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Insurer eyes ‘beyond Caribbean’ expansion despite $3m profit fall

A Bahamian insurer yesterday revealed it is targeting expansion beyond the Caribbean after overcoming a more than $3m net income drop as catastrophe costs “increased over 50 percent”.

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Govt to sell Crown land to facilitate building of health facility in Abaco

A NEW medical centre will be constructed on Abaco, a move officials say will help expand healthcare services on the island.

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Bahamas targets 2m air arrivals for 2024

The Bahamas is forecasting that foreign air stopover arrivals will break the two million mark for the first time in 2024 after more than 500,000 landed during the year’s first quarter.

Gov’t awards 43 sustainable food grants

Forty-three fishermen and farmers have been presented with sustainable food grants by a variety of government agencies.

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‘Absolutely insane’: Ex-health minister blasts $290m hospital

A former health minister yesterday blasted the proposed $290m new hospital as “an absolutely insane idea” and challenged why the cost has risen more than five-fold under the Davis administration.