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Next set of basketball games at Loyola Hall on October 20
THE 2022 Bahamas Catholic Board of Education (CBE) Primary Schools Basketball Season kicked off on Friday, October 14 at Loyola Hall, Gladstone Road.
Trade deficit leaps 15.6% to $715.1m
THE Bahamas’ trade deficit increased by 15.6 percent to $715.097m during the 2022 first quarter as cross-border flows continued to rebound from the COVID-19 related restrictions of the year before.
Bahamian on board as boat intercepted
ALMOST 100 people, mostly from Haiti but including one Bahamian, who were rescued from an overcrowded boat off the Florida coast had no food or water for two days, according to the US Coast Guard.
Grand Bahama Power ‘very advanced’ on 20MW solar installation
Grand Bahama Power Company is “at a very advanced stage” in formalising four separate projects that will collectively provide 20 Mega Watts (MW) of solar generation capacity for the island’s grid.
Card spending rose 57% during COVID
Credit card spending in The Bahamas increased by 57 percent year-over-year during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic as consumers transitioned to digital and online payments, a survey has disclosed.
COVID’s ugly reach
Nearly one in 20 people who were infected by COVID have not completely recovered. That is a six to 18 month corridor from time of infection. 42% claim to have only partially recovered from the infection. Most people recover fully from the infection, but some people develop a wide variety of long-term problems. The government needed to understand Long COVID as an essential to forming health and social care policy and supports.
Jacobi Bain in ITA Cup spotlight
JACOBI Bain’s season has been highlighted thus far by two wins in three days at the ITA Cup Tennis Championships in Rome, Georgia.
Athletes flock to inaugural Government High Cross Country Championships
A PAIR of University of the Bahamas Mingoes track and field team-mates took their share of the spotlight, while there were a couple of new faces that emerged to the forefront during the inaugural Government High Cross Country Championships.
World Baseball Classic Pools finalised
THE World Baseball Classic Pools have been finalised and the Bahamians on Great Britain’s roster now know their path toward further history making milestones at the event.
THE KDK REPORT: If the school bell cries
AT any given moment, our lives can change forever. Just the notion of how split-second fast it can happen is frightening.
Munroe continues defence of TCI police operation
NATIONAL Security Minister Wayne Munroe has defended government’s decisions to send law enforcement to the Turks and Caicos Islands amid public concerns and escalating crime in The Bahamas.
No sanctions over price control ‘death warrant’ execution
The Government last night backed down from imposing sanctions on food retailers and pharmacists who fail to enact the expanded price control regime - which one branded “a death warrant” - by today’s deadline.
Grand Bahama electricity costs 40% below rest of Bahamas
Grand Bahama’s electricity costs will be 40 percent lower than Nassau’s and the rest of The Bahamas during the 2023 summer peak after the island’s utility locked in fuel costs at 12-14 cents per kilowatt hour (kWh).
One in four Bahamians has had to skip meals
TWENTY-eight percent of Bahamians have skipped meals for lack of money or other resources, according to a recent Hands for Hunger survey.
Bahamas promoted to Carolina investors
THE Ministry of Tourism, Investments and Aviation will continue to promote The Bahamas to potential tourists and investors through a series of events in North Carolina this week.
Police investigate alleged suicide
POLICE are investigating an alleged suicide in which a male juvenile was the reported victim.
Scheme aims to bring farming into the backyard
AGRICULTURAL Development Organisation has partnered with The Church Commercial Farming Group (TCCFG) to facilitate the backyard farming initiative.
Long Island cruise port build-out to hit $500m
The developer behind the planned Long Island cruise port has committed to employing a workforce that is a minimum 80 percent Bahamian for a project where the total investment could exceed $500m.
Gas wholesalers eye rise In 20-year unchanged margins
PETROLEUM suppliers are urging the Government to increase price-controlled margins that have remained unchanged for 20 years so they can better cope with escalating costs.
GB man accused with attempted killing
A GRAND Bahama man was charged in a Freeport Magistrate’s Court yesterday with attempted murder.