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Call for immediate ceasefire
JOINING the voices of non-governmental organisations, feminist movements, and activists all over the world, Equality Bahamas calls for an immediate ceasefire and an end to the occupation of Palestine by Israel.
FOCOL targets wide growth in ‘preparing for the next 50 years’
FOCOL Holdings’ top executive last night said it is targeting growth “in every sector of our business”, including gas stations and electricity generation, and added: “We’re preparing for the next 50 years.”
Civil society: The cornerstone of democracy and progress
IN its broadest sense civil society is all the people, places, and things functioning in a civilised society.
Sandilands and Centreville Primary girls and boys volleyball champions
SANDILANDS Primary and Centreville Primary emerged as the girls and boys champions of the New Providence Public Primary Schools Sports Association’s 2024 volleyball championships.
NIB’s $240m loss at COVID’s peak
COVID-19 has left the National Insurance Board (NIB) facing an “uphill lift” to recovery after plunging the nation’s social security system into a $240m loss at the pandemic’s peak.
50% fear or pay bribes for building and import permits
Fifty percent of Bahamian companies seeking construction and import-related permits say they have either been asked, or expect, to pay a bribe to obtain the required approvals, it has been revealed.
Albany chief in 'devastating and self-inflicted humiliation'
Albany's principal investor has admitted that pleading guilty to securities fraud is "a devastating and self-inflicted humiliation I will have to live with for the rest of my days".
Albany developer’s Bahamas return after spared jail time
ALBANY’S principal investor was given permission to return to The Bahamas as early as yesterday after being spared jail time following his previous guilty plea to securities fraud.
FNM claims govt broke law on finance
THE Opposition’s finance spokesman yesterday challenged whether the Government may have violated public finance laws by drawing on $133m from its “sinking funds” to pay debts coming due.
Central Bank in multiple exchange control eases
THE Central Bank last night unveiled multiple reforms to further relax The Bahamas’ exchange control regime that it believes will not create any “material” risks for the US dollar peg and wider economy.
‘Specialist skills dearth’ hurts financial services
A “DEARTH of specialist skills” in the legal and other professions is undermining the Bahamian financial services industry’s competitiveness, a prominent KC warned yesterday.