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Tourism teams with pageant organisers

The Ministry of Tourism yesterday said it has teamed with a fitness pageant organiser to bring 300 contestants to The Bahamas for a four-day competition from August 7-10. In a statement, it described the WBFF Worlds Bahamas pageant as “the super bow

PwC raises $375k for hurricane relief

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Caribbean affiliates and US Charitable Foundation have donated a collective $375,000 to Hurricane Dorian disaster recovery efforts in The Bahamas.The partners and staff of PwC’s Caribbean affiliates in The Bahamas, Bermud

Firearms suspect held

A MAN who is suspected of trafficking firearms from the United States to The Bahamas since 2016 was apprehended by the Royal Bahamas Police Force yesterday.

Festival goers assess Bahamas' film potential

Attendees at this year’s Florida International Film Festival (FLIFF) On Location: Grand Bahama braved Hurricane Sandy, with the Bahamian stage of their event still considered a success.

A leading light of the Bahamas

SEAN McWeeney QC served as Attorney General of The Bahamas from January 1989 to August 1992. He also served as a Senator from 1985 to 1992 and as Leader of the Government in the Senate in the latter part of his parliamentary tenure.

Failure to pay school bills 'a disgrace'

BAHAMAS Union of Teachers President Belinda Wilson yesterday called the government’s failure to pay the electricity bills of public schools on Grand Bahama on time “a national disgrace”.

Bahamas will be well represented at Special Olympics World Games

SPECIAL Olympics Bahamas will be well represented at the Special Olympics World Games - the largest sports and humanitarian event held anywhere in the world in 2015 - scheduled for July 25 to August 2.

Bahamas open ECASC softball championship with two big wins

THE Bahamas pulled off their second consecutive victory in the English Caribbean Amateur Softball Confederation men’s championships on Friday at the Banker’s Field at the Balliou Hills Sporting Complex.

Ingraham pays respects to Sir Jack Hayward

FORMER Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham yesterday said he was “saddened” by the death of Sir Jack Hayward, honorary chairman and co-owner of the Grand Bahama Port Authority.

Shipyard: Just 39% of workers are Bahamian

The Government’s own advisers have warned that “noted deficiencies” in core and technical skills are impeding the hiring of Bahamians in Freeport, with less than four in 10 Grand Bahama Shipyard employees coming from this nation.

The Bahamas’ top two life insurers downgraded

The Bahamas must “take concrete steps” to reverse the trend of sovereign credit rating downgrades after the country’s two largest life and health insurers saw their own financial strength assessments slashed as a result.

Bahamas First cools over BISX listing

Bahamas First cools over BISX listing By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business First Bahamas First Holdings, the general insurance holding entity, has yet to take "a hard and fast decision" on whether to list its ordinary shares on the Bahamas International Se

FACE TO FACE: We don’t give these storms the respect they deserve

I had a chat about Hurricane Dorian with 29-year veteran meteorologist Wayne Neely, who has spent most of his professional life writing books with detailed accounts of hurricanes that have affected The Bahamas.

Water Corp slashes debt to main supplier by $2m

The Water & Sewerage Corporation reduced the debt owed to its main BISX-listed supplier by almost $2m during April 2020 despite suffering a 61 percent revenue decline for the same month.

Deltec creates ‘one of largest banks’ with Ansbacher deal

Deltec Bank & Trust last night said it will become “one of the largest international private banks in The Bahamas” with its acquisition of rival institution Ansbacher (Bahamas).

Bahamas exports drop 40% in 2020

Bahamian goods exports declined by 40 percent in 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been revealed, with those entering the US under trade preference regimes hitting a ten-year low.

EDITORIAL: Standard & Poor’s Christmas gift to The Bahamas

WHAT a gift to be dropped into The Bahamas’ Christmas stocking a mere five days before Christmas!

Mitchell in discussions during Washington trip

MINISTER of Foreign Affairs and Immigration, Fred Mitchell, recently spent two days in Washington, DC, participating in meetings at the US State Department and with Members of Congress who serve on committees with oversight on matters of special interest to the Bahamas and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).

Oil recovery plant in six fold expansion

A Freeport-based waste oil recovery plant is planning to increase its capacity six-fold.

1pm: HURRICANE JOAQUIN ALERT FROM THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY

ALERT #4 ON HURRICANE JOAQUIN ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY WEDNESDAY 30TH SEPTEMBER, 2015 AT NOON EDT.

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