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‘More than 37,000 Bahamians’ are living with diabetes
GIVEN the overwhelming number of diabetes cases in the Bahamas, the ACE Diabetes Support Group reaffirmed its commitment this year to continuously bring awareness and educate people on how the disease can be prevented and managed so that little to no complications occur.
Collie predicted to win race for FNM chairman
FORMER Deputy Prime Minister Frank Watson yesterday forecast that former MP Sidney Collie would emerge as the new chairman of the Free National Movement.
Age and climate change - the real time machine
AGE/AGEING is the real time machine, created by God Himself and not by man’s ingenuity. Like climate change, to which I am a recent and reluctant adherent, age and aging are real phenomena.
Put 20% water heat savings in the tank
ONE of my clients recently told me he takes cold showers most of the year. He is from the islands, and that makes him used to it, he said. But with winter here, he called me to his home to check out water heating options. The one thing foremost on his mind? Tankless water heating.
‘We don’t want Disney out; we want a better agreement’
Opponents of Disney Cruise Line’s Lighthouse Point project yesterday pleaded with the next administration to reassess the development, saying: “We don’t want Disney out; we just want a better deal.”
Meditation: The Abundant life
This is a life of love and liberty. Let us explore this further.
Five-month loan wait dampening realtor's outlook
A Bahamian realtor yesterday voiced concern that renewed market "optimism" could founder over tightened bank lending policies that are taking up to five months to issue mortgage approvals.
Wells: We’re in talks to buy vaccines
AS the United Kingdom became the first nation to start to vaccinate its citizens against COVID-19 yesterday, Health Minister Renward Wells said the government is currently engaged in its own talks with several vaccine producers.
Auto dealers brace for 70% orders fall
New car dealers are warning that the government’s tax earnings from the industry will be severely reduced with 2021 orders expected to be up to 70 percent off compared to pre-COVID levels.
Freeport private sector demands lockdown end
Freeport's private sector yesterday demanded the Government "cease and desist" from further business lockdowns amid fears The Bahamas will "die economically" unless it learns to live with COIVID-19. Some 184 Grand Bahama-based small business owners,
Lightbourn: PLP ‘luring’ unions with changes to labour laws
MONTAGU MP Richard Lightbourn yesterday accused the governing Progressive Liberal Party of attempting to “lure” labour unions and their members into supporting the party with amendments to legislation that governs employee relations weeks ahead of the impending general election.
Bahamas holding off debt cost pressures
The Bahamas was the only Caribbean nation in early April to escape pressure on its bond yields amid the COVID-19 pandemic, an Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) report revealed yesterday. The IDB, in its 2020 first quarter “bulletin” on the regio
Melinda keeps helping residents in Abaco
DESPITE having lost everything to Hurricane Dorian in early September, Abaco resident Melinda Pinder has never backed down when it comes to helping those in need within her community. The mother-of-two, who is no stranger to charity work, had been a
The world is changing and we must react
The boom and bust cycle of the global economy is well established. WTO says global trade has under performers with growth of 3% and is expected to decline in 2019 to 2.6 %. The IMF forecast a global slowdown for 2019. The United States (US) is the world’s largest economy in nominal GDP so I will focus mainly on the US in my analysis.
Caribbean rating agency entering Bahamas market
A Caribbean rating agency yesterday voiced optimism it can help Bahamian debt issuers raise capital at lower costs after being approved to offer its services in this nation.Wayne Dass, Caribbean Information and Credit Rating Services Limited (CariCRI
Transaction costs ‘slowing’ electronic payments switch
The costs associated with settling electronic transactions are “slowing the pace of change” in the Bahamian payments system, the Central Bank’s governor said yesterday.
Potter’s Cay behind schedule - but remains on $3m budget
TRANSPORT and Aviation Minister Glenys Hanna Martin yesterday said her ministry’s $3m Potter’s Cay redevelopment project remains on budget, but is slightly behind schedule as officials work to ensure “international port procedures” are in place throughout all new facilities in development at the site.
'Final touches' for Commonwealth Youth Games guests
WITH the Bahamas getting ready to host the biggest sporting event ever in just one week, Rommel Knowles, managing director of the CYG Association, said they are busy putting on the final touches for their guests.
$377m investment for BPL’s LNG conversion
A total $377.4 million investment is required to convert Bahamas Power & Light’s (BPL) generation plants to liquefied natural gas (LNG), an IMF ‘working paper’ revealed yesterday.
Chamber chair: $150m bond ‘very ‘difficult’ at once
THE proposed $150 million Hurricane Reconstruction Bond is likely to be “multi-tiered” to appeal to different investor groupings, the Chamber’s chairman said yesterday, expressing concern over whether the target sum could be raised in one shot.