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Banks: 25% never verified Building Code compliance
The Central Bank is urging all licensees to ensure their offices can withstand a Dorian-type Category Five hurricane after 25 per cent said they had never confirmed Bahamas Building Code compliance.
Knowles and Coleby enjoying win streaks
BOTH Zane Knowles and Dwight Coleby are currently enjoying win streaks for their respective clubs in the Turkish Basketball First League with just a few weeks remaining in the regular season.
Bahamas’ FIBA 2022 AmeriCup qualification bid comes to an end
TEAM Bahamas experienced another fourth quarter collapse against Puerto Rico and saw their FIBA 2022 AmeriCup qualification bid come to an end.
Vehicle imports down up to 90%
Vehicle import volumes at the Nassau Container Port have dropped by up to 90 percent, its top executive revealed yesterday, as half-year profits dropped by almost 36 percent compared to pre-COVID.
Fidelity: ‘We’ll recapture $10m COVID provisions’
A BISX-listed bank yesterday said it ultimately expects to recover two-thirds of last year’s $15m loan loss provision increase as it bids to shrug-off COVID-19 by more than doubling profits in 2021.
Charles Bain scores season high 12 points in back-to-back games
CHARLES Bain celebrated senior night with his most productive performance in back-to-back games for the Robert Morris University Colonials.
Pagliaro and ‘Beau’ get set for the Endurance Worlds
THE FEI Endurance Young Rider World Championships are rapidly approaching. As the first ever to represent The Bahamas at this event, Reine Pagliaro and her mount Beautiful Knightmare (known as Beau) are training, refining, and doing all the research necessary to represent The Bahamas to the best of their ability.
Digital billboards to play part in MARCO alerts
FOUR digital billboards have been erected across New Providence to send out warnings about missing children to facilitate the rollout of the Mandatory Action Rescuing Children Operation (MARCO) Alert system.
Bowleg and Team Bahamas touch down in Puerto Rico
Team Bahamas is set to face its toughest test in their FIBA AmeriCup 2022 Qualification bid this weekend in the third and final leg of the process.
Bill to halt genetic resource ‘plunder’
A Cabinet minister said legislation passed by the House of Assembly yesterday will halt "the plundering" of The Bahamas' genetic resources by foreign researchers without this nation earning one cent.
Displaced voters must register in new constituency
VOTERS who have relocated after being displaced by Hurricane Dorian will have to register to vote in their new constituency, National Security Minister Marvin Dames suggested yesterday.
Activists alarmed over rise in BPC JV interest
The Bahamas Petroleum Company (BPC) yesterday alarmed environmental activists by indicating it has not given up on The Bahamas following a surge in interest from potential joint venture partners.
Bahamas will field solid team for FIFA World Cup Qualifier
ALTHOUGH the coronavirus pandemic has slowed down their preparation, head coach Nesly Jean is still confident that the Bahamas Football Association will field a solid team for the FIFA World Cup Qualifier.
EDITORIAL: Melia shutdown is a disaster for its staff
The news about the Melia Nassau Beach Resort could hardly be worse – it will close down for two years.
PETER YOUNG: There’s only one question on everyone’s lips - when will it be my turn?
Having written briefly about coronavirus vaccines only last month, I hesitate to return to the subject today. However, this column not only allows me to offer my own views on a range of issues but also provides an opportunity to articulate as best I can the concerns of other people whose voices do not get heard. At this stage of the virus pandemic, people are expressing anxiety about the urgent need for a vaccination programme here in The Bahamas - and it seems this is increasingly seen as the single most important issue facing the country at the moment.
Mitchell: How many are really out of work?
PLP chairman Fred Mitchell has called on the Minnis administration to be clear about the country’s unemployment rate after what he termed contradictions from Labour Director John Pinder and Labour Minister Dion Foulkes on the issue.
Fusion Superplex celebrates: 70 set for cinema open recall
The Fusion Superplex last night said 70 more workers will be recalled after the government gave the go-ahead to re-open its cinemas, its top executive saying: “The staff want to bring champagne in.”
Mark St Fort dominates with 38 points, Nesbitt in the win column
MARK St Fort’s transition to the Japanese B2 League has been a welcome change to the veteran swingman.
‘Churches should speak up’
FORMER Bahamas Christian Council president Bishop Simeon Hall says he is disappointed that there have been no public statements released from church groups on the issue of COVID-19 vaccines.
Voter registration centres to open on Monday
SEVERAL centres for voter registration are expected to open on Monday, as officials ramp up a phased plan to expand the existing register to first time voters and people needing constituency transfers before the next general election.
