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CLUBS AND SOCIETIES April 10th, 2015

Bahama Girl Guides Association. - The campaign to build a new headquarters for the Bahama Girl Guides Association (BAGA), which is celebrating its centenary, received a fillip when Sir Durward Knowles presented a cheque for $10,000 to assist with the construction.

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Charter Institute of Arbitrators. - The newest executives of The Bahamas branch of the Charter Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) gathered recently with chairman Dr Richard Demeritte to discuss their plans.

‘Up the ante’ on cruise line deals

A former Bahamas National Trust (BNT) chief yesterday said this nation must “up the ante” and leverage its “natural capital” to obtain better deals from the cruise industry, adding: “We give up too easily.”

BTC suffers $30m blow from Dorian

The Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) has been dealt a $30m blow by Hurricane Dorian with network repairs set to last into 2020, it was revealed last night.

Internet policy 'zero' hits Bahamas ranking

A ‘zero’ score for ‘public policy and strategic vision’ has dropped the Bahamas to a mid-table ranking in the Inter-American Development Bank’s (IDB) newly-launched broadband Internet penetration rankings for Latin America and the Caribbean.

BTC's privatisation 'a colossal failure'

The Bahamas Telecommunications Company’s (BTC) privatisation “has been a colossal failure”, a union leader blasted yesterday, adding: “Aliv’s eating our lunch with ease.”Dino Rolle, the Bahamas Communications and Public Officers Union’s (BCPOU) presi

Contractors ‘lulled into abnormal’ Baha Mar pay

Contractors and suppliers working on the $3.5 billion Baha Mar project were “lulled into accepting abnormal payment practices”, an international construction company head saying: “I’ve never seen anything like it.”

Rebuilding will cost ‘tens of millions’

IT WILL cost “tens of millions of dollars” to restore and rebuild the infrastructure on the southern and central Bahamas islands that were completely devastated by the passage of Hurricane Joaquin, according to Prime Minister Perry Christie.

Union remains unhapppy with BTC staff salaries after layoffs

The industrial agreement recently signed between the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) and its line staff union "favours" those identified by the company for voluntary separation employee packages and not those who remain with the company, a senior union official told The Tribune yesterday.

Mitchell to Sarkis: Conform or leave

FOREIGN Affairs and Immigration Minister Fred Mitchell yesterday continued his public recrimination of Baha Mar CEO Sarkis Izmirlian, saying an invitation should be extended to the developer “to consider making the appropriate steps to live elsewhere” if he cannot conform with the expected conduct of “economic guests.”

'Blatant attack on unionism'

THE Bahamas Communication and Public Managers Union is calling on the Bahamas Telecommunications Company to reinstate the union’s vice president after she was terminated from her job at the phone company “without cause.”

Boxers are ready for the big dance

THE visiting boxers competing on the All-Bahamian professional boxing card tonight at the Kendal GL Isaacs Gymnasium are not just excited to be here but are eager to put on a show for the Bahamian fans.

Melia site set for $500m outlay on 600-room hotel

The Prime Minister yesterday revealed that Baha Mar’s owner plans to invest up to $500m in developing a new 600-room resort on the site of the old Melia Nassau Beach hotel.

YOUR SAY: The Chinese strategy- economic colonisation

ON MANY occasions Hubert Alexander Ingraham stated publicly that Mr Sarkis Izmirlian would never get financing for Baha Mar. He was wrong. He was wrong, because when it comes to high risk, bound to fail ventures there is always a l

Atlantis heads for Somewhere Else

Atlantis yesterday unveiled a partnership that will see part of the iconic property, the Beach Towers, rebranded under a different name for the first time in its 27-year history.

BTC HQ’s sale likely to complete in 2022

The Bahamas Telecommunications Company’s (BTC) long-time JFK Drive headquarters will likely be sold this year, it was revealed yesterday, as the carrier seeks to enter the data centre market.

Real estate sales show two-tiered market continues

Real estate sales data for the 2019 first half continues to show a two-tiered market, as the lower and middle class segment continues to struggle while the upper end surges. An analysis of Multiple Listing System (MLS) data by real estate firm, Enge

'Imperfect' Grand Lucayan rescue needs top operator

A Freeport hotelier believes the Government’s Grand Lucayan ‘rescue plan’ can work provided it does not interfere in management and operations.Magnus Alnebeck, Pelican Bay’s managing director, told Tribune Business that the Minnis administration’s pr

Davis backing BPL as blackouts go on

DESPITE three island-wide blackouts and frequent supply disruptions in the past few days, Deputy Prime Minister Phillip Brave Davis has said he has “no regrets” handing over the day-to-day operations of the former Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) to PowerSecure.

Transformation of Christie

HURRICANE Matthew, fortunately, is now a part of the Bahamian folk lore and history.

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