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Nassau and PI resorts enjoying Thanksgiving ‘record occupancy’
The Nassau/Paradise Island Promotion Board’s (NPIPB) chief executive yesterday said its resort members are reporting “record occupancy” for the Thanksgiving holiday period.
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STATESIDE: Biden seeking to avoid gaffes
US President Joe Biden is known for avoiding live press conferences. In sharp contrast to his predecessor, Biden appears to believe that such largely unrehearsed sessions would expose him to more of the gaffes and errors that have occurred many times throughout his long public career – albeit without the crippling effect of some of his contemporaries’ mistakes and misstatements.
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Top housing official rapped over ‘excessive spending’
The Government’s chief housing officer was reprimanded for “excessive spending” that allegedly exhausted 92 percent of the department’s budget within the fiscal year’s first seven months.
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Maritime contracts signed ‘maliciously’
A senior civil servant is alleging that two controversial multi-million dollar maritime contracts were executed “negligently, unlawfully and maliciously” in contravention of public service rules.
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PLP VOTE RISES AS SMITH WINS RACE – Davis: We wanted to win for Obie
THE Progressive Liberal Party’s Kingsley Smith comfortably won the West Grand Bahama and Bimini by-election yesterday, buoying the Davis administration in a race some saw as a potential barometer of the governing party’s popularity near the mid-point of its term.
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Battle 4 Atlantis men: Tar Heels to face Wildcats In Semifinals today
THE 12th Battle 4 Atlantis men’s tournament got off to a hot start for the Villanova Wildcats and North Carolina Tar Heels yesterday at the Imperial Arena, Paradise Island.
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CI Gibson Rattlers open up strong in GSSSA basketball
THE CI Gibson Rattlers’ senior girls and boys put the Government Secondary Schools Sports Association (GSSSA) on notice after both earned resounding double-digit wins yesterday against the Doris Johnson Senior High School Mystic Marlins.
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Gov’t urged: ‘Stop talking nonsense’ on GBPA sale
The Grand Bahama Chamber of Commerce’s president yesterday said the Government has to “stop talking nonsense” over the Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA).
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PLP candidate Kingsley Smith wins West Grand Bahama and Bimini by-election
ROUND UP: PLP candidate Kingsley Smith has won the West Grand Bahama and Bimini by-election. In the unofficial vote total, Mr Smith finished with 2,150 ahead of the FNM's Bishop Ricardo Grant with 1,276, Coalition of Independents leader Lincoln Bain with 307, DaQuan Swain, Independent, with 28 and Terneille Burrows, Independent, with four. Don't miss Thursday's Tribune with all the news and reaction from the day's events.
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Aliv ‘set for success’ with $55m refinance
Cable Bahamas’ top executive yesterday asserted that an “up to” $55m refinancing package agreed with the Government will “set up Aliv for future success”.
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Deal’s ‘equal treatment’ for 53k FTX Bahamas claims
FTX’s Bahamian liquidators “are in the advanced stages” of negotiating a “global settlement” with their US counterpart that will ensure equal treatment for their near-53,000 creditors.
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Melia site set for $500m outlay on 600-room hotel
The Prime Minister yesterday revealed that Baha Mar’s owner plans to invest up to $500m in developing a new 600-room resort on the site of the old Melia Nassau Beach hotel.
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Commonwealth cuts loan delinquency by up to 5%
Commonwealth Bank says non-performing loans have reduced by between 1-5 percent across all credit segments since year-end 2022 as its portfolio expands faster than market growth.
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CONCACAF Nations League: Bahamas could be relegated – Bahamas men’s national soccer team suffers 6-1 loss to Puerto Rico
The Bahamas men’s national soccer team suffered a 6-1 loss to Puerto Rico last night in the CONCACAF Nations League at the Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, and could end up being relegated from League B to League C.
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By-election spending is ‘win-win’ for Bimini
Bimini’s Chamber of Commerce president yesterday hailed spending by both political parties on today’s by-election as a “win-win” for all residents and the island’s economy.
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Better IP protection ‘great’ but creatives require more
The Government’s bid to create a dedicated intellectual property (IP) office was yesterday hailed by musicians as a “great” advance in helping to safeguard their creative works against piracy and theft.
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‘Incredibly difficult’ for middle class to ever purchase home
Middle class Bahamians will find it “incredibly difficult to ever get a home”, developers and realtors warned yesterday, with financing and other hurdles constantly being raised that “little bit higher”.
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Public sector debt drops $93m during first quarter
Total public sector debt fell by $93m during the first quarter of the 2023-2024 fiscal year, it was disclosed yesterday, cutting it slightly from its June peak as the foreign currency share fell by 1.5 percentage points.
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Bahamians using renewables ‘without understanding’ them
Bahamians are using key components of renewable energy technology “without understanding where or when or how” it impacts their lives, regulators are asserting.
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Bahamas ‘negligent’ in protecting innovators
The Attorney General yesterday admitted The Bahamas has been “negligent” in protecting the innovations of its entrepreneurs by failing to keep pace with intellectual property (IP) safeguards.
