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Persistent outages a “growing headache” for rental operators

PERSISTENT electricity outages on Abaco are creating a growing headache for short-term rental operators, who said guests are increasingly being left without answers when they ask the simple question: when is the power coming back?

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Antoan Richardson back in Atlanta as the Braves' first base coach

HE had an enjoyable stint with both the Atlanta Braves and the New York Yankees as a player, but Antoan Richardson said he's now more intrigued by his new role as a coach in Major League Baseball.

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Bringing home the gold - again

TIMOTHY Munnings did it again and he will return home from his second appearance at the World Masters Athletics Championships with another gold medal.

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‘Dedicate 15% of universal fund to digital inclusion for disabled’

A DISABLED advocate yesterday called for 15 percent of monies paid into so-called universal service funds by Bahamian and Caribbean communications providers to be dedicated to boosting digital inclusion for the group.

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Fiscal revision handling fosters ‘something to hide’ suspicions

THE GOVERNMENT is “giving rise to suspicions that something is being hidden” by its failure to be transparent and disclose changes to fiscal forecasts for two successive Budget years in a timely manner, a senior banker warned yesterday.

Cruise line makes Bahamas ‘linchpin’ via $350m outlay

NORWEGIAN Cruise Line (NCL) says it has invested about $350m into its Great Stirrup Cay expansion with yesterday’s opening of its new Great Tides Waterpark the “linchpin” of a broader strategy to place more ships and visitors in The Bahamas and wider Caribbean.

Bahamas investor slams $232m US award as ‘insane’

A BAHAMAS-BASED investor battling a $232m US court judgment yesterday asserted he is the victim of “a rip-off”, and vowed: “Every single person who has brought this pain to my life will pay.”

1,300-job Exuma project ‘fallen by the wayside’

AN EXUMA resort investment promising to create a combined 1,300 construction and full-time jobs has “fallen by the wayside” and will not proceed, Tribune Business can reveal.

Former Grand Lucayan managers say they are struggling as they wait for severance payments owed to them

TWO former Grand Lucayan managers say they have been pushed into severe financial hardship while waiting for severance payments they insist are owed to them, with one struggling to meet his mortgage and support his family and the other saying her utilities have been disconnected and a bank has taken action over an unpaid loan.