IAN FERGUSON: Signs workers need new job challenge
Economists indicate that the only form of healthy unemployment is frictional unemployment. That is the process of leaving a job to explore options that are more in line with a worker’s interests and skills.
Funeral industry fears on new entrant influx
The Government was yesterday again urged to properly regulate the funeral industry amid fears that untrained persons are being licensed to offer mortuary services.
Disaster Authority gets ‘big punch list’
The Abaco Chamber of Commerce’s president yesterday said the newly-appointed Disaster Reconstruction Authority (DRA) board has been given a “big punch list” of issues to take care of.
URCA outlines 2022 regulatory agendas
The Utilities Regulation & Competition Authority (URCA) yesterday pledged it will consider further liberalisation of the communications sector once the “market is ready for competition”.
Commercial properties: 70% behind on taxes
Some 70 percent of commercial properties are in arrears on their real property tax payments, it was revealed yesterday, although a “high proportion” of Bahamian homeowners are compliant.
Central Bank to explore cross-border Sand Dollar
The Central Bank aims to explore the Sand Dollar’s use outside The Bahamas within the next three years, it was revealed yesterday, with 20 percent of this nation’s adults having no bank account.
Minister slams ‘lackadaisical’ investor compliance stance
A Cabinet minister yesterday slammed the Government’s “lackadaisical” efforts in ensuring investors live up to their Heads of Agreement obligations, adding: “There’s plenty of blame to go around.”
UK resort group to buy downtown hotel
A DOWNTOWN Nassau resort that has defaulted on its debt is due to be sold to a major UK-based hotel group in a deal set to close on February 22, it was revealed yesterday.
ART OF GRAPHIX: Internet presence critical to survival
Does my business really need a website? The answer is: ‘Yes, it does’. If you are a small business owner, you have probably had someone tell you to get a website. But why should you? There are not many businesses that can survive without an Internet presence, and there is no reason not to have one.
Land ownership: ‘Nothing infuriates Bahamians more’
The Opposition’s Senate leader yesterday argued “nothing infuriates Bahamians more” than obstacles to land ownership amid bipartisan agreement that reforms in this area are “a vexing issue”.
Exclude Dorian-hit Bahamians from VAT construction ‘dragnet’
An ex-Cabinet minister yesterday pleaded with the Government to exclude Bahamians from “the dragnet” created by VAT’s reimposition on construction services in the Dorian-devastated islands.
Marina slowdown causing ‘freak out’
The Association of Bahamas Marinas (ABM) president says “it’s kind of freaking me out” that there has been a “noticeable” slowdown in boating/yachting traffic ahead of the Spring season’s peak.
Competitiveness boost on 70% of civil disputes
The Chief Justice yesterday said wide-ranging reforms to the Bahamian courts’ Civil Procedure Rules will “make the jurisdiction more competitive on dispute resolution” in 70 percent of such cases.
Rejected Post Office PPP may be revived
A Cabinet minister yesterday said the Post Office public-private partnership (PPP) entered into by the Christie administration may be revived after a proposal was resubmitted to the Government.
Cruise ship arrests: ‘No cost to the Gov’t’
The Port Department’s acting controller yesterday confirmed that the arrest of Crystal Cruises’ two vessels comes at “absolutely no cost to The Bahamas’ government”.
