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Board chair should resign
I would title this “Being in the real world where you are required to uphold trust’ - the article headlined yesterday “Chamber endorses CEO over ten-year securities barring’ is incredible and exceptionally worrying.
A chance to give thanks
A PRE-THANKSGIVING day event was held by Nassau Village MP Jamahl Strachan for members of the Bahamas Alliance for the Blind and Visually Impaired (BABVI).
On Da Hook
BAHAMAS Sport Fishing Network (BSFN) expert Chang Chin has been guiding Matthew and Luke through a superb week’s Christmas fishing in the Bahamas.
Baha Mar gets $2m severance pay nod
Baha Mar yesterday obtained Bankruptcy Court authorisation to pay almost $2 million in severance monies, with July 20 now seemingly set as the date that will determine the fate of several thousand employees.
Investments Minister: Bahamas ‘in a mess by many measures’
A Cabinet Minister yesterday conceded that the Bahamas was “in a mess by many measures”, and warned that painful “radical surgery” was necessary to haul both the economy and society back on the right path.
VAT health claims change may drain foreign reserves
THE changed VAT treatment on health insurance claims payouts could further drain The Bahamas’ foreign reserves by driving patients to seek care outside the country, a senior executive warned yesterday.
Insurer’s $80m Matthew payout 20% off forecast
A top insurer yesterday said its total Matthew claims payout was likely to be 20 per cent less than originally estimated, as it warned that the Bahamas’ hurricane preparedness “cannot be business as usual”.
Coral farm ‘showcase’ eyes 1m annual target
The Bahamian winner of Prince William’s £1m Earthshot prize yesterday disclosed it is targeting production of 1m coral pieces per year to help “showcase” this nation’s environmental credentials.
BTC to 'radically attack' Cable on TV, Internet hold
The Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) is planning to “radically attack” Cable Bahamas’ internet and TV dominance, having slashed new subscriber waiting time by 80 percent.
Exuma real estate in '80-100% improvement'
Exuma has seen a “tremendous 80-100 per cent improvement” in its waterfront real estate market over the past two years, with a leading broker urging the Government to extend the duty-free building materials exemption for another year.
PowerSecure targeted $100m in fuel savings
Bahamas Power & Light’s (BPL) former manager targeted more than $100 million in fuel savings as key to reducing electricity rates by 50 per cent come 2020.
McPhee-McCuin's Dolphins on two-game winning streak
By RENALDO DORSETT
Official police statistics show 3% rise in murder
DESPITE a three per cent increase in murder last year, Police Commissioner Ellison Greenslade said yesterday that serious crimes in the Bahamas decreased by 18 per cent in 2014 compared to 2013.
Police ‘failed’, says Nottage
LAW enforcement has “failed” in attempts to lower the country’s murder count, National Security Minister Dr Bernard Nottage admitted yesterday.
Cookout to give a taste of lionfish
A NEW event designed to raise awareness of the invasive lion fish and to help eradicate them takes place on Saturday with a fishing tournament and cook out.
Neely helps High Flyers to set up division two decider
THE Division II series has followed the same pattern as Division I and the championship title will be decided in the fifth and final game.
Long Island relief effort helps 95% of students get back to school
NINETY-five per cent of students of Long Island will be back in school by Wednesday largely due to an outpouring of support from its own communities and concerned individuals in Nassau, a senior education official told The Tribune yesterday.
Move! Get out of your own way!
THE first step of any effective life strategy must be to move. Moving, in my view, is the undercurrent of all of life itself. Nothing stays the same. Everything moves.
Philanthropist who helped The Bahamas dies, aged 75
JOHN M Templeton Jr, one of the world’s leading philanthropists whose work benefitted The Bahamas, has died of cancer at his Pennsylvania home in the United States. The president and chairman of the John Templeton Foundation passed away on Saturday. He was 75.
Minister seeks engineer scholarships
DUE to the shortage of professional engineers in the country, Minister for Grand Bahama Dr Michael Darville has called for “engineering opportunities” to be made available through scholarship programmes to bright Bahamian students.
