Bahamian businesses look to explore opportunities in Chinese market
A GROUP of Bahamian business owners and entrepreneurs will travel to Yiwu, China, next month to explore opportunities at the world’s largest wholesale commodities market in hopes of securing direct product sources for import.
Camps promoting creative and academic growth
South Beach MP Bacchus Rolle visits summer camps, promoting youth development, and exploring ways to enhance local programs.
Akhepran International Academy joins ShakthisSAT for global all-female built satellite initiative
The Bahamas is joining Mission ShakthiSAT, an all-girls global space mission uniting students from 108 countries in the design, building, and launch of a satellite to lunar orbit.
Urban Renewal’s Youth Achievers programme arrives in Grand Bahama
Following the successful launch in New Providence of the Youth Achiever Club Urban Renewal expands the programme to others islands beginning with Grand Bahama.
Abaco seeks to connect with China
The president of the Abaco Chamber of Commerce, Chantelle Sands, is on an official visit to China this week, engaging in high-level discussions aimed at unlocking new economic opportunities for Abaco’s businesses and community.
Aztec to fly from Florida to Exuma
Aztec Airways is to launch direct flights into Georgetown, Exuma, from Florida.
Storm forces cancellation of some Bahamasair flights
Bahamasair has cancelled all flights into Inagua and Mayaguana due to Hurricane Erin. The airline is expected to resume flights into the affected islands tomorrow.
‘Why the silence on Sandals Exuma?’
FNM candidate for Exuma and Ragged Island Debra Moxey-Rolle says the Davis administration has “gone silent” regarding the ongoing closure of Sandals Emerald Bay, which was shuttered to facilitate its rebranding into a family-friendly Beaches resort.
Govt needs near-$100m surplus in fourth quarter to hit target
The Fiscal Responsibility Council (FRC), unveiling its Annual Budget report said the Davis administration must produce a $96.6m surplus during the fourth quarter in order to meet its targeted fiscal deficit of $69.8m.
‘CCA parent firm must pay $1.6bn on Baha Mar’
Dionisio D’Aguilar, who sat on Baha Mar’s board under the mega resort’s original developer, said the unwillingness shown by Chinese state-owned CSCEC Holding Company (CSCECH) to settle the $1.6bn debt with BML Properties is a “red flag”,
D’Aguilar: CCA trying to ‘wiggle out of paying $1.6bn’
Dionisio D’Aguilar, who sat on Baha Mar’s board under the mega resort’s original developer, said the unwillingness shown by Chinese state-owned CSCEC Holding Company (CSCECH) to settle the $1.6bn debt with BML Properties is a “red flag”,
Officer before tribunal for video over woman defecating
A POLICE officer has been brought before the Royal Bahamas Police Force Tribunal over a viral video that shows a half-naked Caucasian woman defecating on the floor of a station, with other officers possibly facing discipline as the investigation widens.
Two drown in one day at Celebration Key in GB
TWO American visitors died in apparent drowning incidents at Celebration Key on Friday, less than a month after Carnival Cruise Line opened its $600m private cruise destination in East Grand Bahama.
Getting ready for the storm
AS Hurricane Erin edged closer to the southeastern Bahamas yesterday, island administrators insisted preparations were in place, although residents said many were taking warnings lightly and complained that their communities are often overlooked when it comes to government support.
Bain’s shooting ruled ‘murder’
A POLICE officer has been placed in custody after a Coroners’s Court jury made the rare ruling that the shooting of 27-year-old Dino Bain was homicide by murder.
Two Americans drown at Celebration Key in separate incidents
Two American cruise passengers drowned at Celebration Key in Grand Bahama on Friday — one while snorkelling and the other while swimming in a pool.
PETER YOUNG: New UK initiative in Middle East
After writing extensively in last week’s column about the tragic humanitarian situation in Gaza, I am reluctant to return to the subject of the Middle East again today. However, Britain has just announced its intention to recognise the state of Palestine, and this constitutes a major change of foreign policy that it might be interesting to examine now.
Fishermen recruited to improve storm forecasts
Bahamian fishermen have been recruited to play a pivotal role in collecting data that will be used to improve hurricane forecasting and early warning systems.
