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Hotel work-to-rule ‘frenzy’ unwarranted
The hotel union’s president yesterday said he would act “in the best interests” of members and the industry, as the “work-to-rule” across New Providence resorts continues to Thursday.
Davis: PLP didn’t sign off Dillet project
WORK on the multi-million-dollar project to renovate the Stephen Dillet Primary School did not start under the former Christie administration, but in the first few months of the new Free National Movement (FNM) government, according to a tender report obtained by The Tribune.
EDITORIAL: A glimpse of a normal world - after a jab
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis dangled a carrot yesterday for those still reluctant to get their vaccinations. The world can start getting back to normal – if you’ve had your jab.
Tourism chief hails ‘long overdue’ $31m Airbnb tax increase
The Bahamas Hotel and Tourism Association’s (BHTA) president last night hailed the government’s bid to extract an extract $31m from the vacation rental market as “levelling the playing field”.
Bahamas must ‘get even better’ on CDC rankings
The Bahamas Hotel and Tourism Association’s (BHTA) president yesterday urged this nation to strive “to get even better” in US health travel advisories in the hope it will lead to further COVID-19 restriction easing.
Civil service expansion labelled ‘mind boggling’
A governance reformer says it is “mind boggling” that the government would abandon previous pledges to rein-in an oversized civil service by adding at least another 1,802 persons to its payroll.
Retailer: No price, supply chain relief till mid-2022
Bahamians were yesterday warned to brace for “across-the-board” price increases and stock shortages until mid-2022, as a prominent retailer warned: “The chickens have come home to roost.”
FINAL COUNTDOWN TO A NEW REALITY: D’Aguilar warns phased reopening must show we can meet July 1 targets
THE Bahamas’ tourism industry will begin a phased opening on June 15 when boaters, yachters and private pilots will be allowed into the country, the Ministry of Tourism announced yesterday.
‘Don’t fall into tax reform trap’
GOVERNANCE reformers yesterday warned Bahamians not to fall “into the tax reform trap” by failing to first tackle inefficiency, wasteful spending and corruption in a bloated government.
‘Blind’ driving attorney loses sanctions fight
A Supreme Court judge has refused to give an attorney “a second bite at the cherry” and appeal sanctions related to his management of a $30m estate on the basis he is “legally blind”.
Minister: PLP VAT plan will cost $100m
A Cabinet minister last night argued that the PLP’s one-year VAT rate cut will “destabilise the economy” and government finances by costing the Public Treasury $100m in revenue.
Council to seek consensus over COVID testing
The National Tripartite Council (NTC) will meet today to develop a common position on whether employees should be made to pay for COVID testing amid fears the issue will explode into heated legal battles.
Super Value: We won’t break law on COVID tests
Super Value’s newly-appointed president yesterday promised it will not make employees pay for weekly COVID-19 tests if this is deemed to violate the law.
Biden takes the helm as president: 'Democracy has prevailed'
WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden became the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday, declaring that "democracy has prevailed" as he took the helm of a deeply divided nation and inherited a confluence of crises arguably greater than any faced by his predecessors.
Canada in new ‘stumbling block’ for tourism’s revival
Canada's decision to halt all flights by its airlines to The Bahamas until April 30 was yesterday branded "another stumbling block along the road to recovery" for this nation's battered tourism industry.
Mingoes hit rivals for six
The University of The Bahamas Mingoes won six events at the 17th Star Performers Track and Field Classic over the weekend to open local competition.
Residents turn to social media to find loved ones
FRIENDS and family members took to social media in a desperate attempt to locate scores of loved ones from Abaco who were displaced in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian. Ever since the monster storm battered the northeastern island with its 180 mph
THE PRESS BOX: 5 Fantasy Football sleepers to help you win your Week One matchup
AS the NFL kicked off its 100th season last night, here are 5 Fantasy Football sleepers to help you win your week one matchup. QUARTERBACK Nick Foles - Jacksonville Jaguars The key for Foles is the Jaguars’ defence. If they can’t slow down the po
Baha Mar 'unsure what caused' halt in benefit payouts
A senior Baha Mar executive was last night "unsure what caused" the delay in resort employees receiving their unemployment benefit but said the situation had been resolved at one of its properties.
Governance reformer: DPM must ‘make call’ over claims
A governance reformer last night said the deputy prime minister will have to “make the call” with the Prime Minister as to whether the $27m “bogus loans” accusations will become too big a distraction.