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Airport critical to lower GB’s reliance on cruise
GRAND Bahama’s Chamber of Commerce president is warning businesses cannot rely on cruise tourism alone to sustain their operations, with the island needing more overnight visitors who spend outside the lines’ private destinations to support restaurants, shops and other local enterprises.
Chamber chief wants GB to boost maritime, farming
GRAND Bahama must increase investment in agriculture and marine industries to strengthen food security, reduce reliance on imports and diversify its economy, the island’s Chamber of Commerce president is urging.
Boating fees greater blow than fuel hikes
YACHT charter operators are again urging the Government to revisit taxes and fees, warning that the cost of such levies is driving vessels to competing destinations and inflicting a greater blow than soaring fuel prices.
Bahamas golfers snap Jamaica’s stranglehold in the Caribbean
THE Bahamas Golf Federation's 14-member team finally snapped Jamaica's stranglehold of the Caribbean Golf Association's Four Ball Championship by turning in a dominating performance to win this year's title over the weekend.
Hield ‘being a mentor to the younger’ Bulls
‘VJ’ has another strong performance for 76ers
BAHAMIAN NBA players Chavano “Buddy” Hield and Valdez “VJ” Edgecombe continued their preparations for the upcoming regular season, with Hield showcasing his perimeter shooting for the Chicago Bulls and Edgecombe producing another strong scoring performance for the Philadelphia 76ers.
Digital asset transactions dropped 70% after FTX
DIGITAL assets business involving The Bahamas “contracted by more than 70 percent” in the year after FTX’s collapse, it has been revealed, with less than 3 percent of such transactions linked to “criminal activity” in the nearly two years to end-July 2026.
GB growth optimism matches concerns over business costs
MORE than half of Grand Bahama’s businesses are cautiously optimistic over the island’s economic outlook for the next 12 months with almost two-thirds both expecting to grow but citing cost of doing business concerns.
Chamber chief fears taxpayers ‘saddled’ with up to $412m in GB Power debts
GRAND Bahama’s Chamber of Commerce president is warning that taxpayers may ultimately be “saddled” with more than $400m in debt repayment obligations linked to the island’s electrical utility as he voiced concern over whether its “90-95 percent” supply reliability will endure.
Bahamas provider ‘victim’ of top Brazilian bank fraud
A Bahamian financial provider yesterday asserted it is a “victim” of Brazil’s largest-ever bank fraud amid allegations that itself, and a network of locally-domiciled investment funds, were used to “improperly dissipate” $430m in misappropriated monies.
