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North Abaco’s resorts ‘in crisis’ on airlift

North Abaco tourism is “in crisis and danger of collapse” over the lack of affordable airlift, one resort operator yesterday telling Tribune Business: “We’re running at 20 per cent occupancy right now due to the lack of available airlift”.

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BICA chief: Govt faces 20% revenue shortfall

The Bahamas Institute of Chartered Accountants (BICA) president yesterday warned the government could miss its full-year revenue target by “as much as 20 percent” based on current data.

BGDBA Playoffs: Cybots and Avengers go up 1-0 in first round

The Bain and Grants Town Cybots and Airport Authority Avengers nabbed the first wins in their round one playoff matchups.

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College basketball players make their presence felt in Canada

COLLEGIATE basketball in Canada has returned at the U Sports level, and several Bahamian participants made their 2021 debut in the Stu Aberdeen Memorial Preseason Tournament.

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Bahamas suffers ‘a heartbreaking loss’

Before a jammed-packed Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium last night, the Bahamas men’s national basketball team dropped a heartbreaking 86-81 loss to Venezuela in the first game of their fourth window of the FIBA Americas World Cup Qualifier.

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Cruise lines miss out on port project

The cruise lines were yesterday reassured they will not face excessive port fees after the government selected Global Ports Holding’s $250m bid to redevelop Prince George Wharf.

Baha Mar beat local bidding target by 68%

Baha Mar says it has “far exceeded” its commitment to provide Bahamian contractors with $400 million worth of work, beating this target by 67.8 per cent while more than 6,000 local jobs to-date.

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Vixens defeat the Lady Truckers

THE New Providence Volleyball Association opened its 2012/2013 season at the DW Davis Gym on Sunday.

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Bahamas broker’s clients: ‘We’ll be left with nothing’

Deloitte & Touche liquidators and their attorneys have been awarded over $1m in costs despite clients of a collapsed Bahamas broker/dealer voicing fears this payment leaves nothing for them to recover.

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Shonel Ferguson’s firm given three weeks to vacate building

FOX Hill MP Shonel Ferguson’s investment company has three weeks to vacate a building it allegedly never paid real property taxes on since assuming responsibility for it some 13 years ago, a Supreme Court judge has ordered.

Budding entrepreneurs discover fertile landscape

Getting fired was the best thing that ever happened to Marc-Arnold Christophe and Ryan Ferguson.Their terminations gave them the freedom and spark to launch their own business, True Green, a landscaping company.The 23-year-olds met in 2012, at their

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Trent donates bats during visit to Mario Ford Baseball Camp

BEFORE leaving to begin spring training camp in Tempe, Arizona, centre fielder Trent Deveaux took the time out to spend Saturday, giving some instructions to players in the Mario Ford Baseball Camp as they returned to Windsor Park.

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Prospect Watch: Chisholm, Robinson in D-backs’ top 6 ranking

JAZZ Chisholm and Kristian Robinson find themselves in an unique position in the Major League pre-season with the Arizona Diamondbacks professional baseball organisation.

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Consecutive wins for Deandre Ayton and Suns

WITH a roster in a state of flux and their top scorers back from injuries, Deandre Ayton and the Phoenix Suns scored consecutive wins for the first time this season.

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Stopover tourism ‘85% recovered’ this winter

The Bahamas’ stopover tourism business will be “close to 85 percent” of pre-COVID levels by the 2021-2022 winter season, a top hotelier is predicting, with a return to full business levels “very achievable” next year.

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Turnquest: Recovery to be slow and anaemic

The Government has not used all the economic stimulus tools available to it, the deputy prime minister revealed last night, having kept some in reserve in case the COVID-19 pandemic is "prolonged".

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Equality Bahamas says minister must go over comments

ANOTHER activist group is calling for the resignation of Minister of Social Services and Urban Development Lanisha Rolle over her controversial comments on marital rape.

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Air arrivals hit 85% of pre-COVID levels

Total air arrivals to The Bahamas rebounded to 85 percent of pre-COVID numbers during April, more than doubling prior year numbers for a period that included the peak Easter holiday weekend.

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Wildcats top Bahamas 85-61 in Big Blue debut

The Bahamas’ national select squad gave the Kentucky Wildcats all they could handle through 30 minutes, but the visitors separated themselves late in the second half to win their Big Blue Bahamas Tour debut.The Wildcats won 85-61 last night in front

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85-year-old clings to floating refrigerator to survive Dorian

VIRGINIA Mosvold held on to a refrigerator for two days, bobbing up and down in water that nearly covered her face after Hurricane Dorian flooded her family’s home in Grand Bahama in early September.