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Sunwing demands $9m GB airport upgrades
SUNWING Travel Group is demanding a $9 million upgrade to bring Grand Bahama International Airport up to its standards, Tribune Business can reveal, before it launches services to the island this fall.
US will not tolerate online gaming
ALTHOUGH the future of a web shop industry for the Bahamas remains locked in the bosom of the courts, we suggest to Tourism Minister Obie Wilchcombe that he should not depend too heavily on American tourists becoming involved in the game of the dice. One look at what’s happening between the US and the twin island nation of Antigua and Barbuda should cool Mr Wilchcombe’s ardour about getting Americans involved.
Treasure salvaging can 'wipe out national debt'
The Bahamas could “wipe out its national debt” if it moves to permit wreck/treasure salvaging and exploration, Tribune Business was told yesterday, one executive estimating $6 million could be instantly injected into the economy if pending licence applications were approved.
THE ART OF GRAPHIX: Design passion into your work
Interacting with students and young designers has always been a rewarding endeavour for me. I often receive plenty feedback from potential designers and college students seeking advice regarding design careers. This unquestionably is a positive step in the right direction.
Students make the grade at Thanksgiving Awards
INDEFINITE suspensions will be eradicated in public schools, according to Director of Education Lionel Sands.
Bahamas 'can't survive with 1.8-2.5% growth'
The Bahamas cannot tax its way out of its economic malaise, a top QC has warned, adding that this nation “will not survive with growth rates of 1.8-2.5 per cent”.
Artist Spotlight: Kim Welcome
A FUSION of contemporary jazz, soul and pop, with just a touch of Goombay, characterises the style of the Bahamian songstress known as “Kim Welcome”.
Treasure salvage licence hopes are 'wrecked'
A senior government official yesterday seemingly ‘wrecked’ salvagers’ hopes for speedy licence approvals, revealing that a moratorium remained in effect and suggesting their motives did not necessarily align with the Bahamas’ national interests.
Caribbean rivals 'would love us to implement VAT'
The Bahamas’ Caribbean rivals “would love us to implement Value-Added Tax (VAT”, a Tax Coalition co-chair believes, because any increase in costs further undermines this nation’s ‘US proximity’ advantage.
The virtue of full circle economics
The article today is not sales related as in selling a product or service, but how buying locally vs. foreign affects ALL of us.
Super Value chief: $200 minimum wage acceptable
Super Value’s owner yesterday said he could accept a 33 per cent increase in the weekly minimum wage to $200, agreeing that “nobody can live” on the existing $150 per week.
Miller hits back at 'psycho' critics
EMBATTLED Bahamas Electricity Corporation Executive Chairman Leslie Miller yesterday defended himself and his family against “vicious” online attacks from “psychos” while seeking to reassure Bahamians that mechanisms will be established to prevent repeats of last week’s island-wide power outage.
Bran: No ‘overnight’ solution at Baha Mar
The Baha Mar resort’s opening will likely come “months and months” after a new purchaser has stepped in, the Democratic National Alliance’s (DNA) leader believes, as again criticised the Christie administration for having placed all its economic “eggs in one basket”.
Sniping about Minnis
I could only shake my head in wonder at today’s headline – “FNM divided over Minnis.”
UPDATED: Jet Blue plane lands safely after landing gear malfunction
A JetBlue plane made an emergency landing on the main runway at the Lynden Pindling International Airport on Friday due to a gear malfunction, the Department of Civil Aviation said.
Christie: If Obie wants to lead, he’ll have to beat me
PRIME Minister Perry Christie said yesterday that if Tourism Minister Obie Wilchcombe wants to lead the Progressive Liberal Party, then he would have to beat him in an election at a party convention.
Union ‘not worried’ about jobs
BAHAMAS Electrical Workers Union President Paul Maynard said yesterday he is “not worried” about possible layoffs as officials seek to reorganise staff under the operations of the new Bahamas Power & Light Company Ltd.
PLP controversy is ‘modus operandi’
REVEREND C B Moss, executive director of Bahamas Against Crime, criticised the PLP this week and questioned if recent controversial comments from party members Wayne Munroe and Leslie Miller are becoming the “modus operandi” of the organisation.
5,000 illegal migrants repatriated in 2015, says minister of immigration
MORE than 5,000 illegal immigrants were repatriated to their homeland in 2015, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration Fred Mitchell said Thursday, adding that the Department of Immigration is bracing for an even tougher year in 2016.
Minnis not the man to unite FNM
The Bahamas finds itself in a bit of a quandary. On one hand, there is a government that is so clueless that it has wreaked havoc on every foundational pillar of this civilised society and patted themselves on the back while doing so. Additionally, it seems that they have even more creative ways of increasing their destructive influence on this nation.