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A PROPOSED Paradise Island beach club and lighthouse restoration project has suffered a final legal setback after the Privy Council ruled that the Crown Land lease at its centre was never binding on the Government.
TOURISTS cut short their vists to downtown Nassau yesterday, with some complaining about sweltering heat in shops and saying they would have spent more money ashore had hours-long power outages not forced businesses to close or operate in darkness.
A MAN left paralysed after being shot in the back by a police officer has secured an $80,000 interim payment from the state after developing a severe pressure ulcer that now requires surgery as the courts continue to determine how much he should ultimately receive for the 2016 shooting.
FORMER Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham has told the Free National Movement to find “someone who could win” if it wants to return to government, remarks some insiders interpreted as a sign that he does not believe Michael Pintard is the leader to take the party back to power.
TWO teenagers accused of a near-fatal triple shooting in Green Castle, Eleuthera, last weekend were remanded yesterday.
A 30-year-old woman testified yesterday that a former male friend touched her inappropriately while she drifted in and out of consciousness at her home last year.
A MAN accused of raping an 18-year-old woman twice in New Providence last weekend was remanded to prison yesterday.
AT least six names are under consideration to replace Christopher Columbus at Columbus Primary School, with the institution’s coat of arms and other symbols also likely to be reviewed as part of a renaming process that education officials say is already well advanced.
ONLY about 20 to 25 data breaches have been reported to the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner this year, but Commissioner Michael Wright believes the true number could be much higher because people do not realise they report the mishandling of their personal information to his office.
THE Bahamas Taxi Cab Union has accused acting Road Traffic Controller Kelsey Munroe of selectively enforcing the law in favour of livery operators, escalating a longstanding airport transport dispute and warning there will be no end to the conflict while the two sectors are treated differently.
THE Bahamas Under-14 boys suffered their first loss of the 2026 Caribbean Football Union (CFU) U14 Boys Challenge Series, falling 1-0 to Guyana yesterday in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
TWO Bahamian basketball players have found new opportunities to continue their college careers after productive 2025-26 seasons, but both are entering the 2026-27 season under different circumstances.
SCOTIABANK has committed to resolving persistent ATM problems in Exuma, with the Deputy Prime Minister and MP for the island stating he will not be satisfied until the island’s machines are reliably operational.
A BAHAMIAN fisherman left a meeting with the Minister responsible for agriculture and fisheries feeling confident that the government will do all they can to reduce the US tariffs that has been placed on exports.
A LONGTIME Abaco farmer said crop insurance could help unlock much-needed financing for Bahamian farmers, who say the lack of insurance coverage has been one of the major obstacles to expanding agriculture.
THE BAHAMAS National Alliance Trade Union Congress (BNATUC) has urged the Bahamas Taxi Cab Union (BTCU) to return to the negotiating table with livery operators to resolve their escalating dispute, but taxi union president Tyrone Butler has flatly rejected the appeal, insisting livery drivers must first comply with the law.
ABACO farmers are pushing for a larger role in national food security, with the island’s newly-formed farmers association setting its sights on significantly increasing local production and eventually supplying up to half of the country’s food.
AS the Free National Movement (FNM) celebrates the 34th anniversary of its first election to office in 1992, there are lessons the current FNM might draw from that victory.
A MONTH after losing her only son in the fatal North Andros plane crash, Apostle Dr Jan Jones still struggles to separate the waves of grief crashing over her, admitting that she’s at a place where “me myself don't know where I'm at.”
A BAHAMIAN family living in Jacksonville, Florida, is appealing for public support after 37-year-old father-of-five Terrel Carey was left unable to work by end-stage kidney disease, diabetes and severe vision loss.