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PM tours construction site
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis and Minister of Tourism Dionisio D’Aguilar toured the Goldwynn boutique hotel construction site on West Bay Street yesterday. Construction on the $120 million project has resumed after a temporary stop due to COVID-19
NPBA: High Flyers earn victories
THE Sand Dollar High Flyers division one and two teams added another victory to their win columns after defeating the Island Development Rebels and BIBT Great Whites on Wednesday night at the CI Gibson Gymnasium.
800 job applications for new mobile player
Cable Bahamas had received around 800 applications for jobs with the nation's second mobile provider by end-last week, it was revealed yesterday, and is confident the new operator can beat its financial targets.
IMF slashes Bahamas 2015 growth to 1.2%
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) yesterday slashed the Bahamas’ 2015 economic growth forecast to just 1.2 per cent, further “widening the gap” with the 7 per cent rate it says is needed to slash this nation’s near-14 per cent unemployment rate in half.
Bahamas leads region for lift per hotel room
The Bahamas has the greatest airlift per available hotel rooms in the Caribbean, an International Monetary Fund (IMF) working paper has found, although flights to this nation from the US have fallen “by almost 50 per cent” since 2000.
PM cuts 2016 GDP growth to just 0.5%
Prime Minister Perry Christie yesterday slashed a full percentage point off the Bahamas’ projected economic growth for 2016, cutting real GDP expansion estimates to just 0.5 per cent.
Trade Policy ‘won’t be Nassau centric’
The Bahamas Trade Commission’s chairman has pledged that the country’s national trade policy will not be “Nassau centric” as it seeks to complete consultation on the initiative by month’s end.
‘WE JUST SHOT OURSELVES IN THE FOOT’: Men’s national beach soccer team goalie speaks on Bahamas’ 4th place finish
It’s not every day that an athlete makes a successful transition from one sport to the other.
Summit’s Matthew loss peaks at $37m
A Bahamian insurer yesterday revealed it had incurred $37 million in gross losses from Hurricane Matthew, and warned that “some small increase” in local insurance premiums may result in 2017.
Bahamians pay price of ‘double BPL whammy’
Bahamian businesses and households are paying the price of “a double whammy” caused by the recent fires at Bahamas Power & Light’s (BPL) Clifton Pier plant, it was revealed yesterday.
Ayton leads Suns with 18 in loss to Clippers
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Paul George scored 27 points and the Los Angeles Clippers pulled away in a dominant third quarter, beating newly returned Chris Paul and the Phoenix Suns 106-92 last night in Game 3 of the Western Conference finals.
COVID travel measures ‘won’t ease in any way’
A Cabinet minister last night said the government is “not minded in any way to relax the health travel protocols” despite conceding that have likely helped to “depress demand” and tourism’s revival.
100JAMZ seeks review over licence takeover decision
THE People’s Radio Station, 100JAMZ, has initiated legal action against the Broadcast industry’s watchdog – URCA – for approving the takeover of ZSR Sports Radio 103.5FM on the grounds that the regulators’ legal interpretation of the grant of the Ba
LIFE LINES: Achieving genuine happiness
From time to time we are asked if we are happy and I wonder how many of us can genuinely state that we are authentically happy?Society, corporations and the media send us messages and myths about to how to achieve this state, assuring us that if we b
Bahamas split games in FIBA World Cup qualifying
Team Bahamas split the pair of games in the second window of FIBA Americas World Cup 2023 qualifiers.
Rationale for non-profit bill ‘does not exist’
An outspoken QC yesterday argued that “the rationale for the Non-Profit Organisations Bill does not exist” because no such Bahamas-based group operates using foreign currency.
Helping domestic batterers change their behaviour
In April 2011, a 42-year-old Bahamian woman was “chopped” to death by her lover, now serving a 57-year sentence at Her Majesty’s Prison, with a cutlass that bore the message “this what cheaters get”. It was noted that the woman’s lover felt justified
Insurer's flood claims equal 30% of profits
A Bahamian insurer believes its net loss from last month’s flooding in New Providence will equal 30 per cent of its projected 2013 profits, and be greater than that incurred from Hurricane Sandy.
Romad Dean and Paul Greene named to boys nominees list
A PAIR of Bahamian prep basketball players have had standout seasons in their first year with new programmes in Canada and have now been nominated for the country’s premier showcase. Paul Greene and Romad Dean were two of 198 players named BioSteel
Learning how to utilise ‘farm to table’ practices for family meals
New ways to prepare meals using fresh ingredients that come straight from the field will be the highlight of the Ministry of Health’s new “Watcha Cookin” show airing this Thursday.
