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Grand Bahama wary of budget as ‘political’ tool

WHILE Grand Bahamians welcome the significant concessions and benefits announced by Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis in his budget communication last week, some see it as a “political” tool to entice voters before the next election.

GB eyeing multi-million boost from two projects

A Cabinet minister yesterday hailed two multi-million dollar investment projects as providing a much-needed boost for Grand Bahama’s Dorian and COVID-19 ravaged economy.

Fighting fear of entrepreneurship: Bahamian businesswoman in California gives advice

WITH so many people out of work due to the pandemic and few jobs to come by, entrepreneurship is being seen as the way out of the economic ditch. Even those currently employed believe having their own venture to supplement the income they do have is necessary.

Smith finally gets to feel Vince Lombardi Trophy

His role as a player ended in 2015, but after playing on a number of different teams, he ended up back where he started in the National Football League as a professional scout with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Witness testifies he was part of group in robbery

VIRGIL Hall told the Supreme Court yesterday that he was one of four men who went to rob “a drug boy” of $2m at a house in Deadman’s Reef on the night of September 12, 2015.

Govt 'not resting on laurels' over GDP increases

The Deputy Prime Minister yesterday pledged that the Government “will not rest on our laurels” despite the improved fiscal ratios resulting from revised GDP growth figures.K P Turnquest told Tribune Business that the Minnis administration would not s

Budget to force price rise for healthy foods

Food stores will likely hike their non-breadbasket food prices due to the impact the new VAT exemptions will have on consumer behaviour, the Chamber of Commerce’s chairman is warning.Michael Maura told Tribune Business that the Budget effectively “in

$16bn boost through cruise port overhaul

A majority Bahamian consortium is predicting that its plans to transform Nassau’s cruise port will give the economy a $16bn boost spread over 30 years.Global Ports Holding, the international cruise port manager, in a July 16, 2018, proposal to the Go

‘Doctors put public at risk’

HEALTH officials are bracing for a potential nationwide demonstration involving frustrated junior doctors, according to Health Minister Dr Duane Sands.

Triumvirate

EDITOR, The Tribune. Now that Irma has passed through the country, we who are alive and above ground have much to be thankful for. Material damage can be corrected. Lives lost cannot be replaced. The Minnis Administration along with the Official Opp

Gender and its implications after the winds have died

Irma has gone for good, José is still ruminating somewhere out there in the Atlantic and we still have a number of weeks left in the Atlantic Hurricane Season of 2017. That does not mean that an out-of-season storm could not churn up unexpectedly, however. At the moment we’ve all got our eye on Tropical Storm Maria which may be heading the Bahamas way.

INSIGHT: Jobs for a generation - creating innovation in an age of rising unemployment

Four billion “new minds” will be connected to the world wide web in four to seven years. This means that every person on earth will have access to the world’s information in a split second and at near zero cost. So what?

‘Laying the staff off worst day of my life’

A major Bahamian hardware retailer's principal yesterday said it was "the worst decision I've had to make in my life" to temporarily lay-off nearly 70 staff in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Pension savers: Don't panic on negative returns

Bahamians were yesterday urged to “take the long-term view” and avoid knee-jerk reactions to the negative returns experienced by pension plans and other long-term savings as a result of COVID-19.Larry Gibson, vice-president of Colonial Pension Servic

PM pledges no approval for Andros 'non-starter'

The prime minister’s pledge that the government “will not grant” permission for a free trade zone in North Andros was yesterday hailed as “very encouraging” by the Bahamas National Trust’s (BNT) top executive. Eric Carey, the Trust’s executive direc

DIANE PHILLIPS: Welcome back, Tellis - now you have the toughest job of your life

Standards Inspector of Security Forces. It’s an impressive title and to the best of my knowledge had not been bestowed on anyone before July 1 when it was handed with all the layers it entails to the former Commander of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force, Tellis A Bethel.

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