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Sort out parking at Goodman’s Bay

GOODMAN’S Bay a public open space guaranteed under Law to remain so BUT are the employees of the opened Wynn Cable Beach Hotel taking over the eastern parking area as theirs?

100 attend Baha Mar leadership initiative

ONE hundred Bahamians attended the opening of Baha Mar’s Leadership Development Institute (LDI), an independent, non-profit training initiative supported by the $2.6 billion Cable Beach developer.

Book launch for Bahamian icon to include international tributes

Bahamian icon Netica Symonette is hosting an official launch and book signing for “A Girl Called Nettie: A Memoir of Fate, Friendship and Love” on Friday at Casuarinas of Cable Beach. The book is a poignant but inspiring story of the life, trials and tribulations of Nettie, as she worked her way through the ranks of the hospitality industry.

Clubs and Societies 03312017

Cycling Club Bahamas. - The club would like to support the Kiwanis Club of Nassau on this Saturday’s ride (April 1st). We would like to meet at Harbour Bay at 5:15am and leave at 5:30am to congregate at Goodman’s Bay for a 6am start. We will start at Goodman’s Bay (6am) and complete our regular 40 mile ride and return to Goodman’s Bay to finish. The entry fee is $12. Please bring a completed form.

$150m investment targeted for BTC

CABLE & Wireless Communications (CWC) plans to invest $150 million in further building out the Bahamas Telecommunications Company’s (BTC) infrastructure over the next three years, its group chief executive said yesterday.

Chinese Ambassador speaks to the next generation of leaders

OPTIMISTIC about the status and future of relations between the People’s Republic of China and the Bahamas, Chinese Ambassador to the Bahamas Yuan Guisen gave a distinguished lecture recently to student leaders at The College of the Bahamas.

BEC restores power to 15 customers on Crooked Island

FIFTEEN customers on Crooked Island affected by Hurricane Joaquin have had their power supplies connected, a statement from the Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) said on Friday.

Happy Jewish New Year

ROSH Hashanah, a major date in the Jewish calendar, was marked in Nassau on Wednesday evening when Rabbi Sholom Bluming, the Bahamas’ first full time Rabbi, led a celebration at the Sandals Resort at Cable Beach.

Sandyport Hotel enjoys record occupancy

SANDYPORT Beaches Resort and Hotel is enjoying a record-breaking year, with weekend occupancy levels often at 100 per cent for the seaside and Sandyport Marina Village hotel.

PM meets with Chinese bankers over Baha Mar

THE shuttered $3.5bn mega resort on Cable Beach continues to be a major challenge as the government pushes for greater urgency from its Chinese financiers the EXIM Bank, Prime Minister Perry Christie said yesterday.

Probe into cause of BPL blackout

AN INVESTIGATION is underway to determine what caused an island wide outage in the capital on Friday, two days after Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) admitted the corporation was experiencing generation challenges.

BTC targets total 4G cover by end-summer

By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net The BAHAMAS Telecommunications Company (BTC) is optimistic that by summer's end the entire nation will be covered by its 4G (fourth generation) network, its chief executive telling

Miller: Baha Mar 'no problem' for BEC when it comes on stream

THE Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) will have “no problem at all” meeting electricity demand once the Baha Mar mega resort comes on stream, its executive chairman telling The Tribune that it was “not probable or possible” for any firm to reduce the cost of energy in the country by 50-60 per cent.

The BTC deal

Prior to today’s announcement by the Prime Minister, Cable and Wireless (C&W) was the majority owner of BTC and the Government was the minority owner.

TECH TALK

• FACEBOOK, Twitter, Microsoft and YouTube have agreed to new rules to tackle online hate speech. The Internet titans agreed yesterday to a new code of conduct by the European Union that takes aim at illegal hate speech and terrorist propaganda posted online.

CWC: BTC will be 'second to none'

The Bahamas Telecommunications Company’s (BTC) controlling shareholder yesterday said it was moving rapidly to ensure the carrier’s network “is second to none”, revealing its multi-million dollar investments were already producing returns.

RBDF’s annual Fun Run/Walk and Health Fair rocks Goodman’s Bay

GLENROY Williams and Roberta Fontana were the first male and female runners to cross the finish line on Saturday in the Royal Bahamas Defence Force’s Annual Fun Run/Walk and Health Fair at Goodman’s Bay.

US warning to avoid political protests in election season

THE United States Embassy in Nassau has again warned its staff, citizens and US visitors in the capital and Paradise Island to avoid political demonstrations, advising that The Bahamas’ election season has started.

The story of the BTC sale

PARLIAMENT has been dissolved, the parliamentary committee established to investigate the sale of BTC (an issue deemed by some to be of national importance) never reported.

Miller blames power outages on the hiring of 'foreigners' over Bahamians

FORMER Bahamas Electricity Corporation Chairman Leslie Miller yesterday blamed the frequent power outages at Bahamas Power and Light on the former administration’s decision to hire "foreigners" to run the power company rather than allow Bahamians to "fix the problems".

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