EDITORIAL: Don't be fooled - this is a SAFE country for tourism
Bahamians are well aware that our tourism and financial services industries are the twin pillars of the nation’s economy. While information about what we offer as an attractive destination for tourists should be suitably alluring, it also needs to be accurate in order to protect our reputation. But, as well as seeking good quality and value for money, a major concern for visitors is safety and security.
Public safety is key concern
Every sovereign State has the right to issue advices to their citizens as to the safety of travel to any area in the world – it is their sovereign legal constitutional responsibility.
MPs need to disclose
CRUISE Port of Nassau - the best choice is the Cruise Lines without any doubt as already commented on - dah - who controls the itinerary’s where the ships visit, not the Cruise Line, so if they are managing Nassau Port there is an enormous financial reason to visit.
Competent would be enough
Re: WATERS: I’M LOOKING FORWARD TO A WOMAN PM.
Bichette keeps home run derby king title
Bo Bichette put on another spectacular hitting display and claimed his second consecutive title of “home run king” at the Don’t Blink Home Run Derby in Paradise.
Don’t Blink! Aspiring baseball players enjoy clinic at Atlantis
THE Don’t Blink Home Run Derby in Paradise weekend featured a kids’ clinic for aspiring players. Scores of participants turned out to the field at the Atlantis resort on Paradise Island on Friday, featuring players aged seven and older.
NPBA: Giants rout the Shockers 95-65, Regulators hold off Pros 93-90
THE Commonwealth Bank Giants, taking off from where they left before the Christmas break, was clicking on all cylinders as they routed the JD’s Seafood Shockers 95-65 at the AF Adderley Gymnasium on Saturday night.
DPM: ‘This is not the death’ of IBC sector
The deputy prime minister has asserted that the new regulatory structure “will not be the death” of International Business Companies (IBCs), as not all will have to pay business licence fees.
QC: Web shop tax hikes breach EU’s demands
Island Luck’s attorney yesterday warned that the web shop tax hikes place The Bahamas “in clear and present danger” of violating the European Union’s (EU) anti-tax evasion offensive.
No ‘vacuum’ over business licence
Chamber of Commerce executives have warned that business licence reforms cannot take place “in a vacuum” after it was excluded from consultation over recently-announced changes.
Labour chief acts over taxi threats
The Government’s top labour official has moved to head-off threatened industrial action by taxi drivers through a series of meeting designed to address their grievances.
Water Corp supplier unveils new director
Consolidated Water (Bahamas) has appointed Ethan Adderley, the Hotel Licensing Board’s chairman, to its board to replace Sir William Allen with effect from year-end 2018.
Realtor targets ‘perfect property’ via digital push
A Bahamian real estate firm believes digital marketing will bring more “bang for the buck” as it launches an initiative aimed at helping 200 buyers find their “perfect property”.
Inland Revenue customer centre to open Saturdays
The Department of Inland Revenue is opening its client services centre on Saturdays for the month of January to support businesses applying for business licence renewals.
Cruise port bid claims straw vendor backing
A Nassau cruise port bidder says its offer to take over the facility’s management has been backed by vendors at the nearby Straw Market.
01042019 NEWS
Friday, 4th January, 2019.
30 Haitian migrants apprehended in Abaco
IMMIGRATION officials apprehended 30 Haitian migrants in Abaco after a sloop was spotted near Man-O-War Cay and Scotland Cay.
Tourist dies in apparent drowning in Grand Bahama
GRAND Bahama Police are investigating an apparent drowning of a male tourist on Friday afternoon at Deadman’s Reef Beach in West Grand Bahama.
Tourist says PMH is the worst hospital he's ever been to
“THE hospital was the worst I have ever been to,” is how a Canadian tourist described the Princess Margaret Hospital, after he and his fiancée were taken there following their involvement in a hit-and-run traffic accident.
