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Flat revenues and spending increase see rise in deficit
Flat revenues and a $47m increase in total spending resulted in a near-tripling of the government’s first quarter fiscal deficit year-over-year.
DEADLY CHRISTMAS AS FOUR MURDERED: Police shooting kills another as he ‘attacks officers with cutlass’
THE heartbroken girlfriend of a man killed on Sunday said her two sons were robbed of the precious memory of spending Christmas with their father, with one crying: “Mummy, daddy is dead.”
Christmas Day murder is fourth killing in 48 hours
A MAN was shot dead on Christmas Day in the latest of a series of shootings over the Christmas period that left four people killed in 48 hours, and a fifth man shot dead by police.
Woman accused of stabbings granted bail
A 44-year-old woman was granted $5,000 bail yesterday after she was accused of stabbing two other woman at a bar in the Grove community last week.
DIANE PHILLIPS: When bad things happen to good people
A young man with a college degree, good job, solid marriage and a six-year-old daughter is about to start a gofundme page.
Hitting Gov’t deficit target ‘increasingly complicated’
The Government will find it “increasingly complicated” to hit this year’s 75 percent deficit-slash target, a major global bank has warned, while predicting this will “shift the debate back to tax reform”.
Pratt and Newman national champions
The 2023 Giorgio Baldacci Open National Tennis Championships saw Simone Pratt and Baker Newman claim the championship hardware for the women’s and men’s divisions respectively.
Minister ‘confident’ swimming complex will be ready for CARIFTA
EXCITEMENT is slowly building for the 2024 CARIFTA Aquatics Championships to be hosted in Nassau, Bahamas March 28 to April 7.
Man charged with stealing $5k of cigarettes from shop
A MAN was ordered to pay $5,000 bail after being accused of a shop break-in in Eleuthera that led to the theft of more than $5,000 worth of cigarettes.
Man accused of injuring a man with a sword gets bail
A MAN was granted bail yesterday after he allegedly injured a man with a sword in Nassau Village last week.
URCA proposes 20% expansion in budget
The Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) is for the second consecutive year proposing a major hike in its operating budget via a near-20 percent increase for 2024.
Holiday heartaches for the families of those still missing
THIS Christmas season is anything but merry for families still hoping for the return of their missing relatives. Kyle Carey and Daniel Padilla, Jr, disappeared on May 11 and October 2, respectively.
CARIFTA countdown
The countdown is now officially on for the 2024 CARIFTA Aquatics Championships slated to be held right here on home soil at the Betty Kelly-Kenning Aquatic Centre March 28 to April 7.
ALICIA WALLACE: Christmas is not the same for everyone - share love, kindness and understanding
THE holiday season is one we generally expect to be full of good cheer. Even through their complaints, people happily spend money — often more than they can really afford — on festivities, from decorations and food to gifts and events.
EDITORIAL: Should the name of Nassau’s historic hotel change?
“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell just as sweet.” So says William Shakespeare as Juliet longs for Romeo though finds that it “tis but thy name that is my enemy”.
Commission asset turnover as part of FTX’s settlement
FTX Bahamas’ liquidators have agreed to use “commercially reasonable efforts” to ensure some $426m worth of digital assets held by the Securities Commission are transferred to their US counterparts.
Abaco residents renew water billing complaints
An Abaco resident says she has been hit with a $1,300 Water & Sewerage Corporation bill despite being absent from her property for over three years after it was devastated by Hurricane Dorian.
Gov’ts $544m undershoot on Dorian and COVID-19
The two greatest crises in modern Bahamian history resulted in the Government’s 2019-2020 revenues falling $544.1m short of their target, its leading fiscal watchdog has affirmed.
Focus on cost of living issues
LET me state from the outset that I am a dyed-in-the-wool capitalist. I do not subscribe to the malevolent Marxist school of thought which is diametrically opposed to the Judeo-Christian worldview.
Man charged with stealing scooter and cash granted bail
A MAN was granted bail yesterday after being accused of stealing a man’s scooter and extorting $200 cash from him last week.
