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60% FIRST PHASE SELL-OUT MARKS 'SERENE' PROGRESS

By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net A MAJOR western New Providence real estate development has sold about 60 per cent of its 400 first phase lots, an executive telling Tribune Business yesterday that the sales pace h

PI condo owner was ‘close’ on other deals

The former Ocean Place condo complex’s new owner yesterday said it had taken a “hard look” at several projects in the Abacos, and had come close to “a couple of deals”.

PI condo complex beats sale forecast

The owner of the former Ocean Place condominium complex on Paradise Island yesterday said it plans to bring 32 units to market by March 2016, telling Tribune Business initial sales had been “better than anticipated”.

Laville: WSC loses $16m a year in water leakage

Laville: WSC loses $16m a year in water leakage By NATARIO MCKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net THE Water and Sewerage Corporation (WSC) loses about $16 million a year in water leakage in New Providence. Its general manager Glen

Laville: WSC loses $16m a year in water leakage

Laville: WSC loses $16m a year in water leakage By NATARIO MCKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net THE Water and Sewerage Corporation (WSC) loses about $16 million a year in water leakage in New Providence. Its general manager Glen

MEDIUM HOTELS ENJOY 4-7% OCCUPANCY RISE

By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net MEDIUM-sized Nassau hotels have seen business levels exceed expectations, with occupancies up between 4-7 percentage points, and exclusive properties such as Graycliff and the Parad

MEDIUM HOTELS ENJOY 4-7% OCCUPANCY RISE

By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net MEDIUM-sized Nassau hotels have seen business levels exceed expectations, with occupancies up between 4-7 percentage points, and exclusive properties such as Graycliff and the Parad

MEDIUM HOTELS ENJOY 4-7% OCCUPANCY RISE

By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net MEDIUM-sized Nassau hotels have seen business levels exceed expectations, with occupancies up between 4-7 percentage points, and exclusive properties such as Graycliff and the Parad

MINISTER ADMITS NEED FOR NATIONAL FISCAL 'REBALANCE'

By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net A government minister yesterday acknowledged that the Bahamas needed a fiscal"rebalancing" given its $4.25 billion national debt, with the Ingraham administration trying to nurture

Minister admits need for national fiscal 'rebalance'

By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net A government minister yesterday acknowledged that the Bahamas needed a fiscal"rebalancing" given its $4.25 billion national debt, with the Ingraham administration trying to nurture

Big Game afoot for Bimini

THE Big Game Club on Bimini yesterday said its re-opening had sparked a number of new tourism opportunities on the island. The resort is continuing to build its own tourism-focused base in 2012, promoting its traditional water sports activities, along wit

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Atlantis owner eyes 'significant' 5-year investment programme

The Atlantis resort’s owner is looking to invest a “significant sum” in a five-year capital expenditure plan for the Paradise Island resort, having pronounced itself “quite excited” to have completed the $1.9 billion refinancing.

Chamber chief: Atlantis 'back into uncertainty'

By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net Atlantis has been thrust back into a state of uncertainty once again, the Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and Employers Confederation's (BCCEC) chairman, Winston Rolle, yesterday questi

DNA LEADER BLASTS RIVALS ON ATLANTIS

By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net DEMOCRATIC National Alliance (DNA) leader, Branville MCartney, last night heaped blame on both PLP leader Perry Christie and Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham over the continuing $2.5

Union 'not sitting idle' over Atlantis

By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net THE Bahamas Hotel, Catering and Allied Workers Union (BHCAWU) is closely monitoring the Atlantis ownership situation, and is prepared to take legal action if necessary, its executiv

Economist: Enterprises Bill $250k should be ‘bit higher’

THE Commercial Enterprises Bill’s $250,000 investment threshold should have been “a bit higher”, a University of the Bahamas economist argued yestrerday. Rupert Pinder, addressing the Rotary Club of West Nassau, said the $250,000 benchmark for foreign companies applying under the Bill did not match the level of incentives being granted.

Economist backs spending cuts to end ‘major wastage’

A University of the Bahamas economist yesterday backed government spending cuts on the grounds there has been “a great deal of wastage”. Rupert Pinder, addressing a Rotary Club of West Nassau luncheon, said: “We cannot overemphasise the importance of economic growth. You can cut spending until the cows come home, but what is really going to put this economy on a strong footing is growth. I am a proponent for cuts in public spending because I think there has been a great deal of wastage.

Insurers unhappy at Gov’t ‘neglect’

The Bahamas Insurance Association’s (BIA) chairman says the industry believes the Government has neglected it, as there are numerous long-standing legal and policy issues it is still battling to resolve.

DOCTORS UNVEILS NEW BOARD APPOINTMENT

DOCTORS Hospital yesterday announced the appointment of Kerzner International executive,, Karen Carey, to its Board of Directors. Mrs Carey, who serves as senior vice-president of human resources at Kerzner International Bahamas, fills a position made vac

UNION 'VIGILANT' ON ATLANTIS JOBS

By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net The Bahamas Hotel, Catering and Allied Workers Union (BHCAWU) yesterday said it continued to remain vigilant over the employment situation at Atlantis following Brookfield Asset Man