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DeMarco: ‘We like our team’

Despite the challenges the programme has faced to this point, Chris Demarco remains optimistic on his official debut as head coach of the senior men’s national team at the FIBA level.

New operating theatre for Rand

A new fully-equipped modular operating theatre donated to the Rand Memorial Hospital by Direct Relief (DR) was officially turned over to the Ministry of Health on Wednesday.

Declining exam results labelled 'unsustainable' for GDP growth

A governance reformer yesterday warned the Ministry of Education not to lose sight of the fact this year's BGCSE exam results "create an unsustainable scenario" that will undermine GDP growth.

'Deck now stacked against' Bahamian tourism's rebound

The hotel union's president has voiced alarm that "the deck's being stacked against" the revival of the Bahamian tourism industry and wider economy by travel restrictions imposed in its major markets.

Deputy PM: FNM representing interests of ‘Bay Street Boys’

DEPUTY Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis last night cautioned voters to be wary of voting for the Free National Movement (FNM), claiming that former Deputy Prime Minister Brent Symonette’s return to frontline politics is proof that the party is representing the interests of the “Bay Street Boys” as opposed to “ordinary people”.

Tourism to dominate ‘my generation and the next’

Tourism will be the dominant driver of Bahamian jobs and GDP “for mine and the next generation”, a senior Baha Mar executive predicted yesterday, with international forecasts potentially under-estimating the project’s jobs impact.

Tripartite Council breached own Act

The National Tripartite Council may have breached its own founding Act by failing to get “unanimous” agreement on the controversial labour law reforms before submitting its recommendations to the Government, Tribune Business was told yesterday.

Tributes paid to retiring PHA Managing Director Herbert Brown

FORMER Managing Director of the Public Hospitals Authority Herbert Brown is a “visionary leader” who made health care development a “priority” during his near 50 year career in the public health care system, Health Minister Dr Duane Sands has said.Sp

Uncertainty if Baha Mar completion target struck

Neither Baha Mar nor its main contractor were last night able to confirm whether Sunday’s ‘substantial completion’ target for the $4.2 billion project had been met.Robert Sands, Baha Mar’s senior vice-president of government and external affairs, tol

Bahamian retailers ‘priced beyond competitiveness’

THE Government has “priced Bahamian retailers” beyond their competition, an industry player yesterday warning this was also boosting tax evasion and the informal economy.

EDITORIAL: Prime Minister Minnis takes a wise first step

WE CONGRATULATE Prime Minister Hubert Minnis for making public finances the first item of business. Unless he gets the country’s finances under control and knows exactly the position of the Public Treasury, his government will find it difficult to move forward with plans for the many projects needed to increase employment.

INSIGHT: Debunking Baha Mar’s false narrative

Eyes were raised when Sarkis Izmirlian attended the new Prime Minister’s swearing in. Malcolm J Strachan says it might not have been what it seemed . . .

Bahamas can’t afford ‘another five years’ of secretive governance

The Bahamas cannot afford “another five-year cycle” of unaccountable government spending, a governance reformer warned yesterday, arguing that a Fiscal Responsibility Act should have “preceded” Value-Added Tax (VAT).

Govt told: Stop ‘nickel and dime-ing’ taxpayers

The Bahamas was yesterday urged to abolish Business Licence fees and cease “nickel and dime-ing” taxpayers through streamlining numerous “little middling” levies.

Using your global positioning system

“Whatever you do , you need courage, whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Gunman kills at least 17 people at Florida high school

PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — A former student opened fire at a Florida high school Wednesday, killing at least 17 people and sending scores of students fleeing into the streets in the nation's deadliest school shooting since a gunman attacked an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut.

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