'Leverage Trump visa fee hikes for Bahamian technology hub'
The Bahamas was yesterday urged to seize the "great opportunity" created by Donald Trump's massive visa fee hikes for foreign workers and spark its long-held ambitions to become a technology hub.
Second vessel is seized on 'illegal charter fishing'
A second boat and its crew have been arrested for illegal commercial fishing and charter operations following an undercover multi-agency law enforcement operation in the Berry Islands.
'Bearing fruit': Agriculture in fastest growth for 33 years
Bahamian agriculture was yesterday said to have grown at its fastest pace in more than three decades through expanding by 26.3 percent over the past year.
Arbitrators retire to determine Govt's $357m GBPA dispute
The three-strong arbitration panel that will decide Freeport's fate has retired to determine its verdict on whether the Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) owes the Government some $357m.
Activist calls for referendum on SpaceX booster landings
Bahamians should have been consulted before Elon Musk's SpaceX was permitted to stage booster recovery operations in Bahamian waters, an environmental activist argued yesterday.
BAMSI's current and first chairs talk food security
The Bahamas Agricultural and Marine Science Institute's (BAMSI) Board chief has met its first-ever chairman to explore new strategies for achieving food security in The Bahamas.
BGDBA playoffs: Panthers and Crime Stoppers in the win column
THE Bahamas Government Departmental Basketball Association (BGDBA) second-round playoffs continued on Saturday at the A.F. Adderley Gymnasium with two tightly contested matchups.
Morton Salt hails its Inagua deal ‘win-win’
Morton Salt has described the sale of its Bahamas operation as a “win-win” for all parties - including its employees - and pledged that Inagua will “remain a vital component of our long-term supply mix”.
Petition demanding 11 key fly fishing reforms
The Bahamas Fly Fishing Industry Association (BFFIA) has launched a petition demanding reforms in 11 key areas including a ‘fronting’ crackdown and changes to the licences held by captains and guides.
Gov’t touts civil service pay increases of 8-31%
The Government last night said Bahamian civil servants will have received base pay increases of between 8 percent to 31 percent over the last four years following completion of the latest salary review.
‘Disastrous for the Exumas’: Second Rosewood challenge
A second neighbouring developer is challenging the Rosewood Exuma project’s planning approvals amid fears the latter “will be disastrous for the Exumas” and threaten its own $148m investment.
SpaceX now targeting 19 more Bahamas landings
Elon Musk’s SpaceX is bidding to resume booster recovery operations in Bahamian waters with up to 19 further landings projected should the necessary government approvals be obtained.
‘Don’t demonise lawful water sports operators’
The Bahamas must not permit the “demonisation” of its water sports industry due to the actions of rogue operators, a well-known industry executive is urging.
GB Shipyard to double apprentice investment
The Grand Bahama Shipyard is planning by 2028 to double the current investment in its Bahamian apprenticeship programme to coincide with the arrival of its two new floating docks worth $600m.
Former MP blasts ‘dangerous’ Abaco roads as ‘inexcusable’
An ex-Abaco MP yesterday slammed the “inexcusable” failure to fix Abaco’s “dangerous” roads while voicing alarm over whether a foreign hotel chain has gained permission to rename a Bahamian island.
