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Minister: Water Corp cut-offs 'won't happen'

A Cabinet minister yesterday pledged that the Water & Sewerage Corporation will not be allowed to restart delinquent residential customer disconnections, saying: "That ain't going to happen."

STATESIDE: The changing faces of today’s America

THE government has announced that preparations are well underway for the next Bahamian national census. An estimated 119,000 households are due to be surveyed over the first three months of 2022. Ho-hum?

Biden’s action ‘simply devastating’ to tourism

A Cabinet minister yesterday warned new US quarantine requirements are “simply devastating” for the Bahamian tourism industry’s rebound, adding: “This keeps us on the edge that much longer.”

'Buddy' becomes fastest player in NBA history to reach 800 career 3s

The crowd at the Golden One Center in Sacramento, California, exploded with chants of “Buddy! Buddy” as Buddy Hield put on an historic shooting performance and reached another NBA milestone from three-point range. Hield shot 9-10 from beyond the arc

Realtors hail 'awesome' exchange control relax

Realtors yesterday hailed as “awesome” the Central Bank’s proposal to relax exchange controls on residential property deals involving foreign buyers and sellers with effect from October 1. The regulator, in a four-page document outlining its liberal

STATESIDE: Hey Mr Trump, where's all this money going to end up?

It shouldn’t have really surprised anyone. But it did.

'Minnis can shut country but not escape oil deal?'

Bahamas Petroleum Company's (BPC) oil drilling ship will this morning likely face "a welcoming committee", as one activist charged: "The PM can shut the country down but not get out of a bad oil deal?"

$1.5bn debt repayment in a year? 'No problem'

The Ministry of Finance's top official yesterday said he "foresees no challenge" over the Government meeting almost $1.5bn in debt principal repayments coming due within the next 12 months.

ALICIA WALLACE: Throwing money at a problem doesn’t mean it’s going to go away

Last week, it was reported a woman was sleeping in a car with her children, including an infant. She was asked to leave her previous apartment after being allowed to live there rent-free for several months. She expressed concern about her children’s education, noting her daughter had fallen behind over the past year. She noted there were other people in the same situation, forced on to the streets.

BBF gets funding, appeals for use of sporting facilities

The Bahamas Basketball Federation received its first funding to secure travel to the FIBA AmeriCup 2022 Qualifiers but federation president Mario Bowleg said the efforts may be hollow if the team is unable to adequately prepare for competition.

Doctors Hospital worker wins $30k for unfair sacking

A former Doctors Hospital employee has been awarded more than $30,000 after the BISX-listed healthcare provider was found to have unfairly terminated him following an industrial accident.

PM: Not a dollar of VAT wasted

AMID lingering questions regarding Value-Added Tax (VAT) collections, Prime Minister Perry Christie was on the defensive yesterday as he explained how his administration handled $1.14bn in VAT revenue accumulated during 2015 and 2016, insisting that not one dollar of the money has been “frittered away” or spent “surreptitiously”.

Farrington honing his skills as international tennis coach

JOHN Farrington has succeeded as a player and captain of the Bahamas Davis Cup team. Now he’s honing his skills as an international coach.

Condo complex crippled by RBC account closure

AN Abaco condominium association yesterday accused Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) of leaving it financially crippled due to the “unexplained” closure of its account.Dan Proctor, chairman of Treasure Cay’s Atlantis Condominiums Complex, told Tribune Busin

Gibson Jr regains National Amateur golf title

RICHARD Gibson Jr, taking advantage of the home surface where he works, put the finishing touches on his four days of intense competition Saturday to regain the men’s title at the Royal Blue Golf Club, Baha Mar.

GB Power chief: 'Ship has sailed' on local ownership

GB Power’s top executive yesterday said “the ship sailed on” significant Bahamian ownership in 2010, as he sought to reassure minority shareholders over the $35 million buy-out’s motives.Archibald Collins told Tribune Business that the $8.85 per shar

BUSINESS BITES: The Budget catastrophe belongs to the PM

Woe unto us! A little over a year ago we elected a new Government that would lead us into a land flowing with biblical milk and honey. Instead, we are left, like Job, to repent in dust and ashes. In its most basic function, creating the budget that controls our economy, Dr Minnis’ FNM party, with nearly 90 percent of House seats, has managed to lose the faith of its citizens.

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