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Manufacturer sees trade rise four-fold

A Bahamian manufacturer yesterday estimated that it had seen a four-fold increase in business in Hurricane Matthew’s aftermath, telling Tribune Business it was targeting the launch of a second location before year’s end.

BPL confirm they will fix damage to Clifton Pier plant

OFFICIALS from Bahamas Power and Light have confirmed plans to repair the external structure of the damaged smoke stacks at the company’s Clifton Pier plant.

Christian Counselling Centre to host fun run/walk

IN an effort to fund the cost of therapy services for persons who are unable to provide payment, the Christian Counselling Centre (CCC) will host its first competitive fun run/walk on April 22.

Bahamas Minister urgesCaribbean trade linkages

A Bahamian Cabinet minister called for more regional co-operation on trade during the final leg of JAMPRO’s Caribbean Market Mission in the Bahamas.Thirteen Jamaican companies promoted their products for export to the Bahamas on one of JAMPRO’s large

Tourism targets local sourcing boost to reduce dollar 'leakage'

The Bahamian tourism industry yesterday said it was vital to source more product locally if this nation is to slash the ‘leakage’ of 85 cents from every visitor dollar earnedThe Bahamas Hotel and Tourism Association (BHTA) said this objective is why

Ministers meet GB businesses, unions

The Minister of Labour met with several major businesses and trade union leaders last week during his first official visit to Grand Bahama.

Union demands clarity over BTC ownership

The trade union representing Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) line staff yesterday said it will resist industrial agreement changes if the company’s sale has not been fully approved.

Waterkeepers Bahamas dives into summer swim schemes

TWO swim programmes in Grand Bahama have received a welcome boost with donations from Waterkeepers Bahamas, the local licensee of the world’s largest and fastest-growing non-profit organisation solely focused on clean water.“We were pleased to show o

Minnis: Not enough details on Baha Mar negotiations

FREE National Movement (FNM) leader Dr Hubert Minnis said on Friday that the disclosure of the company negotiating with the government to acquire Baha Mar is too bare on details to satisfy the public’s right to information on the matter.

NPSA boss Henry Dean: ‘Truckers were no match for Hitmen’

WITH the crowning of its men’s champions on Saturday, the New Providence Softball Association brought down the curtain on the first-year presidency of Henry Dean.

Defence Force seizes two Dominican vessels

OFFICERS and marines of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force arrested two Dominican fishing vessels on the high seas last week, while several other vessels, believed also to be Dominican, escaped the Great Bahama Bank.

Reckless spending of the PLP

Your Tribune headline and editorial of today bear the final testament to the nearly five years of reckless and destructive PLP financial mismanagement.

Young and afraid of the future

I AM a thirty-year-old Bahamian female who returned to Nassau five years ago to practice law after qualifying as a Barrister in the United Kingdom.

Bowe named Caribbean Hotelier of the Year

BAHAMIAN hotelier Stuart Bowe was last night named the 2016 Caribbean Hotelier of the Year by the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA).

Deputy registrar denies being ‘a sissy or a punk’

DEPUTY Registrar Ron Pinder emphatically stressed his own heterosexuality as he defended a couple whom he married on the weekend against social media attacks after it was erroneously spread online that the two were lesbians.

Changing the dialogue between customer and client

An interactive Bahamian web-based services directory is aiming to ‘change the way Bahamians do business’, its chief executive told Tribune Business yesterday.Benjamin Fox, chief executive and operations manager of The Island Shopper said his company’

Investor citizenship stays off the table

The Minnis administration presently has no plans to look at implementing an investor citizenship programme, Immigration and Financial Services Minister Brent Symonette said yesterday. Mr Symonette, who also has ministerial responsibility for trade a

Govt defends reallocating $25,000 from a disabilities commission to an Obie Wilchcombe memorial

OFFICE of the Prime Minister director of communications Latrae Rahming yesterday defended the government’s decision to reallocate $25,000 from the National Commission for Persons with Disabilities to memorials at Baha Mar for the late Obie Wilchcombe.

$4M DEAL TO FIX ROADS

$4M DEAL TO FIX ROADS By KHRISNA VIRGIL kvirgil@tribunemedia.net THE government signed contracts worth almost $4 million for the repair of badly damaged roads in Andros and Harbour Island yesterday. Works, Transport, and Housing Minister Neko Grant trav

From politics to the pulpit

By ALESHA CADET Tribune Features Reporter For 25 consecutive years he served as member of parliament. He was elected in 1972 to sit in the House of Assembly for Central Eleuthera. Despite his many years in politics, Philip Michael Bethel said his real c

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