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General Post Office demolition underway
DEMOLITION of the General Post Office at East Hill Street began yesterday as part of efforts to modernise the downtown area.
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Junkanoo icon Anthony ‘Stick-A-Tone’ Johnson dies
THE sporting fraternity of softball and baseball as well as the junkanoo world is mourning the loss of Anthony ‘Stick-A-Tone’ Johnson. Johnson passed away last week. He joined the Saxons in 1967 and brought with him a group of men from Market Street called ‘The Lollipop Boys,’ who included Jay Fox, Katanga Johnson, Kenny ‘Mary’ Fox and KC Campbell.
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Downtown derelicts
For over ten years many of us have been staring at the decaying structures blighting eastern Bay Street, and agitating for their reconstruction, replacement, or demolition. Never seeing any action, our eyes now just glaze over as they scan the continuing dilapidation in the Zombie Zone.
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Forum discusses amendments to insolvency regime
The Restructuring and Insolvency Specialists Association (RISA Bahamas) has held its first roundtable discussion on proposed reforms to The Bahamas’ insolvency framework.
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MAYNARD: ROAD TO BE RENAMED FREEDOM FARM WAY
DURING the opening of the Freedom Farm Baseball League on Saturday, Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Charles Maynard confirmed that the road from Yamacraw Road leading to the field will be renamed Freedom Farm Way. Mr Maynard, however, did not discl
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Work on London residence to cost Bahamas $247,000
PRIME Minister Perry Christie said the structural work on the Bahamas High Commissioner’s residence in London – which he claimed had been delayed for more than four years by the former government – will cost around $247,000 (£159,000).
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Auto dealers seek up to 15% pt margin rise
Bahamian auto dealers are pushing for price control margin increases of up to 15 percentage points, warning that these are vital to their survival now Value-Added Tax (VAT) has been implemented.
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BEC: Over 60% of clients were 'non-performing'
MORE than 60 per cent of the Bahamas Electricity Corporation's (BEC) 102,444 customers were over 90 days past due in paying their bills at the recession's peak, it has been revealed, with the monopoly power provider seeing a major decrease in its current solvency deficiency to $17.75 million at the end of its 2010 financial year.
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Milo Butler aims to ‘reignite’ Freeport
The Milo Butler Group is aiming to “reignite” downtown Freeport via a potential $10m investment, with renovations to the former City Markets building set to finish within the next 90-120 days.
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Don't wait 90 days to hire, then fire
Most people would agree that hiring is one of the more challenging parts of running a business. Hiring a sales team member is even more challenging because you are interviewing people who are supposedly good at selling.
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Domestic banks in 10% cost increase
Domestic banks and trust companies endured a near-ten percent operating cost increase in 2018 amid continued expense and regulatory pressures on the wider financial services industry. The Central Bank’s survey of the sector’s 2018 contribution to Ba
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Professional Bodybuilder Paul Fitzroy Oliver Melbourne
Celebration Of Life Service For Professional Bodybuilder Paul Fitzroy Oliver Melbourne, 70 of Mckinney Drive will be held on Friday April 6th 2018 at 11:00am at Evangelistic Temple, Collins Avenue. Officiating will be Pastor Diana Francis Assisted By Bishop Walter …
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Henry Miller
Funeral service for Henry Miller, 87 #24 Madeira Avenue South Beach Estates, Nassau and formerly of Colonel Hill, Crooked Island, will be held on Saturday April 12 2014 at 11:00 am at Abundant Life Bible Church, Abundant Life Road. Officiating …
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Memorial service at cathedral for Bishop Cornell Moss
A MEMORIAL service will be held at 7pm on Tuesday at Christ Church Cathedral, George Street, for the Right Rev. Cornell Jerome Moss, Bishop of the Diocese of Guyana, including Suriname and Cayenne. Bishop Laish Boyd will officiate.
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MLB PROSPECT DAVIS ON RANGERS’ SUMMER LEAGUE TEAM
AS he continues his path toward Major League Baseball, one Bahamian prospect has begun his minor league campaign in the Caribbean.
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‘Nation builder’ retires from tourism role
AFTER more than 30 years of service in the tourism sector, Jeritzen Edwards-Outten has retired from the Ministry of Tourism in Grand Bahama.
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No slowdown in bookings yet after CDC raised risk warning
THERE has been no slowdown so far in bookings after the US Centers for Disease Control raised the COVID risk rating for The Bahamas to level two - but hoteliers are on the alert as new subvariants are spreading in the US and could reach our shores.
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Swimmers stay in competitive mode ahead of Nationals
WITH the Bahamas Aquatics’ National Swim Championships on the horizon, many local swimmers used the Oak Tree Medical and Mako Aquatics Club Invite to stay in competitive mode.
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Horse show was a blast in Camperdown
THE second horse show of the Equestrian Bahamas 2019-2020 season took place last weekend at Camperdown Equestrian Centre. Saturday’s events included equitation classes at all levels while Sunday’s competition featured the first show of this year’s Ba
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Nesbitt announced as new BAIC general manager
THE government announced yesterday that a new general manager of the Bahamas Agricultural and Industrial Corporation has been appointed effective July 1. Rocky Nesbitt has replaced former general manager Benjamin Rahming who retired in last August.
