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Legal fight begins over controversial Briland investment
Opponents of a controversial Harbour Island project have seen the Supreme Court reject their bid to include the local council as a respondent in the battle to overturn its permits and approvals.Justice Diane Stewart ruled on Monday that local hotelie
‘We must do better for medical care in Family Islands’
AFTER a relative of a traffic fatality victim from Long Island complained about the level of care he received, Health and Wellness Minister Dr Michael Darville said he thinks “we must find a better way for emergency medical services” on the Family Islands.
CIBC places dual currency ABM in Marina Village
CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank (Bahamas) has installed a dual currency Automatic Banking Machine (ABM) in the Atlantis Marina Village on Paradise Island.
South Bahamas hotels are 'suffering like hell'
RESORT properties in the southern Bahamas are “suffering like hell”, the Bahamas Out Island Promotion Board’s (BOIPB) director warned yesterday, crediting their struggles to the lack of airlift.When asked about the performance of Out Island propertie
Man accused of killing wife in Long Island cutlass attack
A 61-year-old Long Island man was arraigned in a Magistrate’s Court yesterday in connection with a cutlass attack on that island last week that left his wife dead and her mother in serious condition in hospital.
Tourism launches its mobile planning app
The Ministry of Tourism and Aviation has launched a mobile app, pictured, to help visitors with planning a visit to The Bahamas.In a statement, it said the app’s key features include downloadable island guides; flight charter request processing; and
Book engine ‘revamp’ boost for Out Islands
A senior Ministry of Tourism official said yesterday that the Family Islands will soon benefit from greater visibility and visitor access, given that it has “revamped” its Bahamas.com booking engine to introduce domestic airlines into the global distribution system (GDS).
$10M SHARE OFFER ON OUT ISLAND TOUR
ARAWAK Port Development (APD) executives are taking the company's $10 million share offering to the Family Islands, it was confirmed yesterday. APD executives and placement advisors for the initial public offering (IPO) will begin a series of investor me
Court: Race ‘sabotage’ worker’s firing justified
The Island School’s former chief administrator, who was fired for bad-mouthing her employer as “a racist and sexist organisation that was willfully breaking” Immigration laws, has had her termination upheld by the Supreme Court.
$250m project to make Bimini 'The Hamptons of the Bahamas'
THE Bimini Bay Resort's developers yesterday said they were aiming to transform Bimini into "The Hamptons of the Bahamas" via their next $250 million development phase, a project that could potentially generate several hundred full-time jobs for Bahamians.
Harbour Island developers looking forward to 'untangling the red tape'
A HARBOUR Island development company yesterday said a judge’s order for it to stay construction until it gets the requisite approvals from the relevant authority was just an issue of “red tape.”
Top attorneys, developer defeat fraud allegations
Three leading attorneys and a top property developer have seen the Court of Appeal back a verdict that threw out fraud claims made against them by rival real estate moguls, Tribune Business can reveal.
Cat Island committee gets $35,000 gov grant for 59th annual regatta
ALTHOUGH it’s considered just a “drop in the bucket,” the Cat Island Regatta committee received a grant of $35,000 from the Bahamas Government for their 59th annual regatta to be held at the regatta site in the “cultural capital of the Bahamas” in New Bight, Cat Island, over the Emancipation holiday weekend.
Carnival’s private island plan to up arrivals 48%
The $80m expansion of a cruise line’s private island will create 200 construction jobs, and an extra 80 full-time posts, through growing annual visitor arrivals by 48 percent compared to pre-COVID volumes.
Abaco set for first phase of vaccination programme
THE government’s COVID-19 vaccination programme will officially begin on Abaco tomorrow.
Vaccinations begin in Harbour Island
WITH vaccinations set to begin on Harbour Island today, one community official says they are expecting a good turnout from residents due to the recent uptick of positive cases recorded over the last few weeks.
Bahamian bank selected for $140m airport funding
A Bahamas-based investment bank has been selected to arrange up to $140m in financing that will fund multiple airport infrastructure upgrades throughout the Family Islands.
Scotiabank: 93% of transactions at closing sites digital
Scotiabank (Bahamas) top executive yesterday said 93 percent of transactions at the five branches it plans to close are now being conducted over self-service or digital banking channels.
‘Why are they still closed?’: Islanders angry at lack of answers on keeping them shut
RESIDENTS in Family Islands without COVID-19 have criticised the government’s decision for not allowing Exuma, Eleuthera and San Salvador to resume commercial activities, saying it’s unfair that some islands without cases are given certain freedoms, while others are not.
FREE TESTS START IN INAGUA TODAY: Minister warns of COVID clusters on Family Islands
AFTER the announcement that free COVID-19 testing will be piloted on Family Islands most at risk for spread of the virus, Health and Wellness Minister Dr Michael Darville said the programme is anticipated to start in Great Inagua today.