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Activists question Disney sustainability plans
SEVERAL local environmental groups have written to Walt Disney’s top senior sustainability officer, raising questions about the adequacy of the environmental impact assessment (EIA) now underway for Disney Cruise Line’s proposed Lighthouse Point project.
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A COMIC'S VIEW: Slapstick and smackdown in the FNM
As I pen this week’s column, I’m trying my best to keep a straight face considering the reality show, or in some cases the WWE-like antics of our politicos over the past week.
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Beach vendor claims rejected by property owner
AS tension over the presence of vendors on Cabbage Beach escalates, one Paradise Island property manager is firing back at claims that he is the one behind efforts to have the group removed and jailed for trespassing.
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Employer redundancy cap fears 'overblown'
Employer concerns over an increase in redundancy pay were yesterday branded as “overblown”, a senior trade union leader suggesting the current ‘cap’ should be doubled.Obie Ferguson, the Trades Union Congress (TUC) president, told Tribune Business tha
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Potter’s Cay behind schedule - but remains on $3m budget
TRANSPORT and Aviation Minister Glenys Hanna Martin yesterday said her ministry’s $3m Potter’s Cay redevelopment project remains on budget, but is slightly behind schedule as officials work to ensure “international port procedures” are in place throughout all new facilities in development at the site.
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'Final touches' for Commonwealth Youth Games guests
WITH the Bahamas getting ready to host the biggest sporting event ever in just one week, Rommel Knowles, managing director of the CYG Association, said they are busy putting on the final touches for their guests.
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$377m investment for BPL’s LNG conversion
A total $377.4 million investment is required to convert Bahamas Power & Light’s (BPL) generation plants to liquefied natural gas (LNG), an IMF ‘working paper’ revealed yesterday.
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$20m contract signed for four new radars
THE government yesterday signed a contract for nearly $20m with a Finnish company for the acquisition of four new Doppler radars, something local meteorologists said will give the Department of Meteorology “no excuse” for not being more accurate with weather forecasts and tracking weather systems.
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March 1 residency threshold doubling goal ‘unacceptable’
The Government’s seeming intent to double the permanent residency investment threshold by March 1 was yesterday branded “unacceptable” by a Bahamian developer, as it gave the market too little time to adjust.
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US warned: "Hands off our beaches!"
A LOCAL environmentalist has said he will be the first to stop any tractor attempting to remove sand from this country to aid Florida beaches from erosion, as he called on government officials to condemn international news reports that the US has received approval to study bringing Bahamian sand to their beaches.
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Matthew payouts to ‘absolutely’ be nine-figure sum
Total Hurricane Matthew insurance payouts will “absolutely” total a nine-figure sum, a leading businessman yesterday saying “the only question” is how big the first digit will be.
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EDITORIAL: Recovering from Matthew
BEFORE we begin, we must praise the men and women behind the scenes who gave up the comforts of home and moved into newspaper offices and radio stations to keep citizens informed of what was happening during the height of hurricane Matthew.
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Chamber chair: $150m bond ‘very ‘difficult’ at once
THE proposed $150 million Hurricane Reconstruction Bond is likely to be “multi-tiered” to appeal to different investor groupings, the Chamber’s chairman said yesterday, expressing concern over whether the target sum could be raised in one shot.
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‘Matthew was angry and The Bahamas was his enemy. From this day on if any hurricane come, I am evacuating.’
Residents in southern New Providence are still without power 14 days after Hurricane Matthew hit. But the memories of the storm’s brutal force are still vivid, Sancheska Dorsett hears . . .
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Are fifty somethings “obsolete”?
“This is a sore point for many older adults. As we age medical science and healthcare mean we are well and able far longer than in the past - but are viewed as needing to move on and out of the workplace even when we could offer some wisdom and mentoring to the newer workforce.” (Linda Nicholls).
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Rose Marie Sylvia Knowles-Gibson
Funeral service for the late Rose Marie Sylvia Knowles-Gibson age 80 years of #5 Pinta Close, Regency Park will be held on Sunday, July 14th, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. at Centerville Seventh Day Adventist Church, 5th Terrace, Centerville. Officiating will …
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Mavis Hanna
Funeral Service for the late Mavis Hanna age 78 years will be held on Saturday at The Annex Baptist Church Wulff Road at 11:00a.m. Officiating will be Rev. Willard Cunningham assisted by Rev. Michael Hinsey, Rev. Anthony Sands, Elder John …
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Exuma resort energy costs 'double' Nassau
Electricity costs for Exuma resorts are “almost double” those faced by Nassau hotels on a per room basis, a Cabinet Minister identifying a host of infrastructure challenges as preventing the island from reaching its full economic potential.
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Speaker in rallying call to school staff
HUNDREDS of schoolteachers, counsellors, teaching students and community leaders from across the Bahamas had the opportunity to change their perspective on the educational destiny of Bahamian students last week at the Lyford Cay Foundation’s Speaker Series.
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Tribute to the living Deejay Legends
LOVERS of old school music were taken back as far as the 70s last Friday at Club Luna in celebration of the country’s living deejay legends.
