Transaction costs ‘slowing’ electronic payments switch
The costs associated with settling electronic transactions are “slowing the pace of change” in the Bahamian payments system, the Central Bank’s governor said yesterday.
Exuma testing for digital B$
The Central Bank’s governor yesterday said Exuma will be the first island where a digital Bahamian dollar is tested, unveiling plans to impose a ceiling on the value stored in mobile wallets.
Govt agencies ‘must speak to each other’
A Cabinet minister yesterday admitted the inability of government agencies “to speak to one another” is undermining public sector efficiency, branding their planned digital transformation as “essential”.
DAVID ALLEN JR: Walk away from WTO in absence of equality
Have you ever been bullied? It is not fun. Bullying usually occurs when someone stronger and larger perceives their target to be weaker and smaller.
Govt seeks to replicate 925kw solar car park
A Cabinet minister yesterday pledged the government will be “aggressive” in going after its renewable energy targets following the $4m unveiling of this nation’s first utility-scale solar project.
‘Fill the gaps’ on digital payments
A senior commercial bank official yesterday said “there is a huge opportunity” for start-ups and entrepreneurs to “fill the gaps” created by the switch to electronic payments.
BAMSI teams with tourism for Andros Harvest Festival
The Ministry of Tourism has teamed with the Bahamas Agriculture & Marine Science Institute (BAMSI) to host the first annual Harvest Festival in Morgan’s Bluff, North Andros, on March 30.
Workshop focuses on enhanced construction
Contractors and other construction industry players were yesterday armed with knowledge on how to build homes that can withstand up to category 5 hurricanes.
Robbery victim dies of wounds
A suspected armed robbery, which turned fatal late Sunday night, has pushed the country’s murder count to 15 for the year, according to The Tribune’s records.
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Monday, 18th March, 2018.
INSIGHT: Treat people like animals and that's how they'll behave
FORMER United States President Barrack Obama once said: “We believe that when people make mistakes, they deserve the opportunity to remake their lives.” This begs a question to ask ourselves: While we can all agree that those who have become offenders ought to be removed from society, have we done a good enough job of creating a pathway after they’ve paid their debts to return as functioning members of the same?
INSIGHT: No one should go to prison for smoking a joint
No one should go to prison for smoking a joint. No life should be ruined over a small amount of weed.
Tynes: Govt wrong not to hold mid-year budget debate
FORMER chief parliamentary clerk Maurice Tynes has criticised the handling of the decision not to hold a debate in the House of Assembly on the mid-year budget statement, telling The Tribune the government does not own Parliament.
Body found in GB being treated as a homicide
POLICE are currently investigating the weekend discovery of a man’s body in Grand Bahama as a homicide, Assistant Commissioner of Police Samuel Butler told The Tribune yesterday.
Cannabis products? Everybody wants them, says Sands
“EVERYBODY wants it,” is how Health Minister Dr Duane Sands described the boom in cannabis-derived products hitting shelves locally.
Oil explorer’s $2.54m is ‘certainty we’ve craved’
A Bahamas-based oil explorer has cemented “the certainty we’ve been craving” with a $2.54m working capital raise that will underpin all activities leading to the drilling of its first well by 2020.
Court action halts shanty town builds
THE Supreme Court order blocking the government from clearing out shanty towns in the country now prevents those residents from altering or expanding those communities.
‘We weren’t stealing power supply’
THE Cooper family – the operators of several major fast food franchise restaurants in Freeport - has “categorically and emphatically” denied any wrongdoing concerning the alleged theft of electricity by the Grand Bahama Power Company.
Ministers miss the disclosure deadline
THREE Free National Movement parliamentarians - two of them Cabinet ministers - were granted more time to file their public disclosures, The Tribune was told.
Shot dead right in front of cops: Officers witnessed Fox Hill gunman open fire on duo
TWO men were shot, and one killed, yesterday afternoon during a brazen drive-by shooting at the Fox Hill roundabout.
