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THE KDK REPORT: A golden tutorial
MANY years ago, while I was still a resident on my orthopedic rotation in New York, I was paged to the surgical floor for a code blue emergency. One of our in-house patients was in severe respiratory distress. She was an elderly lady in her late 80s, perhaps early 90s and she was surrounded by her adult children when she suddenly felt weak, began slurring her speech and then stopped responding to their questions altogether. As her children panicked, rubbing her leg and chest and calling out her name, one of her sons yelled for someone to help. The cardiac monitors were beeping loudly and a nurse came running in as the crash team quickly assembled.
BISX-listed fund still eyeing downtown parking solution
A BISX-listed fund yesterday declared its continuing interest in solving downtown Nassau’s parking woes by redeveloping the Registrar General’s former home as it renews ambitions to expand to a $100m property portfolio.
FAMILIES STILL DEALING WITH DORIAN
NEARLY three years after the passing of Hurricane Dorian some victims are still trying to regain a sense of normalcy after surviving the monster storm.
'Improve service quality before rolling out 5G'
Bahamian businesses and consumers want their communications providers to first focus on improving the quality and reliability of existing services before exploring the introduction of 5G (fifth generation) technology.
$450m to make Nassau a truly sustainable city
Transforming Nassau and wider New Providence into a truly resilient, sustainable island demands a $450m investment spread over a 20-year period, a newly-released Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) report has revealed.
Marina chief suffers ‘worst Thanksgiving in 30 years’
A former Association of Bahamas Marinas (ABM) president says he has suffered “the worst Thanksgiving in 30 years” while linking the drop-off in boating traffic directly to VAT’s imposition on foreign yacht charters.
New realty listings dwarf sales by 25:1
New realty listings dwarf sales by 25:1 By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor New properties added to the Bahamas Real Estate Association's (BREA) Multiple Listings System (MLS) during the 2012 first quarter dwarfed those sold by 25 times', one realt
PI resort proposal expands units 46%
The former Paradise Harbour Club’s proposed redevelopment is being expanded to a seven-storey hotel featuring a 46 percent increase in units compared to earlier plans.
Aggregate miner targeting 'full' $125m Andros spend
An aggregate mining and land reclamation development, featuring a $15m-$20m first phase investment and creation of 35 jobs, is among three “very different and separate projects” currently targeting North Andros. Cameron Symonette, The Symonette Grou
Web shops face 'year of famine' on 'sweet spot'
Web shop operators may have to endure “a year of famine” to find the industry’s taxation “sweet spot”, a Cabinet Minister yesterday urging: “Let the Bahamian people be the judge.”Dionisio D’Aguilar, minister of tourism and aviation, called on the sev
Ex-minister 'totally opposed' to web shop taxation hike
The ex-Cabinet minister who oversaw the web shop industry’s legalisation yesterday queried why it was being hit with “destructive” taxation despite meeting all its obligations to date.Obie Wilchcombe, the former minister of tourism, told Tribune Busi
Atlantis occupancies at 50% as virus bites
Atlantis yesterday revealed that normally-buoyant occupancy levels for the peak winter period have fallen to 50 percent as “tourism and commerce grinds to a halt” amid the coronavirus pandemic.A spokesperson for the Paradise Island-based mega resort
ALFRED M SEARS, QC: We need to build a safe and prosperous future for The Bahamas
Hurricane Dorian’s $3.4 billion loss has decimated 27 percent of the GDP of The Bahamas making it impossible for the country to make its budgeted $340 million debt servicing on the $8.4 billion outstanding national debt.
FRONT PORCH – Climate Emergency: When a Cat 5 Strikes Nassau?
There is a deep ocean of rhetoric from countries producing the vast majority of carbon emissions heating our planet, with myriad pledges on reducing emissions, and promises cum pledges of funds for developing countries facing existential danger amidst rising sea levels, increasing inequality and natural disasters.
Legal battle to restart on web shop taxation
The Government and web shops will resolve their dispute over the industry’s “sliding scale” tax structure in the courts, it was revealed yesterday, despite making progress on the “patron tax”.
Prices 'through roof' on grocers' 20% VAT recovery
Food stores could recover as little as 15-20 per cent of their Value-Added Tax (VAT) ‘input’ costs under existing legislation, a leading retailer yesterday warning this would drive prices “through the roof” plus result in business closures and lay-offs.
Jones and Sun out of WNBA playoffs
JONQUEL Jones and the Connecticut Sun were one of the hottest teams in the WNBA during July and hoped to challenge for the final playoff spot. However, a recent losing streak ended those hopes as the WNBA season winds down.
According to Bradley Roberts, we are ‘foolish, reckless and irresponsible’
BRADLEY Roberts, PLP chairman, is incensed that there should be any suggestion that “government interfered with the Baha Mar negotiations, a private contractual matter, and is therefore to blame for the recent lay-offs”.
BAMSI 'will not fail' and will open on time, says Gray
MINISTER of Agriculture V Alfred Gray said yesterday he is confident that the Bahamas Agricultural and Marine Sciences Institute (BAMSI) will open as planned and “will not fail” despite construction delays and “other factors which go against it being completed on time”.
The corned beef and grits Budget
It is clear that the trio in charge of the Ministry of Finance has been forced to come up with a corned beef and grits 2021-2022 budget. If this is the best that they are able to come up with, God help us. It is conceded that taxes have been held at bay but that there is no real wiggle room for critical infrastructure and people development.
