Cable targeting 42% mobile market share
Cable Bahamas believes mobile penetration could increase by up to 33 percentage points when it finally breaks the Bahamas Telecommunications Company’s (BTC) long-standing monopoly, as it slammed the “inherent dissatisfaction” with the latter’s services.
NHI ‘doomed to fail’ if enrolment is not mandatory
The Government’s proposed National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme is “doomed to fail” if it abandons plans to make participation mandatory for all Bahamians and legal residents, a well-known physician said yesterday.
Technologists fear quality ‘compromised’ under NHI
Medical technologists have expressed “serious concerns” that healthcare quality could be “compromised” by the Government’s plan for doctors to conduct laboratory tests themselves under National Health Insurance (NHI).
Chamber: BISX tie-up ‘fantastic new method’ for financing SMEs
The Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and Employers Confederation (BCCEC) yesterday confirmed it was in talks with BISX over a “fantastic new paradigm in how businesses are funded”.
Arbitration inserted into BEC agreement
Dispute resolution clauses providing for arbitration were included in recent Heads of Agreement struck with international investors, as the Government seeks to make this the “standard” for all its commercial dealings.
BISX finds partner to ‘revive’ Junior Market
The Bahamas International Securities Exchange (BISX) is aiming to unveil a partnership by end-March that will “revive” its long-planned junior market facility.
Bank of Bahamas still violating key capital indicators
Long-suffering Bank of the Bahamas shareholders incurred a further $3.392 million loss during the final three months of 2015, with the institution still non-compliant with key capital ratios.
Liquidation regime bar to $17m asset recovery
A Cayman bank’s liquidators cannot collect on almost $17 million in Bahamas-based assets because this nation’s regime for assisting international cross-border insolvencies is incomplete.
BISX: We can help repatriate millions stashed overseas
BISX can be the vehicle for Bahamians to repatriate”the millions and billions” they have stashed abroad, with its chief executive urging “a change in dialogue” over exchange controls.
US: Bahamas goes further than WTO on copyright protection
The US government says the Bahamas has gone further than what is required for full World Trade Organisation (WTO) membership in its efforts to protect intellectual properties.
Mitchell dismisses foreign homeowner ‘exodus’ fear
The Minister of Foreign Affairs has dismissed Fred Smith’s fears that the Immigration Department’s actions will spark a second homeowner “exodus” in Freeport.
BTC’s 9% mobile fall undermines its owner
The 9 per cent contraction in the Bahamas Telecommunications Company’s (BTC) mobile revenues for the three months to end-December 2015 helped undermine its owner’s top-line growth, it was revealed yesterday.
QC fears Freeport 2nd home ‘exodus’
Freeport will “suffer tremendously” if the Immigration Department’s actions over Bruno Rufa and the Coral Beach condominium complex spark a second homeowner “exodus”, a QC warned yesterday.
BTC plan to ‘attack’ Cable’s home ground
The Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) plans to “attack” Cable Bahamas on its home turf in response to losing its mobile monopoly, with its ‘fibre-to-the-home’ infrastructure set to pass 20,000 New Providence homes by end-March.
Cruise ‘home port’ only MSC driver for Grand Lucayan
Any Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) interest in purchasing the Grand Lucayan resort would likely relate to plans to make Freeport a ‘home port’ for its cruise ships, Tribune Business was told yesterday.
