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Unions warn members to ‘get ready for battle’ over nolle prosequi issue

WITH the full support of all of their respective affiliates, the country’s two umbrella unions yesterday warned their members to “get ready for battle” over Attorney General Allyson Maynard-Gibson’s decision to stop criminal proceedings brought by union officials against Sandals Royal Bahamian and two of its senior executives.

Baha Mar contractor ramps up to 400 staff

Baha Mar’s receivers yesterday said around 400 personnel from the project’s main contractor were on-site at Cable Beach, with efforts to restructure the project under new ownership likely to “bear fruit” soon.

No price tag yet for hurricane repairs despite hundreds of contracts lined up

WITH repair efforts related to Hurricane Matthew expected to extend into 2017, government officials are still unable to give an official price tag for the efforts, despite “hundreds” of contracts about to be signed and a large number nearing completion.

US warned: "Hands off our beaches!"

A LOCAL environmentalist has said he will be the first to stop any tractor attempting to remove sand from this country to aid Florida beaches from erosion, as he called on government officials to condemn international news reports that the US has received approval to study bringing Bahamian sand to their beaches.

PLP senator seeks to run in Central Grand Bahama seat

PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party Senator Julian Russell has offered himself again as a candidate for Central Grand Bahama in the upcoming general election.

Multi-million bidding war erupts for Hilton

A bidding war has erupted for downtown Nassau’s British Colonial Hilton resort, with at least two rival groups - one said to have Bahamian involvement - emerging to challenge the $74 million offer submitted by a multi-billion New York asset manager.

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Exumians want to 'own tools' in island's 'transformation'

Exumians want “to be more than employees” in the numerous multi-million dollar investment projects than can “transform” the island’s economy.

QC: Don’t reward $35m Nygard ‘law breaking’

The Government was yesterday urged not to reward two decades of alleged law-breaking by approving Peter Nygard’s new development applications, a well-known QC suggesting he had seized land worth $35 million without permission.

‘Embrace new era’ with investor citizen plan

The Bahamas has been urged to “embrace a new era in financial services” by launching an Investor Citizen programme, a leading accountant describing this as essential if the country is to remain a “player” in the industry.

Allen denies acting for $600m waste plant

Urban Renewal’s co-chair yesterday denied that himself or his law firm were representing Stellar Energy over its controversial $600 million-plus waste-to-energy plant, despite the company’s website listing them as its attorneys.

Just 10-15% of Bahamian fraud cases prosecuted

A Bahamian fraud investigator yesterday said just 10-15 percent of such cases are subjected to extensive probes and prosecution in this nation due to corporate victims fearing their reputations will be damaged.

Realtor urges 'total rethink' of investor approval process

A prominent realtor has urged the Government to “completely rethink” the approval process for foreign real estate purchases, suggesting it had contributed to remote Family Islands becoming “economic wastelands”.John Christie, H. G. Christie Ltd’s chi

EDITORIAL: Watchdog needed for $150m loan

ALTHOUGH the cost of hurricane damage by Matthew is estimated at $600m, Prime Minister Christie’s administration has negotiated a $150m loan with the banks to get reconstruction started. Mr Christie specified that the condition of the loan was “that the funds would be exclusively used for the reconstruction effort”.

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