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Minnis backs Sands’ surgery
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis praised Health Minister Dr Duane Sands as an “exemplary public servant” yesterday, in response to criticism levelled at him for voluntarily performing surgeries while working in government.
Super Value ends staff ‘sex’ benefit
SUPER VALUE President Rupert Roberts said yesterday the company will discontinue covering enhanced maternity expenses of its employees because an increase in staff pregnancies is affecting the company’s medical fund at a time when there has also been a significant increase in catastrophic care expenses.
Consumers 'disgruntled' on plastic bag transition
Super Value’s principal yesterday admitted “there are disgruntled customers” over the 25 cent per plastic bag charge, adding that the transition had “not been accepted as I had hoped”. Rupert Roberts, pictured, told Tribune Business: “I would say tha
A bridge too far
THE bridge connecting Spanish Wells and Russell Island collapsed yesterday affecting water supply and travel between the two islands.
NHI chief 'puzzled' by insurers' stance
The National Health Insurance Authority’s (NHIA) chairman yesterday said he is “puzzled” by the insurance industry’s call for the scheme to set out a “long-term framework” and strategic plan. Dr Robin Roberts told Tribune Business this had already b
Two-year-old girl in critical condition after she was shot while being held in her grandmother's arms
A FAMILY is desperately appealing for blood donations for a two-year-old girl left in critical condition after she was shot by gunmen in Eleuthera on Saturday night. A relative has identified the child as Da’Nyla Roberts. According to police, offic
Top Abaco food store to re-open with 40% of staff
Abaco’s main supermarket will re-open “within two weeks” with just over 40 percent of its pre-Dorian staff, as one of its principals said: “I’ve never seen devastation like that in my life.”Rupert Roberts, the Super Value chief, told Tribune Business
EDITORIAL: FNM must coax the country back to fiscal health
OBVIOUSLY many PLP leaders have still not grasped the message Bahamians sent them on May 10. Having suffered the worst defeat of any political party in the history of this country, these arrogant politicians still seem to be tone deaf.
EDITORIAL: FNM must coax the country back to fiscal health
OBVIOUSLY many PLP leaders have still not grasped the message Bahamians sent them on May 10. Having suffered the worst defeat of any political party in the history of this country, these arrogant politicians still seem to be tone deaf.
Physicians urged: ‘Target 2o% of $2bn health care spend’
Physicians were yesterday urged to “take over the industry of medicine” and target 20 per cent of the $2 billion spent annually by Bahamians on health care.
Super Value chief calls for pricing, exemption clarity
Super Value’s owner yesterday urged the Government to publish its list of Value-Added Tax (VAT) ‘exempt’ items, and called for prices to be confined to store shelves - not the products.
‘Deplorable’ clinic and a failing infrastructure on Spanish Wells
UNREST in the community of Spanish Wells, Eleuthera is at an all-time high, according to the island’s Chief Councillor Robert Roberts who said conditions there have deteriorated to a degree never before seen by residents.
Police help themselves
I read the business page of today’s Tribune, and particularly refer to Mr Rupert Roberts’ report on the Super Value crime situation, and the poor attitude of our police force.
‘i’ve experienced the wrath of God coming through Acklins’
IT seemed as if no one was immune to the destruction that Hurricane Joaquin left behind in Acklins and the residents are more than grateful to the support they are getting from the rest of the Bahamas.
Money’s tight - so more using stamps
FALLOUT from the COVID-19 pandemic has caused people to tighten their purse strings, Super Value President Rupert Roberts has said, while noting “more and more” shoppers have been relying on the store’s food stamps to shop.
Super Value chief: Abandon all exemptions for 10% VAT
Super Value’s principal yesterday argued that a ten percent VAT could achieve the government’s fiscal goals if it abandons its multiple tax exemptions.Rupert Roberts, pictured, told Tribune Business that the Minnis administration should “claw back” t
Super Value's 'crazy panic buying figures'
Super Value’s principal yesterday revealed that COVID-19 panic buying had produced “crazy figures” with sales at some stores having increased by as much as 147 percent. Rupert Roberts, the supermarket chain’s president, told Tribune Business that wh
Roberts: Has Minnis got an energy reform plan?
PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party Chairman Bradley Roberts questioned whether Free National Movement Leader Dr Hubert Minnis has a sustainable energy reform plan for the country, saying with three weeks until the 2017 general election, the FNM is unable to offer viable alternatives to the “firm and solid” foundation already established by the government.
Former Scotiabank staff guilty of $1.3M theft
TWO former Scotia Bank employees, accused of stealing $1.3 million from the bank’s Nicholl’s Town branch in 2008, were convicted by a unanimous jury verdict yesterday.
Roberts, Evans lead the way at swim nationals
JOSHUA Roberts erased five records and Joanna Evans picked up two to help Swift Swimming retain their title, while turning in some of the more impressive performances at the Bahamas Swimming Federation’s 2013 RBC National Swimming Championships at the Betty Kelly Kenning National Swim Complex over the weekend.