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‘Cheap menu offerings’: PI residents join Wendy’s fight
Paradise Island resorts and residents are arguing that “cheap menu offerings do not convey” the correct brand image as they unite to oppose Wendy’s bid to obtain planning approvals for its new restaurant.
INSIGHT: Lessons learned from Irma
WHILE the Bahamas was largely spared the widespread disaster and damage that the now historic category five Hurricane Irma was capable of, people of the Southern Bahamas – namely Ragged Island and Acklins – are left with the heavy burden of putting their lives back together. This is an enormous task for these families – one they are surely facing with some trepidation.
60th Annual Cat Island Regatta all set to begin today in New Bight
KALIK, the beer of the Bahamas, is the proud sponsor of the 60th Annual Cat Island Regatta.
Adrian Gibson says roads in Long Island are in ‘unacceptable’ shape
THE state of the roads in Long Island has been criticised by the local Member of Parliament, Adrian Gibson, who declared: “Enough is enough!”
Cat Island is suffering
Cat Island is so beautiful, but it has a good reason to sing “O Lord We Got Do Right In" - you see the people of Cat Island had made you honourable for the past 21 years please tell us what have you done for us lately or in the past 21 years?
'Culture of vote buying in Cat Island' claim
A CULTURE of vote buying has made campaigning difficult in Cat Island, according to one candidate.
Most Eleuthera firms suffer 90% drop-off
Eleuthera’s private sector yesterday called for an 18-24 month construction sector tax break package after the national lockdown caused a “greater than 90 percent” drop-off for most businesses.Thomas Sands, president of the island’s Chamber of Commer
Govt in talks over hotel and condominium complex in Berry Islands
PRIME Minister Perry Christie on Friday led a delegation of government ministers and advisers to Great Harbour Cay in the Berry Islands yesterday, announcing that his administration is closing in on several major initiatives, including a hotel and condominium complex.
VIRUS SPREADING IN YOUNG PEOPLE: Govt lockdowns begin in outbreak islands as change seen in spread
NINE confirmed cases of COVID-19 in a single day on Andros and a COVID-19 positivity rate of 58 percent in Cat Island helped push the government to implement a two-week lockdown of those islands which began at 8pm yesterday.
Private island's manager bakes trail for Bahamians
The Bahamian manager of Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines’ CocoCay private island is celebrating 15 years with the company, having ascended to its top onshore position in this nation.Ginea Wilson, who holds a master’s degree in hospitality management, ove
Long Island residents evacuated
HURRICANE Joaquin forced some residents in Long Island to evacuate their homes and seek refuge in storm shelters yesterday, while residents of Exuma said the slow moving storm left some roads impassable due to heavy flooding.
$11m in clinics for six patients per day
The Minister of Health yesterday pledged to “maximise value for the Bahamian public” after revealing the former administration’s planned $11 million investment in new Cat Island clinics would benefit just six patients per day.Dr Duane Sands told Trib
UPDATED: Crooked Island residents 'in survival mode' after hurricane
Three weeks after Hurricane Joaquin struck the southern Bahamas, Crooked Island residents have been voicing their concerns about living conditions and the health of those on the island.
Tropical Storm Kate heads for central and NW Bahamas
TROPICAL Storm Kate formed on Monday morning and is approaching the central Bahamas. A tropical storm warning is in effect for the central and northwestern Bahamas, including Grand Bahama, Abaco, Andros, Bimini, Berry Islands, New Providence, Eleuthera, The Exumas, Cat Island, Long Island, Rum Cay and San Salvador.
Cat Island urges: Do ‘due diligence’ on $60m resort
Cat Island business owners are urging the Government to conduct proper “due diligence” on a $60m resort project after its principal developer accepted US sanctions over his role in a $122m investment fraud.
RBC withdrawal to 'deepen hardship'
MPs and private sector executives from the two islands affected by Royal Bank of Canada’s (RBC) pull-out yesterday said this would only “deepen the hardship” for already-sluggish economies.Adrian Gibson, Long Island’s MP, told Tribune Business: “This
Long Island water upgrade eyed for 2018 first quarter
PUBLIC tendering for a long-awaited water supply improvement project for Long Island will begin this month, the island’s MP yesterday revealing work will begin in the 2018 first quarter.
Helping hurricane victims
EIGHT months after the devastating Hurricane Joaquin, Long Island’s community centres are being restored to full working order thanks to the support of the Sandals Foundation.
UPDATED: 20 more cases with two on Cat Island
TWENTY more COVID-19 cases were confirmed in The Bahamas yesterday as Cat Island registered its first two cases and Bimini saw an increase for the first time in more than a month. The country has now recorded 194 coronavirus cases.
Food kitchens are planned throughout Family Islands
AGRICULTURE, Marine Resources and Family Island Affairs Minister Clay Sweeting said his ministry is working with other government entities to promote national food sustainability and to introduce food kitchens throughout the Family Islands.