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Cybots beat the Giants 78-76 in game 1 thriller
IN meetings during the regular season, coach Wayde Watson and his Mail Boat Cybots couldn’t find a way to beat the Commonwealth Bank Giants. On Monday night, they finally got the monkey off their back as they sneaked the opener of the New Providence Basketball Association’s best-of-seven championship series.
AML targets second Carl’s Jnr for Q4
AML Foods yesterday confirmed the second outlet for its Carl’s Jnr burger franchise will open on Carmichael Road during the 2016 fourth quarter, as it continued to bridge “the huge confidence gap” among consumers.
PM takes ‘full ownership’ of business ease slippage
The Prime Minister yesterday said the Bahamas “takes full ownership” of its economic competitiveness decline, as he defended the Government’s decision to shrink the Value-Added Tax (VAT) payment ‘window’.
Tourism ‘softness’ exposed with 7% room revenue fall
Tourism “softness” resulted in a 7 per cent year-over-year decline in peak winter room revenues for Nassau’s major hotels, with both occupancies and pricing coming under pressure.
Tennyson dead wrong - again
My self-serving, narcissistic, overbearing, thin-skinned, oligarchic newest best friend Tennyson Wells has elevated me to the level of superstar. He has gifted me my very own groupies.
YOUR SAY: An accountant’s tip for negotiators to solve the hotel gratuities issue
I have worked as a director of administration and financial controller in the hotel industry so I have an idea as to how the system of gratuities can be improved in the Bahamas.
Poland books spot in Bahamas Beach Soccer World Cup 2017
POLAND is the first team to book their place at the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in the Bahamas, with Italy, Portugal and Switzerland in position to join them today.
Bahamian trio struggle in 200m heats
RIO de Janeiro, Brazil: A disqualification by quarter-miler Demetrius Pinder, a sixth place by collegian Teray Smith and seventh by recent graduate and national champion Shavez Hart was all the Bahamas could muster in the preliminary rounds of the men's 200 metres on Tuesday at the 2016 Olympic Gamers.
Men's relay team book place in final
RIO de Janeiro, Brazil: The team of Alonzo Russell, Christopher Brown, Steven Gardiner, all back after their appearances in the 400 metres, along with Stephen Newbold, booked their lane in the men's 4 x 400 metre relay final and assured the Bahamas of a chance to defend their title at the 2016 Olympic Games on Saturday night.
Enforcers, Athletico win openers
The Athletico Bahamas from New Providence and the Police Enforcers from South Andros took their opening matches in blowout fashion in the men’s B division of the Bahamas Basketball Federation’s Annual Bunny Levarity National Basketball Tournament.
FNM deputy gives Gov’t ‘benefit of doubt’ on deficit
The Opposition’s finance spokesman is “giving the Government the benefit of the doubt” over the widening $100 million gap to its 2015-2016 deficit target.
Don’t ‘capitulate’ on our financial services
The Bahamas was yesterday urged not to “capitulate” over its financial services industry, with one practitioner refuting the former prime minister’s belief that the sector is beyond “salvaging”.
Lightbourn’s political Kryptonite
Richard Lightbourn stumbled into a room full of FNMs and bumbled around like an old gelding that couldn’t tell the difference between an abattoir and a stable. Either way, he is political dead meat and he will surely be put out to pasture soon. Only the good people of Montagu can save him now.
Mitchell: Smith is waging war against me
FOX Hill MP Fred Mitchell was adamant yesterday that Fred Smith, QC, legal director of Save The Bays, has waged “war” on him through a series of court actions aimed to “bankrupt” him personally.
Cable seeks protection on mobile pay regime
Cable Bahamas has urged regulators to protect consumers and a “competitive level playing field” by preventing BTC from choosing the payment regime for calls terminating on its network.
Financial Stability Council to develop ‘crisis playbook’
The Central Bank’s governor yesterday said the creation of a Bahamian Financial Stability Council will help “develop a playbook” for how regulators and the Government manage an industry “crisis”.
'Full-throated' effort urged on regulatory compliance
The Bahamas must display a "full-throated commitment" fighting all forms of financial crime, the attorney general reiterated yesterday, while pointing to the imminent challenge posed by global corporate tax reforms.
FNM chair: VAT health claims change ‘insane’
The FNM’s chairman yesterday branded the proposal to change the VAT treatment of health insurance claims as “absurd, insane and inane”, warning that it will “destroy” the medical sector if implemented as originally planned.
Gas stations argue Business Licence 'further strangles' us
The Bahamas Petroleum Retailers Association's vice-president says he backs the introduction of a corporate income tax to replace Business Licence fees that "further strangle us".
Cable unveils its first dividend in five years
Cable Bahamas’ top executive yesterday voiced optimism that it has “set the foundation” to become a dividend-paying stock once again with the unveiling of a first capital return to shareholders for five years.
