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‘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.

'Skyrocketing' Bahamasair losses could strike $60m

A Cabinet minister yesterday said the Government had no choice but to increase Bahamasair's fares in a bid to contain "skyrocketing" losses that could hit $60m for the airline's current financial year.

Minister: 'We don't make $1' through health travel visa

A Cabinet minister yesterday admitted the Government is "walking a very thin tightrope" over the loosening of travel restrictions as he asserted "we don't make $1" from the issuance of health visas.

Concern over infections in the U.S.

AMID rising COVID-19 cases in the United States, Tourism Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar said while officials are concerned about the number of US infections being recorded daily, they are hopeful COVID-19 travel protocols will help minimise the threat of transported cases.

COVID testing system’s providers await payment

A CABINET minister last night disclosed that the COVID-19 visitor testing system’s providers have yet to be paid as the Government determines the most efficient mechanism for getting funds to them.

D’Aguilar hopes U.S. will change travel warning

TOURISM Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar says he hopes the United States will soon change its decision to warn residents not to travel to this country.

Antigen test rollout could be ‘bumpy’

TOURISM Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar said the rollout of the COVID-19 rapid antigen test policy could be bumpy and asked Bahamians to bear with officials as the kinks are ironed out.

Govt scraps COVID-19 antigen testing for travelers upon arrival

THE government has scrapped the idea of COVID-19 antigen testing for travelers upon arrival in the country beginning November 1.

Full steam ahead - as three million rapid tests secured

TOURISM Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar said the country is moving “full steam ahead” with reopening next month.

Increased testing eyed as tourism's quarantine answer

A Cabinet minister yesterday signalled that post-arrival COVID-19 testing for tourists may be part of the solution to "easing" the mandatory 14-day quarantine impediment to the industry's revival.

'Don't get hung up on October hotel return'

A Cabinet minister yesterday urged Bahamians not to get hung up over the October 15 date for the hotel sector's re-opening as the British Colonial Hilton became the latest resort to delay its return.

Club Med closure a 'unique situation'

A Cabinet minister yesterday said Club Med's decision to close its San Salvador property until December 2021 is not indicative of the COVID-19 re-opening prospects for other Family Island resorts.

Tourism's 'competitive disadvantage': Rivals eliminate quarantines

Bahamian tourism is facing "a competitive disadvantage" because it will not "be so bold" as Caribbean rivals in eliminating COVID testing and quarantine requirements, a Cabinet minister said yesterday.

Tourism recovery 'could take as long as five years'

TOURISM officials are unsure when the sector will likely recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, with Tourism Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar noting some experts believe it could take as long as five years. “Twelve, 18, 24 months, a number of people are say

Bahamas must 'get real' over tourism re-opening

The Bahamas must "get real" on the urgent need to re-open its tourism industry, a Cabinet minister argued yesterday, adding: "We've got to pull the trigger." Dionisio D'Aguilar, minister of tourism and aviation, told Tribune Business that The Bahama

‘Vacation in place’ - but not quarantine: Tourism rebranding mandatory lock-ins for Oct 15 relaunch

THE Ministry of Tourism is recommending hotels throughout the country resume full operations and use of beaches on October 15, Tourism Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar said Monday.

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