Will Exuma be another Hatchet Bay?
“THE sharp falloff in resort tourism in the Bahamas has claimed one of its largest victims: The financially struggling Four Seasons Resort Great Exuma closed Tuesday after failing to stem the flow of red ink,” wrote Maura Sadovi as the Wall Street Journal on May 27, 2009, announced that the “tourist drought sinks Four Seasons in the Bahamas.”
How politics can destroy business
PRIME Minister Perry Christie almost sounded genuinely concerned when he recently said that there was a possibility that Sandals Emerald Bay on which so much money had been spent to develop an “incredibly beautiful product,” could close.
Cabinet claims it’s doing business in Abaco
TODAY the government armada descended on Abaco in the form of the Cabinet — ministers, permanent secretaries, cabinet staff, with their books, papers and agendas...
Opposition leader praises vigilant press
NO WONDER Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley was so fulsome in his praise of the media in his Republic Day address in Trinidad over the weekend.
A new political day dawns for Trinidad
AT the other end of the telephone early yesterday morning a chuckling, Trinidadian- accented voice, asked the loaded question:
Leslie Miller vows to reduce energy costs
WHILE THE West desperately searches for ways to reduce its fuel cost and thus its reliance on Middle East oil, it seems that despite its efforts, OPEC members plan to have the last laugh.
The Tribune does not blink under threat
CALLERS to The Tribune have warned that Tribune reporters should be careful because certain PLP operatives are not taking too kindly to The Tribune’s publication of allegations made in a Supreme Court document about the behaviour of the Deputy Speaker of the House of Assembly.
WAS IT a slip of the tongue or was it deliberate?
WAS IT a slip of the tongue or was it deliberate?
No referendum for oil drilling
ALREADY they are discussing how to share the oil wealth, even before the first vein of oil has been discovered to make the discussion relevant.
The House should vote the gambling issue
THE much awaited letter from House Speaker Dr Kendal Major informing him of North Abaco MP Hubert Ingraham’s resignation from the House arrived on the Governor General’s desk yesterday morning.
A tribute to Hubert Alexander Ingraham
IF from a log cabin in the backwoods of Kentucky the sixteenth president of the United States could step forth, there was no reason why 203 years later Cooper’s Town, Abaco, could not produce from similar circumstances the second prime minister of the Bahamas.
Why is it important to have 51 per cent?
WHY IS it important for the Bahamas government to try to renegotiate a contract, signed by the Ingraham government, to regain controlling shares in Bahamas Telecommunications Company?
Bahamas considered investment risk
BUSINESSMAN Frankie Wilson, one of the lead negotiators in the Christie government’s efforts to regain the majority shares in Bahamas Telecommunications from Cable & Wireless, admits that foreign investors are now looking at the Bahamas with a jaundiced eye.
Virginia game officials survey snapping turtles
CHARLES CITY, Va. AP — In water to his waist and mud to his calves, Ben Colteaux pulled up a net and found a stinky monster.
UK newspapers steer clear of naked Harry photos
LONDON (AP) — The prince has no clothes — but most British newspapers aren't running the pictures.
