Just one web shop applicant rejected
Just one of the nine applicants was yesterday denied their conditional web shopgaming licence, with one of the successful applicants adding: “We have to continue to be prepared.”
Sands: Was Health Minister ‘thrown under bus’ on NHI?
A well-known physician yesterday questioned whether the Minister of Health had been “thrown under the bus” by what her described as the Prime Minister’s “hostile takeover” of the National Health Insurance (NHI) implementation process.
Mix-up delays double killer’s sentencing
A NEW sentencing date has been set in December for a man convicted of the double murder of an elderly woman and her grandson during a home invasion.
IAN FERGUSON: An honest method for business needs
Companies throughout the world use October to begin the process of planning for a new calendar year. They engage in talent development for their staff, formulate strategic business plans, create company goals and objectives - all in the hope of enjoying a more productive and profitable new year.
A ‘Trojan Horse’ for legal liberalisation
The casual reader may be puzzled by the amount of media coverage concerning transforming the Bahamas into an international arbitration centre. Why the pomp and ceremony concerning such a mundane legal area as arbitration? Arbitration is not a game changer, a life saver, or an economic powerhouse for the Bahamas’ financial services industry. In the purest sense, arbitration is a secret trial without judges, little more.
Union slams Morton work week changes
The union representing more than 100 line staff at Morton Salt said yesterday it has a “serious problem” with the company’s decision to unilaterally change the employee work week from five days to three.
Gov’t urged: ‘Be mindful of law’ on FML licence
The Government was last night urged to be “mindful of its own legislation” after it seemingly rejected protests not to issue a web shop gaming licence to Craig Flowers’ FML Group of Companies.
Babak’s annual $1m plus $20m through Port sale
Ex-chairman Hannes Babak has been due $1 million per annum from the Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) in each of the past four years, and will receive a further $20 million once it is sold.
Gov’t bond offering likely 20% off-target
The first Bahamas Government Stock (BGS) issue of the 2015-2016 fiscal year was likely to close 20 per cent below target, the administration’s financial advisers disclosed yesterday.
Insurers slam Gov’t over NHI ‘secrecy’
The Bahamian insurance industry yesterday slammed the Government’s efforts to shroud its National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme in secrecy, explaining that this was delaying outside analysis of its own cost estimates.
Duty free saviour for ‘dying’ Bahamas retail
Duty-free zones could be the saviour for a “dying” Bahamian retail industry, the Downtown Nassau Partnership’s co-chair said yesterday, although they will not be the sole panacea for Bay Street’s woes.
Baha Mar contractor slams ‘improper’ suit
Baha Mar’s contractor is demanding that an “improperly” filed lawsuit relating to the Nassau Beach Hotel’s $7.643 million demolition be sent to arbitration.
VAT revenues to shrug off Joaquin
The Government does not expect Hurricane Joaquin to have any major impact on its Value-Added Tax (VAT) revenue projections, a Cabinet Minister yesterday conceding that the “silver lining” was the absence of damage on the Bahamas’ most-populated islands.
ART OF GRAPHIX: Store knowledge of computer memories
A few days ago I was busy cleaning my son’s laptop, discarding unused files, tidying up desktop folders, creating folders and fragmentation exercise etc.
Gov’t to ‘reprioritise’ spending for Joaquin
The Government must “reprioritise” some of its “less critical” spending allocations in the 2015-2016 Budget to aid disaster recovery, a Cabinet Minister said yesterday.
