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Water Corp’s ‘ludicrous’ 8 per cent debt recovery deals

THE Water & Sewerage Corporation’s chairman yesterday said he was reviewing pre-election contracts issued to two debt collectors who have recovered just 8 per cent of the $5 million assigned to them.

BPL bailout has cost us millions: Bannister warns mountain of bills must be tackled

The Government was forced to pump "millions" into Bahamas Power & Light (BPL) during COVID-19's peak due to customers' inability to pay, it was revealed yesterday.

CRASH LANDING: Two men escape injury as private aircraft gets into trouble

ONE day after a private aircraft crash landed at Lynden Pindling International Airport, Tourism and Aviation Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar is underscoring the airport’s safety as well as the fact that it has “contingency plans” in place to swiftly tack

Workers Call for new public hospital in Grand Bahama

HOSPITAL workers took to social media to call for a new public hospital in Grand Bahama following closure of the Rand Memorial Hospital after it was severely flooded during Hurricane Dorian in early September.They are concerned that the facility – wh

Food prices: ‘What goes up may not come down’

Super Value’s principal has warned Bahamian shoppers to brace for the possibility that increased food prices may be here to stay, warning: “I don’t believe in what goes up must come down.”

SuperPlex hopes for 47% revenue return

The Fusion SuperPlex’s principal yesterday said ending COVID emergency orders and curfews could help it regain up to 47 percent of pre-pandemic revenue, adding: “Economic freedom is back.”

Gov't developing system for '90% of investor needs'

The Government is aiming to “instutionalise” an approvals process that “meets 90 per cent of the needs of investors” coming into the Bahamas, a Cabinet minister telling Tribune Business that “hundreds” of proposals were before it.

$102m plant's timetable missforces Baha Mar to 'Plan b'

Plans to reduce Baha Mar’s air conditioning-related energy demand by 90 per cent have been thrown into severe jeopardy, the $2.6 billion resort developer yesterday confirming it had moved “on to Plan B” after a renewable energy firm failed to meet agreed timelines.

Bahamas suffers cruise tourism spend flat-line

Total cruise passenger spending in Nassau and Freeport has flat-lined over the past three years, a newly-released industry survey revealed yesterday, even though per capita yields are up 27.8 per cent.

Fishing and farming industries are ‘completely devastated’

LONG Island MP Loretta Butler-Turner said yesterday that her constituency’s economy – specifically the fishing and farming industries – has been “completely devastated” by the passage of Hurricane Joaquin.

As veterans remembered, one is left in rundown home

DAYS after the country celebrated Remembrance week in honour of World War I and II veterans, the daughter of a 90-year-old veteran called attention to her father’s poor living conditions.

Obese, overweight workforce hits productivity and profit, study finds

NINETY per cent of the Bahamian workforce is either overweight or obese according to a study by a local fitness and consulting firm, its principal telling Tribune Business that the lack of a corporate wellness and fitness culture was significantly lowering workplace productivity and ultimately impacting businesses’ bottom line.

Union lacks ‘leverage’ over Melia gratuities

A hotel union leadership contender yesterday argued that current executives have no “leverage” to employ in negotiating with Baha Mar and the Meliá Nassau Beach Resort because they failed to secure a new industrial agreement in 2013.

Waterspout sparks alarm among local schoolchildren

A WATERSPOUT spotted off the northeastern coast of New Providence this week, which tried to form a tornado over land, sparked alarm among local schoolchildren, raising the question of what people should do to safely avoid them.

No billboards, no commercials . . . the concerns of Bahamas voters

WITH the highly anticipated constitutional referendum less than 90 days away, Bahamian citizens are concerned about the impact these amendments will have on the country.

Minnis calls for extension of hurricane aid order

FREE National Movement Leader Dr Hubert Minnis yesterday urged the government to extend the exigency order originally granted to residents of the southern Bahamas adversely affected by Hurricane Joaquin last year.

Bahamian blood on US Second Amendment

Prime Minister Philip Brave Davis’ startling claim that 90 percent of confiscated guns used in murders in this country have been traced to American manufacturers and firearm retailers suggests to this writer that the 2nd Amendment to the US Constitution is stained with Bahamian blood.

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