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Promotion Board in 67% website visitor increase
The Nassau Paradise Island Promotion Board's (NPIPB) chief executive says there has been a 67 percent year-over-year jump in visitor traffic to its website as it works to convert this increase into actual visitors.
Day three with no new cases
DESPITE increased testing for COVID-19, the country has not recorded new cases of the disease for three days in a row.
Central Bank hit by staff sickout
A NUMBER of Central Bank workers called in sick yesterday to protest unresolved grievances with management.
‘SIGNIFICANT’ RISE IN SYPHILIS CASES
THE number of syphilis cases among other reported instances of Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) is on the rise in the Bahamas, said Ministry of Health officials yesterday.
Romad Dean commits to Fordham
FREEPORT, Grand Bahama — Romad Dean returned home to officially end his recruitment and announce his collegiate decision.
Web shop industry: 2,000 jobs will be lost due to tax hikes
The web shop industry yesterday warned that 2,000 jobs will be lost, and 75 per cent of its locations will close, if the Government follows through with aggressive triple-digit tax hikes.
Lady Truckers take the title
With another blowout victory, the Johnson’s Lady Truckers put the finishing touches on their fifth New Providence Women’s Basketball Association championship crown at the DW Davis Gymnasium last night.
'Who's Next, I'm Next' Youth Games theme song
DYSON Knight, the charismatic and emotionally charged entertainer, has produced the theme song ‘Who’s Next, I’m Next” during the hosting of the sixth edition of the Commonwealth Youth Games.The Local Organising Committee indicated that it’s their int
‘AMBUSHED’: Police shoot three dead in car after they ‘fired at officer’
GRIEF stricken family members reacted furiously after police killed three of their relatives on Saturday after an officer was “ambushed” by gunshots. The deaths marked the country’s deadliest police-involved killing since three men were killed in the Blair Estates community in May 2019.
50th Annual Heart Ball lives up to expectations
FOR THE 50th time around patrons at the Annual Sir Victor Sassoon Heart Ball enjoyed a night of glitz, glamour and fun. The ballroom at the Melia Nassau Beach Resort, last Saturday, was filled with shades of gold, black and cream.
FINCO net income triples despite $100m bad loans
Despite an almost $100 million-strong non-performing mortgage portfolio, Finance Corporation of the Bahamas’ (FINCO) 2013 first half net income more than tripled on the back of reduced operating costs and loan loss provisions.
Smith’s late show gives Knights title
With the game tied and a conference championship on the line, senior guard Girbran Smith’s late game heroics lifted his Gannon Golden Knights to a conference title and a berth in the Men’s NCAA Division II Tournament.
BTC discloses 400% Internet sales rise
The Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) yesterday said product bundling and competitive pricing had increased its broadband Internet sales by 400 per cent over the previous year.
'Time to come home to Acklins,' administrator tells island evacuees
JEFFREY Forbes, one of his island’s oldest living residents, has a message for Hurricane Irma’s Acklins evacuees: Come home and clean up your yard.In the wake of Hurricane Irma, the island’s largest problem is neither flooding nor destroyed homes as
AID: 'Still best time' for $8.2m projects
A major Bahamian retailer yesterday said it believes this is “still the best time to go ahead” with its $8.2m investment in new stores despite the latest national COVID-19 lockdown. Jason Watson, Automotive Industrial Distributors (AID) president, t
Governor: Economy must 'grow faster' than 2.5%
Although Hurricane Sandy’s impact will not harm the Bahamas’ chances of achieving 2.5 per cent GDP growth for 2012, the Central Bank’s governor yesterday warned that the economy needed to grow at a faster rate to reduce the 14.7 per cent unemployment rate.
NCAA: Bahamian players take spotlight early in season
BAHAMIAN players are making their presence felt across the NCAA division I landscape as teams continue their non-conference schedules early in the season.
Photographer to give talk at national trust
ACCLAIMED wildlife photographer and conservationist Melissa Groo is a featured speaker at the Bahamas Natural History Conference, organised by The Bahamas National Trust (BNT), this month.
Minnis calls on govt to declare a ‘war on guns’
FREE National Movement Leader Dr Hubert Minnis has called on the government to declare a “war on guns” and establish a dedicated intelligence gathering facility to partner with the international community for this purpose.
Bahamas has ‘best VAT in the world’
A leading food retailer said the Government eliminated the Value-Added Tax (VAT) “nightmare” by drastically reducing the proposed exemptions, adding: “We have the best VAT in the world.”
