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BFSB elects new Board to confront challenge

The Bahamas Financial Services Board (BFSB) has elected its Board of Directors for 2014-2016, as the industry confronts opportunity as well as challenges.

Film industry generates $5m boost for Bahamas

THE Bahamas generated $5 million in revenue from the 247 film and TV-related projects attracted to this nation last year, the Ministry of Tourism revealed yesterday.Its Bahamas Film and Television Commission said these projects included The Bahamas L

The Bahamas at the forefront of investment summit

THE Bahamas will be front-and-centre at the Brazil Investment Summit 2013 (BIS) which takes place April 17-18 in Sao Paulo.

Bahamas looks to make a return to the World Baseball Challenge

WITH scores of Bahamian baseball talent flourishing at the high, collegiate and professional level, the Bahamas will look to make its return to the international baseball arena this summer. The Bahamas is one of five teams confirmed thus far for the World Baseball Challenge, to be hosted in Prince George, British Colombia, Canada, August 14-23.

Govt paid workers $9,375 a month to monitor talk shows

MINISTER of State for Grand Bahama Kwasi Thompson yesterday claimed that the former Christie administration spent nearly $250,000 on two contracts for marketing and public relations for the Ministry of Grand Bahama in the lead-up to the general election and said he in “unable to find a record of what was done” in relation to one of the contracts.

Flying visit's focus on Freeport

The Vertical Department team of The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism and Aviation (MOTA) recently led a group of 40 people comprising private pilots, flying ambassadors, fixed based operators (FB0) and aviation media professionals to Freeport, Grand Baham

Bahamas: 90% of diving sector withstood Dorian

The Bahamas delivered the message that 90 percent of its dive industry remains operational post-Dorian when the Ministry of Tourism and private firms attended the sector’s largest trade show.

Chinese leaders send congratulatory independence messages to Bahamas

TO MARK the occasion of the 40th anniversary of independence, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Premier Li Keqiang and Foreign Minister Wang Yi all sent messages of congratulations to their counterparts – Governor General Sir Arthur Foulkes, Prime Minister Perry Christie and Foreign Minister Fred Mitchell.

Referendum opponent withdraws call for debate

THE group Think, Bahamas! has withdrawn its invitation to the YES Bahamas campaign for a public debate on the four Constitutional Amendment Bills in protest over the government’s “abuse” of public funds to finance a “yes” vote and refusal to equally fund opposing campaigns.

PM says FNM support saved tourism in Grand Bahama

PM says FNM support saved tourism in Grand Bahama By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net FREEPORT - Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham said Grand Bahama's tourism industry would have collapsed in 2010 without the support of t

Chamber reactivates 'Restore Bahamas'

The Bahamas Chamber of Commerce yesterday unveiled the relaunch of its “Restore Bahamas” initiative to help small businesses rebound from Hurricane Dorian’s devastation.The private sector organisation said it was reviving the effort conceived in 2015

Seminars to assist Grand Bahama residents following hurricane

A series of post-crisis seminars, jointly sponsored by the Ministry for Grand Bahama, the Grand Bahama Port Authority and the Grand Bahama Chamber of Commerce, will be held in Grand Bahama on Thursday and Friday to assist residents with their restoration efforts, both personally and professionally.

Rebuild Bahamas spent $573,000 after Joaquin

REBUILD Bahamas spent $573,926 helping to reconstruct or restock businesses in five islands and re-float fishing vessels in the southern Bahamas devastated by Hurricane Joaquin.

Handbook is essential guide to The Bahamas

THE Bahamas’ first megastar, a high-priced lawyer who donates his expertise to human rights and environmental causes and how the Cold War of the 1970s helped to grow The Bahamas’ financial services sector are just some of the stories in the 2016 Bahamas Handbook which arrived in bookstores last week.

BFSB elects officers for 2012-2014 period

The Bahamas Financial Services Board’s (BFSB) directors yesterday elected officers for the 2012-2014 period. They are:

Grand Bahama Amateur Athletic Association 'energised'

FREEPORT, Grand Bahama - Grand Bahama Amateur Athletic Association, under the auspices of the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations, is energised and ready for the BTC Senior Nationals Track & Field Championships June 21-22 at the Grand Bahama Sports Complex.

Chief WTO negotiatorto 'fight' for retailers

GRAND Bahama has not been able to realise its full potential because potential exporters have no market access protection, the Bahamas’ lead World Trade Organisation (WTO) negotiator said yesterday.Raymond Winder, during a presentation at a ‘State of

Undersized Bahamas ‘manhandled’ by Argentina, 74-53

Before they left, the Bahamas Basketball Federation knew that if there was one disadvantage for their national boys’ team, it was their size.

‘I don’t want the players to rest on their laurels’

BAHAMAS Softball Federation’s outgoing president Burkett Dorsett, who was re-elected as president of the English Caribbean Amateur Softball Confederation, said the Bahamas men’s triumph as the Leon ‘Apache’ Knowles champions in the four-day ECASC tournament was a spark in the right direction.

The countdown is on for Grand Bahama launch

THE countdown is on for the start of Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival next weekend in Freeport.

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