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Fox: No data sovereignty until power woes fixed
AN OPPOSITION senator yesterday challenged the Government's data sovereignty ambitions, arguing that persistent electricity outages must be addressed before The Bahamas can realistically pursue an artificial intelligence (AI) economy.
Bearer shares elimination aids Bahamas compliance
THE GOVERNMENT is moving to close a gap in the Bahamas' corporate legislation that allows ownership of company shares to be transferred through physical certificates without the same formal registration required for ordinary registered shares.
EMPIRE SPORTS MEDICINE SERIES: 'The Sports Ecosystem'
ON the first day of my recent International Visitor Leadership Programme (IVLP) in the United States, a term emerged during our discussions that would eventually shape how I viewed the entire experience - the sports ecosystem. At first, it seemed like a convenient way to describe the many organisations and professionals involved in sport.
Panthers bounce back
THE Ministry of Youth and Sports (MOYS) Panthers bounced back from their opening loss to level their best of five semi-final series against the Police Crimestoppers at one game apiece, while the Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) Shockwaves opened their series against the defending champions Nassau Flight Services (NFS) Ballers with a victory in the 2026 Bahamas Government Departmental Basketball Association (BGDBA) second round of the playoffs.
AG: ‘Nobody backed up truck to the Central Bank’
THE ATTORNEY General yesterday dismissed questions about the Government’s handling of the National Investment Fund (NIF), declaring that “nobody backed a dump truck up to the Central Bank” to remove hundreds of millions of dollars in cash.
AG: Financial services reforms not driven by external pressure
THE ATTORNEY General yesterday defended the need for tighter financial services laws as the Bahamas seeks to protect its international standing, arguing that anti-financial crime measures are not merely a response to foreign pressure.
Investor confidence ‘can’t be clearer’ on $1.1bn bond
A BAHAMIAN businessman yesterday argued that international investor and capital markets confidence in the country “couldn’t be clearer” after the Government confirmed its new $1.1bn bond was more than three times’ over-subscribed.
Freeport free trade zone is ‘not something to lose’
THE GRAND Bahama Chamber of Commerce’s president yesterday asserted that losing Freeport’s free trade zone model is “not an option” while pledging that businesses will “fight against losing their rights” under proposed governance reforms.
Four-fold construction permits ‘discrepancy’ exposes Freeport’s approval ‘bottleneck’
A GRAND Bahama attorney yesterday suggested the “huge discrepancy” between the value of recorded construction permits and projects actually starting is due to the two-stop shop “bottleneck” caused by investors also having to seek approvals from Nassau.
‘Baby out with bath water’ threat on Freeport reform
The Government risks “throwing the baby out with the bath water” on proposed Freeport governance reforms, an ex-Grand Bahama Chamber of Commerce president warned yesterday, amid talk of investors “sitting this one out until the dust clears”.
Op-Ed: Grand Bahama needs certainty, not another reset
WHEN I arrived in Nassau, I made a simple promise: the United States wants to partner with The Bahamas.
