Building an island empire of beauty
With more than 13 years experience in the field of health and wellness, Pryia Russell-Ellis is now offering women the best in beauty services through her company, the Touch of the Islands Spa.Based in Bimini, the company offers services that range fr
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• IN ONE of the world’s more unusual diplomatic encounters, Ethiopia’s new prime minister has met with a humanoid robot. The chief of staff for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has shared online a photo of Monday’s meeting with Sophia, who has gained globa
SpaceX delivers AI robot, ice cream, mice to space station
The International Space Station got its first robot with artificial intelligence Monday, along with some berries, ice cream and identical brown mice.SpaceX’s capsule reached the station three days after launching from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Station
'Like a hurricane': Super Value up 45% pre-VAT
Sales at Super Value stores jumped as much as 45 percent on the last day before the VAT hike, its owner revealing yesterday: “Customers were shopping with a vengeance.”Rupert Roberts told Tribune Business that the strong consumer demand - described a
Labour chief: Web shop lay offs 'unnecessary' because still profitable
The government’s top labour official says web shops “don’t need to put Bahamians out of work” because they are still making good profits despite the tax hikes.John Pinder, pictured, acting director of labour, told Tribune Business that no confirmatio
Chamber chair: 'We don't have time to waste'
The private sector needs to see real ease of business improvements “now”, the Chamber of Commerce’s chairman saying yesterday: “We don’t have time to waste.”Michael Maura told Tribune Business that results were especially needed at “the interface” be
Developer files police complaint over dispute
Sir Franklyn Wilson’s Eleuthera real estate venture has filed a police complaint after “keep out” signs were placed on its properties by a rival claimant to the land.The Arawak Homes chairman told Tribune Business that the offending notices, which we
Insurers fail on last-ditch VAT extension bid
The insurance industry’s last-ditch bid for a one-month VAT extension has failed, with its chairman yesterday expressing concern over potential policy lapses and benefit losses.Emmanuel Komolafe, the Bahamas Insurance Association’s (BIA) principal, t
Bahamians 'must thrive' before joining the WTO
BAHAMIANS must be put in position to “thrive in our own country” before the government moves forward with World Trade Organisation (WTO) accession, an activist group urged yesterday. Citizens Against Bank Exploitation (CABE), which staged a protest i
Online platform to eliminate 'job gaps'
A TOP private sector representative yesterday hailed an online platform to match employers with job seekers as helping to reducing unemployment by eliminating information gaps between the two.Edison Sumner, pictured, the Bahamas Chamber of Commerce a
PwC Bahamas unveils two accounting partners
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Bahamas yesterday announced the appointment of two new partners, Kevin Cambridge and Carlton Cartwright, with effect from July 1, 2018.Prince Rahming, PwC’s territory leader, said: “Our two new partners have exhibited exe
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Monday, 2nd July, 2018.
WORLD CUP: Brazil beat Mexico, Belgium stage stunning comeback
(Mirror.co.uk) Neymar caught fire in red-hot Samara to send Brazil into the quarter finals with a fiesty 2-0 win over Mexico.
Art prompts row as British body backs out
IN what one UK newspaper has called an “unprecedented rebuke,” the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas has criticised the British Council for distancing itself from a Bahamian show it commissioned.The British Council specialises in international cult
'Don't fire workers', web shops are urged
WITH the government’s new tax model for gaming house operators taking effect yesterday, Labour Minister Dion Foulkes over the weekend continued to plead with those operators that have threatened to lay off workers as a result, calling on them to be p
'Hunted and priced out of rent because of xenophobia'
SHANTY town residents in Abaco say they have nowhere else to go, adding xenophobia and unaddressed tensions between Bahamians and people of Haitian descent have caused unregulated communities to flourish. As government officials assessed the Pigeon P
Weekend rush as shoppers try to beat VAT increase
MANY shoppers flocked to stores on the weekend to save a few dollars hours before value added tax increased from 7.5 percent to 12 percent.
Robinson: No contracts from Ministry
BAIN and Grants Town MP Travis Robinson has suggested speculation that his new consultancy business could be set to receive lucrative contracts from the Ministry of Tourism and Aviation is baseless, adding the concerns only came to light through anonymous sources on social media.
Nowhere to go for Shanty town residents
THE lack of available rental properties in Abaco could complicate the government’s efforts to regulate several shanty towns on that island, Labour Minister Dion Foulkes has said.
Inferno at sea
AN American woman died after a tour company’s boat engine exploded off Barraterre, Exuma, on Saturday in an accident that left ten other people, including her 39-year-old husband, one Bahamian and nine Americans, injured.
