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80% of Dorian-hit assets uninsured
Up to 80 percent of private homes and businesses devastated by Hurricane Dorian were uninsured, the deputy prime minister revealed yesterday, creating an unsustainable burden for the state.K Peter Turnquest, opening the annual Accountants Week confer
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Robinson leads Team Bahamas golfers in Dominican Republic
The 2017 Caribbean Amateur Golf Championships continued at The Links Casa de Campo Resort in the Dominican Republic and several Bahamian golfers fell behind the pace they established on day one.
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Tyler Pinder to spend post grad season with Miami Prep Tornadoes
TYLER Pinder reclassified to the class of 2022 and will spend his post grad season with a new programme, the Miami Prep Tornadoes.
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Francis, Ferguson and Turnquest are victorious
Teenagers Joshua Turnquest and Shannon Francis, fresh off their appearances in the IC North American 16-and-under Junior Challenge, pulled off victories in three of the six scheduled matches played in the men’s qualifying round of the Giorgio Baldacci Battle of the Elite Players Tournament at the National Tennis Centre on Tuesday.
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Baker's Bay alone a $1bn Dorian loss
Dorian-related insurance losses are “heavily skewed” towards Abaco with one resort development potentially accounting for $800m to $1bn worth of claims by itself. Charles Johnson, a Bahamas Insurance Association (BIA) council member, told the annual
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Coaches ‘making sure’ throwers qualify for CARIFTA
WITH a change in the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations’ selection process for the Bahamas team to the CARIFTA Games, a group of seven local coaches are making sure that their throwers qualify for the trip to St Kitts and Nevis over the Easter holiday weekend.
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FACE TO FACE: Following in the footsteps of an emperor
BATH, England is such a beautiful place. Those who watched the Netflix hit, Bridgerton have seen the scenes of an idyllic countryside with beautiful architecture and lots of charm.
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Domestic banks 'low risk' over financial abuses
The Central Bank yesterday pronounced that domestic banking presents a “low risk” for financial crime, with the main vulnerabilities stemming from three industries - gaming, real estate and money transmission.The regulator, unveiling findings based o
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Bahamas First's 'banner year' as profits up 548%
BAHAMAS First’s chief executive yesterday hailed 2017 as “a banner year” where profits increased almost seven-fold, adding: “Everything we needed to go in our favour did.”Patrick Ward told Tribune Business that the “buildings blocks” laid by the prop
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‘Throw it out’: Smith’s team to seek dismissal of corruption case
ATTORNEYS for former PLP Senator Frank Smith on Saturday foreshadowed accusations of perverting the course of justice against the Crown after the prosecution conceded that a key component of its evidence, the call logs between the accused and its key witness, are flawed and thus warranted being recently abandoned by the prosecution.
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Bahamas facing 'hard choices' on $710m storm woe
THE Bahamas has been warned that “the era of tough choices has arrived” after Hurricanes Matthew and Irma caused a combined $710 million in economic damages and loss.The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), in two separate 100-plus page reports on
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Private sector sees $1bn Dorian blow
The Bahamian economy’s productive sectors have suffered a combined $621m damages from Hurricane Dorian, a newly-released report has revealed, with tourism sustaining a half a billion dollar blow.
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Delay in web shop injunction ruling
THE Crown, in seeking to have an injunction lifted off the government and law enforcement, which prevents them taking action against web shop gaming operators, argued that operators had themselves admitted they were engaging in gaming.
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Foulkes: Web shop job cuts unfortunate
A DAY after web shop Asure Win said it will close 11 locations and layoff about 50 workers, Labour Minister Dion Foulkes described impending staff cuts from the sector as “unfortunate”, but said there are several factors contributing to the closure of gaming houses aside from a tax increase.
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Island Luck chief: ‘I was misled’ on web shop taxes
ISLAND Luck’s principal is alleging that the Government “misled” him over planned web shop tax increases, adding: “My legitimate expectation in a proper consultation was dashed.”
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15-year-old accused of using gun to rob woman
A 15-year-old was charged with armed robbery in Magistrate’s Court yesterday.The North Andros boy was accused of using a .9mm pistol to rob a woman of a wallet containing $200, two Alcatel cell phones valued at $90 each and $80 cash which belonged to
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CR Walker Knights, Tigers take early lead after day 1
THE 25th Annual GSSSA Track and Field Championships got underway yesterday in a return to the format with both junior schools and senior schools competing simultaneously.
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Raptors are the junior track & field champs!
They had their consecutive meet title streak broken in 2018, but the CH Reeves Raptors regained their place as the GSSSA junior track and field champions.
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Sports Notes
THE first meet for the Bahamas Swimming Federation’s 2016 season will be the Swift/Gunite Pools Invitational over the weekend of January 15-16 at the Betty Kelly Kenning Swim Complex.
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Sports notes
WITH the New Providence Women’s Basketball Association on a week’s break and the prestigious Hugh Campbell Basketball Classic being played at the AF Adderley Gymnasium, the New Providence Basketball Association will move its games this week to the DW Davis Gymnasium.
