Bahamasair to spend $9.3m on aircraft maintenance
BAHAMASAIR will use $9.3m of its total budget in the new fiscal year on heavy maintenance to its aircraft and another $1m to move the headquarters to a building complex on Blake Road.
Davis commits PLP to renegotiating labour commitment
OPPOSITION Leader Philip “Brave” Davis has committed his party to renegotiating the historic 1977 Memorandum of Understanding on labour.
Davis: PLP to have '30 to 40 percent' women candidates
THE Progressive Liberal Party’s 2022 slate will be composed of 30 to 40 percent women candidates, according to party leader Philip “Brave” Davis.
Managers split $4m in Grand Lucayan payout
Managers at the Grand Lucayan Resort received in excess of $4million in voluntary separation pay out on Thursday, ending a long and bitter negotiations between the union and the government.
Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister calls for election of St Vincent and the Grenadines to UN Security Council
Antigua and Barbuda’s Prime Minister, Gaston Browne, has called on global governments to support the election on June 7 of St Vincent and the Grenadines to the Security Council of the United Nations.
Protest calls for action against sex abuse
ADVOCATES and survivors marched to Rawson Square on Thursday morning to protest against child molestation, incest and sexual abuse in The Bahamas.
Pintard defends budget increase for BAMSI
AGRICULTURE and Marine Resources Minister Michael Pintard defended the 2019/2020 budget increase for the Bahamas Agriculture and Marine Science Institute (BAMSI) noting the institution's purpose is to conduct research.
'Anti-hacking' measures enforced to keep pilots to rules
TOURISM and Aviation Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar said several “anti-hacking” measures have been enforced by the Bahamas Civil Aviation Authority to ensure pilots follow regulations.
New construction model eyes 40% build time cut
A prominent businessman yesterday said his “$1m-plus” new construction venture is aiming to “double sales within a couple of years” once its pre-engineered model takes off.
Top realtor urges specific incentives for vacation rentals
A prominent realtor is urging the government to provide Hotels Encouragement Act-style incentives specifically for the vacation rental market to better empower Bahamian investors.
DPM: SBDC impact magnified five-fold
The deputy prime minister yesterday argued that every dollar invested in the government’s flagship small business initiative generates an economic impact more than five times’ greater.
Resorts slam union over strike 'rile up'
Resort employers yesterday slammed the hotel union for “deliberately riling up” its members into voting for a strike by misleading them over the 15 percent gratuity’s fate.
Landfill operator hits '80% of goals'
The New Providence landfill’s new operator yesterday said it is “hitting at least 80 percent of our targets”, having already invested $9m of its initial $20m financing.
DEIDRE M BASTIAN: The right image for your website
If you have a blog, online store or regular website that you want to look amazing, it pays to optimise each image that is uploaded. We can look at this in three ways: Making images look good; making images load quickly; and making images easy for search engines to index. Most posts go over one aspect of optimisation or another. However, it is best to start with high-quality images.
Cooper says deficit will exceed $400m
The opposition’s finance spokesman yesterday charged that the government’s 2018-2019 fiscal deficit will exceed $400m, adding that it has as much chance of hitting its $229m forecast as “pigs flying”.
DPM brands Opposition as 'the junk bond crew'
The deputy prime minister yesterday renewed his attack on the former Christie administration’s fiscal management, branding it the “junk bond crew” for overseeing four consecutive rating downgrades.
Titan funds speed up Family Islands launch
Sebas Bastian’s investment house yesterday said potential investor demand had caused it to speed up the launch of its two Titan investment funds outside New Providence.
STATESIDE: Who's the Jeopardy record holder? Not James
James Holzhauer lost on Monday, and his defeat was big news. Maybe you heard about it: After winning $2.255m on the popular TV game show Jeopardy, Holzhauer finally lost by a small margin to Chicago librarian and Princeton graduate Emma Boetcher.
No WTO scare tactics, just facts
It is said that people like me who don’t like WTO and have the courage to say so are using “scare tactics”.
