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MARGIN RELIEF A 'SLOW PROCESS' FOR RETAILERS

By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net IT has been a "slow process" for the margin increase petroleum retailers received back in October to start showing itself, the Bahamas Petroleum Retailers Association (BPRA) preside

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

AUTO PARTS FIRM EYES $1.2M FREEPORT MOVE

By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net AN Abaco businessman yesterday revealed he plans to invest between $1-$1.2 million in expanding his auto parts business to Freeport, telling Tribune Business it would become the dis

AUTO PARTS FIRM EYES $1.2M FREEPORT MOVE

By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net AN Abaco businessman yesterday revealed he plans to invest between $1-$1.2 million in expanding his auto parts business to Freeport, telling Tribune Business it would become the dis

$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

Broker 'not holding breath' on planned Customs reform

By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net THE Bahamas is 'far behind' the world when it comes to Customs procedures, a broker yesterday telling Tribune Business: "I wouldn't hold my breath" over planned reforms. Forrester C

Broker 'not holding breath' on planned Customs reform

By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net THE Bahamas is 'far behind' the world when it comes to Customs procedures, a broker yesterday telling Tribune Business: "I wouldn't hold my breath" over planned reforms. Forrester C

$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

Broker 'not holding breath' on planned Customs reform

By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net THE Bahamas is 'far behind' the world when it comes to Customs procedures, a broker yesterday telling Tribune Business: "I wouldn't hold my breath" over planned reforms. Forrester C

$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

Broker 'not holding breath' on planned Customs reform

By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net THE Bahamas is 'far behind' the world when it comes to Customs procedures, a broker yesterday telling Tribune Business: "I wouldn't hold my breath" over planned reforms. Forrester C

$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

Broker 'not holding breath' on planned Customs reform

By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net THE Bahamas is 'far behind' the world when it comes to Customs procedures, a broker yesterday telling Tribune Business: "I wouldn't hold my breath" over planned reforms. Forrester C

$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

SANDALS EXPECTING 10% INCREASE IN BOOKINGS

By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net SANDALS Royal Bahamian is looking at a 10 per cent increase in bookings, says general manager Patrick Drake. After investing almost $21 million into the restoration of the Manor bui

SANDALS EXPECTING 10% INCREASE IN BOOKINGS

By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net SANDALS Royal Bahamian is looking at a 10 per cent increase in bookings, says general manager Patrick Drake. After investing almost $21 million into the restoration of the Manor bui

AIRLINE '90 PER CENT COMPLETE' ON $4.5-$5 MILLION PROJECT

By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net WESTERN Air chief executive, Rex Rolle, said yesterday that construction on the airline's new terminal and maintenance facility in Freeport is "about 90 per cent" complete, telling

FNM deputy questions Mortgage Relief ‘sense’

The Christie administration’s revised Mortgage Relief Plan does not make much sense “on the face of it”, according to the Opposition’s finance spokesman, who questioned what return the Government would get for its $20 million ‘investment’.

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