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‘Bankrupt’ warning over PLP’s deal with unions
Private sector representatives yesterday warned that the Progressive Liberal Party’s (PLP) deal with the two umbrella trade unions threatens to “bankrupt companies” if fully enacted post-general election.
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U.S. queries Bahamas financial crime pursuit
The attorney general yesterday declared that The Bahamas had largely received “a fair assessment” even though the US questioned this nation’s commitment to prosecuting financial crime.
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Safe shopping
I am happy to read in The Tribune that Mr Rupert Roberts is seriously planning to make his SuperValue foodstores as safe as possible as he and his customers ride out this pandemic killer.
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PM urges US judge: End pursuit of web shop boss
The Prime Minister has urged a US judge to end the federal authorities’ pursuit of Island Luck’s co-founder, writing: “I strongly advocate termination of proceedings against Mr Adrian Fox.”
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Super Value chief seeking to avoid ‘perfect storm’
Super Value’s president yesterday said he was hoping to avoid the perfect storm of an earlier COVID curfew and potential hurricane if tropical depression ‘six’ becomes a major threat later this week.
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‘Very confident’ of 80% rebound by mid-2022
The Ministry of Finance’s top official yesterday predicted the Bahamian economy will regain 80 percent of its pre-COVID capacity by June 2022 with key taxes forecast to rise by a similar magnitude.
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‘My grandson went to the store - and was shot dead’
A GRANDMOTHER is in mourning after her grandson was shot dead in Ridgeland Park on Saturday.
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Man who took food and cash ‘when hungry’ sent to jail
AN Andros man who admitted breaking into several businesses on the island to steal cash and food because he said he was hungry and thirsty was yesterday sentenced to two years in prison.
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Govt’s poor treatment of Bahamians
Please see the list attached of almost a hundred Government employees that Paradise Island Lighthouse & Beach Club have been sent on a merry-go-round in seeking approvals, giving presentations, writing letters, providing a never ending litany of requirements, present to board meetings, asked for meetings, being told “no”, the big Bahamian government run-around and yet foreign investors get the red carpet treatment and a one stop shop at the Office of the Prime Minister!
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Family Island businesses: Will cruises ‘crystal-lise’?
FAMILY Island businesses yesterday voiced optimism that the first cruise line to home port in The Bahamas will provide a much-needed “economic boost” that spreads the tourism wealth.
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Customer robbed as he made bank deposit
A MAN was robbed in broad daylight while making a bank deposit in the Harbour Bay Shopping Plaza yesterday.
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Slashed curfew aids food store top lines
A small food retailer yesterday hailed the extra shopping hours created by the nightly curfew’s pushback to a midnight start for increasing sales.
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Money’s tight - so more using stamps
FALLOUT from the COVID-19 pandemic has caused people to tighten their purse strings, Super Value President Rupert Roberts has said, while noting “more and more” shoppers have been relying on the store’s food stamps to shop.
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A COMIC'S VIEW: All that it took to get people vaccinated was Black Friday
I COULD go so many ways this week; the material has been in abundance.
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ALICIA WALLACE: Time to get serious again and follow the protocols – just like we did a year ago
Here we are again, COVID-19 case numbers rising, tightened restrictions and numerous questions about the effectiveness of the measures put in place by the government. No one wants to be restricted like this, but most of us understand we all need to cooperate in order to help save lives by reducing the spread of the virus.
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Grand Bahama airport takeover expected ‘in weeks’
THE signing for the government’s takeover of the Grand Bahama International Airport is expected in “a matter of weeks,” with the sale of the Grand Lucayan Resort to come soon after, Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis revealed on Friday while in Grand Bahama.
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Govt financing aids almost 200 GB firms
Grand Bahama micro, small and medium-sized firm (MSMEs) have to-date attracted just under four percent of the $50m made available to the sector this fiscal year, a Cabinet minister said yesterday.
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Barbers hail return of their ‘15% day’
Barbers and beauticians yesterday hailed the easing of COVID-19 restrictions that will enable them to open on Sundays as that day traditionally accounted for 15 percent of their weekly revenues.
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Man who said he found stolen goods in garbage is acquitted
A MAN who said he was arrested after he was found with stolen goods that he had collected from a garbage can was yesterday acquitted after a magistrate ruled that the Crown failed to prove their case to a “requisite” standard.
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‘Higher prices coming in October,’ says Super Value president
Super Value’s president said higher prices are coming to stores in October, but he will do the best he can to keep prices from getting out of control.
