Kalik maker sees profitability return
Commonwealth Brewery produced a more-than $7.32m bottom line reversal to return to profitability in the 2021 second quarter, with its revival aided by relaxed COVID restrictions and a more open economy.
Nassau targets 62.5% increase in cruise calls
Nassau Cruise Port is projecting a 62.5 percent in monthly cruise ship calls between September and December 2021, it was revealed yesterday, with demand exceeding available berths in the Christmas run-up.
Super Value sets target for staff to vaccinate
SUPER Value Food Store chain has called on its staff to be fully vaccinated by the end of September or take a weekly negative test.
25 more deaths as surge powers on
THE country’s top infectious diseases expert has warned The Bahamas needs “to get a handle” on a worsening COVID-19 situation, as officials confirmed 25 new COVID-19 deaths and 196 new cases over the past two days.
NO VOTE LIKELY IF QUARANTINED: Ministers signal voters may miss ballot to stop possible COVID spread
NATIONAL Security Minister Marvin Dames suggested yesterday that people in quarantine for COVID-19 exposure may not be allowed to vote in the upcoming general election.
The scourge of disinformation
If the Bahamas and other nations were to be honest to themselves, COVID-19 could have been handled far better than today.
Pandemic expectations
We are now in a fourth wave of this horrible pandemic. We are told that most of those in hospitals with COVID-19 are not vaccinated, and others who have been vaccinated. The variants are driving our population to distraction. The Province’s Business sector has been carrying on, doing business in a safe and managed manner. There are many questions being asked by the public with regards to our health and safety.
Cable unveils TV line-up reforms
Cable Bahamas yesterday said its REV TV subscribers will enjoy improved choice and, potentially, lower costs as a result of its newly-introduced package line-up that takes effect from today.
Bahamian insurer: Too early on corporate tax
A major Bahamian insurer yesterday said it was too early to predict whether the industry will be impacted by the G-20 drive for a 15 percent minimum global corporate tax rate.
Gov’t’s $109m payables are ‘highly questionable’
The Opposition’s deputy leader yesterday branded the Government’s assertion that it owes vendors some $109m in current accounts payables as “highly questionable”.
Gov’t urged to create COVID-19 regulatory ‘level playing field’
The Government was yesterday urged to create a COVID-19 regulatory ‘level playing field’ so that massage and spa therapists can join counterparts in similar industries that have already returned to work.
‘Big ticket items’ resolved over BPL industrial deal
The Bahamas Electrical Workers Union (BEWU) yesterday moved to secure its members’ approval of a new industrial agreement with Bahamas Power & Light (BPL) after “some of the big ticket items” were resolved.
‘Pass bill so candidates can be properly scrutinised’
A governance reformer has said the Integrity Commission Bill should be passed to allow for an independent body to be able to scrutinise and vet the disclosures of election candidates.
‘Pass bill so candidates can be properly scrutinised’
A governance reformer has said the Integrity Commission Bill should be passed to allow for an independent body to be able to scrutinise and vet the disclosures of election candidates.
Marine guilty of pulling gun on his ex-girlfriend
A Royal Bahamas Defence Force officer was convicted of pulling a gun on his former girlfriend and her new lover yesterday and has been ordered to pay $5,000 to avoid spending 18 months behind bars.
Marine guilty of pulling gun on his ex-girlfriend
A Royal Bahamas Defence Force officer was convicted of pulling a gun on his former girlfriend and her new lover yesterday and has been ordered to pay $5,000 to avoid spending 18 months behind bars.
Prison sentence for voyeurs ‘too harsh’
THE Court of Appeal has quashed the six-month prison sentences imposed on two men who watched a woman have sex through one of the windows of her home.
Crocus sack had marijuana inside, officer tells court
AN officer found a crocus sack of marijuana in the backseat of an ex-convict’s car two years ago, a court was told.
Farewell, AD Hanna
Today is a sad day in The Bahamas as we laid to rest one of our national heroes and icons, the late Hon Arthur Dion Hanna, Sr.
Jonquel Jones ties career high 31 points
WASHINGTON (AP) — Jonquel Jones scored 21 of her career-high tying 31 points in the first half and Connecticut beat the Washington Mystics 85-75 last night for the Sun’s ninth straight victory.
