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Gov’t told: Don’t approve CCA as Baha Mar buyer
The Government was yesterday urged not to approve any purchase of Baha Mar by China Construction America (CCA), amid fears this would “put too much of our tourism product in one basket”.
Adelaide developer: Don’t ‘drop bomb’ on our costs
A Bahamian businessman yesterday warned he and his partners might have to “shelve” a $63m New Providence project if “prohibitively expensive” changes and conditions were imposed after Wednesday’s planning consultation.
STATESIDE: Centre stage or a sideshow which is going to change nothing?
WERE you watching last week when the US House of Representatives January 6 select committee held the first of its several planned TV expositions of what they have found in the 18 months since a mob attacked the US capitol building and threatened to overrun the US Congress?
Water Corp chair warns: Restructuring is coming
The Water & Sewerage Corporation will likely follow other utilities in right-sizing its workforce through voluntary separations, its chairman revealing yesterday: “All options are on the table.”
Fears over Baha Mar infrastructure costs
Fears were raised last night that the Government’s Heads of Agreement with Baha Mar’s new owner may have exposed taxpayers to a multi-million dollar infrastructure bill, after it waived obligations imposed on the original developer.
Dozens of workers receive first vaccine dose at Atlantis
DOZENS of hotel workers received their first dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at the Atlantis resort on Friday.
Baha Mar’s 2021 revenues ‘40% less’ than pre-COVID
Baha Mar’s president yesterday said 2021 revenues are forecast to be “40 percent less” than pre-COVID levels as it prepares to recall 700 staff for the March 4 opening of its Rosewood and SLS hotels.
ALICIA WALLACE: How you can prepare for the arrival of VAT
VALUE Added Tax will be increased to twelve percent in a matter of days, and many of us are still trying to figure out how to make it work. Adjustments have to be made, some on a daily basis, but this does not mean we have to be uncomfortable. It mea
House dispute erupts over controversial water plant
A dispute erupted in the House of Assembly yesterday over a troubled New Providence wastewater treatment plant that the new administration is pledging to finish “in the shortest possible time”.
House dispute erupts over controversial water plant
A dispute erupted in the House of Assembly yesterday over a troubled New Providence wastewater treatment plant that the new administration is pledging to finish “in the shortest possible time”.
A COMIC'S VIEW: The Taxman Cometh
If Bahamians really want to understand what’s happening in our country, The Tribune’s Business Section is where the action is at. So I noticed, with great interest, an article in yesterday’s Tribune outlining how the Ministry of Tourism and the gover
Suggestion made about investigator
A JUDGE being “incompetent” and an investigator “sweethearting” with a woman residing at Yorkshire Drive were some of the suggestions the jury heard on the 33rd day of the Marco Archer murder trial yesterday.
PLP missed chance to apologise
EDITOR, The Tribune.
Insolvent adviser meets just 25% of $1m liability
An insolvent Bahamas-based investment advisor has been placed in Supreme Court-supervised liquidation due to its remaining cash balances covering less than 25 percent of its $1m-plus liabilities. Ed Rahming, the newly-appointed liquidator for Pacifi
PETER YOUNG: We can’t be held hostage to fear, waiting for a cure while the economy dies
If you mention The Bahamas to people in Britain, there is likely to be a positive reaction because the country is seen as a most desirable tourist destination. Such is the country’s fine reputation, it is no exaggeration to say the name itself seems to carry a certain aura. Last week, however, it hit the headlines for the wrong reasons.
Christie ‘will lead into next election’
PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party stalwart councillors and delegates expect that Prime Minister Perry Christie will not only emerge from November’s convention as party leader once again, but that he will lead the PLP into the next general election as well.
Baha Mar construction hits ‘stretching point’
Construction work on the $3.5 billion Baha Mar project has reached “the stretching point”, an outspoken businessman saying the main Chinese contractor simply “has to deliver” a completed development as rapidly as possible.
Meacher 'Pain' Major to square off with Brazilian Roger Rosa on December 5
AFTER a year of inactivity, Meacher ‘Pain’ Major is preparing to return to the boxing ring where he will take on the same opponent that he faced in his last appearance.
The gender equality referendum failed
As violence in our society explodes – three more have been murdered in less then 48 hours – it seems that we are content to allow people to be murdered based on their social standing.
INSIGHT: RCI deal on PI is approved - but concerns remain
THE news around the approval of the Royal Caribbean project on Paradise Island has been peculiar to say the least.