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Govt contemplates one-off holiday for 50 years of CARICOM
THE Davis administration is considering introducing a one-off holiday to mark the 50th anniversary of CARICOM, with Latrae Rahming, director of communications in the Office of the Prime Minister, saying a decision on this is “imminent”.
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Hacking clampdown
REGULATIONS clamping down on the practice of air “hacking” are imminent, Tourism and Aviation Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar revealed yesterday.
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Tourism requirements
Exciting articles in your newspaper the past week about the imminent rebound of tourism with hotels reopening and new easier tests are absolutely unbelievable considering the harsh entry requirements. Who will fill the hotels and resorts if they cannot gain entry? It is like a fairy story.
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Power woes continue to plague Harbour Island
Power disruption issues and power surges continue to plague Harbour Island causing ‘major damage’ at the island’s resorts and threatening its tourism industry, although Tribune Business understands that some remedy may be imminent as Bahamas Power & Light seeks to replace existing equipment facilitating power to the island.
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Spanish Wells hopes Commonwealth will fill the RBC vacuum
The Spanish Wells community would be “only too glad” to have a Bahamian-owned institution fill the void created by the Royal Bank of Canada’s (RBC) imminent pull-out, with Commonwealth Bank sending a delegation to the island recently.
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Minister confirms Gov't bond issue
MINISTER of State for Finance, Michael Halkitis, yesterday confirmed the imminent launch of a Bahamas Government Registered Stock (BGRS) issue, telling Tribune Business it was very likely it would come out early next month when the new fiscal year began.
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Fisheries hope for crawfish 'repeat'
Bahamian fishermen are hoping the imminent 2017-2018 crawfish season is a “repeat” of last year’s, according to the Bahamas Commercial Fishers Alliance’s (BCFA) vice-president.“Everyone is getting ready and hoping that we have a good season like we h
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Okay Jose – stay away
WEATHER forecasters said yesterday Hurricane Jose does not currently pose an imminent threat to The Bahamas.
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Sarkis’s letter shows breakthrough on Baha Mar ‘not imminent’
Sarkis Izmirlian’s letter to his former 2,026 Baha Mar staff shows there is no “imminent” breakthrough likely in the impasse over the $3.5 billion project, a senior private sector executive believes.
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Bahamas must become ‘best country we can’
The Bahamas must enact the economic and fiscal reforms to make it “the best little country we can be”, the Chamber of Commerce’s chairman said yesterday.
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BEC and other government operations
In this morning’s Tribune headline, the Chairman is predicting the imminent financial collapse of the electrical company, and he doesn’t seem ignorant of the why, as he clearly lays out what needs to be done.
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Realtor sees private island sales uptick
A leading Bahamian realtor has seen a strong pick-up in private island sales this year, revealing that a $29 million deal for a private cay in the Exumas is set to close imminently.
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Lands and Surveys set for 'great leap forward'
The Bahamas Association of Land Surveyors (BALS) yesterday said it is awaiting the imminent arrival of a new surveyor-general as the government unveiled plans to upgrade the Department of Lands and Surveys. Pakeisha Parker-Edgecombe, parliamentary s
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Parent shot in the hand as he collects child from school
A PARENT collecting his child from school was shot in the hand by assailants in the parking lot of St Francis Joseph Catholic Primary School on Thursday.
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Officer 'was at point of death'
THE physician who performed surgery on a wounded policeman during early morning hours said the officer appeared to be at the point of imminent death.
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Papa leaves mother in tears
Papa leaves mother in tears By AVA TURNQUEST Tribune Staff Reporter aturnquest@tribunemedia.net THE Progressive Liberal Party is braced for an "imminent" election following the impromptu suspension of parliament yesterday. PLP Leader Perry Christie yes
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PM HINTS AT JOB LOSSES AT MAJOR LOCAL BANK
PRIME Minister Perry Christie hinted at the imminent possibility of layoffs at a local “major” bank during a speech to College of the Bahamas journalism students yesterday.
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BTC staff on ‘pins and needles’ over job cuts
BAHAMAS Communications and Public Officers Union (BCPOU) president Bernard Evans said yesterday that employees at the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) were on “pins and needles” over imminent redundancies, with a meeting expected with management early next week.
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Pastors praise Prime Minister for Baha Mar ‘victory for Bahamian workers’
SEVERAL local pastors have praised Prime Minister Perry Christie and his administration for the impending opening of the Baha Mar resort and called it a “victory” for Bahamian workers.
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Attorney General hopes interceptions bill will be passed by next government
WITH the dissolution of Parliament imminent, the Christie administration’s Interceptions of Communications Bill will not be debated and passed this term. However, officials hope ongoing consultations with stakeholders will help the legislation to pass during Parliament’s next sitting, Attorney General Allyson Maynard-Gibson said yesterday.
