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MICHELLE MILLER MOTIVATIONAL: What do you want for your life?

As a life coach and therapist, the greatest struggle I find that many clients bring to their session is not having an answer to the question of what they want for their life.

Pledge to end long gaps in Junkanoo parade

JUNKANOO officials yesterday pledged to eliminate the long interval between group performances that spoiled the last parades, promising a “seamless presentation” for spectators.

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Shipping company signs deal for $100m port

THE Mediterranean Shipping Company yesterday committed to the construction of a $100m private island cruise port, set to get underway at Sandy Cay in early 2016.

ART OF GRAPHIX: Font choices can be heavy lifting

Imagine hauling around heavy boxes of metal type, a different set for every typeface, and having to assemble your text letter in order to design a document. That seems a world away from our point-and-click, instant world of digital design.

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Businessman doubts minimum wage hike will impact unemployment

LEADING businessman Dionisio D'Aguilar yesterday said he remained unconvinced that the government's 40 per cent minimum wage hike, while politically popular, will have much impact on the status quo of anemic economic growth and stark unemployment.

Paying tribute to Errol Cartwright

It was in 1989 and I was just elected Secretary General of the Free National Movement when the MP for Inagua and Mayaguana, Vernon Symonette, asked me to conduct the election of Association officers in Inagua and Mayaguana.

Mitchell’s statement beneath the dignity of a minister

The recent pronouncements by Fred Mitchell, Minister of Immigration and Foreign Affairs, firstly, in a session of the United Nations Security Council on small island developing states (SIDS) held in New Zealand and then at an Emancipation Day observance in Fox Hill were both attempts to deflect the public’s attention away from the fact that the PLP has failed the Bahamian people once again and has put thousands of jobs in jeopardy.

IAN FERGUSON: Psyche tests give competitive edge

Business owners all agree that Russian roulette is not the game we play when selecting, recruiting, developing and retaining our employees.

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Defending the Golden Baton

The defending champions United States hosted their first practice session in the original Thomas A Robinson Stadium yesterday, as they began their quest to capture the golden baton for a second consecutive year.

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‘Miller should be fired for his poor performance at BEC’

FORMER Immigration Minister Loftus Roker yesterday said Bahamas Electricity Chairman Executive Chairman Leslie Miller should be fired from his position for doing a poor job leading the corporation.

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Sheniqua ‘Q’ Ferguson doesn’t advance to semi-final of 200m

BEIJING, China — Sheniqua ‘Q’ Ferguson was hoping to make her return to the Bird’s Nest a spectacular one.

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Davis backs BEC staff over Miller

DEPUTY Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis yesterday said he is “satisfied” that last weekend’s island-wide blackout “did not occur as a result of negligence by employees” at the Bahamas Electricity Corporation, contradicting earlier statements from BEC’s Executive Chairman Leslie Miller.

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Justin Roberts helps Bulls book their 1st trip to NCAA Sweet 16

IT’S been a phenomenal experience so far for rising tennis star Justin Roberts as he makes his transition from the junior circuit to the collegiate level. On Saturday, Roberts pulled off one of his biggest accomplishments in his freshman year for No. 18 ranked Universiry of South Florida as the Bulls booked their first trip to the NCAA Division I Men’s Tennis Championship Round of Sweet 16 with a 4-0 victory over host Virginia Tech at the Burrows-Burleson Tennis Center.

Ocean Club: Gibson talking about us

The One & Only Ocean Club yesterday effectively confirmed it is the Paradise Island resort identified as the one which may lay-off some employees, but promised: “Any changes will be minimal.”

'Long Island needs some serious help'

Long Island will be the site of the seventh and latest Business Outlook when the one-day forum is held at Clarence Town’s Community Centre on November 12.

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Mitchell: Legislation to be tabled this week on new immigration policy

THE government plans to table legislation on its new immigration policy when the parliament resumes this week, according to Foreign Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell.

Is Urban Renewal 2.0 relevant?

The original concept of Urban Renewal 2.0 was and still remains a good one in that the primary objective is to improve, cosmetically, one community at a time. While this is a good concept, however, we must ask ourselves whether or not it is still relevant.

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Man accused of murder is cleared

THE question of who was behind the late-night fatal shooting of Aaron Hepburn in The Grove remains unanswered following the acquittal of his accused killer in the Supreme Court yesterday.

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Fashionable and fierce

FRIENDS and entrepreneurs, Audra Bain and Kotora Johnson, merged their local businesses for a day to host a Fashionable and Fierce Party at Luciano’s of Chicago on Sunday.

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Deputy PM satisfied with Wells being fired

WORKS Minister Philip “Brave” Davis yesterday said he was satisfied with the decision to fire his former Parliamentary Secretary Renward Wells over the multi-million dollar letter of intent controversy.