DHL Express opens new Nassau facility
DHL Express, the global delivery company, has opened a new 9,578 square foot facility in Nassau to integrate its Bahamian operations into one location.
Bahamas hosting anti-financial crime training
The Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) week-long flagship training course on combating financial crime began for Bahamian and regional regulators this morning.
Private sector ‘critical’ to Internet governance
IT is “critical” for the private sector to be involved in discussions on internet governance, the Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority’s (URCA) chief executive said yesterday.
Central Bank hails ‘buoyant’ tourism
The Central Bank yesterday described tourism’s performance as “buoyant” through April 2019, with “off-resort room nights” in the vacation rental sector up 31.7 percent that month.
INSIGHT – Arrest, detention and deportation has not worked for 70 years. It’s time to stop the insanity and try something else
Haitians aren’t coming to take over. Those born in The Bahamas of Haitian parents, our Citizens in Waiting, are not either. They aren’t conspiring to steal our jobs, destroy our public services, or breed us out of existence. They do not want to make The Bahamas a colony of Haiti.
INSIGHT: A balanced budget doesn’t mean a lot when there’s no food on the table
WHILE the banging on the tables in Parliament in commendation of the deputy prime minister’s 2019-2020 Budget Communication could not completely drown out the sounds of backs breaking all around the populace, many were relieved that no further taxes will be levied on the Bahamian people.
Doctors union chief hits back at health minister
BAHAMAS Doctors Union president Dr Melisande Bassett has hit out at Health Minister Dr Duane Sands over an ongoing labour dispute, saying regardless of whether junior doctors are only having their contracts slashed from three years to one year in “isolated incidents”, the matter contravenes the union’s industrial agreement.
D'Aguilar: It's critical that hotel talks are successful
THE hotel workers union is maintaining the proposal it received from industry stakeholders outlined a “zero percent” gratuity provision — despite Atlantis recently stating the industry has “never suggested” eliminating 15 percent gratuity from employees.
Privatisation target in just 2% annual growth
The government’s latest privatisation target is forecasting annual revenue growth of just two percent over the next decade, with the selection of a preferred bidder targeted for end-July 2019.
US court to rule today on Carnival ‘violations’
A LOCAL environmentalist is working to be identified as a victim in ongoing pollution proceedings against Carnival Corporation in a US court.
Wilchcombe wants GB seat in next election
FORMER Tourism Minister Obie Wilchcombe has applied for the Progressive Liberal Party’s nomination in the West Grand Bahama constituency in the 2022 general election, according to PLP chairman Fred Mitchell.
CA Smith - our new governor general
CORNELIUS Alvin Smith has announced that Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has appointed him as the country’s next Governor General, a revelation that some see as a “shocking breach” of protocol.
‘Discretion’ in name switch tax dodgers clamp down
The government has introduced “discretion” into the crack down on corporate tax cheats who seek to evade their liabilities by reincorporating under a different vehicle or name.
Man killed in drive-by shooting
A MAN is dead after he was wounded during a drive-by shooting Thursday night.
Boy 'critical' in hospital after he's run over by car
A TODDLER was left in critical condition in hospital following a traffic “mishap” in Eleuthera on Friday, police said.
An exemplary appointment
The appointment of Ruth Bowe-Darville as a Justice of the Supreme Court has ruffled the feathers of the PLP which issued a statement protesting the appointment of the known FNM supporter and activist as an attempt by the FNM to politicise the courts.
WORLD VIEW: An enigmatic patriot who walked with kings but kept the common touch
EDWARD Seaga was a great Jamaican patriot well deserving of the many tributes which have been paid to him concerning his devoted service to his country. But, he was not a regionalist and his tenure as Prime Minister of Jamaica, from 1980 to 1989, contributed to the deceleration of the regional integration process.
GAIN AN EDGE: Now it’s time to give back
“I want to give back to my country,” said Jared Symonette, top Accounting graduate of the University of The Bahamas (UB) and Governor General awardee.
