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Cruise ship occupancies to hit 110% by end-2022

Nassau Cruise Port’s chief executive yesterday disclosed that average passenger occupancies will hit pre-COVID levels of 110 percent by year-end 2022 and beat its own recovery forecast.

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STRIKERS TOLD TO GET BACK TO WORK: Govt says it won’t be bullied - as judge rules action illegal

AFTER hundreds of airport employees refused to report to work yesterday, a court ruling declared the industrial action illegal - with workers ordered to go back to work.

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They served with distinction

The police force is an institution comprised of dedicated men and women of integrity, but like in most such institutions, there will be one or two who do not meet those criteria.

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Big braid trends for the summer

For the working woman, next to deciding what outfit to wear, finding a hairstyle that is both stylish and low maintenance for everyday wear, and which also offers protection for your tresses, can be quite a challenge.

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Jones and Hornets end Summer League with 2-3 win-loss record

KAI Jones and the Charlotte Hornets concluded the NBA2K23 Las Vegas Summer League with a 2-3 win-loss record.

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‘Stay vigilant’ over two new COVID variants

A PAN American Health Organisation official has urged countries to remain vigilant in light of the emergence of two new fast spreading variants of COVID-19.

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Nassau hotel demand jumps 27% in Florida

Connections to Nassau/Paradise Island hotels through their promotion board’s website have leapt 98 percent for 2022 to-date, the latter’s chairman revealed yesterday, predicting that business will further “ramp up” into early 2023.

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Give Bahamians ‘direct’ carbon manager equity

Opposition MPs yesterday urged that “ordinary Bahamians” be given an opportunity to directly own shares in the company being created to manage this nation’s multi-million dollar carbon credits and their trading.

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Pacers agree to sign Deandre Ayton to $133m deal

Deandre Ayton remains the biggest restricted free agent on the market and is just hours away from finding out whether he will have a new NBA home alongside “Buddy” Hield in Indiana or return to the Phoenix Suns.

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Pro basketball players Munnings, Davis headed to new clubs in France

A PAIR of national team members from the recent FIBA World Cup ‘23 Americas Qualifiers will head to new locations when they resume their pro careers in Europe.

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STATESIDE: Roll up, roll up for the great game of ‘pick your nominee’

“I’M just disgusted by what’s happening in the US,” the Bahamian lady said over the telephone. WhatsApp, of course. “What a colossal mess! You know, I heard the other day someone was talking, and they said that the Democrats actually figured out how to entice the conservatives on the Supreme Court to vote on Roe v Wade right now, because it’s the only thing that can prevent a Republican takeover of Congress in November.”

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Will a new Commissioner change things?

POLICE Commissioner Clayton Fernander’s pedigree, mostly CID-DIU, could change things, but the data on where the guns come from causes me, and should cause everyone, serious anxiety that little will change.

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Wentia helps to keep her father Wenty Ford’s legacy alive at baseball camp

SHE was too young to remember the exploits of Wenty Ford as a Major League Baseball pitcher with the Atlanta Braves, but Wentia Ford-Diagne said she’s so glad that there are so many memories of her father that she can still rely on to help keep his legacy alive.

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‘No impact’ to tourism from US COVID surge

The Bahamian tourism industry has seen “no impact” from the recent rise in COVID-19 cases in the US, a senior hotelier said yesterday.

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Miller elated to be on National Honours list

IMMEDIATE past Bahamas Olympic Committee president Wellington Miller said he’s elated to be included with former world boxing champion Everette ‘Elisha Obed’ Ferguson in the list of honourees for the 2022 National Honours.

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PETER YOUNG: From the summit of success to now being shown the door - it’s all over for Boris

“ALL political careers end in failure”. Those were the memorable words of Enoch Powell, who was a leading right-wing Tory, and some say a contrarian and a maverick politician, of the 1960s and beyond. It is a fair bet that some of the older generation in Britain will have recalled this famous dictum when watching Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s resignation statement outside No 10 Downing Street last Thursday as he stood down from what he called “the best job in the world”.

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EDITORIAL: Atlantis goes from up for sale to new investment

THERE has been quite the turnaround at Atlantis – and that’s welcome news.

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Exporters told: Prove no domestic financing

Bahamian exporters must first prove to the Central Bank that they have been rejected by all domestic financing sources before they will be given approval to seek out alternative funding from overseas.

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Honours from grateful nation

BISHOP Lawrence Rolle, community activist Khandi Gibson and former police commissioner Paul Rolle say they are honoured and humbled for recognition of their service to the nation as recipients of the Bahamas’ 49th Independence Day National Honours.

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Atlantis eyes $500m in fresh investment

Atlantis is on target to “exceed” 90 percent of pre-COVID occupancy levels for the 2022 full year, a senior executive has revealed, as it eyes “well over $500m” in new investment for this decade.