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Cable chief places 'undivided attention' on customer service

Cable Bahamas top executive says customer service and content quality will have his “undivided attention” for the next one-two years following completion of the firm’s $301.5m US exit.Franklyn Butler, pictured, the BISX-listed communications provider

Investors buy up 35% of oil explorer's fund

A Bahamas-based oil explorer says it achieved its targets after local investors purchased 35 percent of the available shares in the investment fund it created.Simon Potter, the Bahamas Petroleum Company’s (BPC) chief executive, said in a statement th

Water Corp unions sent back to work

The chief justice has ordered members of both Water and Sewerage Corporation unions to return to work until there is a full Supreme Court hearing on their industrial dispute next Monday.Brian Moree QC granted a temporary injunction on Friday that eff

Bahamas company near end on Mudd clean-up

A Bahamian company says it has substantially completed post-Dorian clean-up of the 40.9 acre location that was previously home to The Mudd shanty town community. Caribbean Pavement Solutions’ (CPS) said it had finished sorting through, and removing,

Chamber unveils digital committee

The Chamber of Commerce has launched its own Digital Transformation Committee (DTC) to ensure the private sector’s needs are met by the government’s technology transformation efforts. Formally unveiling the new committee, the Chamber said it will wo

Satellites shine light on Dorian's damage

Grand Bahama’s share of total Bahamian economic output dropped by 4.5 percentage points in the six years to 2018 based on the the strength of “night lights” seen from space, a study has revealed. A newly-released Inter-American Development Bank (IDB

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Bahamas draws ‘significant’ interest at top tourism show

The Bahamas attracted “significant” interest at this year’s New York Times Travel Show, the largest travel trade and consumer show in North America, with more than 1,000 attendees visiting its booth.

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Travel awards honour top tourism performers

A regional media publication teamed with the Ministry of Tourism and Aviation to host the first-ever Bahamas Travel Awards Ceremony in recognition of the industry’s top performers.

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DPM: Bahamas 'far from' uncontrolled debt spiral

The government is “far from” an uncontrolled debt spiral, the deputy prime minister argued yesterday, while voicing concern that a PLP administration would not remain faithful to fiscal consolidation. K Peter Turnquest told Tribune Business that Bah

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Minister hails $300m South Abaco project as 'transformational'

The government “is very mindful of the environmental concerns” surrounding the just-approved $300m South Abaco project, a Cabinet minister said yesterday, hailing it as “transformational”. Dionisio D’Aguilar, pictured , minister of tourism and aviat

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Beat OECD/EU to income tax

A former attorney general yesterday urged The Bahamas to implement a “progressive” income tax regime geared to its own needs before one is imposed by the OECD/European Union (EU).Alfred Sears QC told Tribune Business that this nation should view its

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'Chicken and egg' on project labour

South Abaco’s MP yesterday said concerns over whether there is sufficient housing for a $300m development’s 600-strong workforce represents “a chicken and egg” situation. James Albury, speaking to Tribune Business following the Heads of Agreement si

Bahamas resident defeats Canadian sanctions of $20m

A Bahamas resident has defeated a Canadian regulator’s bid to impose a $20m-plus sanction on him after the Supreme Court ruled it cannot be enforced in this jurisdiction.Justice Ian Winder, in a January 29, 2020, verdict, ruled that the Ontario Secur

Nassau airport upgrades set to resume next week

The Nassau Airport Development Company (NAD) yesterday confirmed it will resume upgrading runway and apron surfaces at The Bahamas’ main airport on February 17.The Lynden Pindling International Airport (LPIA) operator said the latest work would focus

BPL starts its winter generation overhaul

Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) yesterday said its winter maintenance overhaul has begun with one unit at Clifton Pier Power Station being taken off-line for 25 days. The state-owned energy monopoly, in a statement, said the DA13 diesel engine was rem