XXI Commonwealth Games.
Sports in brief
THE fourth annual Georgette Rolle Junior Golf Camp is slated to get underway 9am to 2pm today in the Golf Driving Range at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex.
Bianca Stuart jumps into final
GOLD Coast, Australia: All it took was one jump for Bianca 'BB' Stuart to soar her way into the final of the women's long jump at the XXI Commonwealth Games on Wednesday at the Carrara Stadium.
Tributes paid for iconic journalist Ed Bethel
TRIBUTES continued to pour out for veteran journalist Eldred “Ed” Bethel yesterday, with the Free National Movement and Broadcasting Corporation of The Bahamas remembering the media legend.
URCA demands Cable Bahamas pull political ad
THE Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority has ordered Cable Bahamas Limited to immediately cease and desist from broadcasting a political advertisement of Progressive Liberal Party Leader Philip “Brave” Davis that has been showing on its channels.
BAMSI building destroyed in fire to be rebuilt as co-ed dorm
THE fire damaged male dorm at the Bahamas Agriculture and Marine Sciences Institute (BAMSI) in North Andros will be rebuilt as a co-ed structure, Minister of Works Philip “Brave” Davis said yesterday.
Final stage of bidding for cellular licence begins
AFTER a five-month delay, the final phase of the selection process for the country’s second mobile services provider has begun, the Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority announced yesterday.
Four killed in plane crash
THE tragic death of two American couples in a plane crash ripped through the small community of Treasure Cay yesterday.
