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Breezes chief: Baha Mar price fears 'a distraction'

SuperClubs Breezes’ owner yesterday branded concerns over Baha Mar’s rate discounting as “a distraction”, warning: “We’ll all go hungry if we don’t expand airlift.”John Issa told Tribune Business that the Nassau/Paradise Island resort industry “can’t

Reformer says 'it's not a one pill cure'

The Bahamas will take “at least a decade” to escape its fiscal crisis, a governance reformer warning: “It’s not a one pill cure”.

EDITORIAL: Don’t talk down the economy, says Fred Mitchell

FRED MITCHELL, former Foreign Affairs/Immigration Minister, now a member of the Senate, is already tired of Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis “talking down” the economy. However, Mr Mitchell failed to suggest what part of the economy after his government’s dismal five years administration could honestly be “talked up”.

Insurers in corporate governance concern

The Bahamas Insurance Association (BIA) yesterday called for the industry’s governing law to be changed because it makes no provision for the independent chairman named by the Minnis administration.The BIA said it backed the appointment of an indepen

Minister admits Baha Mar room discounts 'slightly worrisome'

The Minister of Tourism yesterday admitted the steep promotional discounts being offered by Baha Mar were “slightly worrisome”, and asserted: “We definitely don’t want a price war.”Dionisio D’Aguilar, acknowledging the concerns of the $4.2 billion pr

Sandals chief: Bahamas 'can't afford' discount war

Sandals Royal Bahamian’s top executive yesterday revealed that the all-inclusive chain shares Atlantis’s Baha Mar fears, arguing that the Bahamas “can’t afford” a rate discounting war.Gary Williams, the resort’s general manager, told Tribune Business

Govt urged: Cut spending to level before recession

The Government was yesterday urged to focus on cutting spending to pre-recession levels, with the Prime Minister’s plan for a 10 per cent across-the-board spending slash hailed as “a good first step”.Gowon Bowe, the Bahamas Institute of Chartered Acc

EDITORIAL: ‘Brave’ Davis predicts 2022 win for PLP

FORMER Deputy Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis, now leader of a four-member Opposition in the new House of Assembly, is confident that given time his party will return to lead the country.

Royal Bahamian boost from Antigua closure

Sandals Royal Bahamian yesterday said the temporary closure of the all-inclusive chain’s Antigua property had steered more business to the Cable Beach-based resort, with the “biggest impact” expected in early December.Gary Williams, Sandals Royal Bah

Public board appointees named

THE government has finally released its list of appointments to public boards and committees, with several Free National Movement (FNM) backbenchers and former FNM members of Parliament getting top posts.The listing, which was obtained by The Tribune

FNM ‘spiteful’ to civil servants over politics

PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party (PLP) Chairman Bradley Roberts has accused the Minnis administration of being spiteful towards civil servants based on perceived political affiliation.

EDITORIAL: Cleophas Adderley achieved his grandfather’s dreams

FIFTY-SEVEN years ago, Christ Church Cathedral was filled with Bahamians from all walks of life —among them the leading citizens of the town — to pay tribute to a humble tailor considered by many to be the wisest man in town.

Roberts calls for residents to take to the streets in protest

CHAIRMAN of the Progressive Liberal Party Bradley Roberts has called on residents to take to the streets and demonstrate against the Minnis administration. Repeating the PLP’s refrain of “witch hunts” being conducted against members of the PLP, Mr

Mitchell's bid for leadership

THE Progressive Liberal Party will be holding a convention this year in order to elect a substantive leader, deputy leader and chairman.

Labour director sees outsource dispute rise

The Director of Labour says employee outsourcing by Bahamian companies has provoked a number of disputes, particularly in the financial services and hotel industries.“There have been a number of matters from trade unions that had a small pocket of th

GB Chamber of Commerce partners up to clean up dumping areas

The Grand Bahama Chamber of Commerce partnered with businesses, local government and a contractor to clean up three areas that have been used for dumping in east Grand Bahama.Rudy Sawyer, operator of Blue Green Outdoors, a nature-based company offeri

Roberts blames slow government for work being halted at The Pointe

PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party Chairman Bradley Roberts blasted the Minnis administration yesterday, saying “the pot is boiling over” as Bahamians become increasingly frustrated with the time he thinks is being wasted by the government as he blamed this i

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

FNM rejects 'hiding in the shadows' over nation's bills

THE FREE National Movement yesterday issued a scathing rebuke of the former Progressive Liberal Party administration as it rejected culpability for the recent downgrade threat by Moody’s credit rating agency.

CEO switch sparks BTC job fears

THE departure of Leon Williams as CEO of the Bahamas Telecommunications Company has reignited fears of staff cuts, according to Bahamas Communications and Public Officers Union President Bernard Evans as he branded the parent company, Cable & Wireless Communications, as “unstable” and devoid of any regard for BTC’s employees.

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