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VIDEO: Inside the new world of Port Nassau

GLOBAL Ports Holding’s goal for Prince George Wharf is to transform the area into a “state-of-the-art port and waterfront destination” that will feature a Junkanoo museum, open air amphitheatre, and laser light shows.

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Aspiring local models thrive

PARTICIPATING in this year’s Fash|Art festivities, three young aspiring models were lucky enough to walk away with contracts with the PTG Modelling Agency.

Inaugural Top 50 Basketball Camp all set

AFTER months of anticipation, the complete list of the Bahamas’ top high school and collegiate basketball prospects were finally revealed to the public. The players will have an opportunity to showcase their skills before international scouts and coaches.

Kidney disease in the Bahamas

Tuesday July 17th, 2012 marked the first Anniversary of The Dialysis Centre Bahamas on Collins Ave, Nassau, Bahamas.

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Burrows, Augustin-Fairell make season debuts in France

THE French Pro A League tipped off the 2018-19 season and both Bahamian players made their season debuts.Jaraun “Kino” Burrows and his Fos-Sue-Mur Provence Byers competed in Pro A for the first time while Jonathan Augustin-Fairell played his first ga

Gas stations to ‘manage’ minimum wage increase

Petroleum retailers yesterday the minimum wage increase was something they “all have to manage” as they continue to push for a change to the industry’s fixed-margin business model.

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Boxers clash in 22nd ‘Sonny Boy’ Rahming Silver Gloves

Champion Amateur Boxing Club hosted its 22nd Annual Wellington ‘Sonny Boy’ Rahming Silver Gloves tournament at Wulff Road Boxing Square over the weekend.

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IDB: BAHAMAS' $1BN INFRASTRUCTURE GAP

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor The Bahamas has medium-term infrastructure needs of $1 billion, an Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) report has revealed, blaming the Government for "under investment" in the sector that has failed to keep up

‘Unenviable balancing act’ confronting The Bahamas

The Bahamas “faces an unenviable balancing act between food security and fiscal discipline”, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) warned yesterday, with global financial developments proving “particularly concerning”.

Bahamas missed ‘free will’ reform of taxation system

The Bahamas missed “a golden opportunity” to get ahead of its competitors when it elected to implement Value-Added Tax (VAT) instead of a ‘low rate’ corporate /income tax regime, a financial services provider said yesterday.

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Jonquel Jones helps Liberty take Game 3 of WNBA Finals, avoid sweep

NEW YORK (AP) — Jonquel Jones scored 27 points and Breanna Stewart added 20 to help the New York Liberty beat the Las Vegas Aces 87-73 yesterday in the WNBA Finals and force a Game 4.

The destruction of Jumbey village

"NO, I can't believe it - that can't be true!" This was Coconut Grove MP's Ed Moxey's shocked reply in May 1974 when a news reporter called to ask what he thought of a report that government had planned to build a replica of his Jumbey Village at Fort Charlotte.

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Inaugural Bahamas Showcase set for this weekend

EIGHT of the mid-tier men’s NCAA Division One basketball teams are in town to participate in the inaugural Bahamas Showcase this weekend at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium.

Gov’t ‘missing forest for trees’ over work permits

The private sector yesterday reiterated its desire to establish a public-private partnership (PPP) with the Immigration Department to assist its work permit policy, amid warnings the Bahamas was “missing the forest for the tree”.

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'Across the board' impact fear from air safety woes

The Bahamian economy will be impacted “across the board” if deficiencies in its aviation safety regime are not rapidly addressed, top industry executives warned yesterday, with airline expansion plans and a proposed Aircraft Registry having to be placed on hold.

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STATESIDE: The #MeToo creator changing the world

We often read stories about lottery winners. We read the winner was living a modest life and the unimaginable riches from the lottery will transform his or her life. There is once-in-a-lifetime excitement, then a list of worthy things the person will do with the money.

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A chapter of disaster?

The Baha Mar bankruptcy order should be granted in the Bahamas to avoid a damaging dog-fight between creditors, Richard Coulson urges.

Gov’t hires Rothschild for $11.8bn debt help

The Government has hired Rothschild & Co, a major global financial group, to advise on what could become a “massive refinancing” of much of the country’s $11.8bn national debt, it was revealed yesterday.

84 new cases and three more deaths as surge continues

EIGHTY-FOUR additional COVID-19 cases were recorded on Wednesday along with three more deaths.

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Buddy sprains ankle

Sacramento Kings guard Buddy Hield was helped to the locker room (above right) after he limped off the court with a sprained right ankle midway through the fourth quarter against the Portland Trail Blazers on Friday in Sacramento, California.