Court approves legal action on Clifton pollution
Environmental activists have obtained Supreme Court permission to launch their long-threatened legal action over the persistent oil pollution plaguing Clifton Pier, which they believe is “damaging the economic prosperity” of the Bahamas.
The Pointe is: ‘Can we rely’ on developer?
Questions were raised yesterday over whether China Construction America (CCA) can be trusted over its $250 million investment at The Pointe, given the revelations that had it had seemingly been less than forthcoming with its Baha Mar partners.
Chamber chief warns over NHI ‘black hole’
NATIONAL Health Insurance (NHI) could become a “tremendous black hole” that sucks the remaining life out of the Bahamian economy if it is not properly designed and managed, a well-known private sector executive has warned.
Tourims boost from new low-cost route
SOUTHWEST Airlines, the world’s largest low-cost carrier, has announced plans to begin daily non-stop service between Fort Lauderdale and Nassau in early August.
CCA knew Baha Mar start doomed 2 months before
Baha Mar’s contractor knew the $3.5 billion project was likely to miss the March 27, 2015, opening just weeks after assuring Prime Minister Perry Christie and the developer, Sarkis Izmirlian, all was well.
Sarkis: Receivers ‘not pursuing’ Baha Mar’s $192m claim
Sarkis Izmirlian is accusing Baha Mar’s receivers of “failing to properly pursue” the company’s $192 million damages claim against its contractor’s Chinese parent.
NHI legislation requires ‘hell of a lot more work’
The draft National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill requires “a hell of a lot more work to bring it to life”, with one doctor arguing that its anti-fraud and confidentiality safeguards need strengthening.
QC: Gov’t is ‘breaking Hawksbill Creek’ deal
An outspoken Government critic has urged it to stop using Freeport’s expiring investment incentives as leverage to “unlawfully break the Hawksbill Creek Agreement”.
Chamber chief calls for public insurer JV
The Chamber of Commerce’s chairman has called for the Government and insurance industry to consider a ‘joint venture’ over the National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme’s proposed public insurer.
Non-mandatory NHI labelled ‘non-starter’
The Government’s decision to eliminate the mandatory legal requirement for all Bahamians and legal residents sign up for National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme has been labelled a “non-starter” by the Opposition’s deputy leader.
Public Accounts to probe Ruffin tax row
Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) will next week launch a probe to “get to the bottom” of the controversy surrounding whether hotelier Philip Ruffin still owes the Government a multi-million dollar sum in unpaid casino taxes.
Freeport suffers ‘12 years of ineptitude’
Freeport’s economic malaise is today blamed on 12 years of “ineptitude and gross mismanagement” by the Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) and its affiliates, a well-known attorney bemoaning its owners’ failure to reinvest despite extracting $300 million from the city.
Gov’t makes NHI ‘non-mandatory’
The revised National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill unveiled yesterday eliminates the mandatory legal requirement for all Bahamians and legal residents to sign up for the scheme, while also tightening patient data safeguards.
Morton staff urged: ‘Stick it through’ on industrial deal
Morton Salt workers were yesterday urged to “stick it through”, amid calls by some union members for its president to alleviate their financial hardship by signing off on a new industrial agreement.
Cable gains 16,600 US clients post-deal
Cable Bahamas’ US business has added 16,600 new residential customers in the two years post-acquisition, and will provide the BISX-listed provider with combined revenue growth of more than 20 per cent over the next five years.
