Disney competitor: 'Nothing ruled out'
Disney’s Lighthouse Point rival yesterday said “nothing is off the table” over the rejection of its “game changing” proposal, which it argued had been “misunderstood” by many in Eleuthera.Shaun Ingraham, chief executive of the One Eleuthera Foundatio
NIB rejected as NHI manager
The National Insurance Board (NIB) has been rejected as the National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme’s administrator because its costs are simply too high, a Cabinet minister has revealed.Dr Duane Sands, minister of health, who revealed the move at las
Private sector must do more in OECD fight
The Clearing Banks Association’s (CBA) chairman has urged the private sector to play a greater role in preventing The Bahamas from being “blindsided” by the OECD and other initiatives.Gowon Bowe told Tribune Business that the financial services indus
Perry ‘approved’ $1.5m web shop boss contract
Perry Christie and his Cabinet approved the award and financial terms of a web shop boss’s controversial $1.46m computer supply deal with the Ministry of Finance, court documents allege.
Top CIBC executive tours local branches
CIBC FirstCaribbean’s managing director of retail and business banking, Mark St Hill, recently toured the bank’s branches throughout The Bahamas.During his visit he attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the official opening of CIBC FirstCaribbean’
Govt urged: Give post office 'vision'
THE Democratic National Alliance (DNA) is urging the Government to “clearly articulate a vision and plan” for modernising The Bahamas’ postal system, as it slammed the “flawed” Town Centre Mall relocation..Buscheme Armbrister, the party’s spokesperso
Small Business Centre moves on Disney project
THE Small Business Development Centre (SBDC) yesterday said it was moving to ensure to ensure Bahamian entrepreneurs are well-placed to exploit Disney’s proposed Lighthouse Point development.Davina Blair, pictured, the SBDC’s executive director, told
Colina parent teams on digital payment solution
An electronic payment provider has teamed up with Colina Insurance’s parent company to give Bahamian consumers the ability to make cashless transactions.Island Pay’s partnership with the AF Holdings Group of Companies will introduce a convenient, eff
Bahamians urged to use trusts in estate planning
More Bahamians have been urged to use trusts as a retirement and estate planning tool to avoid costly, bitter fights over succession and family assets.Amanda Ferguson, Royal Fidelity’s trust and estates manager, argued that trusts were “more benefici
10222018 EDITION
Monday, 22nd October, 2018.
INSIGHT: Remember Minnis’ words then compare them with his new reality
LIGHTHOUSE Point has been at the epicentre of intense debate over the past few months. And the government’s approval of Disney’s proposal to invest $400m into yet another cruise port is both the culmination of an emotionally-charged campaign and, perhaps, the proverbial straw that broke the camel’s back.
Bahamian students safe amid Trinidad flooding
AFTER more than three days of flooding, landslides, and an earthquake, Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley yesterday declared a national disaster. Although there were no reports of damage following the earthquake – measuring 5.1 on th
INSIGHT: Climate change is coming and we have to prepare - now
A STARTLING new report says harmful effects of climate change will be experienced at a lower temperature than previously anticipated, all while the world runs out of time to do something about it.
One man dead, one injured after shooting
One man is dead and another is in hospital after a shooting off West Street on Sunday night.
‘Disney’s go-ahead shows we need plan’
ENVIRONMENTALISTS are calling for “better national planning” in terms of economic and environmental sustainability in the wake of the Minnis administration’s decision to approve Disney Cruise Line’s proposal for Lighthouse Point, South Eleuthera.
Halkitis insists: We followed the rules
FORMER State Finance Minister Michael Halkitis questioned the motive behind the recent tabling of a report in Parliament highlighting alleged political pressure for a web shop boss to be awarded a lucrative contract for computer supplies, adding proper procedure was “short circuited” when the report was made public.
$6m fine, jail and don’t come back
MORE than 120 Dominican poachers have been fined $52,000 each for “stripping” and “raping” the country’s waters of close to 70,000 pounds worth of fisheries products, with the captains of the crew ordered to pay close to double that amount - and a warning: “Do not come back.”
Post Office deal ‘doesn’t add up’
OFFICIAL Opposition Leader Philip “Brave” Davis said while the former Christie administration considered Town Centre Mall for the General Post Office’s relocation, the party stepped away from the decision as the costs associated with the move would not have been a prudent expenditure of public funds.
GB airport must 'fall in line' for Sky return
Freeport will not attract “new money” and a Grand Lucayan buyer until its airport costs “fall in line”, warns a Bahamian airline chief who stopped flying to the city two months ago.Captain Randy Butler, Sky Bahamas’ chief executive, told Tribune Busi
Japan emerges as the top team again
The five-day World Junior Judo Championships concluded last night at the Atlantis resort’s Imperial Ballroom with Japan once again emerging as the top team in the standings.
