Environmentalists urge fines for looted barge’s grounding
Environmental advocates yesterday called for fines and penalties to be levied against the parties responsible for the barge that grounded off Abaco as they voiced fears “there’s significant damage to the reef” on which it became stuck.
Tour operators eyeing Thanksgiving upturn
Tour operators yesterday predicted an uptick in business for next week’s Thanksgiving holiday as the aviation industry shrugs off the impact from the recent US government shutdown and flight cancellations.
Exuma taxis blaming rental influx for slow Thanksgiving
Exuma taxi operators yesterday blamed an influx of rental vehicles and Sandals Emerald Bays continued closure for what is shaping up to be a slow Thanksgiving.
PM: New skills initiative to close ‘possibility gap’
The Prime Minister says the newly-launched Upskill Bahamas initiative will allow Bahamians to close the “possibility gap” between their career ambitions and the skills they require to fulfill these dreams.
Rosewood Exuma move to ‘avoid further delays’
The developer of the $200m Rosewood Exuma project yesterday reiterated that its decision to submit a revised site plan application was designed to “avoid further delays” and resolve the concerns of opponents, who said the move is “exactly what we wanted to hear”.
Fire-ravaged Arawak Cay owners to ‘return stronger’
Restaurant owners whose businesses were destroyed by Sunday’s Arawak Cay fire yesterday pledged to rebuild and resume operations after suffering an estimated collective $1.5m in damages and losses.
PM: New Bight airport is on time and budget
The Prime Minister yesterday said the multi-million dollar New Bight International Airport upgrade is on time and on budget.
PM: Bahamas ‘bearing weight’ of climate crisis
The Prime Minister yesterday called for fairness, justice, and tangible support for small island developing states as he warned that nations such as The Bahamas are “bearing the weight of a crisis we did not cause”.
Bahamas ‘competing with getting people off the ship’
The Bahamas is “competing with getting people off the ship”, the deputy prime minister asserted yesterday, adding that there will still be sufficient cruise passenger volumes for all even after Royal Caribbean’s Paradise Island destination opens next month.
Bahamas targets 20% cheaper meat prices with direct imports
The Bahamas Trade Commission is aiming to cut out the middleman on 100 percent of this nation’s meat imports in a bid to slash prices for consumers by 20 percent, its chairman revealed yesterday.
Doctors Hospital ‘earnings muted’ but profits rise 29%
Doctors Hospital’s finance chief yesterday asserted that “earnings are still muted” despite first-half profits for its 2026 financial year surging by 28.8 percent as it moves to accelerate The Kidney Centre’s integration.
‘Final push’ to keep politics away from small businesses
A long-standing small business advocate is making “the final push” for legislation that would counter “stagnated growth” and “keep politics out” of policies and initiatives designed to foster Bahamian entrepreneurial success.
Mental health days off will be unpaid
The days-off for mental health that will be provided to Bahamian workers via the upcoming Employment Act reforms will be unpaid, it was disclosed yesterday.
‘Don’t push agenda’: Electric vehicle 50% target ‘not feasible’
Bahamian auto dealers yesterday warned the Government against “pushing an agenda” that disrupts the industry as they argued that achieving 50 percent electric vehicle by 2025 “just isn’t feasible for us as a country”.
