"We can blame ourselves for airport's problems"
THE lack of accountability and management is at the heart of Abaco airport terminal’s woes, the Out Island Promotion Board’s president said yesterday, arguing: “We’re not maintenance conscious.”Dr Keenan Larry Carroll argued the issues at the $30m Le
Bank looks for relevancy in changing economies
THE Bahamas Development Bank is “wide open to innovation”, its managing director Dave Smith said yesterday, noting: “We need to broaden our focus”.Mr Smith who was is slated to be a speaker at the 16th annual Abaco Business Outlook noted the BDB role
"Airbnb's just a pain for boutique operators"
AIRBNB has become a “proverbial pain in the butt” for boutique resort operators, the Bahamas Out Island Promotion Board’s (BOIPB) president said yesterday.Dr Keenan Larry Carroll, owner of the Sandpiper Inn, said: “Airbnb is a vexing problem that we
Flying visit's focus on Freeport
The Vertical Department team of The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism and Aviation (MOTA) recently led a group of 40 people comprising private pilots, flying ambassadors, fixed based operators (FB0) and aviation media professionals to Freeport, Grand Baham
Disney unveils cultural theme central to Lighthouse Point project
DISNEY Cruise Line said yesterday that work at Lighthouse Point will begin only after an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Environmental Management Plan are reviewed and accepted by the Government of The Bahamas and public consultation has oc
Clouds on the horizon but Turnquest insists: we're on the right track
GOVERNMENT must continue to stay the course in the management of this nation’s fiscal affairs, according to Finance Minister K Peter Turnquest who insists: “We are making tremendous progress”.In an interview with Tribune Business Mr Turnquest said:
Solar - an absurd lost opportunity
A well-known environmentalist has slammed as “quite absurd” how solar and renewable energy penetration in this nation has been stymied, stating: “Look where it’s gotten us”.
Sherwin-Williams makes it a treble with new superstore
Paint retailer, Sherwin-Williams Paints, has reached a new milestone with the acquisition of a new superstore location. Fully acquired since June 2019, the nation’s largest specialty retailer of paint and painting supplies, as well as artists’ paint
Airport upgrades gain 1% of needed $200m
The government has allocated just one percent of the $200m needed to upgrade 28 Family Island airports in this year’s budget, a Cabinet minister revealed yesterday. Dionisio D’Aguilar, minister of tourism and aviation, told Tribune Business that the
Showdown: Public service unions warn tomorrow’s talks with Minnis critical
The Government must explain why it is “in such dire financial straits” that it cannot meet public sector worker demands, trade union leaders warned yesterday.
Abaco airport 'sorely lacking' for tourism
Visitors to Abaco have endured “first and last impressions” that are “sorely lacking” due to the failure to properly maintain the island’s $30m airport, a private sector leader said yesterday. Ken Hutton, pictured , the Abaco Chamber of Commerce’s p
CCA says Sarkis has no rights on protected papers
Baha Mar’s main contractor is using a Bahamian Supreme Court ruling to argue it has not breached Sarkis Izmirlian’s rights by obtaining confidential legal documents prepared for him.Attorneys for China Construction America (CCA), in a letter and othe
Moody's: BPL is 'bottleneck to expansion'
Moody’s has labelled the Bahamian energy sector as “a bottleneck to economic growth”, although its latest analysis makes no mention of the daily outages plaguing New Providence.The international credit rating agency, in its latest annual assessment o
Oil exploration plans 'absolutely disturbing'
ENVIRONMENTALISTS yesterday branded the Bahamas Petroleum Company’s (BPC) plan to drill an exploratory well in Bahamian waters during the 2020 first half as “absolutely disturbing”. Activists again called on the Government to publicly clarify its po
Govt defends its fiscal reform from US study
The government last night defended itself against US findings that it has failed to meet minimum fiscal transparency standards by hailing the “tremendous progress” it has made in this area. KP Turnquest, deputy prime minister, said the Minnis admini
