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SPORTING MISCHIEF AND MAYHEM: LA Clippers will never be more relevant than Lakers
Only one team really matters in LA in the NBA. I’ve sat by patiently for the last three years taking my blows - hard and soft - as my Los Angeles Lakers are mired in rebuilding no man’s land.
Death, masculinity and bullying
By Dr Ian Bethell-Bennett
FNM struggle to fund convention
THE Free National Movement is said to be struggling to find the hundreds of thousands of dollars needed to host next month’s convention as a debate has erupted over who is responsible for finding the funds.
Atlantis to open its doors on July 7
Hotel workers yesterday voiced optimism that Atlantis's planned July 7 re-opening represents "real progress" towards a full-on tourism rebound almost three months after the industry's near-total shutdown.
Time to pay for our lunch
Milton Friedman was a Nobel prize winning economist famous for repeating a truism of life: there ain’t no such thing as a free lunch.
Developer: 'Millions on the line' through VAT structure alter
A prominent Bahamian developer yesterday warned “millions of dollars are on the line” through budget tax changes that make it “impossible” for real estate projects to claim back VAT.Jason Kinsale, president of Aristo Development, told Tribune Busines
Landfill manager ‘well armed and ready to go’
The New Providence landfill’s new operator yesterday said it is “well armed with funding and ready to go” as it takes over the site’s management for the first time today.
Baha Mar targets just 25% occupancy rate
Baha Mar is targeting just a 25 per cent average occupancy rate for 2017, the Minister of Tourism revealed yesterday, amid questions about the Government’s $9 million “equity contribution” to the project.
'VAT effect will beat Baha Mar'
A prominent businessman yesterday warned that “the VAT effect will outweigh the Baha Mar effect” in 2014, adding that next year will “have been a failure” if unemployment remains close to 16 per cent.
PM is urged: ‘Flex muscles’ for Sarkis
The Prime Minister was yesterday said to have performed a “180 degree u-turn” in his relationship with Sarkis Izmirlian, amid calls for him to “flex his muscles” in support of the original developer’s latest Baha Mar proposal.
The dead zone: Going nowhere on East Bay Street
Do these quotes reflect the current state of eastern Bay Street? Yes, but it so happens that they are more than 10 years old, taken from the Bahamas Business edition dated January 9, 2006. There is no better example of the huge volume of hot air, and little practical effort, that has been spent on redeveloping the decaying, moribund Bay Street blocks stretching east from East Street.
Arawak port targets 10-20% profits rise
The Nassau Container Port’s operator yesterday said its 2020 profits could beat the prior year by as much as 10-20 percent following a stronger-than-anticipated first half. Dion Bethell, Arawak Port Development Company’s (APD) president and chief fi
YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: Back to school . . . back to the drawing board?
It is high time that we recognise that The Bahamas’ school system is antediluvian and in desperate need of restructuring. We must focus on entirely revamping our almost defunct educational system. Once again, after another year of national exams, it is clear that a legion of Bahamian students has yet again failed with flying colours.
CCA: WE SHOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF BAHAMAS – Contractor reached out for help to son of top govt advisor
Baha Mar's main contractor asked the son of Perry Christie's top policy adviser to intervene when his father proposed changing The Pointe's Heads of Agreement over how many Bahamian construction workers would be employed.
Baha Mar bidders barred from talking to Sarkis and CCA
Bidders seeking to acquire the $3.5 billion Baha Mar project have been banned from speaking to Sarkis Izmirlian, his former executives and the project’s main contractor.
‘Complete disaster’ for 2,026 Baha Mar workers
The Government’s Baha Mar ‘liquidation strategy’ was yesterday branded “a complete disaster” by a former Board director, after the Supreme Court authorised the termination of 2,026 employees.
Public Accounts to probe Ruffin tax row
Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) will next week launch a probe to “get to the bottom” of the controversy surrounding whether hotelier Philip Ruffin still owes the Government a multi-million dollar sum in unpaid casino taxes.
DIANE PHILLIPS: Sean Connery reaches landmark age
An irresistible ladies’ man but with family at his heart
The first time I met Sean Connery he knew exactly who I was, much to my shock. I was flattered. That was before he lashed into me, transforming me into an ant looking for a rock to crawl under. His unmistakable deep-throated baritone mixed with Scottish brogue came barrelling at me to let me know I had made a mistake in something I wrote.
Port's cargo volume 10% above forecast
By NEIL HARTNELLThe Arawak Cay Port’s container throughput volumes are “about 10 per cent” ahead of forecasts for the first half of its 2013 financial year, making tariff cuts a distinct possibility with a further Baha Mar-related boost expected by March.
Extra $16.7m may have saved 600 Baha Mar staff
Up to 600 Baha Mar jobs could have been saved had the project’s joint provisional liquidators secured $16 million in additional funding, Tribune Business can reveal.