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Atlantic medical backs fun walk

ATLANTIC Medical Insurance along with its partners, the Cancer Society of the Bahamas and the Bahamas Diabetic Association, encouraged every Bahamian to participate in the 15th annual Fun Walk on Saturday, April 20.

Cardboard recycling a weekly waste saver

Bahamas Waste says it is saving 180 cubic yards of landfill space per week via the 20 tonnes of cardboard waste it is recycling.

CLUBS AND SOCIETIES April 10th, 2015

Bahama Girl Guides Association. - The campaign to build a new headquarters for the Bahama Girl Guides Association (BAGA), which is celebrating its centenary, received a fillip when Sir Durward Knowles presented a cheque for $10,000 to assist with the construction.

Clubs and Societies: January 23rd

Antique Auto Club of The Bahamas. - Preparations are well advanced for the Annual Antique Auto Show and Cook-Out to be held on March 21 at the Arawak Cay Fish Fry and Cultural Centre in Nassau.

Clubs and Societies: 07292016

Charter Institute of Arbitrators. - The newest executives of The Bahamas branch of the Charter Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) gathered recently with chairman Dr Richard Demeritte to discuss their plans.

Water Corp needs 'top up' to $20m subsidies

Water Corp needs 'top up' to $20m subsidies By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor The Water & Sewerage Corporation will "definitely need" an increase to the existing $20 million taxpayer subsidy allocated to it for the 2011-2012 fiscal year, its gene

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‘Don’t be dictated to’ by 15% corporate tax

The Bahamas “shouldn’t be waiting for someone to dictate to us” and must act now on tax and Business Licence reform ahead of the global push to a minimum 15 percent corporate tax.

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STUBBS OPINION: 'We could have structured our team in a better way to combat Jamaica'

SO it was all business once again for the Jamaicans...

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'We have a very short programme, but a very intensive programme'

WITH more focus on a lengthy international campaign, the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations will run a shortened local season in 2020. But president Drumeco Archer anticipates that it will still be action-packed. “We have a very short prog

Small Business Centre inundated with demand

Some 600-650 persons have signed up for the proposed Small Business Development Centre’s (SBDC) services in the past fortnight, with sessions already extending into February 2019.Davinia Blair, pictured, the SBDC’s executive director, told Tribune Bu

Gov’t targets Budget surplus by June 2025

The Government is targeting a first-ever Budget surplus of $71.9m by 2024-2025 without having to introduce new and/or increased taxes, its latest fiscal projections revealed last night.

Met office says logs show radar was working

THE Department of Meteorology yesterday released computer server verification logs indicating that its Doppler weather radar was operational throughout the period that Hurricane Joaquin formed and subsequently ravaged the southern Bahamas.

Sports notes

IN Financial Bowling League competition Wednesday night, the Price Waterhouse Coopers bowling team sent a clear message which was that their team is no longer to be taken lightly.

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Red Dress Soirée returns

MORE than 50 Bahamian adolescents infected and affected by HIV/AIDS depend heavily on a special programme by the AIDS Foundation that provides them with a nurturing environment, a hot meal, peer support, counselling and even job preparation skills.

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Slave ship artifacts uncovered

ON craggy rocks and in silent gullies at Lynyard Cay in the Abacos lay the fragments of an American-owned slave ship, the 129-ton, 88-foot schooner, the Peter Mowell.

Baha Mar casino hotel at '20 storeys' by year-end

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor The casino hotel for the $2.6 billion Baha Mar project could "be as high as 20 storeys" by year-end, Tribune Business was told yesterday, with work on the core "superstructure" 50 per cent complete by that point.

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Expat workers face visa fingerprinting

WORK permit holders will now be fingerprinted as the Department of Immigration continues to roll out its new digital system.

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Robinson, Chisholm on MLB pipeline’s top 100 prospect list

KRISTIAN Robinson and Jazz Chisholm were again featured on Major League Baseball Pipeline’s Top 100 prospect list.

Juniors get set for Pan Am U-20

IT’S going to be a busy time for several junior athletes as they will be heading off to compete in two separate meets in the space of two weeks this month. Right after their return from the NACAC Under-18 and Under-23 Championships in Santiago de Qu

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A&E doctors in GB make donation to children’s home

DOCTORS from the Accident and Emergency Department at Grand Bahama Health Services held their annual Christmas give-back event at the Grand Bahama Children’s Home on Friday.