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Sandals founder’s family in Bahamian legal battle
The family of Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart, the late Sandals resort chain founder, have become embroiled in an escalating Bahamian legal dispute over the multi-million dollar estate he has left behind.
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Entrepreneur targets $850k for restaurant’s expansion
A restaurant entrepreneur yesterday moved to raise $850,000 from Bahamian crowdfunding investors to finance construction of a production and distribution centre and his planned franchise expansion.
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Coral killer will ‘decimate’ tourism, fisheries sectors
The Bahamas National Trust’s (BNT) top executive yesterday warned that tourism and other coral reef-reliant industries will be “decimated” unless this nation rapidly arrests the spread of a killer disease for these key marine ecosystems.
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Bahamas can enjoy $177m boost from near-home focus
The Bahamas could increase goods exports by some $177m if it maximises its “nearshoring” potential, an Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) study disclosed yesterday.
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Petroleum retailers fear ‘implosion’ as gas hits $7
Petroleum retailers yesterday warned the industry could “implode” unless the Government urgently adjusts the price-controlled, fixed margin business it has laboured under for decades as gas prices breach the $7 per gallon mark.
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Bahamian exporters hit by LPIA cargo scan woe
Cargo scanning woes at Lynden Pindling International Airport (LPIA) have blocked frustrated Bahamian exporters from sending thousands of dollars in native products to Europe since last year, Tribune Business can reveal.
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SUSPECTED CASE OF MONKEYPOX: Health Minister says patient in isolation for tests after signs of virus detected
A FOREIGN national who recently travelled to The Bahamas is being closely monitored by health officials for suspected monkeypox, Health and Wellness Minister Dr Michael Darville revealed yesterday.
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Jazz has grand slam among two homers, Marlins win
MIAMI (AP) — Jazz Chisholm Jr. homered twice, including a grand slam, and had a career-high six RBIs as the Miami Marlins beat the Washington Nationals 12-2 on Tuesday night.
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Liberty battling injuries, COVID-19, look to get on roll
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Liberty are a work in progress. When coach Sandy Brondello took over the team this year she knew it would take time for the players to gel on the court.
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PETER YOUNG: A nation united for a Queen revered
THE Platinum Jubilee in Britain was nothing less than a glorious success and a triumph for The Queen, for the monarchy as an institution and for the whole country.
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FACE TO FACE: Kenise on track with a home-grown hit and skills she wants to pass on
WHAT do you get when you combine a hard-working mom with a passion for arts and crafts, a knack for doing business and a commitment to helping the next generation? You get “Something Beautiful” - that’s the name of Kenise Darville’s company, which is gaining popularity in the tumbler world with outstanding drinking pieces that are durable and memorable.
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Survivors ‘traumatised’ by Long Island crash
FAMILY members of the surviving victims of the Long Island plane crash said the accident has left them shaken and traumatised.
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‘Stay tuned’ for share offering, says Doctors
Doctors Hospital says investors will “hear from us in the next quarter” on plans to finance its multi-million dollar Bahamian healthcare expansion via an equity share offering.
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Revenue chief: ‘No choice’ in pursuing $800m arrears
The Government’s top revenue official has admitted that the failure of successive administrations to enforce compliance with the law has resulted in the $800m “astronomical arrears” over real property tax.
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IDB’s taxpayer boost for $385m Gov’t bond issue
The Bahamas will this week seek to limit the debt servicing burden for taxpayers via an Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) guarantee that will underwrite most of its $385m foreign currency bond issue.
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Gov’t set to ‘pursue’ Qatar on Bahamas aviation hub
The Government will “continue to pursue” Qatar Airways to establish an aviation hub in The Bahamas that can service Latin America and the wider Western Hemisphere, the deputy prime minister has pledged.
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VAT boost from $2bn real estate purchases
More than $2bn in real estate sales were brought forward for stamping and the payment of taxes during the first 11 months of the 2021-2022 fiscal year, it has been revealed.
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FLIGHT HOME THAT ENDED IN TRAGEDY: Young mum caught early plane only to perish as it crashed
ALEITHEIA Newbold, the woman who died in a plane crash in Long Island on Sunday, was yesterday remembered by loved ones as a “bubbly, over joyous” person who was deeply loved by all who knew her.
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Three face court on drugs charges
THREE WOMEN and a man were arraigned in Magistrate’s Court on Thursday on separate drug charges.
