# A Cabinet minister yesterday pledged that the forecast Budget surplus of $75.5m for the upcoming 2025-2026 fiscal year will be used to pay down The Bahamas' $11.7bn national debt if achieved.

# The Securities Commission is working with the Government to develop legislation that cracks down on “payday lenders” ...

# The Bahamas incurred a $1bn trade deficit for the first three months of 2025 despite exports more than doubling year-over-year, it was revealed yesterday.

# Michael Halkitis, minister of economic affairs, told the Senate in leading-off the 2025-2026 Budget debate that an inter-ministerial committee has been set up to complete the tax residency ...

# The Bahamas Trade Commission is “ushering in a new economic era”, aided by a restructuring that has created 12 different committees, as it focuses on issues such as export policy and diversification ...

# Pointing out that budget-conscious boaters and yachters will simply switch from the Bahamas to other jurisdictions, Mr Lorns argued that this nation was pricing itself out of the market and slashing ...

# The near-$1.9m in total damages awarded to five former Gaming Board employees was yesterday overturned by the Court of Appeal which branded their payouts as “excessive sums”.

# The Bahamas Out Island Promotion Board’s president yesterday branded new and increased boater fees as “a botch” that needs to “be rescinded immediately” amid ongoing visitor “uproar”.

# A MAN was granted bail yesterday after being accused of possessing over 50 images of child pornography on his cellphone. # Travis Russell, 28, was arraigned on three counts of possession of child ...

# A SENIOR Water and Sewerage Corporation (WSC) official testified yesterday that she remained neutral while conducting an internal audit tied to alleged corruption at the WSC, refuting claims from ...

# A SUPREME Court judge has granted $15,000 bail to a juvenile accused of murder, requiring him to wear an electronic monitoring device.

# A 45-year-old man was granted bail yesterday after being accused of molesting a 13-year-old girl earlier this month. # Fanel St Louis was arraigned on a charge of indecent assault before Assistant ...