AML donates $275k to aid staff, Dorian relief
AML Foods yesterday said it has donated more than $275,000 to support both Hurricane Dorian relief efforts and its 275 impacted employees in Grand Bahama.The BISX-listed food retail and franchise group said some $200,000 had been allocated to support
Baha Mar hosts tennis cup to aid Dorian relief
Baha Mar has teamed with leading Bahamian tennis player, Mark Knowles, and other former tour professionals to host the Baha Mar Cup fundraiser for Hurricane Dorian victims. The event, which will take place from Thursday, November 7, to Sunday, Novem
Fears Dorian will sparkexpansion of Govt size
A think-tank executive yesterday voiced concern that Hurricane Dorian will cause a further expansion in government’s size after The Bahamas fell seven spots in an economic freedom index.Rick Lowe, of the Nassau Institute, also expressed concern about
ZNS facing $542,000 summary judgment bid
ZNS is facing a $542,000 summary judgment bid over claims that it breached a satellite leasing contract with two years of the deal remaining. Attorneys for Centrex Centrex Communications Corporation, in September 12 letter to the southern New York f
$3-5bn Dorian 'cataclysmic' if Nassau struck
The Bahamas would have taken a “cataclysmic” hit if Hurricane Dorian struck Nassau, Moody’s Analytics believes, while still predicting the storm has cost this nation between $3bn to $5bn. Adam Kamins, senior regional economist at Moody’s Analytics,
Unions challenge Dorian advances to civil servants
Trade union leaders are challenging the government’s decision to offer Dorian-ravaged civil servants a two-month salary advance rather than the $800 lump sum payment agreed pre-storm. Bernard Evans, the National Congress of Trade Unions of The Baham
Abaco Chamber eyes 'amazing opportunity' via Project Resurrect
The Abaco Chamber of Commerce’s president yesterday hailed “an amazing opportunity to rebuild the entire island” following the “overwhelming” response to its Project Resurrect initiative. Speaking after the project’s Friday’s unveiling, Ken Hutton s
Tourism: We need Dorian 'headwinds' to die down
The Bahamas must wait for the “negative headwinds” created by Hurricane Dorian to die down before it can start “remarketing” itself as a tourism destination, a Cabinet minister says.Dionisio D’Aguilar, pictured, minister of tourism and aviation, said
CIBC unveils Dorian client relief measures
CIBC FirstCaribbean has unveiled a series of measures to assist with the rebuilding process for clients impacted by Hurricane Dorian. The bank, in a statement, said it will provide special loans, deferred payments and other concessions for customers
Three hundred Bahamians return to work at Shipyard
Three hundred Bahamian employees have returned to work after the Grand Bahama Shipyard re-opened last Wednesday, showing the island “is on a path to recovery”. “We are extremely pleased to advise that the Grand Bahama Shipyard re-opened for business
Solve Dorian housing crisis by using distressed homes
A well-known realtor is urging the government to use hundreds of repossessed New Providence homes that currently sit vacant to solve the housing crisis created by Hurricane Dorian.Mario Carey, founder of Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate MCR Baham
Renewable provider blasts 4-year hold up
A renewable energy provider yesterday blasted the four-year delay in approving Windsor School’s solar energy system as an “absolute travesty” that has cost him thousands of dollars.Philip Holdom, president of Alternative Power Supply (APS), in a stat
Realtors hail 'awesome' exchange control relax
Realtors yesterday hailed as “awesome” the Central Bank’s proposal to relax exchange controls on residential property deals involving foreign buyers and sellers with effect from October 1. The regulator, in a four-page document outlining its liberal
No Sands Beer for six months
Bahamians will be unable to drink Sands Beer and its fellow beverages for six months after its Freeport-based producer “took a hell of a hit” from Hurricane Dorian’s storm surge.
Rebuild could cost ‘billions and billions’
A Cabinet minister last night predicted it will cost “billions and billions” to rebuild Abaco and east Grand Bahama’s infrastructure after the “awesome challenge” laid down by Hurricane Dorian.
