The importance of the Olympic Games
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THE Summer Olympics finally got on the way last Friday, in Tokyo after a year’s delay caused by the pandemic.
DEREK SMITH: Anti-financial crime regime must be alive
Since The Wolfsberg Group’s original issuance of its anti-money laundering (AML) principles for private banking in October 2000, and its subsequent statements over the past decades - including more recently its statement of effectiveness in December 2019 - many jurisdictions have taken steps to enact more effective regimes to combat financial crime and terrorism financing.
Top restaurant’s manager laments COVID measures
An executive with a prominent restaurant says the tighter COVID restrictions “don’t make any sense” as he lamented the earlier curfew, indoor dining prohibition and discrimination in favour of hotels.
Resort owner backs ‘mandatory’ vaccine
A Family Island resort owner wants the government to make COVID-19 vaccinations mandatory as the only way to combat the misinformation and conspiracy theories circulating on social media.
Merchants: Vaccine only way to revive economy
Increasing the pace of COVID-19 vaccinations is the only way to restore the Bahamian economy to full strength, merchants are arguing, as the Government tightens restrictions to combat the latest case spike.
Sectors lament going back to ‘the old norm’
Industries impacted by the government’s tightening of COVID-19 restrictions have lamented the return to “the old norm” and warned that small businesses will increasingly struggle to survive.
Mega resorts disclose ‘bright’ COVID revival
The Bahamas’ two mega resorts yesterday branded their post-COVID recovery as “very bright” with Baha Mar revealing that “business on the books” for early 2022 is ten percent ahead of 2019 levels.
Bahamas hits 80% airline ‘sweet spot’
The Bahamas has hit the airline “sweet spot” with more than 80 percent of incoming seats to the destination filled during June 2021, it was revealed yesterday.
Tourism urged: Do more to counter COVID inaccuracy
A senior tourism official yesterday questioned what the industry is doing collectively “to counter” COVID-19 disinformation on social media as he revealed the “uneven” Family Islands recovery.
Nassau’s airport in US PreCheck first
The Bahamas’ main aviation gateway has been selected as the first airport outside the US to run a 90-day “pilot” for fast-tracking security clearance for returning American travellers.
‘Thousands of vaccines’ to counter near-bottom status
The Bahamas will likely receive “hundreds of thousands” of COVID-19 vaccine doses this quarter, it was revealed yesterday, amid concerns the nation is near-bottom in the Caribbean in inoculation rates.
IAN FERGUSON: Adapting leadership to fit every situation
Situational leadership is best described as an adaptive leadership style. This strategy encourages leaders to take stock of their team members, weigh the many variables in their workplace and choose the leadership style that best fits their goals and circumstances. The old concept of leader as “boss” has completely left the building.
DPM: Sunrise collapse to drive Code upgrade
The deputy prime minister yesterday said Florida’s tragic Sunrise condominium collapse had exposed the need to both update The Bahamas’ building code and for a greater crackdown on illegal construction.
Minister: ‘Faulty logic’ to use EIA regulations retroactively
A Cabinet Minister yesterday said some persons are guilty of “faulty logic” in seeking to apply Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) regulations retroactively to existing subdivisions or developments.
Robotics and renewables join high school curriculum
The Ministry of Education is adding robotics and sustainable energy as topics to its high school curriculum in a bid to further reduce workforce skills gaps in industries The Bahamas wants to develop.
