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Central Bank hit by staff sickout

A NUMBER of Central Bank workers called in sick yesterday to protest unresolved grievances with management.

Environment legislation

Thank you for giving me space to express my concerns about a situation that is unfolding that is deeply disturbing. I have heard numerous rumours since the new administration has taken over that the 2019 Environmental Planning and Protection Act and the 2020 Biological Resources and Traditional Knowledge Protection and Sustainable Use Act will be repealed.

Banks report ‘fourfold’ fraud attempt growth

The Bahamas can stand “shoulder to shoulder” with any country on the strength of its anti-financial crime regime, the Central Bank’s governor said yesterday, as banks reported a “fourfold” rise in fraud attempts.

Governor pledges to tackle private sector’s ‘pain spot’

The Central Bank’s governor yesterday pledged to tackle the “pain spot” suffered by many Bahamian companies over the difficulties encountered in opening bank accounts.

VITAL VACCINES MAY BE UNUSED: End of month deadline looms for 20,000 J&J doses public don’t want

TWENTY thousand doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine will expire by the end of the year, forcing the government “to do all in its power” to encourage uptake of the jab including offering incentives, according to Health and Wellness Minister Dr Michael Darville.

Credit union ‘over grading’ migrates to medium risks

Credit unions’ “over-grading” of the financial crime threat posed by customers has gone too far in the opposite direction with the percentage classified as “medium risks” near tripling in 2020.

November was Movember: Men’s Heath Awareness Month

Movember is an annual worldwide event in the month of November that is geared towards the health awareness of men. Men throughout the world are encouraged to not shave during November and grow a moustache as a sign of solidarity and unity in the effort to emphasis the importance of men’s health awareness.

EDITORIAL: An end to unity, the start of the blame game

TALK of a less combative relationship between the political parties has not lasted very long.

Minnis: Cruise giant’s PI lease is too long

Dr Hubert Minnis yesterday tacitly admitted that the effective 150-year Crown Land lease granted to Royal Caribbean on Paradise Island was too long as he sought to defend the deal.

MINNIS DEFENDS RCL’S LAND LEASE: Insists project brings jobs but agrees length of deal was not usual

FORMER Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis has defended the agreement his administration struck with Royal Caribbean for the lease of Crown land on Paradise Island.

CANADA ‘SHOT THE LIGHTS OUT THE GYM’: Senior men’s national basketball team winless in first window of FIBA World Cup 2023 Qualifiers

Another dominant performance from Canada left the Bahamas senior men’s national basketball team winless in the first window of the FIBA World Cup 2023 Qualifiers.

‘A real dampener’: Fear over new COVID strain

The emergence of a new COVID-19 strain threatens to put “a real dampener” on Bahamian tourism’s rebound and that of the wider economy in the Christmas run-up, it was feared yesterday.

Bahamas exports drop 40% in 2020

Bahamian goods exports declined by 40 percent in 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been revealed, with those entering the US under trade preference regimes hitting a ten-year low.

Baha Mar judge seeks Bahamian judicial help

A New York judge has signed off on requests for Bahamian judicial help over the British Colonial Hilton’s sale and other issues relating to Sarkis Izmirlian’s $2.25bn fight with Baha Mar’s contractor.

Retailers detect Black Friday spend rebound

RETAILERS reported a “spending rebound” on Black Friday as shoppers queued from 5am to seek-out bargains leading into the Christmas holiday shopping season.

Bahamas Bowl: Blue Raiders, Rockets accept invites

NASSAU, Bahamas – Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders will represent Conference USA and Toledo Rockets will represent the MidAmerican Conference as both institutions accepted bids today to the 2021 Bahamas Bowl, set for Friday, December 17 in Nassau’s Thomas A Robinson National Stadium.

DIANE PHILLIPS: The Atlantis lesson on xenophobia

SOMEONE I highly respect reminded me recently of the reaction Bahamians had when we heard a hotel magnate from South Africa, a man known to throw lavish parties aboard a private jet and enrich himself in a land of apartheid, had purchased much of Paradise Island. Bahamians were enraged, apoplectic.

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