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Visitor arrivals match 2019 record in first nine months
Total visitor arrivals for the first nine months of 2023 have equalled pre-COVID’s 2019 full-year record of 7.2m, it was revealed yesterday, with hotel room rates almost 60 percent higher.
2,000 people fed at Island Luck Cares Foundation event
MORE than 2,000 people were fed through a food drive organised by The Island Luck Cares Foundation yesterday at Windsor Park.
Airport staff to take strike action today
AIRPORT operations in both New Providence and the Family Islands could be seriously impacted today, as Bahamas Airport Authority workers intend to take industrial action, The Tribune was told.
US to freeze PI ‘Raider’s’ $21m
US regulators have moved to freeze three Bahamian bank accounts owned by the Paradise Island “Raider” as they bid to seize $21.1m in “ill-gotten gains” generated by a $100m multinational securities fraud ring.
Klay Thompson, Kyrie Irving expected at Jeff Rodgers' camp
One of the Bahamas' most popular and longest running summer basketball camps will celebrate its silver jubilee anniversary this year,
GB wants the govt ‘boot off our neck’
How should Bahamians think about the Prime Minister’s announcement that his government will take out a $200m (or is it $400m?) loan from our former colonial masters to build a new airport for Grand Bahama? Is the Davis administration really the knight in shining armor that will ride in and deliver our poor suffering island from all its woes?
Fears Treasure Cay will ‘die on the vine’
Treasure Cay residents yesterday voiced fears that the island will “die on the vine” unless the uncertainty surrounding the long-pending sale of its resort is urgently resolved so the economy can kick-start.
Sweeting speaks out over Eleuthera water problems
Member of Parliament for Central and South Eleuthera Clay Sweeting said the disruption of water supply on the island is “unacceptable and extremely frustrating” - and that he has expressed his “disappointment” to colleagues.
Don't cry for Argentina
By Sir Ronald Sanders THE national and regional interests of Commonwealth Caribbean countries would hardly be served by backing Argentina in its long-running dispute with Britain over the Falkland Islands. An Associated Press report of a meeting of some
Don't cry for Argentina
By Sir Ronald Sanders THE national and regional interests of Commonwealth Caribbean countries would hardly be served by backing Argentina in its long-running dispute with Britain over the Falkland Islands. An Associated Press report of a meeting of some
Don't cry for Argentina
By Sir Ronald Sanders THE national and regional interests of Commonwealth Caribbean countries would hardly be served by backing Argentina in its long-running dispute with Britain over the Falkland Islands. An Associated Press report of a meeting of some
Commonwealth membership is not just a reliable association and support, it’s family
BRITISH Foreign Secretary, and Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
Tourist and locals brawl in Guana Cay, Abaco
A FIGHT involving second homeowners and Bahamians outside a bar on Guana Cay, Abaco, has highlighted the community’s lack of law enforcement officers.
Bahamians told: Invest into ‘big scale tourism’
More Bahamians must “invest in tourism big-scale”, the deputy prime minister is urging, challenging why this is not occurring given how “bullish” the country is on the industry.
FNM deputy challenge to private cruise port model
The FNM’s deputy leader yesterday challenged the Bahamas’ private island cruise port development model, arguing that those located on remote cays would generate “limited” benefits for Bahamians.
Another two COVID deaths and 70 new cases confirmed
COVID-19 cases in the country climbed to 8,909 after 70 new cases and two more virus-related deaths were recorded between Friday and Saturday, with Grand Bahama accounting for most new infections.
‘Why can restaurants open but the Fish Fry stays closed?’
FISH Fry vendors in Exuma are calling on the competent authority to allow them to resume operations, saying it’s “unfair” that other restaurant operators on the island have been given the greenlight to reopen while their businesses remain closed.
Union wants plan on school reopening
BAHAMAS Union of Teachers is again calling on education officials to release a clear plan on new school health and safety procedures that will allow for a safe return to the classrooms on islands that are still practising virtual learning.
Activist urges ban on new cruise line private islands
A Bahamian environmental activist yesterday called for "a ban" on any further cruise line private islands in this nation, and demanded that the industry "clean up its act". Sa
‘Adapt as banks shut their doors’
WHILE the government is “concerned” by the latest consolidation announcement from the Royal Bank of Canada, Deputy Prime Minister Peter Turnquest suggested these situations are inevitable with the constant evolution of technology, which requires less “brick and mortar locations and bodies”.