Forbes: don’t be too confident - it’s still out there
WITH COVID-19 infections now in single digits, the country’s top infectious diseases expert has again urged Bahamians not to be overly confident or come to the false conclusion that the deadly disease has left the country.
Parliamentary Elections Bill will create voter register
NATIONAL Security Minister Marvin Dames yesterday tabled the Parliamentary Elections (Amendment) Bill in the House of Assembly, which will create a permanent voter register once passed.
Juvenile found dead in suspected suicide
Police are investigating the suspected suicide of a juvenile in a home on Oxford Drive.
McAlpine allows private bill on aragonite resoures
HOUSE Speaker Halson Moultrie allowed a Bill introduced by Pineridge MP Frederick McAlpine to have a first reading in the House of Assembly yesterday despite the strenuous objection of Renward Wells, the Bamboo Town MP and leader of government business in the House.
IMF calls for harsher Bahamian austerity
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) yesterday warned that the Government must impose harsher austerity measures on the Bahamian people to hit its 50 percent debt-to-GDP target by 2030.
Extra $225m raise 'signals confidence'
The Government last night said it exploited "more favourable market" conditions to "re-open" its recent $600m bond and raise a further $255m in US dollars at a lower interest rate.
'No escaping' tax hikes as IMF pushes income levy
A Bahamian economist yesterday said there was "no escaping" new and/or increased taxes to pay for COVID-19's debt blow-out as the IMF again pushed an income tax solution.
PUBLIC NOTICE: 4M HARBOUR ISLAND LTD. - EIA SUPPLEMENTAL SUBMISSION
The public is advised that on December 3, 2020, a supplemental environmental document for the 4M Harbour Island Ltd. project on Harbour Island, The Bahamas was filed with the Department of Environmental Planning and Protection (DEPP) by Caribbean Coastal Services Ltd. on behalf of 4M Harbour Island Ltd. and 4M Harbour Island 2 Ltd. (collectively, 4M). The document pertains to activities that will include the development of 19.8 acres of land which will be subdivided for residential units.
Activists: Bahamas needs more from cruise tourism
Environmental activists yesterday said The Bahamas needs to reap more money from the cruise ship industry when it resumes sailing as they launched their "rethink" campaign for the sector.
Exuma businesses suffer lockdown hit
Some Exuma businesses yesterday revealed that the island's recent COVID-19 restrictions have cost them thousands of dollars prior to this week's easing.
Freeport revival body moving on 'action plan'
The Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) appointed committee says it plans to use feedback from 3,162 responses to create an "action plan" for the revival of Freeport's moribund economy.
Salvation Army volunteers cut by half as COVID bites
The Salvation Army yesterday said it was “hoping” the Christmas run-up will generate sufficient funds to aid their anti-poverty work despite having experienced a volunteer fall-off amid COVID-19.
Private sector hails curfew's push back
The Chamber of Commerce's chairman yesterday said the easing of night-time COVID-19 curfews will enable businesses to properly serve customers as the economy moves into the Christmas season.
Commission gives new warning to Bahamians
The Securities Commission yesterday warned Bahamians against joining a group it alleged is operating as a multi-level marketing or pyramid scheme despite lacking the necessary regulatory approvals.
Corporate reforms to boost business ease
Reforms to key corporate laws will boost The Bahamas' competitiveness by improving the ease of doing business and providing investors with greater certainty, MPs said yesterday.
Petition to stop Disney close to 400,000 signatures
A PETITION launched by environmental activists in protest of Disney’s plans to construct a multi-million-dollar cruise destination in South Eleuthera has collected almost 400,000 signatures.
Oil explorer: Just 20% of opponents from the Bahamas
The oil exploration battle further heated up last night after Bahamas Petroleum Company (BPC) sought to discredit an activist petition by asserting just 20 percent of signatories were local.
Has COVID-19 caused death rate increase?
ALTHOUGH the country has not recorded daily COVID-19 deaths for several weeks, some funeral homes say they are still seeing a major uptick in overall deaths which they are attributing to an overburdened health care system.
When will we get vaccine?
AS the United Kingdom became the world’s first country to authorise use of a COVID-19 vaccine, Minister of Health Renward Wells said the government is still determining which brand it will secure.
IMF: Four-year haul on COVID recovery
THE Bahamas faces “anything but a V-shaped recovery” from COVID-19 with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) yesterday warning a four-year haul to regain economic output lost in 2020 lies ahead.
