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Out Island resorts 10% above Christmas 2019

Family Island resorts are “expecting” business for the November-December period to be 10 percent above 2019 levels, an industry executive saying: “The needle is moving in the right direction.”

New Ginn bid targets ‘wonder of the world’

A new contender to acquire the former Ginn sur mer project is aiming to construct a 28-storey “iconic tower” modelled on Alexandria’s ancient lighthouse as its focal point if the deal proceeds.

Island House adds Michelin chef for restaurant relaunch

THE Island House resort has brought in a Michelin star chef to kick off the re-opening of its Mahogany House restaurant under a different name.

Island House says fully booked to end-January

THE Island House is fully booked for the Christmas season and into the New Year as it moves to re-open its Mahogany House restaurant together with a new cocktail bar.

We owe Grand Bahama an apology for neglect

The island of Grand Bahama has the potential to play a pivotal role in the social and economic development of The Bahamas. For the past few years, governments have laid out their plans to ensure that Grand Bahama rebounds, yet none has achieved a measurable improvement for the island.

Retailer’s $10m spend creates up to 70 job

A Bahamian retailer yesterday said its $10m eastern New Providence investment, which has created 60-70 jobs, attracted more consumer traffic than expected during Saturday’s opening.

New US COVID testing creates ‘added wrinkle’

THE US has created “an added wrinkle” to already-cumbersome COVID travel protocols with the measure that all returning citizens be tested within the 24 hours before their flight departs.

Follow Barbados’ shining light

The following is an open letter to Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis.

Stingrays win senior boys’ division of Island Luck Cares high school basketball tournament

AFTER almost two years since they won the prestigious Hugh Campbell Basketball Classic, the Sunland Lutheran Stingrays returned to action over the weekend by winning the senior boys’ division of the Island Luck Cares Foundation High School Basketball Tournament.

Extended vaccine doses for immunocompromised begin Monday

THE Ministry of Health and Wellness has announced that effective Monday, extended dose appointments (not boosters), will be available in New Providence to those that are immunocompromised.

DIANE PHILLIPS: Art in public places, lifting spirits and boosting revenue, bank on it

THERE’S a new reason to smile while driving along Eastern Road. It’s a painting of a young woman with eyes like giant saucers, glowing cheeks and silken skin, a face of innocence amid a swirl of bubbles.

Oscar the COVID canine detective

MAN’s best friend can possibly be a four-legged COVID-19 test sniffing for the virus. This ability has already been unleashed at the Miami International Airport and a Miami Heat game—now a local canine detection company hopes to bring the practice to The Bahamas.

Tourism relief: Biden doesn’t kill Christmas

The Bahamian tourism industry yesterday voiced relief that the US chose not to impose harsher COVID border restrictions that would have undermined the peak Christmas/New Year season.

Bahamas’ $35m airport funding IDB’s worst loan

A Cabinet minister yesterday revealed that the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has branded $35m provided to The Bahamas as its “worst performing loan in the region”.

‘Sacrifices’: Bahamians drag feet on retirement

Too many Bahamians face having “to make sacrifices” because they wait too long to build-up sufficient savings to finance their retirement, a local banker warned yesterday.

‘Glaring’ Dorian non-compliance drives Building Code overhaul

The Government is pressing forward with upgrades to the Bahamas Building Code after “glaring” non-compliance was found to have worsened Hurricane Dorian’s devastation, it was revealed.

The swearing in of Michael Pintard

Marco City MP Michael Pintard is now leader of the Free National Movement (FNM), Her Majesty’s official Opposition. Over the past 29 years, the FNM has been elected to government four times. The FNM, in my opinion, carries as much political weight as the governing Progressive Liberal Party (PLP). Consequently, the swearing in of Pintard as FNM leader should be considered headline news by the Bahamian media fraternity. But it would appear that Eyewitness News Bahamas does not see it that way.

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