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Cable pushes US fast track on 'substantial break-up fee'

Cable Bahamas is seeking ‘fast track’ approval for one of its US acquisitions by December 15, Tribune Business can reveal, on the grounds that it would be exposed to “a substantial financial loss” if the deal failed to close by that date.

YOUR SAY: Opposition leader’s statement on the 2,000 Baha Mar layoffs

IT is with deep grief and concern for my fellow Bahamians that I received the news of the layoffs of 2,000 Bahamian men and women as a result of the winding up of the Baha Mar resort.

Bahamas may be ‘failed state within 10 years’

The Bahamas risks becoming “a failed state in less than 10 years” because around 70 per cent of its population “will be challenged” to obtain well-paying jobs due to educational under-achievement.

Tourism fury over fly fishing ‘tsunami’

A furious tourism industry is uniting to oppose the new Fly Fishing law and regulations, fearing it will cost the Bahamas millions of dollars and “further erode the competitive position” of the sector.

Baha Mar is going to be the PLP’s political undoing

“THERE’S no doubt that people on the international stage are looking at what’s happening, and looking at how the government is responding to it, and how the developer is responding,” Deputy Prime Minister Brave Davis told The Tribune yesterday in commenting on the Baha Mar dispute.

Whose side is government on - Bahamians or a Chinese company?

LAST Wednesday, Attorney General Alison Maynard-Gibson, government’s lead negotiator in attempts to have the stalled Baha Mar resort completed for opening, invited those who do not think the government “has been working in the best interests of the Bahamian people… to put their glasses on”. Those who do not see government’s valiant attempts “are deliberately trying to mischaracterise what the government is doing,” she said.

Happy birthday, Mr Christie

Happy 72nd birthday. You are energetic as ever, bouncing around The Bahamas and world at one hell of a pace. You still look good. You must, as it’s disconcerting to me when young, attractive women ask me who is the older of the two of us. If Bernie sees even half of that energy, you are a bigger hero in the eyes of your two younger brothers.

An Out Island administrator should not suffer for Minister's mis-step

“MR SPEAKER, the constitutional system under which our country is governed is in my view a good one which can guarantee that good governments can govern uninterruptedly and successfully. But to do so requires complete dedication to and observance of the legalism of our Constitution, the laws of the land and the conventions and spirit of the Constitution by which the men who govern must be guided.…

China State now jeopardising the Bahamas’ future

A STATEMENT made by the Chinese Embassy in Nassau in January 2011, brushed off America’s growing concerns — revealed in cables released by WikiLeaks – that developments such as Baha Mar would “leave The Bahamas indebted to Chinese interests for years to come”.

China's downtown plans 'won't limit' Bahamians

By NEIL HARTNELL

The Fort Charlotte view on local MP Andre Rollins

FORT Charlotte MP Dr Andre Rollins has made numerous headlines over the last few months due to his adversarial stance against government policies as well as his fiery confrontations in the House of Assembly with some senior members of the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP).

Atlantic Crown: The gymnasts 'did an excellent job'

GRAND Bahama Gym turned in the best performance by the local teams and the Lakewood Ranch Gym led the way for the visiting teams that competed in the 2014 Atlantic Crown that concluded at the Atlantis resort on Paradise Island on Sunday.

ART OF GRAPHIX: The blessings from your design career

The name ‘deketaDesigns’ is synonymous with versatility and style, and Tonika Cox, a young entrepreneur and graphic designer, is starting to make a name for herself in this industry. While browsing online and looking for new trends, she offers to share a few tips regarding her career.

Nassau dubbed one of world's 'unfriendliest' cities

AFTER a leading international travel website dubbed Nassau one of the world’s “unfriendliest” cities, Tourism Minister Obie Wilchcombe yesterday said the Bahamas is “a friendly nation” but agreed that “much more work” needs to be done with regards to the tourism process.

A COMIC'S VIEW: Reconciliation in the air over Baha Mar

THEY say time heals all wounds. I guess when billions of dollars and thousands of jobs are on the line those wounds heal faster than others.

Team Bahamas reflects on historic CISC title

Three years ago, the Bahamas Swim Federation won the Carifta Swimming Championships for the first time and successfully defended it in 2015 before losing it to Guadeloupe this year.

$7m project combines key PI tourism assets

A veteran hotelier is planning to invest $7 million in recombining two key Paradise Island tourism assets, in a venture that will create at least 30-40 new jobs.

FACE TO FACE: Following a path that is still evolving

WHEN Deidre Moss graduated from the College of the Bahamas with an Associates Degree in Journalism and Mass Communication back in 2007, she dreamed of making her mark in the media field and impacting lives.

Minnis blasts Commercial Enterprises Act’s repeal

An ex-prime minister yesterday branded the Government’s plans to repeal the Commercial Enterprises Act as “a mistake” since it is designed to improve Immigration efficiency and “attract businesses we don’t have”.

STATESIDE: Biden’s age, inflation and immigration record to be tested

POLITICIANS are quite comfortable lobbing verbal grenades at an incumbent president of the opposing party, and the current crop of Republican office holders and job seekers is no different. In the steady, numbing drumbeat of GOP criticisms of Joe Biden and his administration, the loudest seems to be about his age.

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