HUBERT EDWARDS: Facing up to the brutal facts
THE COVID-19 crisis is teaching the world and every country some important lessons. It would not be an understatement to suggest that we have been, for the last 18 months, in the front seat of a masterclass.
Stunned over latest water cut-off threat
CENTRAL Eleuthera businesses were late last week stunned that they came so close to losing their water supply for a second time before a last-minute resolution was found.
BPL industrial deal revised in 48 hours
THE Bahamas Electrical Workers Union (BEWU) says it signed a revised industrial agreement with Bahamas Power & Light (BPL) on Friday after finding clauses in the initial deal that it had not agreed to.
Bahamians given top Bradford Marine spots
BRADFORD Marine has made several senior management appointments that have placed Bahamians in charge of its Grand Bahama operations.
Bahamians given top Bradford Marine spots
BRADFORD Marine has made several senior management appointments that have placed Bahamians in charge of its Grand Bahama operations.
DEREK SMITH: Managing political risk is everyone’s business
IT IS often difficult to predict and manage political risk due to its unpredictable nature and difficulties in measuring it.
National Trust opposes cruise sector expansion
The Bahamas National Trust (BNT) has placed itself at odds with a cornerstone of the Government’s economic growth strategy by voicing its opposition to the cruise industry’s expansion in The Bahamas.
Next Gov’t requires ‘real come to Jesus moment’
The Bahamas needs a “real come to Jesus moment” under the next administration to prevent its economic and fiscal woes from becoming insurmountable, a governance reformer warned yesterday.
Central Eleuthera faces new water cut-off threat
Central Eleuthera residents face having their water supply cut-off at 2.30pm this afternoon with the provider blaming the situation on inaction by the Water & Sewerage Corporation.
‘We don’t want Disney out; we want a better agreement’
Opponents of Disney Cruise Line’s Lighthouse Point project yesterday pleaded with the next administration to reassess the development, saying: “We don’t want Disney out; we just want a better deal.”
Political parties falling short on environment
An activist yesterday accused the major political parties of “failing to recognise that the environment is our main product” in their general election manifestos.
‘Agreements finalised’ on heritage sites deal
The Bahamian investor group aiming to transform Nassau’s key historic sites was yesterday said by senior officials to have “finalised all agreements” and is now moving to take over their management.
Minister says Freeport investors ‘not deterred’
A Cabinet minister last night asserted that the Doctors Hospital and Grand Bahama Shipyard projects proved investors have not been deterred by any uncertainty over Freeport’s investment regime.
Marinas awaiting ‘sold out’ Xmas
Bahamian marinas are eyeing “solid bookings” from this Christmas to May 2022, Tribune Business was told yesterday, with many already “sold out” for the year-end holiday season.
Entrepreneur, Royal Caribbean continue PI crown land battle
A Bahamian entrepreneur and Royal Caribbean last night continued their clash over disputed Paradise Island-based crown land that their separate projects are both competing for.
