BAIC targets improved business plan crafting
The Bahamas Agricultural and Industrial Corporation (BAIC) has has held a two-day workshop to equip staff with the skills for helping entrepreneurs write business plans that can be financed.
Bahamas nominated to represent region on UN agriculture body
The Bahamas is the sole nominee to represent CARICOM on the United Nations’ Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) for the next three years, with elections set for today.
Sarkis unveils his ‘Preserve’
Baha Mar visionary in real estate comeback
Sarkis Izmirlian is targeting a “substantial” jobs and GDP impact with a 333-acre mixed-use development at Clifton Bay that is focused on “sustainability” and environmental preservation.
Mega refinance for BPL ‘stable footing’
“Final discussions” are being held to select the advisers for Bahamas Power & Light’s (BPL) mega refinancing that will place the crisis-stricken utility on a “much more stable” footing.
Realtors warn over client KYC ‘overkill’
Realtors yesterday expressed surprise that the Central Bank had identified their industry as posing a higher money laundering risk given the due diligence “overkill” clients currently face.
Non-Profit Bill ‘scary no more’
The government’s proposed legislation to regulate non-profit organisations (NPOs) is no longer “the scary Bill that could have decimated the sector”, a prominent activist revealed yesterday.
AG: Let me go tell the FATF: ‘We’ve done it’
THE attorney general yesterday urged the Bahamian financial services industry to “do what you have to do” over the summer to ensure this nation swiftly escapes the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) monitoring list.
Bahamian shipyard in 4,000 acre BAIC deal
A Bahamian-owned ship repair facility has opened for business by leasing more than 4,000 acres of land from the Bahamas Agricultural and Industrial Corporation (BAIC) on Eleuthera.
Governor targets ‘world leading’ counter to real estate financial crime
The Central Bank’s governor yesterday voiced optimism that The Bahamas will within three years possess a complete property database to help counter real estate-based money laundering.
AG: System upgrades tackle FATF concerns
THE Bahamas has addressed several issues that resulted in the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) listing it among nations with deficiencies in their anti-financial crime defenses, the attorney general said yesterday.
Central Bank chief: Yes, web shops are ‘low risk’
THE Central Bank’s governor yesterday backed the Gaming Board’s findings that web shops pose no major money laundering threat to the domestic banking system and economy.
Web shops slam labour chief’s disputes claims
Web shop operators yesterday slammed assertions by the government’s top labour official that they are the source of many worker disputes as “wholly inaccurate, unsupported and inappropriate”.
National Culinary Team enjoys strong success
The Bahamas National Culinary Team produced a back-to-back winner at this year’s Taste of the Caribbean Culinary Competition, held from June 21-25 in Miami.
Aliv to 'kick on' via latest $15m raise
Aliv’s top executive last night said it was “very confident” of hitting its latest $15m capital raising target as it bids “to kick on to the next level” of its growth strategy. Damian Blackburn told Tribune Business that the latest financing will pr
Bimini losing tourists ‘left, right and centre’
A major Bimini resort yesterday said it had lost a three-day block booking of all its rooms and marina as Bahamas Power & Light’s (BPL) energy crisis extended beyond New Providence.
