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‘Headroom for growth’: Tourism forecast to hit regional average
A senior hotelier yesterday said The Bahamas “still has some headroom for tourism growth” post-COVID amid forecasts its annual expansion rate will merely match the Caribbean average for the next decade.
WORLD VIEW: Higher cost of living demands competent governments
THROUGHOUT the world, people and their governments and Central Banks are worrying about inflation, or the rate of increase in the cost of living. In many countries, this concern about the cost of living has become a prime consideration in general elections because electorates want competent governments in whose hands they commit their expectations.
SAFETY FIRST FOR JUNKANOO: Police out in force, says minister, as tickets in demand
YOUTH, Sports and Culture Minister Mario Bowleg is pledging that the upcoming Junkanoo parades will be safe, with police and Defence Force officers set to be out in full force.
Bad Santa
ActivTrades
THE mother of all consumer battles is over, and Apple is one of the winners. Americans shopped online for a record $11bn on Cyber Monday, and AirPods and MacBooks were very popular.
ONE ELEUTHERA FOUNDATION: Why does supporting local farmers matter?
HAVE you ever looked at the food on your plate and wondered who grew it and where it came from? Do you trust the methods used by the producer before it reached your plate? Has this food been treated with your best interest in mind from the field all the way to your plate?
Regulator warned 127 on financial crime compliance
Bahamian regulators issued warnings to 127 law and real estate firms over non-compliance with anti-financial crime mandates while giving this nation’s $306m-plus residential real estate sales a clean bill of health.
$4m AML store opening to bring Freeport ‘rebirth’
AML opened the doors to its new $4m Solomon’s food store in the Winn Building yesterday, signalling the long-awaited rebirth of downtown Freeport for many Grand Bahamians.
Team Bahamas named for 4th Caribbean Baseball Cup
Team Bahamas is ready to take on the region at the 4th Caribbean Baseball Cup.
FRONT PORCH: Making good public policy is hard work
WE often cook up public policy in The Bahamas in a similar manner to which an unsatisfying and innutritious meal is slapped together. There is little forethought, no clear recipe, with all kinds of slam bam ingredients hurriedly mixed together.
EDITORIAL: FTX founder’s long list of unknowns
FOR someone in charge of a multi-billion operation, Sam Bankman-Fried seems to not know a lot of things.
Taxi union says minister is missing in action
WESLEY Ferguson, president of the Bahamas Taxi Cab Union, said yesterday that union members are still awaiting correspondence from the Ministry of Transport and Housing on the issue of the regulation of taxi plates.
The causes of crime
As A trained lawyer, albeit a defrocked one, I had extensive practice before the Criminal Defence Bar during my hey days. In fact, at any given time, I commanded 80 per cent or more of the most heinous cases before all courts, the Supreme and Magistrates included. The other lawyers were obliged to literally, in some case, fight for the crumbs. As such, I came to understand the economic and psychology of crime and the causation.
Lightbourne and Dames lead Blue Devils to win over ranked team
BRADLEY Lightbourne, Joshua Dames and their Kansas City Kansas Community College Blue Devils continue to play one of the most difficult schedules in JuCo basketball and defeated their second ranked team of the young season.
Central Bank holding steady as reserves drawdown gains pace
The Central Bank yesterday maintained its prediction that The Bahamas’ external reserves will end 2022 ahead of prior year levels even though October’s decline exceeded 2021 by some $58.3m.
Deyton Albury and Paul Greene help Chipola move up in NJCAA rankings
DEYTON Albury and Paul Greene continue to lead Chipola’s ascent up the national rankings while Emmanuel Alexandre and Colin Storr’s production continue to lead the group of Bahamians at Northeast Community College.
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.
Hurricane Hole Superyacht Marina opened
STERLING Global Financial officially opened its Hurricane Hole Superyacht Marina on Paradise Island on Friday, marking a significant milestone for the international company.
PM told: $22m savings if BPL fuel trades done
A draft Cabinet paper seemingly prepared for the Prime Minister advised that Bahamians could enjoy a further $22m in savings if trades were executed to continue Bahamas Power & Light’s (BPL) fuel hedging at discounted prices.
New PI super yacht marina 80% booked
PARADISE Island’s newly-opened Hurricane Hole super yacht marina is over 80 percent booked, its principal developer says, with the wider $250m project moving forward at a brisk pace.
Man ‘should serve 12 years’ for repeated sex offences
A 73-year-old Grand Bahama man convicted of having unlawful sexual intercourse with an eight-year-old girl was labeled a repeated child sex offender who should serve a prison term of 12 years, a Crown prosecutor submitted to the Supreme Court.
