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AID’s $1.5m reason for ‘no Christmas stock shortages’
A major Bahamian retailer yesterday pledged there will be “no Christmas inventory shortages” despite ongoing global supply chain disruption, with $1.5m in merchandise due to arrive this month.
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Jonquel Jones voted Player of the Year
Jonquel Jones received the first of what many pundits anticipate will be several postseason awards in recognition of her stellar 2021 WNBA season.
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Nygard consents to being extradited to the U.S.
CANADIAN fashion mogul Peter Nygard has consented to be extradited to The United States to face charges related to sex trafficking and racketeering, a court heard on Friday.
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Entrepreneur relives exporting ‘nightmare’
A Freeport entrepreneur yesterday branded exporting a “nightmare” due to costs that are more than quadruple product prices and delays encountered in getting sales to customers.
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Four more COVID deaths confirmed
THE Bahamas recorded 60 new cases of COVID-19 and another four virus-related deaths on Wednesday, according to data released by the Ministry of Health yesterday.
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FRONT PORCH: The honeymoon will quickly be over then Mr Davis will have tough, unpopular decisions to make
The general election is over. The time for governance has begun. The Progressive Liberal Party has a certain mandate and the responsibility of government, despite a dramatically lower voter turnout.
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Moody’s fears on bond refinancing
Moody’s has voiced fears about The Bahamas’ continued access to capital markets and high interest burden if it is unable to successfully refinance maturing bond issues in four consecutive years from 2024 onwards.
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DIANE PHILLIPS: The Punch and the power of one
IF you read the final issue of The Punch yesterday, published three days after the death of its editor, publisher, creator and defender Ivan Johnson, you had this sinking feeling in your gut that an important chapter in the history of The Bahamas had closed.
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116 new cases of COVID-19, 22 virus-related deaths
MINISTRY of Health officials have reported 116 new cases of COVID-19 and 22 virus-related deaths, bringing the nation’s overall tally to 20,030.
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Bahamian retailer expands eastward
A well-known Bahamian retailer yesterday said it is aiming to complete its eastern New Providence expansion in time for Christmas 2021 and reach a market segment currently underserved.
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Bahamas nominated for 20 tourism awards
The Bahamas has been nominated in 20 categories at the upcoming Caribbean Journal Travelers’ Choice Awards 2021.
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Bahamas nominated for 20 tourism awards
The Bahamas has been nominated in 20 categories at the upcoming Caribbean Journal Travelers’ Choice Awards 2021.
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Bahamas in world’s eighth largest electric car sale rise
The Bahamas was yesterday said to have exceeded last year’s electric vehicle sales in the first nine months of 2021, having produced the world’s eighth largest year-over-year increase during COVID-19’s peak.
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DEREK SMITH: Ethics critical to good business governance
The global issues we face today are multi-faceted and interconnected, and they are becoming increasingly complex with each passing day.
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‘Unhappy campers’ on Atlantis COVID testing
The hotel union’s president yesterday said “there are a lot of unhappy campers on Paradise Island” after Atlantis followed through on plans to make unvaccinated staff pay for weekly COVID tests.
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CIBC: ‘Business as usual’ for Bahamas despite regional sale
CIBC FirstCaribbean yesterday said it was “business as usual” for its Bahamas operations despite its move to exit five smaller regional jurisdictions.
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IAN FERGUSON: Beware peril of unfair employee dismissals
When you terminate an employee’s contract without a fair reason, it is an unfair or unlawful dismissal. Sometimes these issues are dealt with at Industrial Tribunals but, quite often, there are many terminations that go unaddressed.
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Another 23 COVID deaths confirmed
Twenty-three new COVID-19 deaths were recorded in the country between Monday and Tuesday, pushing the nation’s toll to 582 since the start of the pandemic.
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Bahamas downgraded by Moody's
The scale of the economic and fiscal challenges facing the new Philip Davis-led administration were laid bare Friday, after Moody’s further downgraded the Bahamas’ sovereign creditworthiness.
