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FNM Acting Chairman: Govt will spend 'substantially more' than $7m on Carnival
FREE National Movement (FNM) acting Chairman Brensil Rolle yesterday predicted that the government will spend “substantially more” than the budgeted $7m on this year’s Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival as he chastised the Christie administration for “continuing to waste our money”.
FNM Deputy: Carnival too expensive, focused on foreign artists
FREE National Movement (FNM) Deputy Leader Peter Turnquest is unimpressed with the government's management of the country's second Junkanoo Carnival event, calling it too expensive and too focused on foreign artists at the expense of local ones.
Canadian couple sought over alleged $7m fraud
A Canadian couple accused of defrauding and misappropriating $7m belonging to investors through various Canadian and Bahamian shell companies are believed to be hiding out in the Bahamas and central America.
$7m budget for Carnival
THE government will spend about $7m to host this year’s Junkanoo Carnival, Bahamas National Festival Commission Chairman Paul Major told The Tribune yesterday.
Healthcare needs a clear vision - and greater funding
FOR the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) to expand the services provided under the National Health Insurance (NHI) programme $20m ‘is not going to do it’, according to Medical Association of The Bahamas (MAB) president Dr Marcus Cooper, stressing there must be a vision and serious commitment to improving the state of healthcare in the country.
$7m fund
Re: Urban Renewal spends $7M on home repairs.
Marijuana worth $7m seized by police
POLICE in Grand Bahama discovered a marijuana farm where they seized seven thousand marijuana plants, which have an estimated street value of $7m.
BOB shedding ‘haunted’ past with 20% growth goal for ‘23
Bank of The Bahamas top executive yesterday asserted it is moving beyond the bail-outs that “will forever haunt” the institution with predictions it will grow this year’s forecast $7m profit by a further 20 percent in 2023.
BPL theft haul soars to $7m
THE amount of money missing at Bahamas Power and Light has skyrocketed to nearly $7m, The Tribune understands.
The price of a vote
Re: Urban Renewal spends $7M on home repairs (The Tribune, September 8).
Time for another Carnival
I TRULY feel that now is the time for another Junkanoo Carnival. Another $7m to $10m to put on the carnival is no big deal.
BAMSI’s $7m investment targets 30% import slash
The Bahamas Agriculture and Marine Science Institute (BAMSI) is aiming to invest $7m in a series of “greenhouse parks” designed to cut imports of vegetable staples by 30 percent.
Urban Renewal spends $7m on home repairs
URBAN Renewal 2.0 has spent $7m over the last two fiscal periods to repair hundreds of inner city community homes, according to the programme’s Co-Chair Cynthia “Mother” Pratt yesterday.
Doctors enjoys up to 40% non-COVID revenue rise
Doctors Hospital plans to unveil its new Bay Street pharmacy within 30 days, a top executive revealed yesterday, with monthly non-COVID revenues up to 40 percent higher than pre-pandemic comparatives.
Lucayan chairman targets $6-7m Hutchison 'recovery'
The Grand Lucayan’s chairman yesterday revealed he plans to “go after” Hutchison Whampoa to recover the $6-$7m Memories lease guarantee payment, as he hit back at the PLP’s leader.Michael Scott, blasting Philip Davis’s criticisms over the upcoming $2
New Bahamasair head office could cost govt up to $7m
EARLY talks are underway on plans to construct a new head office for Bahamasair, with Minister of Works Philip “Brave” Davis saying this could cost the government $5m to $7m.
FINCO’s repossessed collateral jumps 30%
Royal Bank of Canada’s (RBC) BISX-listed mortgage arm narrowly beat prior year comparatives with $40m in profits for the year to end-October 2022 following recovery of more than $16m in credit loss provisions.
COVID windfall
A private healthcare institution was in The Tribune bragging about its $7m-plus revenue intake from the 100,000 COVID-19 tests it conducted in 2020. When told that her impoverished subjects lacked bread, the 18th century French Queen Mary Antoinette is alleged to have replied that they should be given cake. Sharp-witted Bahamians will immediately wonder why I mentioned Marie Antoinette.
Bahamasair's cash burn at $7m on 'deeper dive'
A "deeper dive" has revealed Bahamasair is burning through $7m per month in what one Cabinet minister yesterday described as a "vexing" problem for taxpayers and the Public Treasury.
$7m contract signed to improve Andros roads
MINISTRY of Works officials yesterday signed a $7m contract to reconstruct a “critically important” stretch of road in North Andros leading up to the recently built Bahamas Agriculture and Marine Sciences Institute (BAMSI).
