Hotel chief 'confident' nation closing on 2m stopovers before 2022
THE Bahamas Hotel Association's (BHA) president is "confident" this nation will be approaching the two million stopover visitor mark before 2022, believing a study on the industry's economic impact has underestimated the $2.6 billion Baha Mar project's post-2014 impact.
Host of events to mark Earth Day in Eleuthera
A HOST of events are taking place this weekend in Eleuthera to celebrate Earth Day.
High school quintet to make shift to DI Universities this fall
A NUMBER of high school seniors are poised to chase lofty expectations, drawing comparisons to an historic group of players from the 1970s.
First 'Office of Scholarships'
THE Ministry of Education plans to implement a new sector to its Sports Unit geared toward making scholarship opportunities more accessible to a wider cross sect
Abaco women touted at Beauties at Brunch
TAKING Beauties at Brunch to the island of Abaco, event organiser Patricia Chatti of Cia Monet Designs said the overall turnout of the recent event was the best series to date.
At 'breaking point' on 30-40% tax burden
A leading accountant yesterday urged the Government not to enact reforms that would increase the existing 30-40 per cent tax burden on Bahamians, warning that many were “at their breaking point right now”.
Police officer attacked at high school
TWO police officers have been violently attacked in separate incidents – one by a female student at a high school in Freeport.
Students union issues call for transparency after ceremony called off
THE College of the Bahamas Union of Students yesterday requested financial transparency and fairness at the institution in the wake of the cancellation of the fall graduation ceremony.
The MPs who failed to disclose
AT least 10 members of Parliament have failed to file financial declarations by the March 1 deadline as required by the Public Disclosure Act, according to the MPs who were polled by The Tribune.
Wells to ‘proudly’ vote no on bill four
BAMBOO Town MP Renward Wells yesterday called for the government to immediately provide funding for the campaigns opposing the gender equality referendum.
