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'Body blow' for tourism restart
The tourism industry’s revival has suffered “a body blow” by the continued Atlantis and cruise industry uncertainty, a Cabinet minister has conceded, as commercial travel to the US was yesterday cut-off. Dionisio D’Aguilar, minister of tourism and a
Bay Street sees 80% income loss extended longer
Eighty percent of the spending that kept Bay Street afloat has dried up via a cruise industry shutdown just extended to October 1, the Downtown Nassau Partnership’s (DNP) co-chair has revealed. Charles Klonaris told Tribune Business he does not fore
Exuma companies eye road project spin-offs
Exuma businesses are hoping a project to upgrade ten miles of the island’s roads will provide a much-needed boost to the economy and employment amid ongoing COVID-19 struggles.Caribbean Pavement Solutions (CPS), a Bahamas Striping Group of Companies
15 month sentence for carrying unlicensed firearm
A 27-year-old man who claimed he carried an unlicensed firearm because he had to get food for his family was sentenced to 15 months in prison on Friday.
Central Bank rethinks overseas data storage
The Central Bank has conceded that Hurricane Dorian’s devastation has prompted a rethink on permitting its financial institution licensees to store confidential client data overseas. The monetary regulator, in its analysis of the “lessons” learned f
Laying out the road map for economic resilience
In his latest article, Hubert Edwards argues that The Bahamas must build a 'rainy day war chest' by giving growth and debt management equal priority Despite views to the contrary, more facilitative spending will be needed from the Government of
Enlightened comments
In your July 9th 2020 edition there appeared a most enlightening and important letter under the heading ‘How we could have prevented pandemic’. I hope as many Bahamians as possible have read this contribution as it is invaluable. I, for one, learned many things I didn’t know about vaccines.
‘Lately, I’ve been getting too many back and forth positive and negative tests’
HE would prefer to be on the field in Miami, Florida, preparing to crack the line-up for the Miami Marlins for the upcoming 2020 Major League Baseball season on July 23.
Laying out the road map for economic resilience
In the latest of his series, Hubert Edwards says growth must be The Bahamas' focus amid the COVID-19 quagmire If the problems faced by The Bahamas are to be solved in a sustainable way, it is critical there should be a proper problem definition.
September eyed for temporary lay-off time extension
Government and private sector officials yesterday confirmed there is “much talk” about extending the temporary lay-off period to end-September to ease job pressures.John Pinder, pictured, the director of labour, and Peter Goudie, the Bahamas Chamber
Stuart Cove: 'I'm no quitter'
A leading Bahamian excursion provider expects to resume business today with less than 10 percent of pre-COVID volumes, as he pledged: “I’m no quitter.” Stuart Cove, principal of Stuart Cove’s Dive Bahamas, told Tribune Business “we should probably n
BPL bailout has cost us millions: Bannister warns mountain of bills must be tackled
The Government was forced to pump "millions" into Bahamas Power & Light (BPL) during COVID-19's peak due to customers' inability to pay, it was revealed yesterday.
Grand Bahama COVID cases are hard ‘wake up call’
FOLLOWING the sudden spike in COVID-19 cases on Grand Bahama, Deputy Prime Minister Peter Turnquest is urging residents to keep their “guard up”’ He said it is important that residents strictly adhere to the COVID-19 protocols to stop the spread of the virus. Six cases were recorded within one week on the island, while the country recorded seven cases overall last week. Health officials are conducting contact tracing.
Leonard ‘Boston Blackie’ Miller, 82, laid to rest
IT’S a pity that after all Leonard ‘Boston Blackie’ Miller did for the Bahamas as a national and international sporting icon in boxing and cycling and as a respected mentor, coach and philanthropist, he didn’t get what he deserved.
STATESIDE: Trump has become the reality he railed against four years ago
The other day someone wrote “Trump 2020” in big yellow chalk letters in the middle of a street in an upscale New York neighbourhood. Within an hour, that slogan had been erased and BLM (Black Lives Matter) had replaced it, also written in chalk.
Parts of BPL network ‘not working optimally’
Bahamas Power & Light’s (BPL) chairman yesterday disclosed that parts of its grid “are not working optimally” due to the utility’s delayed $535m bond refinancing.
BPL announces plan to resume disconnections
BAHAMAS Power and Light announced yesterday that it will immediately resume disconnection of electricity services of residential customers who have $500 or more in arrears for more than 90 days as of April 1. “Any customers with a balance more than
Police chief aiming to improve discipline
COMMISSIONER of Police Paul Rolle admitted the force has seen the level of discipline reduce over the years, something he wants to restore to higher levels. “The discipline over the years we’ve seen a reduction simply because I think we should have
Athletes ‘will be allowed to return’ to Purdue University
THERE has been much concern about the effect of student athletes travelling to the United States to continue their education in the COVID-19 pandemic.
Laying out the road map for economic resilience
The newspaper headlines reporting on a presentation given by the deputy prime minister (DPM) were very similar. One read: Government wants Economic Recovery Committee to assist in finding solutions to supplement economic growth , while the other simp
