Injured Hield forced to stop fighting in the CAC qualifier
AFTER suffering a slight injury to his right elbow in his first fight, Carl Hield was forced to stop fighting in his second fight on Wednesday night at the Central American and Caribbean qualifying tournament in Tijuana, Mexico.
THE FINISH LINE: Like judo, ‘we need to see more non-traditional sports making leap forward’
THE Bahamas Judo Federation, one of the fastest progressing sports in the island nation, has advanced to another realm in securing the rights to host the Junior World Championships.
IC Junior Tennis Series returns to Albany in April
THE Winterbotham International Tennis Club (IC) Junior Tennis Series will continue at the Lleyton Hewitt Albany Tennis Academy on Saturday and Sunday - April 14-15.
Flow CARIFTA Games on track with $30,000 boost from Commonwealth
WITH the countdown to the start of Flow CARIFTA 2018 set for March 30 to April 2 in Nassau, Commonwealth Bank has announced a $30,000 donation to boost coffers for the host island nation.
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Bahamas Olympic Committee president Rommel Knowles expressed their gratitude to the family of the late Barbara Thompson on her passing on Wednesday.
IDB: Only 22% of local companies ‘innovative’
The Government is targeting the ‘Blue economy’ and agribusiness for economic diversification in an environment where just 22 per cent of Bahamian companies “innovate”.
BAF gets Supreme Court approval as CLICO manager
The Supreme Court has approved the transfer of CLICO (Bahamas) remaining in-force insurance policies to BAF Financial’s management, Tribune Business can reveal.
Water Corp union: Forensic audit had to ‘dig deeper’
The Ernst & Young (EY) forensic audit into the Water & Sewerage Corporation needed to dig deeper, the head of its management union argued yesterday.
National debt strikes $7.9bn at end-2017
THE Bahamas’ national debt hit $7.882 billion at year-end 2017, coming close to the 70 per cent debt-to-GDP ‘danger threshold’ despite the upward revision to this nation’s GDP data.
Bahamas must be ‘more sophisticated’ in blacklist response
The Bahamas must employ a “more sophisticated response” to its ‘blacklisting’, a former Attorney General yesterday urging it to lobby for United Nations (UN) oversight of the matter.
Hotels team with Gov’t on Business Licences
THE Bahamas Hotel and Tourism Association (BHTA) partnered with the Department of Inland Revenue and other government agencies to host a ‘Business License’ training workshop.
IAN FERGUSON: Plans for overcoming resistance to change
CHANGE happens. It happens everywhere and to everyone. It is inevitable that our workplaces will change. The leadership will change. The strategy will change. The vision, goals, objectives and core values will change.
Mail boats: It won’t be ‘business as usual’
A CABINET minister says it cannot be “business as usual” with the mail boat system, acknowledging the need for government intervention to improve the system.
Long Island losing hope over banking solution
LONG Islanders were yesterday said to be losing hope over regaining a full-service bank any time soon with Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) set to pull-out in the coming weeks.
Long Island losing hope over banking solution
LONG Islanders were yesterday said to be losing hope over regaining a full-service bank any time soon with Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) set to pull-out in the coming weeks.Businessman Mario Cartwright, a director of the island’s Chamber of Commerce, to
Bahamas must be 'more sophisticated' in blacklist response
The Bahamas must employ a “more sophisticated response” to its ‘blacklisting’, a former Attorney General yesterday urging it to lobby for United Nations (UN) oversight of the matter.Alfred Sears QC told Tribune Business that the Bahamas should form a
National debt strikes $7.9bn at end-2017
THE Bahamas’ national debt hit $7.882 billion at year-end 2017, coming close to the 70 per cent debt-to-GDP ‘danger threshold’ despite the upward revision to this nation’s GDP data.The Central Bank of the Bahamas, in its quarterly economic review for
BAF gets Supreme Court approval as CLICO manager
The Supreme Court has approved the transfer of CLICO (Bahamas) remaining in-force insurance policies to BAF Financial’s management, Tribune Business can reveal.The approval, which is understood to have been granted last week, will free-up the insolve
Mail boats: It won't be 'business as usual'
A CABINET minister says it cannot be “business as usual” with the mail boat system, acknowledging the need for government intervention to improve the system.Frankie Campbell, minister of transport and local government, during his contribution to the
IDB: Only 22% of local companies 'innovative'
The Government is targeting the ‘Blue economy’ and agribusiness for economic diversification in an environment where just 22 per cent of Bahamian companies “innovate”.The Minnis administration’s plans to broaden the Bahamas’ economic base, which also
