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Sir Franklyn hails golf tie-up as ‘world first’
An Eleuthera-based resort community’s principal developer yesterday hailed its “world first” in being able to offer two golf courses separately designed and branded by some of the sport’s biggest names.
Petroleum retailers told: 'Keep the faith'
Bahamian gas station operators were yesterday urged to "keep the faith" amid ongoing talks over the Government's latest proposal to address the wider petroleum industry's structural woes.
Family Islands: Half beat 110% pre-COVID target
Half the Family Islands boast hotels already beating forecasts that they will post room revenues equivalent to 110 percent of pre-COVID levels in 2023, it was revealed yesterday.
Europe’s ‘retreat’ outpaces Latin growth for Bahamas
The Bahamian international banking sector is still contracting because the “retreat” of European assets is “outpacing” new growth from Latin America, the Central Bank’s governor has affirmed.
NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS: Windsor Academy wins three titles
Jaden Ward led a clean sweep of the top five positions in the senior boys’ division as Windsor Academy put a cap on another successful showing in the Bahamas Golf Federation’s National High School Golf Championships yesterday in the Driving Range at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex.
‘Someone did some thinking’: Petroleum competition push
Petroleum retailers and wholesalers are studying “significant new ideas” proposed by the Government to foster greater competition - “but not at the expense of consumers” - in a bid to resolve the industry’s structural woes.
Giants crowned champions again
THE Commonwealth Bank and Your Essential Store Giants were crowned champions once again this year.
National Basketball Championships begin
The return of the Bahamas Basketball Federation’s National Basketball Championships saw the New Providence champions Giants produce mixed results as competition in the weekend tournament got underway at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium.
Ten couriers blocked amid $193m VAT arrears worry
Ten courier companies recently saw Customs temporarily halt clearance of their clients' imports, the Government's top tax official revealed yesterday, as part of a drive to recover $193m in total VAT arrears.
Responsibility allowance up by 58 percent
SENIOR public servants have collectively received a 58 per cent increase in responsibility allowance.
Work permit violations found on work site
IMMIGRATION Minister Keith Bell said a special operation in a “high-end gated community” in eastern New Providence found that foreign workers outnumbered Bahamian construction workers three to one, breaking the rules.
Foreign workers 'manipulating system'; cost Gov't thousands
The Government is losing thousands of dollars in fee income because foreign construction workers and their sponsors "have figured out how to manipulate the system", the Bahamian Contractors Association (BCA) chief said yesterday.
Civil registry's online return eliminates 'terrible handicap'
Attorneys and realtors yesterday hailed the civil registry's online restoration for eliminating "a terrible handicap" that had created a "go slow" for title searches and real estate transactions.
Man gets 4 years for unlawful sex with 13-year-old girl
A MAN convicted of having unlawful sex with a 13-year-old girl has been sentenced to four years in prison.
PETER YOUNG: Pacific pact more than just a trade deal
IN last week’s column about Britain’s accession on March 31 to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership – three years after the nation officially withdrew from the European Union -- I mentioned the need to follow up today with comment on the geopolitical aspects.
EDITORIAL: Ruling on unlawful detention a step in the right direction
THE Privy Council’s recent ruling in the Ngumi case vindicated what human rights defenders have been saying for years: The Bahamas Department of Immigration is not above the law. Immigration, just like the police, cannot hold people indefinitely but rather only up to 48 hours before bringing them to court, lawfully deporting them, or re-establishing their liberty.
FIVE-PEAT: Bahamas CARIFTA swimming champions
The Bahamas’ 36-member team to the CARIFTA Swim Championships in Curacao returned home with their fifth consecutive championship title and a pair of recordbreaking performances from two of the four co-team captains Rhanishka Gibbs and Nigel Forbes.
Bahamas dominates at CARIFTA Swim Championships.
THE 36-member Bahamas team will be bringing its fifth consecutive title back home from the CARIFTA Swim Championships.
Man facing murder charges accused of thefts, breaching bail
A MAN facing two pending murder charges was denied bail in court on Thursday after being accused of a series of thefts and breaching his bail.
STATESIDE: Even after Trump’s indictment little has changed on the political landscape
THIS morning, the 2024 American presidential election is almost exactly 19 months away. Is all the suspense already gone?
