Carnival unveils restaurant offerings for its $600m port
Carnival yesterday previewed the menus for more than 30 food and beverage outlets at its Celebration Key port that is due to open on Grand Bahama in July 2025.
Nation short of rooms, says hotel union chief
THE Bahamas is experiencing a room shortage, according to Darin Woods, Bahamas Hotel Catering & Allied Workers Union, who expressed his joy that Baha Mar will build a new luxury resort where the former Melia hotel once stood.
Cost of business concerns as unemployment payouts rise
The Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and Employers Confederation is concerned about the cost of doing business after the National Insurance Board revealed that unemployment payouts have increased by 25 percent, totalling around $940,000 last month.
‘Get energy costs lower than FNM’s hedge price’
An ex-Cabinet minister is challenging the Government’s energy reforms to lower all-in costs below the FNM’s fuel hedging price while asserting BPL’s new tariff structure failed to cut rates this summer.
Land owner slams fines threat over BPL oil spill
A North Andros land owner is slamming as “perverse” threats of financial sanctions unless he agrees by today to give Bahamas Power & Light (BPL) access to clean up its own oil spill.
Serenity rezoning eyes middle class home ownership boost
The developer of a major western New Providence community says rezoning all its 464 phase two lots to multi-family will help ease the housing shortage and make middle class home ownership more affordable.
‘No man left behind’ with basic account
The Clearing Banks Association’s chairman yesterday explained the ‘basic bank account’ proposal is designed “to ensure no man is left behind” through reforms enacted in a “non-dictatorial” manner.
Top court reinstates $2m freeze in King Case
The Bahamian judicial system’s highest court yesterday refroze some $2m alleged to be the proceeds of a fraud involving flamboyant “philanthropist” Rudolph Kermit King.
SBF’s ex using Deltec ‘exposure’ to avoid jail
Sam Bankman-Fried’s ex-girlfriend is using testimony that she fully exposed a Bahamian bank’s alleged involvement in FTX’s collapse as a key element in today’s bid to escape a jail sentence.
Ex-pilots union chief loses Bahamasair fight ‘in entirety’
A former pilots’ union president has seen his retirement age-related employment dispute with Bahamasair dismissed “in its entirety” by the Supreme Court.
Gov’t savings bond launches with $5m
The Central Bank will launch its drive to boost Bahamian savings and investments by making a total $5m in government savings bonds available to the public this November.
IDB report: 86% of personal water supplies contaminated
Testing by the Water & Sewerage Corporation has found that 86 percent of New Providence private wells are contaminated by bacteria and present a potential health hazard, it has been revealed.
FNM chair calls taxing private wells ‘absurd’
The Free National Movement’s (FNM) chairman yesterday branded the concept of taxing private well owners as “absurd” as the Prime Minister ruled out any such move or raising water tariffs for Bahamians.
Taxi ‘price gouge’ fear over gas margin rise
The Bahamas Taxi Cab Union’s (BTCU) president is voicing fears that the imminent margin increases granted to petroleum retailers may force some drivers to “price gouge” once again.
‘Married women’ law reform call over FamGuard dispute
The Acting Chief Justice is urging Parliament to “do everything in its power” to reform a 140 year-old law designed to protect married women and “cure” uncertainties that could spark increasing legal disputes.
