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‘Sooner the better’ over BPL base rate increase
Bahamas Power & Light’s (BPL) chief executive yesterday warned the utility’s base tariff rate must ultimately increase to offset “diminished returns”, adding: “The sooner, the better.”
Roots wants Junkanoo judging change
MEMBERS of The Roots have called for the “abolition” of Junkanoo’s “flawed” judging system, adding it is overdue to be changed.
Bahamas requires $16bn economy ‘to make sense’
The Bahamas must grow its economy to $16bn, expanding its size by around one-third, if its future is “to make sense” in the absence of government austerity, a governance reformer urged yesterday.
NPBA: Giants and DDL in win column
THE defending champions Discount Distributors Liquors and runners-up Commonwealth Bank Giants both pulled off victories over the weekend to highlight the men’s division one play in the New Providence Basketball Association.
DIANE PHILLIPS: Thanks, Eric Carey, you took the elitism out of the Bahamas National Trust and made it ours
WHEN Eric Carey said a final formal farewell to the Bahamas National Trust at the end of December, he left an organization that belonged to the people.
One Eleuthera Foundation: Food for thought about food sustainability in The Bahamas
I recently came across a document that I wrote in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic when the world was in turmoil due to lockdowns and many of the distributions systems that we took for granted for many years were shutting down.
FTX’s Bahamian customers financed SBF’s $546m deal
FTX’s Bahamian subsidiary, and its customers/investors, were yesterday said to have unwittingly helped finance a $546m investment by Sam Bankman-Fried that has now been seized by US federal authorities.
‘NPBA action is fantastic’
University of the Bahamas Mingoes open new year with big victories
WITH the return of the New Providence Basketball Association action at the AF Adderley Gymnasium, the University of the Bahamas Mingoes and the Rockets opened the new year with big victories.
FRONT PORCH – Majority Rule: A shared celebration
THE LATE Roman Catholic Vicar General Monsignor Preston Moss grew up a stone’s throw away from the top of the hill East Street, not far from Mortimer Candy Kitchen.
COVID non-factor: Winter tourism season up 10-15%
Forward bookings for The Bahamas’ peak winter tourism season are 10-15 percent ahead of 2022 numbers, a leading hotelier disclosed yesterday, with the industry “satisfied” there will be no return to past COVID restrictions.
‘ALARM’ AT CHILD ABUSE STATISTICS: Advocacy group questions lack of public outrage
THERE were 240 new reported cases of child abuse, neglect and abandonment documented between January and October of last year, according to data released by the Ministry of Social Services.
Goldwynn’s $100m eastern expansion
GoldWynn’s developer yesterday said it no longer plans to acquire additional Goodman’s Bay real estate to its immediate west and will instead move eastwards with its $100m second phase expansion this year.
West Bay Street development’s rental rates 20% above target
A residential West Bay Street development was yesterday said to be more than 95 percent sold with rental rates some 20 percent higher than projected.
McKay Jr and Saints on a roll
AFTER some good Bahamian cooked meals and some quality time with family and friends, Gregory McKay Jr returned to Limestone University and helped the Saints men’s basketball team to two straight victories.
UPDATED: Couple shot dead in their sleep
Two men are being questioned by police after a man and woman were shot dead in their sleep early on Monday morning.
Tributes paid in final farewell to Andrew 'Dud' Maynard
PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis with other officials joined the family and friends of Andrew “Dud” Maynard in a final farewell to the former parliamentarian at his funeral on Friday.
Man admits attacking woman, damaging her phone
A MAN was placed on six months' probation on Friday after admitting attacking a woman and damaging her phone.
Respects paid to ‘Dud’ Maynard
OFFICIALS yesterday remembered the life and legacy of former parliamentarian Andrew “Dud” Maynard, calling him someone who valued country over politics.
‘GREATEST OF ALL TIME’: SPORTS STAR AND CULTURAL ICON PELÉ DIES AT 82
SAO PAULO (AP) — Pelé will be famous for 15 centuries.
STATESIDE – Halfway through his first term: Biden and the immigration issue
US President Joe Biden is halfway through his first term in the nation’s top job. After an initial boost in favourable poll ratings and with TV and other media pundits, Biden began to slip, until earlier this year he achieved a dubious distinction when he sank “under water” with less than 50 percent approval ratings in the polls. Oddly, Donald Trump and “his” Supreme Court have rescued Biden twice.
