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Boat registration hikes ‘life and death matter’

The Opposition’s finance spokesman yesterday blasted the “cruel” magnitude of the boat registration fee hikes which he branded “a matter of life and death” for his constituency’s subsistence fishermen.

BPSU vote results are not ratified

THE registrar of trade unions declined to certify the results of the Bahamas Public Services Union (BPSU) election after investigating complaints about irregularities, according to Labour director Howard Thompson.

Cobras rout Pacers 80-39

The CC Sweeting Cobras senior boys’ basketball team, fresh off their semifinal appearance in the Providence Basketball Club’s Yuletide Classic, made mince meat of the well-rested RM Bailey Pacers.

Four men charged over $2.9m worth of marijuana

FOUR MEN were granted bail yesterday after they were allegedly found with $2.9m worth of marijuana off the coast of Ragged Island last week.

Man charged with assault with shotgun granted bail

A MAN was granted $5,000 bail after he allegedly assaulted someone with a shotgun on New Year’s Day.

$3m co-working facility 30% booked at launch

A newly-launched western New Providence co-working space was 30 percent booked when it opened on Wednesday, its principal told Tribune Business.

PM spokesman defends $2 tourism expansion

The Prime Minister’s spokesman last night said the $2 levy all Bahamian travellers must now pay will be used to finance further development of this nation’s tourism product for the benefit of all.

Ex-BREA chief: ‘Middle class are not feeling this prosperity’

A two-time Bahamas Real Estate Association (BREA) chief is urging banks to cut the down payment demanded from all home buyers to 5 percent, as he warned: “The middle class aren’t feeling this prosperity.”

Melia middle managers’ dismissal claim survives

A wrongful dismissal claim by 50 middle managers at the former Melia Nassau Beach Resort has been permitted to survive “so that justice may not only be done but be seen to be done”.

Central Bank ease ‘won’t open mortgage avenue’

The Central Bank’s recently-unveiled regulatory easing is unlikely to “open up a new avenue of mortgages” being issued to Bahamian home buyers, a senior banker said yesterday.

KILLED CATCHING RIDE TO WORK: Two murdered in broad daylight

CHATERE Wells was just a friend catching a ride to work when she was murdered yesterday.

Sporting leaders’ sneak preview for year 2024

As the sporting bodies prepare for the 2024 season, leaders of various local associations and federations expressed their views on what they anticipate to do in their respective disciplines.

Are we really the best little nation?

Over Christmas we heard again the saying ‘We, The Bahamas, is the best little country in the world’!

Restaurant hosts murder mystery-themed dinner

An expanding high-end restaurant yesterday unveiled more entertainment with its dining options through the ‘Jazz to Kill’ murder mystery-themed dinner.

Ex-environment chief 'grasping at straws'

The Bahamas' former top environmental regulator was "grasping at straws" with his last-ditch bid to prevent the $4.85m seizure of his Shirley Street gas station by the Bank of The Bahamas' bail-out vehicle.

AG: Sam Bankman-Fried prosecutors ‘rather misleading’ over second trial

The Attorney General yesterday branded the US explanation for not proceeding with Sam Bankman-Fried’s second trial as “rather misleading” since prosecutors knew the FTX chief’s Bahamas action is still live.

Minister Bowleg looking forward to the new year

AS the new year unfolds, Minister Mario Bowleg has some bright ideas for the further development of his tripart Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture in the Commonwealth of the Bahamas.

2024 is the year of anticipation

Those of us who are reading this submission are blessed and highly favoured. We made it into a brand New Year. Had it not been for The Lord, many of us would not be here right now. Many of our fellow Bahamians have; by natural death; debilitating illness; suicide or a violent demise gone across the Jordan. Those of us who yet remain, have much to be thankful for and I daresay that we have great anticipations.

Man accused of stabbing 50 year-old man in the head remanded until trial

A MAN was remanded to prison yesterday after he allegedly fatally stabbed a 50-year-old man in the head on Finlayson Street last week.

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.

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