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ART OF GRAPHIX: Giving potential designers the full career picture

Job titles can be a confusing way to navigate the employment market.

Economy cannot hit 5k annual new jobs need

The Bahamas will never generate the 4,000-5,000 new jobs that it needs per year over the next two decades by remaining reliant on its ‘twin pillar’ economic model, a top attorney warned yesterday.

DIANE PHILLIPS: The Great Resignation – is The Bahamas vulnerable?

ALL the talk about everything COVID has made us weary.

Feb point buyers eye bigger spend than $40m

February Point’s new owners are already anticipating a greater investment than the initially budgeted $40 million, telling Tribune Business yesterday they were planning a larger marina and creating 350 total jobs at the construction peak.

A 'peeps' into staff motivation

Do you wish to know how to motivate yanna peeps? I love using Bahamian slang terms; my spell check goes bonkers.

FNM blasts fee rises for bank outsource

Opposition politicians yesterday questioned whether the Government’s decision to increase regulation and Business Licence fees for the commercial banking sector was driving the decision by Canadian-owned banks to increasingly outsource back office functions outside the Bahamas.

Debbie aims to revive the 4x100 team

ALTHOUGH she is busy with her job as an assistant coach at the University of Houston, sprinter Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie said she is not yet finished with her career and is looking forward to making a contribution to the revival of the women’s 4 x 100m relay fortunes when she competes in her sixth and final Olympic Games in 2016.

Minister 'pledges' to help retain RBC's Bahamas book

The Minister of Financial Services yesterday “pledged” his support for Bahamas-based entities to acquire Royal Bank of Canada’s (RBC) private wealth management business, in a bid to preserve the 30 local jobs that will be impacted by the Canadian giant’s exit.

Economic growth critical for Bahamians to prosper

As citizens of The Bahamas, we frequently ponder the intricate workings of our economy, questioning its sources of income and its influence on our daily existence.

ALICIA WALLACE: Why micromanagement is the bane of a successful business

THERE is nothing quite like being qualified and experienced in one’s field of work and somehow ending up under the management of a person who is not trained or even minded for the role.

$200m ‘catalyst for Freeport renaissance’

A medical school investment will be “the catalyst for Freeport’s renaissance” through injecting $200m into the city’s economy during its first decade, its principals have told Tribune Business.

Cabinet go-ahead for $1.5bn heritage plan

The Government has given the go-ahead to a Bahamian investor group aiming to generate $1.5bn in revenues by transforming Nassau's key heritage sites, a top official revealed yesterday.

Baha Mar cuts losses on $100m Melia renovations

Baha Mar will cut its losses by closing the Melia Nassau Beach property until 2023 for a $100m renovation, its president revealed yesterday, resulting in up to 300 hotel job losses.

Fire-ravaged firm pledges to rebuild 'bigger and better'

The principal of fire-ravaged SMG Millworks yesterday pledged that the company would rebuild “bigger and better if the opportunity is provided”, as he worked feverishly to find “temporary” jobs for 50 employees.

$170m Exuma project targets up to 300 jobs

A $170m investment targeted at Exuma’s southern tip is pledging to create up to 300 full-time jobs - plus several hundred construction posts - via the phased build-out of a mixed-use resort and residential project.

Bimini’s top investor in $40m airport proposal

Bimini’s largest investor has submitted a $40m proposal that would see it transform and take over the management of that island’s airport, a senior government official revealed yesterday.

Many voters say nation headed on wrong path

QUALITY of life concerns were at the forefront of voters’ minds during yesterday’s advanced poll, with many concluding The Bahamas is headed in the wrong direction.

DIANE PHILLIPS: Picture this - life with a different perspective

Photographers must be about the luckiest people in the world. When they don’t like the view they see, they can change a lens. 50mm to wide angle, 100mm to panoramic, 400mm to capture the hair on a hare. The price they pay is lugging all that special equipment around, tripod, camera bag, backdrop, cords and cables. But what a deal – a tiny bit of heavy lifting for the ability to create the view you want when it was not there the first time you looked at it, like magic in a leather bag.

Roker rants at 'nonsense' shanty town deadlines

A FORMER Cabinet minister yesterday branded as “nonsense” the government’s self-imposed deadline of July 31 to evict shanty town residents in New Providence, adding the 2019 Abaco deadline also makes no sense, as people breaking the law should not be

Eleuthera families: We want Disney

JOB creation will be the determining factor in the fight over the development of Lighthouse Point, according to one resident in Central and South Eleuthera.

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