Bahamas golfers bring home the Higgs & Higgs Trophy
THE Bahamas was well represented at the recent Caribbean Golf Association’s (CGA) Four Ball Championship.
‘High expectations’ NAD’s $75m offer is oversubscribed
The Nassau airport operator’s advisers last night said they had “high expectations” its refinancing will be fully or oversubscribed after raising 90 percent of their target within the first two days.
‘Trustworthy’ hotel operator sought to preserve 100 jobs
Old Bahama Bay’s owner was yesterday seeking a “trustworthy” new operator after repossessing the resort to facilitate its sale for the former Ginn project’s $2.8bn redevelopment.
Three cruise port bids: Spend from $130m to $250m
The Government has received three bids, ranging in investment value from $130m to $250m, for the contract to manage and operate Nassau’s cruise port.
BTC pays for Black Friday meltdown
Regulators have ordered the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) to pay 50 percent of its fine for last year’s Black Friday mobile number portability meltdown to affected consumers.
Davis: IMF ignores nation’s ‘social pain’
THE Opposition’s leader yesterday argued that the latest International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) report fails to capture “the social pain being inflicted” by the Government’s austerity measures.
DPM: ‘There’s still much work to do’
THE DEPUTY Prime Minister yesterday stressed that the Government must continue with its economic growth and fiscal initiatives, conceding: “There is still a lot of work to be done.”
Minister uncertain on hotel union strike vote
The Minister of Labour yesterday said he was uncertain whether the hotel union will continue with its strike vote given assertions that its concerns have been addressed.
Man shot dead in Fort Fincastle
A MALE was gunned down in the street Tuesday night in a shooting in Fort Fincastle, the 87th murder victim of the year.
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Tuesday, 11th December, 2018.
FACE TO FACE: When the mountain is too high you have to ask for a little help
Jarvis and Dereka Grant are a power couple in the world of culture in The Bahamas.
BPL employees ‘didn’t know’ about companies which got fake cheques
A BAHAMAS Power and Light retiree claimed yesterday his former department never did any business with two of the many companies a former bank employee allegedly wrote fake Scotiabank cheques for as part of a multi-million-dollar theft scheme in the early part of last year.
Nassau Christmas lights costing us $100,000 – but they'll last for years
WORKS Minister Desmond Bannister revealed yesterday that the new Christmas lights erected around town cost just over $99,000.
Thanks for the invitation, Brave . . . but FNM’s rebels staying put - for now
WHILE saying there is no immediate need for him to now cross party lines, Free National Movement MP Frederick McAlpine yesterday said he was keeping his “options open” as relations between him and the governing party remain frigid.
‘Shell deal can’t cost us jobs’
BAHAMAS Electrical Workers Union President Paul Maynard insisted yesterday no employee will be pushed out as he raised concerns regarding the job security of Bahamas Power and Light employees upon the completion of the Shell North America deal.
AG: We’ll listen but bill will go ahead
THE Senate delayed debate yesterday on the Non-Profit Organisations Bill to allow for the review and possible incorporation of suggestions from civil society, according to Attorney General Carl Bethel.
Johnson to square off with Lemieux this Saturday
Bahamian pro boxer Tureano Johnson is expected to step back into the ring for the first time in just over 15 months.
‘Heavy Is The Head That Wears The Crown’
WHEN the NBA schedule was released, we (because I’m making all of you a part of this) circled December 4 as the day we would literally witness a new historic chapter in Bahamian basketball.
Cartwright and Lions finish as runners-up
HIS senior season ended just short of the ultimate team goal, but Michael Cartwright is already looking ahead to the complement of his recruitment process and NCAA decision.
FNM would lose an election if held today
MAY 10th, 2017 for the FNM party it was a red letter day they had been voted in with a very large majority 35 against four but the electorate knew this was not the real world it was the proverbial Bahamian decision when they are fed up with Party ‘A’ just vote dem out. Did they want the FNM?
