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BTC's 'marked progress' on infrastructure rebuild

The Bahamas Telecommunications Company’s (BTC) chief executive says the carrier has made “marked progress” in restoring its Dorian-devastated network in Grand Bahama and Abaco.Garfield “Garry” Sinclair said: “In the last three weeks we’ve made marked

Ingraham speaks on anniversary of historic FNM election win

TODAY marks the 20th anniversary of the election of the first government led by the Free National Movement.

Harbour Island sees $5m dock 'backlash'

A Cabinet minister yesterday pledged that Harbour Island’s infrastructure needs will be neglected no longer even after a local “backlash” forced the government to suspend a $5m dock upgrade. Desmond Bannister, minister of works, acknowledged to Trib

Baha Mar ‘purchaser’ leaves Sarkis in cold

China’s ‘freezing out’ of Sarkis Izmirlian was confirmed last night, after Baha Mar’s prospective purchaser was identified as a multi-billion dollar Hong Kong conglomerate with extremely close ties to the Beijing government.

INSIGHT: Would the Cheng family really be good for the Bahamas?

Malcolm J Strachan reveals a dark side to Baha Mar’s prospective buyers and a dangerous gamble on the resort’s future . . .

CWC: 'Public opinion on our side' over BTC

Cable & Wireless Communications’ (CWC) top executive yesterday asserted that “public opinion is on our side” when it came to the Bahamas Telecommunications Company’s (BTC) privatisation, a survey having found that 84 per cent of Bahamian consumers backed the move.

The Bahamas is no long Number One in tourism

TODAY Tourism Minister Obie Wilchcombe thinks that the US’s lifting of the embargo on Cuba provides an “excellent” opportunity for the Bahamas to “focus on improving the quality of our tourism produce”.

Clubs and Societies 01272017

Cycling Club Bahamas.- Weekend rides: Saturday leaving 6am sharp from Harbour Bay Shopping Centre in front of First Caribbean Bank (Starbucks) 43 miles headed West.

Bahamas needs 'much' more FDI than $522m

The Bahamas needs “considerably” more foreign direct investment (FDI) than the $522 million inflows it attracted in 2016, a governance reformer yesterday describing this as “critical” to faster economic growth.Robert Myers, a principal with the Organ

Baha Mar relief: Breezes injunction bid rejected

Baha Mar and the Government are likely breathing a sigh of relief after the Supreme Court rejected SuperClubs Breezes work-stopping injunction bid, finding the $3.5 billion developer was at “greater risk of prejudice”.

More than a basketball camp

HUNDREDS of young basketball enthusiasts descended on the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium for one of the country’s most popular summer basketball camps.

Union president’s ‘deep concern’ on Baha Mar

THE hotel union’s president yesterday said she was “deeply concerned” over the fate of more than 2,000 Baha Mar workers, adding that the developer’s pledge to pay salaries and benefits for the next three weeks was “little to no consolation”.

Bite the Baha Mar bullet

BAHA MAR - Provisional Liquidator appointed with limited authority, simply it seems to ensure that the owners cannot dissipate the assets.

'Meet your promises, don't just spread propoganda'

THE Free National Movement hit out at PLP chairman Bradley Roberts yesterday, calling on him to “desist from his continuing propaganda” and see that the government fulfils its campaign promises.

Making progress is never easy

IT HAS now become quite apparent that the present government has gone into "by any means necessary" mode to regain the controlling shares of BTC. It seems as if they are willing to beg, borrow, or do whatever else is necessary to achieve their end!

Foundation to hold fundraising evening

THE Sandals Foundation is partnering with the PACE Foundation to hold a BINGO night and charity auction to help raise funds for the construction of an educational facility for teenage mothers.

PM says FNM tide 'unstoppable'

THE Free National Movement is going to win nearly all the Family Island seats and the vast majority of the seats in New Providence, Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham told a mass rally of FNM supporters at RM Bailey Park last night.

Union chief fears ‘distressing year’

A prominent trade union leader has predicted “a very distressing year” for the Bahamian labour movement, describing the Attorney General’s ‘nolle’ instruction to drop a case against top Sandals Royal Bahamian executives last year as a “cardinal sin”.

Jitneys estimate fare revenue down 70%

Jitney drivers yesterday estimated that fare revenue is down 70 percent year-over-year due to a combination of low economic activity, high unemployment and COVID restrictions on passenger numbers.

We don't have any face masks left, say pharmacies

WHILE health officials have changed their stance on people wearing masks to reduce the spread of COVID-19, some local pharmacies say they don’t have any available for sale.

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