Union leader urges public health focus
A trade union leader yesterday said not enough was being done by the Government to improve public healthcare infrastructure and services before the introduction of National Health Insurance (NHI).
Real estate chief hopes for rebound
The Bahamas Real Estate Association’s (BREA) president said yesterday that the industry was hoping to rebound after “taking a hit” in 2015, saying: “It’s definitely a buyer’s market”.
China’s corruption battle ‘significant’ for Baha Mar
China’s anti-corruption drive could undermine efforts to secure a speedy Baha Mar resolution, a well-known financial analyst warning this may have “particular significance” for the Bahamas.
Super Value chief: We have ‘lowest and simplest VAT’
Super Value’s owner has lauded the Bahamas’ Value-Added Tax (VAT) as “the lowest and simplest in the world”, adding: “Children could put in the returns.”
Doctors tell Gov’t: ‘Verify’ $102m NHI primary care cost
Private Bahamian doctors were last night said to be demanding that the Government “actuarially verify” the costings it has developed for National Health Insurance’s (NHI) primary care and their compensation.
Atlantis hits ‘misconceived’ Cabbage Beach injunction
A Supreme Court judge yesterday refused to extend an injunction that prevented the Atlantis resort from blocking a ‘right of way’ access to Cabbage Beach.
Regulator rejects Cable’s BTC ‘price rebalancing’ fears
Regulators have rejected Cable Bahamas’ pleas to prevent an “inordinate financial burden” being placed on other operators through the absence of long-overdue ‘tariff rebalancing’ by the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC).
Union files Land’Or employee dispute
The hotel union yesterday confirmed it had filed a trade dispute on behalf of Club Land’Or employees against the embattled Paradise Island property, which is said be to in “serious financial straits”.
NHI pay model can ‘put insurers out of business’
The proposed National Health Insurance (NHI) model could “put private insurers out of business” unless the Government’s cost estimates are accurate, the Bahamas Insurance Association’s (BIA) chairman has warned.
Attorney ordered: Pay back $80k unpaid tax
The Bahamian attorney at the centre of the Oceania Heights debacle has been ordered to repay almost $80,000 in unpaid real estate tax monies to a Canadian investor group, after he failed to make the necessary payment to the Public Treasury.
Bran: ‘I won’t invest any more because of crime’
The Democratic National Alliance’s (DNA) leader yesterday said escalating crime was deterring him from investing further in Nassau-based business ventures, with the US Embassy taking just five days to issue its first crime warning for 2016.
Bahamians warned: Don’t give up private coverage for NHI
The Bahamas Insurance Association’s (BIA) chairman yesterday warned employers and individuals with existing private health insurance plans not to “prematurely” drop that coverage as a result of National Health Insurance’s (NHI) introduction.
Gov’t accused of 20k jobs figure ‘manipulation’
The Government’s political opponents yesterday accused it of “manipulating” the latest unemployment data to its advantage, with almost half the 20,000 jobs it claims to have created coming from Abaco’s late inclusion in the Labour Force survey.
‘Red letter day’ for business efficiency
The Bahamas Financial Services Board’s (BFSB) chief executive yesterday described the introduction of e-services at the Registrar General’s Department as a “red letter day” for business in this nation, with the incorporation of companies now available entirely on-line.
No ‘resting on laurels’ at Registrar General
The Attorney General said yesterday that the Registrar General’s Department is not “resting on its laurels” with the launch of online company incorporations, promising that the registration of deeds and documents and other services will also be delivered electronically.
