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'Metamorphosis' to halt 2.4% regional stopover share fall

The Bahamian tourism industry is undergoing “a metamorphosis” that will start to reverse the 2.4 percentage point decline it has suffered to its share of Caribbean stopover visitors since 2007.

Baha Mar contractor wanted ‘four times’ more funds than due

Baha Mar yesterday accused its Chinese construction partner of demanding financial compensation that was more than four times’ greater than the sum verified by its financier’s project monitor.

PUT NATIONAL INTEREST 'IN FACE' OF ATLANTIS PARTIES

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor The Government has been urged to publish a "broad Bahamian policy" on Atlantis, a former finance minister urging it to put this nation's interests "in the face" of the parties starting to fight over the resort's o

Save ‘dying Freeport’ via tax regime repeal

Freeport’s new ‘tax breaks’ regime must be repealed to save a city that “is dying and on its last legs”, a prominent QC urged yesterday.

Baha Mar opening 'more than a dream come true'

PRIME Minister Perry Christie is adamant that the long awaited opening of Baha Mar’s first phase yesterday is not a “mirage” or an “ostentatious effort of misleading and misrepresenting”, branding it the most significant economic development event to ever occur in the country and the Caribbean region.

Extending BTC monopoly will 'harm Bahamians'

Extending the Bahamas Telecommunications Company’s (BTC) cellular monopoly will “be harmful to the Bahamian economy and the Bahamian people”, a former Cabinet Minister warned yesterday.

BISX: Majority of stocks don’t move more than 5%

The Bahamas International Securities Exchange (BISX) has “consistently” found evidence to support its method for calculating share prices, with most companies’ stocks never moving more than 5 per cent from the previous day’s close.

Resort’s reputation has been tarnished - Symonette

FORMER Deputy Prime Minister Brent Symonette yesterday questioned the effort being given to revive the international perception of Baha Mar subsequent to the resort’s bankruptcy ordeal.

A COMIC'S VIEW: ‘Cat Fight for Charity’ steals the headlines from crime

AFTER a short, sweet and hot holiday season, I found myself sitting in front of my laptop wondering what I would write about this week.

Baha Mar troubles ‘threaten recession’

The FNM’s deputy leader yesterday warned that Baha Mar’s ongoing woes threaten to throw the Bahamas back into a recession, and said: “It is the day we feared.”

Residents: A lot of Rubis talk but no action

POLITICAL uproar over the 2012 Rubis underground gasoline leak in Marathon has yet to produce tangible results for the community, according to several residents who alleged that homes in the area are still using private well water.

Is it really all about sovereignty?

Kindly allow me to make a few comments in your valued paper on what I term the “Baha Mar Fiasco.”

Miller backs resort and tells union to ‘carry their ass’

TALL Pines MP Leslie Miller yesterday railed against the tactics of the Bahamas Maintenance and Allied Workers Union, saying the BHMAWU “held a gun to the head” of Sandals Royal Bahamian Resort executives and is now reaping what it has sown with the “unfortunate” job losses of more than 600 resort employees.

You could save a life - be on watch for suicide risk

AFTER two suspected suicides in two days, health officials are calling for the public to be on the look out for the signs of suicidal behaviour in an effort to prevent future incidents.

Short-term rental activity rises 35%

A Bahamian realtor yesterday said activity in the short-term rental market had increased by 35 per cent during the 2012 third quarter when compared to the first half, telling Tribune Business this market could be “more lucrative” than its long-term counterpart.