PM: New Bight airport is on time and budget
The Prime Minister yesterday said the multi-million dollar New Bight International Airport upgrade is on time and on budget.
PM: Bahamas ‘bearing weight’ of climate crisis
The Prime Minister yesterday called for fairness, justice, and tangible support for small island developing states as he warned that nations such as The Bahamas are “bearing the weight of a crisis we did not cause”.
Bahamas ‘competing with getting people off the ship’
The Bahamas is “competing with getting people off the ship”, the deputy prime minister asserted yesterday, adding that there will still be sufficient cruise passenger volumes for all even after Royal Caribbean’s Paradise Island destination opens next month.
Bahamas targets 20% cheaper meat prices with direct imports
The Bahamas Trade Commission is aiming to cut out the middleman on 100 percent of this nation’s meat imports in a bid to slash prices for consumers by 20 percent, its chairman revealed yesterday.
Doctors Hospital ‘earnings muted’ but profits rise 29%
Doctors Hospital’s finance chief yesterday asserted that “earnings are still muted” despite first-half profits for its 2026 financial year surging by 28.8 percent as it moves to accelerate The Kidney Centre’s integration.
‘Final push’ to keep politics away from small businesses
A long-standing small business advocate is making “the final push” for legislation that would counter “stagnated growth” and “keep politics out” of policies and initiatives designed to foster Bahamian entrepreneurial success.
Mental health days off will be unpaid
The days-off for mental health that will be provided to Bahamian workers via the upcoming Employment Act reforms will be unpaid, it was disclosed yesterday.
‘Don’t push agenda’: Electric vehicle 50% target ‘not feasible’
Bahamian auto dealers yesterday warned the Government against “pushing an agenda” that disrupts the industry as they argued that achieving 50 percent electric vehicle by 2025 “just isn’t feasible for us as a country”.
Redundancy bond on hold - for now
Plans to mandate that Bahamian employers must finance redundancy insurance as part of proposed reforms to employment legislation have been put on hold for now, it was confirmed yesterday.
Gov’t invests $22.7m to aid South Andros water supply
The Government yesterday committed $22.7m to replace outdated pipelines and expand water distribution across Mangrove Cay, with new mains and service connections planned for more than 350 homes and businesses.
Jamaicans driving cyber scams in The Bahamas
Cyber-related frauds and scams such as ‘smishing’ are ever-increasing and “largely being perpetrated out of Jamaica”, senior Bahamian bank executives warned yesterday.
Regulator detects 142 breaches by licensees
The Securities Commission has detected 142 breaches committed by its capital markets, investment fund and corporate services provider licensees as a result of on-site inspections conducted in 2025, it was revealed yesterday.
Bahamas misses ‘passing grade’ over 35% project success rates
The Bahamas’ is failing to obtain “a passing grade” by bringing just 35 percent of proposed public-private partnership (PPP) projects through to fruition, an Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) executive warned yesterday.
Whose fault was 30,000 gallon Exuma oil spill?
A Bahamian shipping company embroiled in a 30,000-gallon Exuma oil spill has launched a Supreme Court action against the US supplier and Indian manufacturer of “alleged defective hoses” that caused the pollution.
Simplified offers free AI course for clients
The Simplified Group of Companies yesterday pledged it will provide free artificial intelligence (AI) education and certification to all customers who engage with it.
