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BPL $535m bond ‘too late out gate’
The Minnis administration was “too late getting out the gate” on Bahamas Power & Light’s (BPL) mammoth $535m refinancing, an ex-union president said yesterday.
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Debt consolidation leads loan requests
Bahamians are struggling to finance “big ticket items”, the Central Bank’s governor said yesterday, given that debt consolidation accounts for 36 percent of all consumer loan applications.
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Aliv: ‘Honeymoon period’ now over
Aliv’s top executive yesterday warned that “the honeymoon period” is over despite service revenues enjoying four successive month-over-month increases to hit $5m for October.
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Gov’t ‘reaching ceiling’ on debt
The Government may be reaching its debt limits given that such liabilities are now bigger than the economy, the Debt Advisory Committee’s head warned yesterday.
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Sale of Doctors’ new GB home in November close
The sale of Doctors Hospital’s new Freeport home will represent the final asset disposal for a former BISX-listed company when it completes next month, Tribune Business can reveal.
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Office of the Spouse seeks greater protection for the nation’s children
ANN-MARIE Davis has committed the Office of the Spouse to working closely with the government, local non-profit groups and her CARICOM counterparts to bring more awareness and legislative proposals to offer greater protection for the nation’s children.
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Bahamas had to ‘walk and chew gum earlier’
The Bahamas should have “found a way to walk and chew gum” earlier in the COVID-19 pandemic so as to minimise its foreign currency debt hike, an economist argued yesterday.
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Furlough ‘frustration’: Workers want finality
A union president yesterday warned that the 90-day extension to the COVID furlough period is “adding to the frustration” of long-suffering workers who want “finality” for their plight.
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ALICIA WALLACE: Action not just anger should be our response to Bella’s death
ON the weekend, it was reported that a four-year-old child was taken to the hospital. Soon after, there were claims on social media that the toddler had been sexually assaulted. The toddler, Bella Walker, died.
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