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Bahamas stopover visitors up 4.9%
Total stopover visitors to the Bahamas grew by 4.9 per cent year-over-year in 2014, with senior Baha Mar officials yesterday pledging a further “significant increase” in this growth rate once the $3.5 billion project opens.
Barracudas come out on top in Spring Invitational
THE Dolphin Swim Club held its Spring Invitational over the weekend at the Betty Kelly Kenning Swim Complex.
How Bahamians’ taxes are mismanaged
WHILE in Beijing, China, last month to attend the first meeting of the Community of Latin America and Caribbean State Forum, Prime Minister Christie announced plans to request funds from China to refinance and restructure the Bahamas’ debt.
Battle for Bimini begins
AFTER a competitive regular season, the New Providence Basketball Association is gearing up for the post-season as the teams vie for a chance to compete in the Bahamas Basketball Federation’s national round robin in Bimini in April.
Masked gunmen rob Winton Super Value store
MASKED gunmen robbed the Super Value store in Winton on Friday night and escaped with a small amount of money from the cash registers.
Buyers and sellers in the health marketplace
The demand for health care is limitless but funding for it is not. And any scheme has to balance essential needs with what is desired. In the last of a series of articles this week Dr Robin Roberts highlights the critical issues in the formulation of a National Health Insurance scheme for The Bahamas.
YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: Time to reform selection process for QCs
THE entire selection process for Queen’s Counsel (QC) should be fundamentally reformed. As it stands, the process is jaundiced, seemingly involves much political chicanery and not in the public’s interest. It has to become an independent, more transparent undertaking.
The medical bill: Paying for National Health Care
The issues surrounding the introduction and implementation of a National Health Insurance scheme in The Bahamas – scheduled for January 2016 – are complex and emotive. In the third of a series of articles this week Dr Robin Roberts looks at the challenges in generating the revenue to meet the exorbitant costs of the plan.
Government waits for council suggestion on minimum wage
THE government is awaiting a recommendation from the National Tripartite Council on what the country’s new minimum wage should be, Labour Minister Shane Gibson said yesterday.
Wreckers, Cybots win double header
THE New Providence Basketball Association continued its regular season action on Tuesday night at the AF Adderley Gymnasium with the Y-Care Wreckers and the Mail Boat Cybots winning the double header.
Designing a national health care initiative for Bahamians
Dr Robin Roberts continues his examination of the complex and emotive issues surrounding the impending introduction of a National Health Insurance scheme. In the second part of a series this week he looks at which system might suit The Bahamas best against the background of political, economic and cultural realities.
Lawyer ordered to continue representing man in appeal
THE Court of Appeal yesterday ordered a lawyer on record for a man convicted of attempted murder to appear for the substantive appeal hearing in a month’s time.
Britenique Harrison makes her mark at the Tigers
BAHAMIAN Britenique ‘Brit or Big Baby’ Harrison is making a name for herself as a member of the Benedict College Tigers women’s basketball team.
A National Health Insurance plan for The Bahamas
Health care is essential, a fundamental right, good - and extremely expensive. With the latest National Health Insurance scheme set for implementation at the start of next year, Dr Robin Roberts sets out what is at stake and urges Bahamians - the people who matter most - to engage in the debate and make their views known.
AID blames VAT for 41% drop in sales growth rate
A leading retailer is blaming Value-Added Tax (VAT) for a 41 per cent drop in the sales growth rate at its Nassau stores, while calling on the Government to extend ‘exclusive’ pricing beyond hotels and dine-in restaurants.
Barracudas win invitational meet
THE Barracuda Swim Club won their Atlantic Medical Barracuda Invitational meet over the weekend at the Betty Kelly Kenning Swim Complex.
Taxi union blasts political interference for delays
THE president of the Public Services Driver’s Union (PSDU) yesterday suggested that “political interference” remains the cause for delays surrounding the modernisation of the taxi industry.
THE FINISH LINE - Chris Brown Invitational: ‘Something doesn’t add up’
IT’S not how you start, nor how you get there, but more importantly, it’s how you finish. The Finish Line, a weekly column, seeks to invoke commentary on the state of affairs of the local sports scene, highlighting the highs and the lows, the thrills and the spills and the successes and failures as we transgress from one week to the next.
Davis slams Baha Mar amid ongoing road costs dispute
DEPUTY Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis yesterday criticised Baha Mar executives saying they have not been co-operative in the continuing dispute over more than $19m for the construction of the West Bay Street diversion and Corridor-7 road projects.
Farewell to the man who kept the lights on
ABACO’s lighthouse “lifeline” Everette Roberts died last weekend after a long battle with illness.