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BTC told 'give us better service'
FOLLOWING Monday's catastrophic telephone service blackout, BTC raised the possibility of compensation - but customers say all they want form the company is more reliable service.
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Electric supply holding us back
The World Bank Ease of Doing Business Report, 2017, for the Latin American and Caribbean Division shows certain rankings.
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Aliv 'more than just a phone company'
Aliv is continuing to develop a “fairly comprehensive App platform”, an executive yesterday revealing that the mobile operator sees itself as “more than just a telephone company”.Gravette Brown, Aliv’s chief commercial officer, said the company is po
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Census to be completely digital
THE upcoming census will begin on April 5 and will be completely digital, officials said yesterday.
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BTC pays for Black Friday meltdown
Regulators have ordered the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) to pay 50 percent of its fine for last year’s Black Friday mobile number portability meltdown to affected consumers.
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Census to begin in January - and you can take part online
THE Census of Population and Housing will take place starting January 2022 and people will have the option to complete the questionnaire online, via telephone or in person.
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Census officers sworn in
FIFTEEN people in Grand Bahama were sworn in yesterday as listing officers for the 2021 Population and Housing Census.
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Demolition of police station
Anyone who reads The Tribune’s Weekend magazine will probably know of my interest in Bahamian history and the preservation thereof.
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PM has US report on NSA interception of phone calls
AMERICAN officials presented Prime Minister Perry Christie with a formal communication regarding reports that the US’ National Security Agency had been intercepting and monitoring the telephone conversations of Bahamians, Foreign Affairs and Immigration Minister Fred Mitchell confirmed yesterday.
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Number Portability to launch Sept. 3
THE Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) said yesterday that number portability for landline services would be launched on September 3, creating a “strong competitive enabler” in the telecommunications sector.
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Fighting the fires
Once again I would ask you to bear with me and publish my thoughts, this time on our public services as they relate to fire control. I would like to make this an open letter to Chief Fireman EVANS.
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Mother Pratt: Why put a telephone mast here?
THE construction of a cellular phone tower in the middle of an inner-city community park has outraged its namesake, St Cecilia MP Cynthia 'Mother' Pratt, who hit out at the lack of prior consultation.
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‘Why won’t companies admit blame for damage?’
A FREEPORT resident is frustrated after two entities that had attempted to gain access to a remote utility pole refuse to accept responsibility for damage to his property.
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NAUGHTY'S NFL PICKS: Working with the ‘short and sweet formula’ in Week 3
HERE we go, week three in the NFL and after a 12-4 week it seems I’m rounding into form.
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SPORTING MISCHIEF & MAYHEM: To all haters, the Cowboys’ loss didn’t stop my show
OKAY, let’s get this one out of the way. Despite my Cowboys losing for only the second time this season, again to the Giants, my trip to New York was far from being in vain!
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US ‘agrees to stick to law’ in use of surveillance
NEARLY one year after it was reported that the United States was intercepting and monitoring Bahamian telephone calls, America has agreed to use the “lawful” authority to obtain surveillance information from this country, according to Foreign Affairs and Immigration Minister Fred Mitchell yesterday.
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Ten years and still no payout to workers
FREEPORT – The former workers of Island Construction who were laid off more than ten years ago have still not received their redundancy payments, despite a judgment in their favour by the Industrial Tribunal.
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Human smuggling ring link to disappearances
POLICE are investigating a possible connection between an employee at the Lynden Pindling International Airport and a businessman in Grand Bahama, who are said to be the main facilitators in a human smuggling ring.
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Utilities taking the Bahamas 'backwards'
COMPLAINTS were widespread throughout the Bahamian business community yesterday after electricity and telephone services were disrupted for
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BTC's 18% directory mark-up 'reasonable'
BTC's 18% directory mark-up 'reasonable' By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor The Bahamas Telecommunications Company's (BTC) proposed 17.65 per cent retail mark-up for directory inquiry calls has been deemed "reasonable" by the sector regulator, alt
