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Inaugural Baha Mar Hoops set for November 22-27
THE Baha Mar Resort and bd Global Sports have partnered on a new initiative to add another collegiate basketball event to a busy Thanksgiving holiday weekend this fall.
Jones, Munnings shine bright in NBA Summer League
BOTH Bahamian participants concluded their respective runs in the NBA’s Las Vegas Summer League and while Kai Jones prepares for the preseason, Travis Munnings hopes to have made an impact on an organisation for the next step in his pro career.
NAD’s private aviation levy ‘a slippery slope’
An aviation industry executive yesterday warned the Nassau Airport Development Company’s (NAD) plan to levy a $28 fee on all arriving international private plane passengers was “a slippery slope”.
PETER YOUNG: Europe’s day of darkness when it betrayed its core values
IT HAS been called the worst civilian atrocity in Europe since the Second World War and the darkest page of modern European history. In July 1995, in Srebrenica in the state of Bosnia – part of the former Yugoslavia – over 8,000 people, mainly Muslim men and boys, were rounded up and executed by Serbian forces.
No.19 pick Kai Jones posts double double in ‘sensational’ NBA Summer League debut
KAI Jones had an immediate impact on the Charlotte Hornets organisation and made the league take notice with a sensational NBA Summer League debut.
Jones and Munnings look to make impression at NBA Summer League
KAI Jones will make his debut with the Charlotte Hornets organisation while Travis Munnings, with the Golden State Warriors, will have an opportunity to make an impression on several franchises at the NBA Summer League.
Doctors in COVID testing expansion
Doctors Hospital is aiming to expand its COVID-19 testing sites to southern New Providence after its newly-opened British Colonial Hilton location hit a “3,000 run rate within the first week”.
BTC’s half-year better via 16% revenue rise
The Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) enjoyed a 16.3 percent year-over-year increase in 2021 second quarter revenues, it was revealed yesterday, despite losing close to 3,000 prepaid mobile subscribers.
Hospital ‘must beat misperception’ that it’s not affordable
Doctors Hospital “must beat misperceptions” that its healthcare services are too expensive to be accessed by middle and lower income Bahamians, its chief financial officer says.
Two million have died in region since start of pandemic
PAN American Health Organisation officials have reported a “grim milestone” this week in that since the start of the pandemic some two million people in the region have died of COVID-19 complications.
Governor: Use $200m for Dorian rebuilding
The Central Bank’s governor yesterday urged Dorian-ravaged businesses and homeowners to draw down on “at least $200m” in unused reinsurance funds to finance rebuilding, adding: “The economy will be better off.”
Doctors sees 75% growth in demand
Doctors Hospital has seen a 75 percent year-over-year increase in demand for its services based on top-line revenue growth during the first six months of its 2022 financial year, a senior executive has revealed.
A TRUE BAHAMIAN PATRIOT: Former Governor General Arthur Dion Hanna dies age 93
FORMER Governor General and Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Dion Hanna, the ardent progressive whose faith in Bahamians helped push The Bahamas toward independence and sparked the Bahamianization policy that defined an era, died at home yesterday at 93.
Realtors ‘embrace’ demand for cryptocurrency purchases
Bahamian realtors yesterday revealed they are developing strategic alliances to “embrace” cryptocurrencies already being used as a means of payment for local property transactions.
Governor: Public finance rebuild ‘ambition’ critical
The Central Bank’s governor yesterday said the government’s “fiscal consolidation ambition” is critical to protecting the external reserves and currency peg, as well as enabling the country to meet its debt payments.
Marinas seek ‘home port’ equivalent over yachting
The Bahamas will enjoy “the equivalent of cruise ship home porting” if the government follows through on pledges to develop a fully-fledged yacht registry, Tribune Business was told yesterday.
Taylor Industries owners give ex-staff $150k boost
The Supreme Court has approved a transaction that will see Taylor Industries’ former owners make a $150,000 payment that could significantly boost recoveries for former staff of the insolvent retailer.
‘Thousands of vaccines’ to counter near-bottom status
The Bahamas will likely receive “hundreds of thousands” of COVID-19 vaccine doses this quarter, it was revealed yesterday, amid concerns the nation is near-bottom in the Caribbean in inoculation rates.
Gas station operators warn on taxing times
Bahamian gas station operators yesterday said they have received no answer from the government despite “crying out for assistance” on improved profit margins and a lower tax burden.
Sovereign Wealth Fund
There has been a lot of chatter in the news and on talk shows about our national treasure and the need for a Sovereign Wealth Fund, and it has become tiresome listening to all the banter around Aragonite.
