Jazz Chisholm Jr has ‘tunnel vision’ for MLB playoffs
Jasrado “Jazz” Chisholm Jr knew he came to the New York Yankees for one purpose and that is to win the Major League Baseball title.
GB Power customers facing ‘maximum’ 4% light bill rise
A long-time Grand Bahama Power Company critic yesterday accused the utility of being “out of touch” with consumers as it unveiled a five-year, $76.6m capital investment plan.
Import price boost through Arawak port’s LNG tie-up
Nassau’s main commercial shipping post is eyeing a further revenue boost that will help contain goods prices for Bahamian consumers after it produced a 22 percent profits increase for 2024.
Baha Mar eyes 500 jobs with Melia replacement
Baha Mar’s developer will invest $350m to construct a new resort where the former Melia hotel once stood via a project that will create 500 permanent jobs once open.
Commission ‘ramps up’ penalties for anti-financial crime breaches
The Securities Commission’s top executive yesterday said it has “ramped up” efforts to combat escalating “major breaches” of Bahamian anti-financial crime laws by its licensees that totalled 223 last year.
$250m resort project to start by year-end
The developers of Grand Bahama’s $250m Six Senses resort have announced that project construction will begin before year-end 2024 as they target a 2026 opening.
Bus drivers warn: ‘We may be next protesters’
Jitney drivers yesterday warned they may stage a protest of their own following the margin increase granted to petroleum retailers unless public transportation companies receive similar financial relief.
Baha Mar sees ‘softening’ bookings over short-term
Baha Mar is experiencing a “softening” in bookings with figures “slightly below” last year’s record-breaking numbers heading into the slower fall season, its top executive revealed yesterday.
Bahamas ‘vulnerable’ on shortage of tax expertise
The Attorney General yesterday warned that the failure to develop sufficient Bahamian professional expertise on tax matters has left this nation’s financial services industry “vulnerable’.
Bridge Authority expansion may cover every bridge in country
A NEW amendment bill passed in Parliament yesterday will provide the framework for every bridge in the country to be constructed, managed and maintained by the Bridge Authority.
Pitch contest offers cash help for winners
The Tourism Development Corporation held a press conference yesterday for phase II of the 50/50 Venture Pitch Competition for small and micro-sized businesses which will award participants from Abaco and Bimini with monetary funds to aid in their start-up businesses.
Bahamian Brewery in Trinidad lager launch
A Trinidad & Tobago lager held its formal Bahamas launch on Saturday, August 31, at Waterloo on East Bay Street.
New Cost Right store to be ‘members only club’
AML Foods yesterday confirmed that its new 55,000 square foot Cost Right Warehouse Club, next door to the newly-remodelled Solomon’s Old Trail store, is set to open this November.
Yacht charter VAT woe ‘definitely news to me’
A senior tax official yesterday said complaints that visiting yachts are struggling to pay VAT on charter contracts is “definitely news to me”.
Cruise chief: Multiple ‘wins’ from 60MW shore power
Nassau Cruise Port’s top executive yesterday asserted that the project to supply cruise vessels with 60 mega watts (MW) of shore power will generate multiple economic “wins” for The Bahamas.
