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EDITORIAL: Remembering a hero and guardian angel

PAUL Thompson was a guardian angel.

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Cable urges industry unity on URCA ‘budget travesty’

CABLE Bahamas is urging its rivals to join the battle against “this travesty in budget increases” for the sector’s regulator whose downtown Nassau headquarters it branded an “albatross”.

Paul Thompson will be remembered for his contribution to cricket

BAHAMAS Cricket Association president Gregory Taylor Sr said they will always remember the late Paul Thompson for his contribution to the sport over the years.

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STATESIDE: A tale of several Trudeaus and one Donald Trump

THIS is a tale of several Trudeaus of different generations and Donald Trump.

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Former Assistant Commissioner of Police Paul Thompson dies age 96

Former Royal Bahamas Police Force Assistant Commissioner Paul Thompson has died, aged 96.

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Four-year-old boy found dead after left ‘unattended’ in bath

A four-year-old toddler was left unattended in a bathtub and later found dead by his guardians at an apartment complex on McKinney Avenue on Tuesday.

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Supreme Court takes over PharmaChem’s liquidation

The liquidation of PharmaChem Technologies has been placed under the Supreme Court’s supervision due to the company’s massive insolvency, Tribune Business can reveal.

Biden has been bad for Bahamas

A COLLEAGUE of mine told me that his aunt, who has been residing in New York since the early 1980s, complained bitterly to him about the soaring costs of food in her area.

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Haitian prime minister in Kenya to try to salvage African country’s deployment of police to Haiti

Haiti’s prime minister arrived Thursday in Kenya to try to salvage a plan to have the African country deploy 1,000 police officers to the troubled Caribbean nation to help combat gang violence.

Court upholds order to pay former NIB director benefits

An Appeal Court Justice yesterday upheld an order for the National Insurance Board (NIB) to pay a former director pension benefits after losing a legal battle over her due retirement entitlement.

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FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried's lawyer asks judge to reject 100-year recommended sentence

NEW YORK (AP) — Sam Bankman-Fried's lawyer said Tuesday that a suggested 100-year prison sentence for the FTX founder by an arm of the court is "grotesque" and "barbaric" and at most a term of a few years behind bars is appropriate for cryptocurrency crimes that the California man still disputes.

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Demolition continuing at Abaco ‘Gaza’ Shanty town

MORE than 60 structures have been demolished at the Gaza shanty town in Abaco so far - with more expected to be destroyed, according to the Ministry of Works.

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Raptors, Stingrays in the lead

30TH GSSSA TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS

The 30th edition of the Government Secondary Schools Sports Association (GSSSA) Track and Field Championships got underway for the junior and senior schools yesterday at the original Thomas A Robinson stadium.

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DEMOLITION OF 100 SHANTY HOMES BEGINS: Residents hurry to get personal items before structures destroyed

AFTER years of government pledges to dismantle unregulated communities in Abaco, the Ministry of Works began demolishing more than 100 structures in the Gaza shanty town on the island yesterday.

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CARIFTA swimming trials: Last chance meet all set for King’s College on Western Road

THE Bahamas Aquatics Federation was hoping to host the 2024 CARIFTA Swimming Trials at the Betty Kelly Kenning Aquatic Centre March 8-9 but, due to ongoing renovations at the facility, the meet will be carried out at King’s College on Western Road instead.

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Bahamas ‘still in good position’

The Bahamas men’s national basketball team may have dropped a “disappointing” game to Puerto Rico in their rematch of the FIBA 2025 AmeriCup Qualifier on Sunday night.

More than 100 investors at risk of losing crowdfund investment

A former Colina Insurance Company chief and at least 115 fellow investors are in peril of losing most, if not all, their combined $2.4m-plus investment in the insolvent ArawakX crowd-funding platform.

Liquidators ‘blocked as ArawakX set up similar operation in US’

ArawakX’s provisional liquidators have accused the crowd-funder’s principals and owner of its website of colluding to deny them control of the platform while setting up a similar US-domiciled operation.

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ArawakX ‘to be reported’ to police amid $4m insolvency

The Bahamas’ first-ever crowd funding platform is suffering from a near-$4m insolvency, its provisional liquidators have asserted, as they prepare to report “multiple criminal infractions” to the police.

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‘BANNED’: CINEMA SLAMS FILM RATING – ‘Demonic content’ among reasons for blocking screening

FUSION’S chief legal officer called for the “archaic and outdated” Theatre and Cinemas regulations to be amended after the Film Control Board reportedly restricted the company’s ability to show a movie by giving it a D rating.