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Sandals ‘firing on all cylinders’ only from November 4

A Cabinet minister yesterday voiced optimism Sandals Royal Bahamian will be “firing on all cylinders” from a multi-million dollar renovation that has pushed its post-COVID re-opening out to November 4.

DIANE PHILLIPS: What happened to our compassion for Haiti?

ON Saturday, August 14, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake hit Haiti, killing more than 2,000 people, over 20 times the number who died in the Surfside building collapse which had us glued to our TV screens watching the tragedy unfold.

Why You Vex? November 10th

“Vex cause the road works people seems to be slunking an taking so long even though many are hard working Bahamians.”

YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: Questions over search of F.N.M. Chairman home

Forget politics. Forget all that petty stuff about PLP, FNM and DNA and all the gratuitously political you say and I say that preoccupy the minds of so many local politicians seeking to score cheap political brownie points. The heavy-handedness that reportedly accompanied the search and seizure of FNM chairman Darron Cash’s Cable Beach home ought to give Bahamians pause.

‘Valiant effort’ to close BTC deal

The Government and Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) still have not closed their ‘2 per cent’ deal over the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC), despite making a “very, very valiant effort” to do so last week.

Roberts slams PLP dissenters

PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party Chairman Bradley Roberts criticised former PLP MP Philip Galanis yesterday for criticizing the Christie administration, suggesting that he should “be quiet” if he has “nothing with sense to say.”

Gibson raises no objection to Pinder call for voting block to oust PLP

LABOUR Minister Shane Gibson had “no issue” with recent calls by Public Services Union President John Pinder for National Congress of Trade Unions Bahamas’ members to form a voting block ahead of the 2017 general election, with an aim to oust the PLP.

ACE Diabetes Expo helps the community 'get on track' to better health

MORE than 400 Bahamians came out to support the second annual ACE Diabetes Get On Track Expo last Saturday.

$75m condo project in 2-year sell-out timeline

The $75 million Caves Heights condominium development expects to be fully sold-out within two years, its sales and marketing executive said yesterday, adding that it has largely been unaffected by Baha Mar-related uncertainty.

Car crash causes power outage in Gladstone Road area

A VEHICULAR accident caused a power outage that affected portions of western New Providence for more than an hour yesterday, Bahamas Power and Light officials said.

BTC to invest $20-$30M to bring NGN 'to market'

THE Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) expects to be “well positioned” to win back market share in the fixed-line Internet broadband market via its Next Generation Network (NGN), the company’s chief executive telling Tribune Business it will invest a further $20-$30 million “to bring it to market”.

Web cafés contribute to the Bahamas

We, the Alliance of the newly formed committee named All for One and One for All, after searching far and wide have made the following discovery, except for Atlantis and the government, the web shop cafes do the following:

Union fury over City Markets severance

TRADE union executives representing City Markets line-staff said yesterday that the food store chain's former employees were all entitled to their severance packages having been "effectively terminated", telling Tribune Business that legal action may be taken.

SANDALS STEP ON RECOVERY ROAD: PM celebrates reopening of resort after refit which will create 900 new jobs

TOURISM’S recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic got a boost yesterday when Sandals Royal Bahamian resort and offshore island reopened after the completion of a $55 million renovation that will create 900 new jobs.

Union continues assault on BTC management

THE Bahamas Communications and Public Officers Union continued its verbal assault on BTC’s leadership yesterday, this time attacking the credibility of CEO Garry Sinclair. After filing a trade dispute against BTC, BCPOU president, Dino Rolle, said i

BPL: 8,000 customers still without power supply

MORE than 90 per cent of Bahamas Power and Light’s residential customers in New Providence have been restored to supply, however there are still approximately 8,000 customers without power, BPL said yesterday.

Ticket prices for college football classic reduced

THE local audience should look forward to the complete “Historically Black College and University football experience” which provides entertainment both on and off the field during a “classic” weekend, according to HBCUX network CEO and founder, Curtis Symonds.

First Class Promotions returns after 10-year hiatus

FIRST Class Promotions will host the first all-female boxing match in The Bahamas and Caribbean at 8pm on Friday, March 31 at the Kendal G.L. Isaacs Gymnasium.

Bahamian false prophets are running amok on Facebook

The legendary Dr Myles Munroe was a trailblazer in Christian broadcasting in The Bahamas, having learned at the feet of American Pentecostal faith healer and televangelist Oral Roberts. Munroe attended ORU in Oklahoma in the 1970s. Many of the contemporary features we often take for granted in today’s charismatic churches were first introduced by Munroe, when he founded Bahamas Faith Ministries (BFM) in the early 1980s.

Nearly 1,000 apply to the Ministry to visit Bahamas

DEPUTY Director General of Tourism Ellison “Tommy” Thompson revealed yesterday that nearly 1,000 travellers have already made applications to the Ministry of Tourism’s travel unit wanting to visit The Bahamas during the country’s second week of relaxed travel restrictions.

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