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SMOKED OUT: Residents facing a week out of Jubilee Gardens homes
RESIDENTS in Jubilee Gardens will have to wait at least five to seven days before the evacuation order is lifted and they are “safely” allowed to return their homes, Minister of Environment Kenred Dorsett said yesterday.
FINCO cuts staff 70% in five years
FINCO has slashed staffing levels by 70 per cent over the past five years, as it continues to outsource back office functions to its parent in a bid to cut costs in a low growth environment.
Sarkis calls out Govt on Baha Mar sale details
Baha Mar’s original developer last night urged the Government to “end the speculation” by releasing all agreements related to the project’s opening, as his verbal battle with the Government re-ignited following a lull of several months.
Bahamians should have got landfill chance ‘long ago’
The Government should have given “serious consideration a long time ago” to proposals by Bahamian waste service providers to takeover the management and remediation of the New Providence landfill, the Democratic National Alliance’s (DNA) leader argued yesterday.
Industrial pollution was to blame for series of disorders 30 years ago
INDUSTRIAL pollution in Grand Bahama was responsible for significant gastro-intestinal disorders, chronic eye disorders and acute skin disorders, according to an investigative study which was undertaken by the government 30 years ago but never publicly released.
University of the Bahamas Mingoes rout island game pros 89-70
COACH Baccus Rolle said he knew sooner or later his University of the Bahamas Mingoes would explode against the Island Game Pros. He just didn’t know when.
Barracudas champions of Atlantic Medical Invitational
EVEN though they got some welcomed competition from the visiting Surf Side Ocean Academy Aquatic from the Turks and Caicos Islands, the Barracuda Swim Club still emerged as the champions of their Atlantic Medical Invitational.
BPL ‘explores above and beyond’ on fuel
Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) is exploring other fuel types “above and beyond” bunker C and diesel, its chief executive telling Tribune Business the utility is moving forward with a re-branding strategy that revolves around service reliability, renewables and customer service and growth.
Bahamas First: Top rating more vital ‘than ever’
Bahamas First said yesterday’s affirmation of its “excellent” financial strength by the top insurance rating agency was likely the most important ranking in its recent history, due to its $80 million Hurricane Matthew payout.
Volleyball: Vixens and Intruders 2-0 in best-of-5 series
BOTH last year’s defending champions Scottsdale Vixens and National Fence Intruders won the first two games of the New Providence Volleyball Association’s best-of-five championship series at the DW Davis Gymnasium.
SPORTS NOTES
THE New Providence Basketball Association resumed its regular season action at the AF Adderley Gymnasium on Wednesday night after taking a break for the 35th Hugh Campbell Basketball Classic for senior boys.
Revival of the sponging industry
A million-dollar project aimed at promoting new harvesting and business practices will allow a once thriving Bahamian enterprise to captalise on a natural bounty. Keesha Bethell reports
Water and Sewerage Corp deficit grows to $147 million
AUDITS show that the Water and Sewerage Corporation continues to function with significant operating losses, recently accumulating a deficit of $147 million, according to the latest reports tabled in the House of Assembly yesterday.
Water Corp’s $159m subsidy driven from 2/3 ‘cost recovery’
The Water & Sewerage Corporation’s revenues cover just two-thirds of its operating expenses because its prices have not been increased for 18 years, costing Bahamian taxpayers $159 million over a five-year period.
Bahamas ‘can’t get away without VAT’
The Bahamas “couldn’t get away without” implementing Value-Added Tax (VAT), a prominent governance reform campaigner argued yesterday, because the national debt and annual deficits were simply “too high”.
Alleged sexual assault of senior citizen case discontinued
PROCEEDINGS have been discontinued against a man who was awaiting trial concerning the alleged sexual assault of a senior citizen in 2001 on a Family Island.
Falcons take the title back to Grand Bahama
THE Tabernacle Baptist Falcons carried the prestigious Hugh Campbell Basketball Classic title for senior boys back to Grand Bahama after pulling off a 58-52 victory over the CI Gibson Rattlers.
FIFA legend Emerson Rosa in Bahamas for Beach Soccer World Cup draw
AFTER making his debut for Gremio in 1994, Brazil’s Emerson Ferreira da Rosa certainly stretched his legs around some of football’s finest institutions.
Sports Notes
JACOBI Bain, coming off his runner-up position in his previous tournament in Europe last week, yesterday won his second round match 6-3, 6-3 over No.3 seed Stefan Popovic (SRB) at the Kungens Kanna & Drottningen Under-14 event in Stockholm, Sweden.
Union claims Atlantis seeking to terminate staff missing work for medical reasons
A HOTEL union yesterday warned the Atlantis resort against allegedly seeking to terminate employees who have missed work for medical reasons, charging that it would “fight” the company “tooth and nail” to preserve the jobs of workers at the Paradise Island property.
