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Left to the state-owned Bahamas Petroleum Company (BPC), a second round of drilling for oil and gas would begin in earnest around midyear, but if senior cabinet members like Prime Minister Hubert Minnis have their way, permits to explore off the south coast would be a thing of the past.
This week, the BPC was preparing to apply for a renewal of drilling permits ahead of a second round of planned well drillings. The current crop of licenses are due to expire in June. Local laws mandate that renewal efforts must be made within a specified time ahead of the expiry dates so the BPC is preparing to approach the state once again to allow it to search for oil and gas
VINCENT DAVIS | 4/1/2021, midnight Aaron Judge
From personal tragedies, racial and social justice movements and life changing occurrences, abbreviated sports seasons may not seem important in the overall scheme of things. Yet sports is an important aspect of American life.
Today is Major League Baseball’s Opening Day. In almost all years, the fan base of each team, and the team itself, hopes for a winning season, a postseason bid, and possibly a championship. The simple hope for this Opening Day is that it’s the beginning of normalcy in the face of the country, the world, still battling the COVID-19 pandemic.
CUNY becomes tobacco-free
City University of New York (CUNY) faculty and staff took to the Bronx to call for change.
The CUNY Rising Alliance and the Professional Staff Congress (PSC-CUNY) held a rally at Hostos Community College and marched to the Bronx County Courthouse calling for increased funding for CUNY along with a New Deal for CUNY.
With an April 1 deadline, students, lawmakers and community members are also pushing for a “New Deal” for CUNY.
Barbara Bowen, president of the Professional Staff Congress, said the importance of CUNY (whose student body is 64% of people of color and 69% women) cannot be overstated and the union’s desire are justified.
It’s been a wild Division I women’s basketball season. Players, coaches and staffs have navigated the pandemic and managed to pour their hearts into the game they love.
The NYC Department of Small Business Services and Mastercard are partnering for “NYC | In Solidarity,” a new campaign aimed at allowing New Yorkers to virtually shop, share and support Black women-owned small businesses across the city.