Legal battle disrupts $2.8bn Ginn revival
A brewing legal battle has disrupted the $2.8bn revival of Grand Bahama’s former Ginn project and creation of up to 1,400 full-time Bahamian jobs, Tribune Business can reveal.
NIB in cash flow boost via $139m NAD refinancing
The National Insurance Board (NIB) will receive a cash flow boost in return for smoothing the $139.1m refinancing of Nassau’s airport operator, a Cabinet minister said yesterday.
INSIGHT: The little things all added together which could mean so much
Among the many poignant testimonials following the loss of well-known pilot Byron Ferguson in a plane crash last month, one touched a particularly important nerve.
WORLD VIEW – The Caribbean: Confronting its demons
Had the meeting of CARICOM governments on the Caribbean Single Market and Economy (CSME) been the only event affecting the Caribbean in the first week of December, it would have been a week to celebrate. But, it was also a week when global emissions of carbon dioxide reached such high levels that the future of Caribbean countries is now almost irreversibly endangered.
GAIN AN EDGE: Princeton’s proof of just what’s possible
When Princeton Boston entered the gates of the Bahamas Technical and Vocational Institute (BTVI) in 2010, he was focused. By summer of the following year, he had earned a certificate in auto mechanics with his sights set on college abroad. Today, Princeton is a mechanical engineer at Benteler Automotive, a German manufacturer for exhaust systems in Michigan.
EDITORIAL: If PMH is best – God help the rest
WE were very interested in a statement by Dr Marcus Cooper during the recent consultants pay dispute at the Princess Margaret Hospital, in which he explained that it was because of the personal and professional sacrifices of these same doctors to improve the quality of services in our public system that The Bahamas “is able to boast the best public healthcare facility in the region”. Dr Cooper is president of the Medical Association of The Bahamas.
Should we look closer to home for business?
The compendium…heard that before under the FNM - remember those faxes when Hubert Ingraham was PM?
A story that is worth a thousand smiles
There is a saying that it is better to give than receive. I would like to share a story about two people who gave to a young girl and received a lifetime of smiles and thanks.
Keyshawn Strachan wins javelin, qualifies for CARIFTA
ON his first attempt, Blue Chips Athletics’ Keyshawn Strachan won the under-20/open men’s javelin on Saturday in the RC Athletics Throwers Meet at the University of the Bahamas field, becoming the first qualifier for the 2019 CARIFTA Games.
Athletes shine on the track and field
ROLANDO ‘Lonnie’ Greene, in his first year as head coach of the University of Kentucky Wildcats’ track and field team, liked what he saw from freshman sprinter Devine Parker in her collegiate debut at the Hoosier open indoor meet in Lexington, Kentucky, on Friday.
NPBA: Bucket, Shockers Stingers in the win column
THE Aliv Bucket, Seafood Shockers and PJ Stingers were winners of the New Providence Basketball Association’s triple header at the AF Adderley Gymnasium on Saturday night.
QC Comets dominate inaugural Cross Country Championships
ALTHOUGH it was a team scoring event, the Queen’s College Comets athletes turned in a dominating performance at the Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools’ inaugural Cross Country Championships, winning six of the eight categories contested at St Augustine’s College on Saturday morning.
Condo owners fearing 1,500 room night loss
The Old Bahama Bay resort faces “irreparable harm” through having to place 1,500 room night reservations “on hold” due to uncertainties over its imminent sale, its condo owners are alleging.
‘Leave no room for doubt’ that political parties in NPO bill
The Bahamas’ Transparency International affiliate has urged the Government to “leave no room for interpretation” on whether political parties are captured by the Non-Profit Organisations Bill.
Civil society fears bill’s ‘decimation’
Civil society groups have until this Saturday to provide the Government with their concerns over a Non-Profit Organisations (NPO) Bill many feel could “potentially decimate” this sector.
Jamaica the model for investment promotion
THE Government is planning to use the Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) as the model for investments promotions arm it wants to add to the Bahamas Investment Authority (BIA).
Airlift access hurts south Out Islands
The Bahamas must continue to promote itself as a multi-island destination and make all destinations easier and more affordable to access, one executive saying: “We know what the solution is”.
