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PI resort proposal expands units 46%
The former Paradise Harbour Club’s proposed redevelopment is being expanded to a seven-storey hotel featuring a 46 percent increase in units compared to earlier plans.
Nassau/PI beating forecasts after ‘hair raising’ crime woe
NASSAU/Paradise Island resorts were yesterday said to “all” be beating expectations heading into the peak Easter weekend as the sector rebounds from the “hair-raising” crime alert fall-outs.
‘Big question mark’ on Boating Act insurance
CONCERNS were yesterday raised over whether there is sufficient local insurance capacity to meet the new Boat Registration Act requirements as one carrier deemed the sector “too risky” to cover.
Regulator pledges probe into BPL’s fuel charges
REGULATORS yesterday again pledged to investigate Bahamas Power & Light’s (BPL) fuel charge and how this is calculated to ensure consumers are protected after last year’s up to 163 percent hikes.
Legal win for Sandals on ex-butler sex claims
SANDALS Royal Bahamian and its parent have won two legal victories in just over a month against a US couple who generated massive global publicity in making claims of indecent assault against an ex-butler.
GAIN AN EDGE – Sophia Walker: BTVI helping to boost and enhance employment skills
IT has been over ten years since Sophia Walker began serving on Programme Advisory Committees (PAC) of the Bahamas Technical and Vocational Institute (BTVI).
Nassau Cruise Port joins with the dignified girl project to donate feminine products to four groups
IN celebration of International Women’s Month, the Nassau Cruise Port partnered with the Dignified Girl project to donate 300 bags filled with essential feminine products to four organisations on Friday.
50% 'grease the wheels' bribe findings accurate
The Bahamian Contractors Association's (BCA) president says findings that almost half of firms seeking construction permits are asked, or expect, to pay a bribe are "accurate" amid a "grease the wheels" culture.
IDB: Bahamas Internet costs, speed miss mark
Broadband Internet costs and speeds represent potential barriers to The Bahamas embracing the digital economy and improved competitiveness, a multilateral lender has warned.
Albany chief in 'devastating and self-inflicted humiliation'
Albany's principal investor has admitted that pleading guilty to securities fraud is "a devastating and self-inflicted humiliation I will have to live with for the rest of my days".
Shock as tornado hits woman’s home
A TORNADO ripped through Deidre Miller’s South Ocean Boulevard home on Saturday, leaving behind a damaged roof, shattered glass and torn-down doors.
AG blasts ‘utter foolishness’ of France’s Bahamas blacklisting
The Attorney General has slammed France’s decision to keep The Bahamas on its national tax blacklist as “complete and utter foolishness”.
Bahamasair industrial deal raises pilot retirement age
Bahamasair and its pilots have agreed to raise the latter’s retirement age to 65 to alleviate any fears of labour shortages as part of Friday’s $500,000 industrial agreement.
DPM’s alarm: ‘Shockingly low’ GB Carnival port participation
The deputy prime minster has warned Grand Bahama businesses not to be “passive observers” of the island’s economic revival after their initial participation in Carnival’s $600m port project was “shockingly low”.
Tennis ace Sydney Clarke closes out Senior Day
AS she was honoured with three of her team-mates on Senior Day, Sydney Clarke felt it was only fitting to show her gratitude by securing a victory for the University of Arlington at Birmingham women’s tennis team.
ERIC WIBERG – Palowna & Orestes, 1826 Spanish slavers wrecked in The Bahamas
MANY slave ships met their end in the Bahamas, but not many know of an awkward period between when Britain outlawed the trade in slaves in 1807, and slavery itself, in 1834.
Kate, Princess of Wales, says she has cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy
LONDON (AP) — Kate, the Princess of Wales, has cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy, she said Friday in a stunning announcement that follows weeks of speculation about her health and whereabouts.
Freeport poised to be ‘fastest growing Caribbean economy’
FREEPORT needs Nassau-based investors to help build “critical mass” in a city “poised to be the fastest-growing economy in the Caribbean”, a Port Authority executive asserted yesterday.
Top KC sounds ‘dark side of Bahamianisation’ alarm
A PROMINENT KC yesterday sounded the alarm over the “dark side of Bahamianisation” for breeding mediocrity based on “a sense of entitlement”.
‘Specialist skills dearth’ hurts financial services
A “DEARTH of specialist skills” in the legal and other professions is undermining the Bahamian financial services industry’s competitiveness, a prominent KC warned yesterday.