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Jones scores 34, grabs 19 rebounds in her team’s latest victory
JONQUEL Jones continues to put up phenomenal numbers during the offseason in China and is pegged as one of the early candidates for MVP.
Demand worries over Gov’t bond ‘competitive bid’ move
A Bahamas-based investment banker yesterday said “insufficient demand” means the Government is unlikely to lower its domestic debt costs through the launch of competitive bidding for its securities.
Seven-fold jump in Benchmark’s debt to clients no alarm
A BISX-listed firm has reassured investors that the seven-fold increase in monies owed to clients at year-end 2021 is no cause for alarm since it stems from $150m in securities trading activity.
Govt deals: 2/3 of firms need 'personal contacts'
Two-thirds of Bahamian businesses have needed to use “personal contacts” to close or speed-up government deals, showing why “red tape” and corruption are among the country’s top woes.A Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and Employers Confederation (BCCEC) s
NPBA Playoffs: Stingers, High Flyers take 2-1 leads
THE PJ Stingers and the Breezes High Flyers are both now one game away from returning to the New Providence Basketball Association’s championship series.
McCartney off to good start in Stampeders' 44-32 victory
KARL McCartney opened the Canadian Football League season where he left last year, as a special teams ace for the Calgary Stampeders.
King explodes onto radar of NBA scouts, college coaches
FREDRICK King Jr’s performance at the NBA Academy Invitational has garnered several offers from major NCAA Division I programmes.
Bran: 'Can't water out of stone' over health VAT
A former Democratic National Alliance (DNA) leader is blasting the Government's "misguided decision" to change the VAT treatment of health insurance claims payouts, arguing: "You can't get water out of a stone."
PM told that BPL fuel hedge ‘in the money’
The Prime Minister was told Bahamas Power & Light’s (BPL) fuel hedge, which his administration has sought to discredit, was “in the money” even though fuel woes “substantially ate into the benefits”.
CARIFTA: 80-member track and field team ratified
WHEN the 26 visiting countries, led by perennial champions Jamaica, come to town over the Easter holiday weekend for the 2018 Flow CARIFTA Games, they will find a 80-member Bahamian track and field team waiting for them at the Thomas A Robinson National Stadium.
Broker principal targets expansion after court win
A Bahamian broker/dealer’s principal yesterday said he plans to double staff to 60-80 persons by year-end, after a New Jersey court dismissed the US government’s securities fraud case against him.
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.
Moody's: Tourism, domestic demand woe make Budget too 'optimistic'
A Wall Street rating agency yesterday effectively warned the Christie administration its Budget sums were unlikely to add up, with the tourism industry - down 18 per cent from its pre-recession visitor spending peak - set to lag the overall economic recovery.
Oceania fury: DPM rejects reduced tax from 80% value fall
Property owners at the controversy-torn Oceania Heights development are furious that they will have to pay Stamp Duty based on their initial purchase price, despite values having fallen by up to 80 per cent.
Oil explorer: 'We will pay double required royalties'
A Bahamas-based oil explorer yesterday said it will "pay double the royalties that the law provides for" to the Government should it strike success when exploratory drilling starts in less than a month.
Water Corp controversy highlights reform need
I was extremely reluctant to write this article because it is political “silly season”, and at this time whatever one says or does in our polarised country, you are then labelled as being affiliated with a certain party.
Jones and Sun stay in WNBA playoff contention
CAREER highs have become routine for Jonquel Jones this season and she posted another such effort to lead the Connecticut Sun to a much needed win to remain in playoff contention.Jones posted a career high 29 points and 15 rebounds in her Sun’s 81-85
Radio stations fear closures under URCA changes
THE Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) has come under fire for its plans to “standardise” FM radio broadcasting, with industry insiders accusing the regulator of making the sector “pay” for the organisation’s “mismanagement”.
External shocks cause for a ‘special situation’
The Bahamas is “in a special situation” due to its high vulnerability to natural disasters and economic shocks, a trade specialist said yesterday, with imported goods ten times’ higher than exports.
Bahamas crushes Nicaragua 116-62
MITCH Johnson had a monster game on Friday at the Jose Miguel Agrelot Coloseum in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico to get the Bahamas men's national basketball team back on track, but it came a little too late to get through to the playoffs of the CentroBasket Championships.
