Cruise port winner meets stakeholders
The preferred bidder for the $250m transformation of Nassau’s cruise port has hosted a recent series of government-endorsed stakeholder meetings to discuss the redevelopment.
Bahamas must ‘do things differently’
A Cabinet minister yesterday pushed back at misinformation over The Bahamas’ planned Word Trade Organisation (WTO) accession, arguing that this nation “must do things differently”.
New Bar appointee eyes ‘urgent land reform need’
The newly-elected chair of the Bahamas Bar Association’s real estate division has vowed to use her post to address what she described as “an urgent need for land reform”.
Tourism chief leads New York delegation
The Ministry of Tourism’s director-general led a Bahamian delegation to the recent Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) Week 2019 in New York.
Jet ski operators: ‘We have clean up to do’
JET SKI operators yesterday pledged they are willing to sit with tourism industry officials and address all issues affecting the sector.
Minister questions microgrid unveiling
A Cabinet minister last night questioned whether an Italian company’s announcement of its successful bid to develop a Bahamas-based mircogrid is compliant with the law.
BTC partners on Business Outlook
The Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) yesterday said it has partnered with the organisers of today’s Andros Business Outlook conference.
Paid parental leave increase ‘huge differentiator’ for BTC
The Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) believes the major increases in paid leave for new parents will be “a huge differentiator” in its attractiveness as an employer.
Financial industry needs ‘workforce transformation’
The Government is planning a study to identify the financial services jobs Bahamians must be trained to perform as a result of financial technology (FinTech) and other advances.
Investar bringing Titan to Freeport
Sebas Bastian’s investment house opened its Grand Bahama office on Monday in a bid to give residents better access to investing in its two Titan mutual funds.
Collaboration ‘critical’ for financial industry
Collaboration with domestic and international regulators is “critical” if this nation is to grow its financial services industry and preserve Bahamian jobs, a Cabinet Minister has asserted.
ART OF GRAPHIX: Covering a book’s image
Publishing a book is always a gratifying accomplishment. But never forget the importance of photos and pictures. Pictures mean business, and even the most compelling stories can be boring if readers are confronted with black type on white paper.
The gift of a father
Father’s Day falls during the season in the Church when the Sundays are numbered as they follow after Pentecost Sunday. It is such a blessing to be in the presence of a father who is filled with the power of God and who is a loving presence in his ho
ALICIA WALLACE: When things don’t add up we need to change them
MICAL MP Miriam Emmanuel has been the talk of the town since her inability to read a seven-figure number in Parliament last week.
WSC won't renew poor contracts, says Gibson
WATER and Sewerage Corporation executive chairman Adrian Gibson stated emphatically that the corporation will not be renewing some 15 expired reverse osmosis (RO) operator contracts, adding the corporation’s previous management had agreed to “grossly
60 patients to have cataract surgery in marathon session
CATARACT surgery will be provided to some 60 patients at the Rand Memorial Hospital in Grand Bahama for the first time by an all Bahamian ophthalmology team of specialty physicians and nurses this week. Leading the marathon surgery is Dr Dawn Russel
$10m needed to complete building of sports stadium
MORE than $10m of the Ministry of Works’ capital budget will be spent to complete the Andre Rodgers Baseball Stadium in the upcoming fiscal year. According to Minister of Works Desmond Bannister yesterday, $10,070,065.53 is committed to the project,
We'll prosecute non-payers, says NIB chief Rolle
DELINQUENT employers who owe the National Insurance Board up to $17m in contributions “just ignored” pay agreements and commitments, according to Public Service Minister Brensil Rolle.
We are taking our job seriously, insists marijuana commission
BAHAMAS National Commission on Marijuana Co-Chairs Quinn McCartney and Bishop Simeon Hall yesterday insisted their Cabinet-appointed body was not on a fool’s errand.
