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Gov’t wage bill’s $68m jump ‘not annual norm’
The Ministry of Finance's top official last night said the $68m year-over-year increase in compensation for government employees during the 2022-2023 fiscal year is "not an annual norm".
Tourism to dominate ‘my generation and the next’
Tourism will be the dominant driver of Bahamian jobs and GDP “for mine and the next generation”, a senior Baha Mar executive predicted yesterday, with international forecasts potentially under-estimating the project’s jobs impact.
Economy 2% smaller than pre-COVID at 2023’s end
The Bahamas’ economic output will still be 2 percent below pre-COVID levels even if growth forecasts through to end-2023 become reality, a local investment analyst warned yesterday.
Provider offers $500-$600m waste to energy plant
A Bahamas-based renewable provider is offering to build and operate an estimated $500-$600 million plasma waste-to-energy plant at the New Providence landfill, creating 400-500 full-time jobs, in the process.
Commission’s regulatory powers restored by court
The Appeal Court has overturned a verdict that prevented the Securities Commission “from acting in the public interest”, following its battle with a BISX-listed company over the latter’s compliance with regulatory capital standards.
Debt gobbles up 27% of Budget
MORE than 27 per cent of the Government’s total recurrent spending in the 2017-2018 Budget is going towards repaying principal or interest on the Bahamas’ $7 billion-plus debt mountain.
Jonquel Jones leads her team at FIBA World Cup
Just days after her WNBA season came to an end, Jonquel Jones returns to international play with Bosnia and Herzegovina at the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup.
Gov’t: Remobilisation ‘imminent’ at Baha Mar
The Government believes talks between Baha Mar’s Chinese stakeholders will lead to an “imminent remobilisation plan” and the project’s re-opening “in the shortest possible timeframe”.
Sports notes
GRAND Bahamian Jonquel Jones had another big night as the No.24 George Washington women’s basketball team picked up its 17th straight win with an 87-52 rout of Revolutionary Rival George Mason in Atlantic 10 action at the Patriot Center on Saturday.
The final insult to Edmund Moxey
EDITOR, The Tribune
Baha Mar fails to gain control of legal claim
SUPREME Court Justice Ian Winder yesterday dismissed a petition Sarkis Izmirlian’s Granite Ventures filed as part of its process to get the Supreme Court to require Baha Mar’s Deloitte & Touche receivership team to surrender control of a $192m legal claim the company has against China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC).
Youth Flag Football League debut in Winton Saturday
THE profile of flag football continues to increase in the country and a new initiative will now focus on youth development.
Union must answer for its actions
1957: Nassau International Airport opens. One hundred protesting taxi drivers block access to the new airport for 24 hours.
Vaccine’s here - more need to take it
THIRTY-THREE thousand six hundred doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine arrived in New Providence yesterday, boosting the country’s fight against the potentially deadly virus even though many residents remain hesitant to get the jab.
EDITORIAL: Good riddance to a building long past its best
IT’S the end of an era – and not before time.
Poor communication
Communication etiquette is certainly in the toilet these days, particularly if one is trying to communicate with people in government, who are theoretically “Servants of the people”. We have gone from the never answered telephones, to the voicemail expeditions, to email which sometimes will elicit a response and can be programmed to confirm receipt or even opened. No proof of reading, of course, and certainly none of comprehension.
‘Jazz’ shows his worth in Marlins’ 8-0 shutout win
Even as they moved him around on the infield and up in the batting line-up, Bahamian Jasrado “Jazz” Chisholm showed his worth to the Miami Marlins as he helped in another victory last night.
Stefan Knowles dominates Long Island Regatta
IT was a dominating performance from Stefan Knowles over his older brother Mark Knowles as the skippers endured a dual showdown at the annual Long Island Regatta in Salt Pond, Long Island, over the Labour Day holiday weekend.To show how dominant his
OP-ED: We have to act TODAY . . . before the planet is in real trouble
We are doing nowhere near enough to limit climate change. Greenhouse gas emissions are rising when they should be falling. Countries need to urgently increase action or we will face a future of rising seas, extreme weather events and increased human misery.
Fox Hill basketball legends recognised
WHILE there were no normal activities to commemorate the Fox Hill festivities on Tuesday, Pastor Robert ‘Bob’ Brown took the opportunity to recognise the achievement of some of the legendary basketball players in the community.
