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EDITORIAL: Excess markup exacerbates price rises

APPARENTLY, Bahamian consumers are on the wrong end of a markup system not designed to benefit them. Who could have guessed?

Glover-rolle urges sick out staff to go back to work

AFTER some government employees reportedly engaged in a “sick out” because of overdue promotions, State Public Service Minister Pia Glover-Rolle yesterday urged them to go back to work, adding her office had just received recommendations from their ministry for the promotions exercise.

Tourism’s ‘very big deal’: 13% of visitors are back

Tourism executives yesterday hailed the re-opening of markets that accounted for up to 13 percent of this nation’s pre-COVID visitor base as “a very big deal for The Bahamas”.

Bahamas in $7.5bn combined loss from Dorian and COVID

COVID-19 and Hurricane Dorian will inflict a combined $7.5bn loss on The Bahamas, a United Nations (UN) agency is forecasting, “inhibiting social and economic development for years to come”.

Nearly 20% of small firms asked for bribes

Nearly one in five small businesses on Dorian-devastated Abaco and Grand Bahama have reported being asked to pay a bribe to obtain government services, a UN agency’s report has revealed.

‘Right church, wrong pew’ over second GB marina

A Grand Bahama investor yesterday said he has yet to receive a satisfactory offer for his second marina asset, revealing: “They’re in the right church, but sat in the wrong pew.”

Minimum wage proposal to Gov’t ‘within a month’

Recommendations on a minimum wage increase could be submitted to government “within a month”, Tribune Business was told yesterday, although a liveable version is “way down the road”.

HOW FAIR ARE PRICES WE’RE HAVING TO PAY? As inflation rises, stores facing question of how much margin they make

A FORMER Price Control Commission chairman says the inflation on goods has been compounded by a markup system that is not consumer friendly.

‘Abaco is in great need’

AN Abaco pastor says there is a great need for social assistance on the island as people struggle to feed themselves amid increased food costs due to inflation.

‘We must fight to keep down cost of living’

FREEPORT civic leader Pastor Eddie Victor believes “there needs to be a collective fight to keep down the cost of living on Grand Bahama”, especially now with rising inflation.

Two men fined after being found with drugs and cookies

TWO men were fined in court yesterday after being found with a quantity of marijuana earlier this week.

Buddy Hield catches fire, cans 36 in loss to Bucks

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo scored a season-high 50 points, two off his career best, and pulled down 14 rebounds to lead the Milwaukee Bucks past the skidding Indiana Pacers 128-119 last night.

DPM optimistic Hilton’s closure only two months

The deputy prime minister yesterday voiced optimism that downtown Nassau’s British Colonial resort may only be closed for two months until a new brand partner is found to replace Hilton.

EDITORIAL: Royal visit a litmus test for The Bahamas

THERE will be a Royal visit to The Bahamas next month, with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge due to arrive in the country.

Storr: Cabinet to advise on domes

DISASTER Reconstruction Authority executive chairman Alex Storr said the authority will advise Cabinet on how best to repurpose domes in Abaco that were never used, adding the DRA no longer supports sending the domes to Family Islands for storage purposes.

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