DIANE PHILLIPS: Empty shelves today, can a barter economy be far behind?
A year or more ago when we first heard the words supply chain interruption, the idea felt distant, like someone else’s problem. It’s the way we used to feel about climate change. Surely, someone would fix it in time. Then along came Dorian and we knew climate change wasn’t someone else’s problem. It was ours AND everyone else’s.
A COMIC'S VIEW: It’s beginning to look like the same old PLP
Oh, what a difference a month makes. Now that we are shifting away from the last general elections, it’s become clearer what direction the Davis administration is going in. And I have to say; it seems awfully familiar.
EDITORIAL: Where will money come from to balance VAT cut?
THERE is a feeling of caution in the air over the government’s plans to reduce VAT.
Minnis will not seek FNM leadership at convention
FORMER Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis says he will not nominate for leadership of the Free National Movement nor allow his name to be placed in nomination when the party hosts a one-day leadership convention on November 27.
Govt ‘will stick to law’ on severance packages
WHEN the state of emergency ends next month, the Davis administration will not continue suspending the provision of the Employment Act that demands employers give severance packages to furloughed workers.
Warning issued about onions over salmonella risk
A LOCAL food safety official is urging restaurant owners and food service providers to discard any red, yellow or white onions that were sourced from ProSource Inc in Chihuahua, Mexico and distributed through the United States due to a Salmonella outbreak.
Sears recuses himself from BPL board dissolution
WORKS Minister Alfred Sears said he has recused himself from matters relating to the dissolution of Bahamas Power and Light’s previous board.
Face-to-face in Family Islands ‘soon’
HEALTH and Wellness Minister Dr Michael Darville said Family Island schools have the capacity to resume face-to-face learning or a hybrid model soon.
BPL Skyguard Severe Weather Alert 22nd October: Nassau
STARTS: 10/22/2021 4:10 PM EDT EXPIRES: 10/22/2021 5:15 PM EDT
‘Give comfort’ VAT slash makes sense
The Government must “give comfort” that its planned VAT rate cut will not worsen The Bahamas’ already-precarious economic and fiscal position, an ex-Cabinet minister warned yesterday.
Aviation must seize ‘golden opportunity’
Bahamian aviation now has “a golden opportunity” to chart a brighter future despite being just “45 percent recovered” from COVID, a leading industry operator has asserted.
Contractors: ‘Perfect storm’ over raw materials quotes
Bahamian contractors “cannot control prices” because quotes on building materials are holding for as little as 48 hours, with one saying yesterday: “It’s just the perfect storm.”
Resort hopes 30% of guests returning
An Exuma resort yesterday voiced optimism that 30 percent of its pre-COVID business will return in time for Christmas due to Air Canada resuming flights to the island.
Small businesses fear supply crisis more than COVID
Bahamian small businesses view the global supply chain crisis as a bigger threat than COVID-19 itself amid growing anxiety over Christmas deliveries, a sector advocate disclosed yesterday.
Govt urged to keep promise on P.I. land
SAVE the Bays has urged the Davis administration to keep a pre-election promise to cancel any agreement that would result in Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines leasing Crown land on Paradise Island.
BPL consultant accused of ‘act of fraud’ in audit
AN internal audit by Bahamas Power & Light concluded that a consultant who provided makeup services to former BPL chair Darnell Osborne “demonstrated a significant lack of integrity while engaged by BPL” and evidently “committed an act of fraud” against the company, according to the report from the external probe former Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis ordered into BPL’s affairs.
Cartwright considering FNM role bid
ST BARNABAS MP Shanendon Cartwright said he is considering running for a leadership role in the Free National Movement, emphasising that such a role goes beyond leader and includes deputy leader or party chairman.
DOSES ARE HERE - GO GET YOUR JAB: Darville says shipment will allow increase in COVID vaccinations
THE Bahamas received 57,330 doses of the Pfizer vaccine yesterday, the country’s fourth batch of COVID-19 vaccines through the World Health Organization’s COVAX Facility.
Bahamas boxing team from 1979 to be honoured
Patrick ‘the Centreville Assassin’ Strachan said it’s better late than never for him to honour his colleagues from the Bahamas boxing team that participated in the Florida Caribbean Golden Gloves Tournament in Coconut Grove, Miami, Florida in 1979.
