Bahamas to get $60m for COVID battle boost
The Government is set to borrow $60m to boost the public health sector in its fight with COVID-19 and eliminate the paper-based system it employed to manage the crisis up until August 2020.
‘Enormous sum’ for senator’s relatives
THE Auditor General says a Senator’s relatives stand to earn “an enormous sum” from leasing their Gladstone Road property to a government agency that typically loses over $1m per year.
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Food store awaits mid December sales rise
A food store yesterday said they anticipate sales will increase by mid-December following the traditional “seasonally low period” that normally occurs at this time of year.
Gym owner ‘unsettled’ by indifference to his plight
A Bahamian gym owner yesterday branded the Government’s seeming indifference to his and the wider sector’s plight as “unsettling” as a competitor switched their focus to other ventures.
Defendants face ‘onus of proof’ on foreign tax fraud
Reforms to the penal code will place the “onus of proof” on foreign residents of The Bahamas to demonstrate they have not defrauded overseas governments, Cabinet ministers said yesterday.
Fisheries suffers ‘rift’ on non-Bahamian workers
A fisheries industry “rift” has been exposed over arguments that over 1,000 persons will be hurt, and up to $8m lost, if planned legal reforms stop foreign nationals working on Bahamian-owned boats.
‘Tragic and ironic reality’ over expat fisheries workers
A BAHAMIAN fisherman last night confirmed the long-standing “split” with the sector’s major wholesalers and processors over what he described as “a tragic and ironic reality”.
Union leader urges: Avoid labour unrest at all costs
A TRADE union leader yesterday said he had informed his colleagues that industrial action in any form must be avoided until the Bahamian economy fully recovers from COVID-19.
GB hotelier: ‘We need something to go our way’
A MAJOR Grand Bahama hotelier yesterday said his property is losing between $200,000 to $300,000 per month, as he lamented: “We need something to go our way.”
Oil opponents deny ‘malice’ motivation
A prominent QC yesterday blasted suggestions by Bahamas Petroleum Company (BPC) shareholders that opposition to the company’s oil prospecting was driven by “malice”.
PI resort to open after ‘abnormal last few months’
A MAJOR Paradise Island resort has confirmed it will re-open on December 10 after several “abnormal” months as the US eased its COVID-19 warnings on travel to The Bahamas.
Governance reformer: DPM must ‘make call’ over claims
A governance reformer last night said the deputy prime minister will have to “make the call” with the Prime Minister as to whether the $27m “bogus loans” accusations will become too big a distraction.
Minister and MP out as $2.4m claim defendants
A CABINET minister and current MP have been removed as defendants to a $2.405m unfair dismissal claim brought by the Water & Sewerage Corporation’s former general manager.
Aliv addresses 50% data demand growth
Aliv’s top executive says the COVID-19 pandemic has driven a 50 percent increase in data demand as it works on finalising a $70m loan from its controlling shareholder.
