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GOVT, AVIATION UNION URGED TO RESOLVE OUTSTANDING ISSUES
By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net A LEADING Bahamian aviation executive yesterday urged the government and the air traffic controllers union to 'look at the bigger picture' and resolve their outstanding issues, stat
Bahamasair to unveil new fleet 'within 30 days'
Bahamasair expects to unveil the "change-out" of its Dash-8 dominated aircraft fleet within the next 30 days, a move it hopes will slash maintenance and operational costs.
Better links to 15% Out Island cruise rise goal
Better links to 15% Out Island cruise rise goal By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net WHILE CRUISE arrivals to the Family Islands grew by 15 per cent in 2011, the minister of tourism and aviation yesterday said he want
BEC EYES 'BREAK EVEN' FOR 2011
By NATARIO MCKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net THE Bahamas Electricity Corporation's (BEC) 2011 bottom line performance is expected to be closer to "break even" than original $5 million projections, due to Hurricane Irene, but w
MINISTER ADMITS NEED FOR NATIONAL FISCAL 'REBALANCE'
By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net A government minister yesterday acknowledged that the Bahamas needed a fiscal"rebalancing" given its $4.25 billion national debt, with the Ingraham administration trying to nurture
Minister admits need for national fiscal 'rebalance'
By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net A government minister yesterday acknowledged that the Bahamas needed a fiscal"rebalancing" given its $4.25 billion national debt, with the Ingraham administration trying to nurture
$1.3bn borrowing is 'extraordinary'
By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net THE Government's "extraordinary borrowing" of $1.3 billion in the last four-and-a-half years was essential to mitigating the recession's impact on the Bahamian economy, the minister
$1.3bn borrowing is 'extraordinary'
By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net THE Government's "extraordinary borrowing" of $1.3 billion in the last four-and-a-half years was essential to mitigating the recession's impact on the Bahamian economy, the minister
$1.3bn borrowing is 'extraordinary'
By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net THE Government's "extraordinary borrowing" of $1.3 billion in the last four-and-a-half years was essential to mitigating the recession's impact on the Bahamian economy, the minister
$1.3bn borrowing is 'extraordinary'
By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net THE Government's "extraordinary borrowing" of $1.3 billion in the last four-and-a-half years was essential to mitigating the recession's impact on the Bahamian economy, the minister
$1.3bn borrowing is 'extraordinary'
By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net THE Government's "extraordinary borrowing" of $1.3 billion in the last four-and-a-half years was essential to mitigating the recession's impact on the Bahamian economy, the minister
AUTHOR TARGETS $500M MARICULTURE INDUSTRY
By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net THE Bahamian economy sector could receive a $500 billion annual injection should the country move towards establishing a mariculture industry, an accountant and author telling Trib
AUTHOR TARGETS $500M MARICULTURE INDUSTRY
By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net THE Bahamian economy sector could receive a $500 billion annual injection should the country move towards establishing a mariculture industry, an accountant and author telling Trib
Activist slams Shell LNG deal as ‘regressive step’
A WELL-known environmentalist yesterday said the adoption of liquefied natural gas (LNG) as the Bahamas’ main power source is a “huge regressive step”, questioning why the Government was not aggressively pursuing solar energy.
Correspondent de-risk threatening 25% of Bahamas institutions
The Central Bank’s chief inspector warned yesterday that 25 per cent of its licensees will find it “difficult” to maintain existing correspondent banking relationships, even though the Bahamas has not been exposed to “wholesale vulnerability” yet.
BAHAMAS AND CANADA TIEA 'WILL CEMENT RELATIONSHIP'
THE Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA) between the Bahamas and Canada which came into force last week "will further cement the relationship between the two countries" it was stated yesterday. In a bulletin from the law firm of Higgs and Johnson it
BAHAMAS AND CANADA TIEA 'WILL CEMENT RELATIONSHIP'
THE Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA) between the Bahamas and Canada which came into force last week "will further cement the relationship between the two countries" it was stated yesterday. In a bulletin from the law firm of Higgs and Johnson it
LOI made $650m waste plant ‘political football’
The company behind the $650 million waste-to-energy proposal at the centre of last year’s Letter of Intent (LoI) controversy yesterday said it had been treated as “a political football”, which “turned a positive into a negative” and damaged its bid to secure financing.
'Some movement' on gas commission
By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net THE MINISTER of state for the environment, Phenton Neymour, said there has been "some movement" towards creating a promised commission to look into whether the Bahamas' petroleum in
'Some movement' on gas commission
By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net THE MINISTER of state for the environment, Phenton Neymour, said there has been "some movement" towards creating a promised commission to look into whether the Bahamas' petroleum in
