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Port chief eyeing Abaco power cable connection
The Grand Bahama Port Authority’s (GBPA) president yesterday suggested running an electricity cable between his island and Abaco as a way to “stabilise” electricity costs and bring rates down.
Man to pay $1,000 fine for stolen iPhone
A MAN was fined $1,000 in court yesterday after he admitted to illegally entering a woman’s home and stealing her iPhone.
Shockers top Mingoes 72-68 in OT
NEW PROVIDENCE BASKETBALL ASSOC. PLAYOFFS
THE University of the Bahamas Mingoes men’s basketball team came back from down 10 points to force overtime against the Caro Construction Shockers but could not pull off the NPBA playoff win.
Under-14 division created for High School Track & Field Nationals/CARIFTA Trials
With the CARIFTA Trials & High School National Track and Field Championships set to take place in a combined event on March 25-27, some parents criticised the organisers’ decision to remove the under-15 division.
First Class Promotions returns after 10-year hiatus
FIRST Class Promotions will host the first all-female boxing match in The Bahamas and Caribbean at 8pm on Friday, March 31 at the Kendal G.L. Isaacs Gymnasium.
STATESIDE: Are recent provocative events a justification for escalation?
YESTERDAY’S headlines reported that Russian military jets damaged an American spy drone over the Black Sea on Tuesday. Two words immediately came to mind: casus belli. That’s Latin for “cause or justification for war”.
Atlantis, cruise port: ‘Room’ for PI lighthouse restoration
Atlantis and the Nassau Cruise Port both say there is “room” for a restored Paradise Island lighthouse to provide an “iconic” visitor experience and boost New Providence’s status as a tourism destination.
Gov’ts Central Bank debt soars 85% on IMF SDRs
The Government’s controversial borrowing of IMF special drawing rights (SDRs) reversed five years of decline by causing its net debt to the Central Bank to soar by 85.4 percent to $805.6m.
50 events planned for 50th Independence
SOME 50 events and 242 initiatives are planned for The Bahamas’ 50th independence celebrations, according to the official calendar of events released digitally to the public yesterday.
‘Good morning, I’m Ed Bethel’
“Silence! Silence? In this house”,
Jack Hayward and Tabernacle Baptist emerge as junior, senior GBSSA track and field champions
THE Jack Hayward Wildcats and the Tabernacle Baptist Falcons emerged as the junior and senior high winners of the Grand Bahama Secondary Schools Athletic Association’s 2023 Fidelity Bank Track and Field Championships.
ALICIA WALLACE: Acknowledgement of wrongdoing needed in Commonwealth charter
MONDAY was Commonwealth Day, observed by countries in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and Americas, the Pacific, and Europe, and it was the start of a week-long schedule of events. The theme for Commonwealth Day 2023 was “Forging a sustainable and peaceful common future”.
Tributes paid for iconic journalist Ed Bethel
TRIBUTES continued to pour out for veteran journalist Eldred “Ed” Bethel yesterday, with the Free National Movement and Broadcasting Corporation of The Bahamas remembering the media legend.
GIANTS ROUT REBELS 121-67: Commonwealth Bank earn 1-0 lead in playoff series
The Commonwealth Bank Giants completely outmatched the division one Rebels in their first game of the New Providence Basketball Association (NPBA) playoffs. The matchup started off competitive in the first quarter with the Giants only beating the Rebels 27-24 to end the first period of basketball between the two.
New Lively Hope Baptist Church crowned winners of Bahamas Baptist Association’s inaugural basketball tournament
NEW Lively Hope Baptist Church was crowned the winners of the Bahamas Baptist Association’s inaugural Basketball Tournament.
Regulators beat UB Mingoes, 76-63
THE University of The Bahamas men’s basketball team dropped to the Leno Regulators 76-63 in an inconsequential New Providence Basketball Association game Saturday night at The A.F. Adderley Gym.
HUBERT EDWARDS: Create environment private sector ‘can sink teeth into’
There are two important points in time to reflect on. First, the 2022 Fiscal Strategy Report (FSR) emerged after the half-way point of the current fiscal year.
BISX-listed fund targets storage drive to $100m
A BISX-listed fund is entering New Providence’s warehouse and storage space market to help drive ambitions of more than doubling in scale to some $100m in assets.
Ex-PM: Royal Caribbean’s PI deal ‘watering down’ GB
Dr Hubert Minnis says he will be “watching very closely” to see who gains the contract to ferry Royal Caribbean’s passengers to a Paradise Island project he would have approved only when the cruise line closed in Freeport.
Journalism giant Ed Bethel dies aged 82
VETERAN journalist Eldred “Ed” Bethel died yesterday at the age of 82.
