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Alande wins Laser 4.7 Class in regatta
HARSH weather conditions made this year’s Optimist/Jr Laser Winter Championship Regatta hosted by the Nassau Yacht Club a challenging event all around.
Expect poor service post COVID-19?
From Financial Services through banking to consumer services, The Bahamas needs to be better than the average if not excelling, but are we? Post COVID there is a serious breach of good services.
Antique Auto Club announces its new officers for 2012/2013
THE Antique Auto Club of the Bahamas has announced the election of new officers and directors for 2012/13. The new president is Brendan Foulkes and the new vice-president is Dwain Wallace. Murray Forde and Wayne Aranha were returned to the positions of se
Antique Auto Club announces its new officers for 2012/2013
THE Antique Auto Club of the Bahamas has announced the election of new officers and directors for 2012/13. The new president is Brendan Foulkes and the new vice-president is Dwain Wallace. Murray Forde and Wayne Aranha were returned to the positions of se
Breezes remains open with 'handful of guests'
A major Bahamian resort yesterday confirmed it remains open despite the nationwide COVID-19 lockdown because it is hosting “a handful of guests” waiting out their 14-day quarantine requirement. Muna Issa, SuperClubs Breezes managing director, told T
Culinary Team readies for Caribbean contest
Dinner guests gathered at Baha Mar to savour offerings by the Bahamas National Culinary Team, who are preparing to compete at the upcoming “Taste of the Caribbean” competition.The Bahamas Hotel and Tourism Association hosted the annual event to build
Cellular monopoly retarding growth, telecoms investment
The Bahamas’ information and communications technology (ICT) sector generated revenues of almost $450 million or 5.7 per cent of the country’s total GDP in 2011, a Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) executive said yesterday.
Aliv takes 100 site options as BTC ‘Plan A’
Aliv will “revert to Plan A” and execute 100 mobile network site options if it cannot reach agreement with the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) within a reasonable time period.
Bahamas' 130th internet speeds placement not 'best measure'
The Bahamas’ ranking as the world’s 130th most expensive country for broadband internet is not a “a fair measurement” of its affordability, a technology entrepreneur argued yesterday.
Sterling reassures investors over its Bahamas projects
Sterling Global Financial yesterday said it had reassured its 1,500-plus investors that all the group’s Bahamas-based properties and investments came through Hurricane Irma unscathed.“We realised that as soon as the hurricane began bearing down on th
Power problems and thefts cause BTC service issues
The Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) released a statement yesterday advising that some Family Island consumers have been experiencing service issues “due to power-related issues and malicious acts”.
URCA 'u-turn' over third cellular player
URCA 'u-turn' over third cellular player By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor The Bahamian communications regulator has reversed course by deciding not to reserve space in the key 700 MHz radio frequency spectrum for a third cellular operator, while
BTC's majority shareholder praises 'highly successful' first two years
BTC has had a highly successful two years in which it reduced calling rates for customers, improved their experience, and introduced mobile data services and a full range of smartphones, according to its majority shareholder Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC).
Faulty circuit breaker to blame for new BEC outage
THE Bahamas Electricity Corporation yesterday blamed a “faulty circuit breaker” for a power outage that left 25 per cent of New Providence without electricity for hours on Thursday morning.
Go West! How the property landscape has shifted in New Providence
Andrew Seymour explores the reasons for migration from the east of the most populous of the Bahamas islands.
Bahamians urged: Think like foreign purchasers
Bahamians were yesterday urged to “think like foreign buyers”, both when it came to decision-making speed and realising that this nation’s real estate was competitively priced compared to major international markets.
Minnis: BTC probe just a distraction by government
FREE National Movement Leader Dr Hubert Minnis said yesterday that the government’s probe into the sale of the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) to Cable and Wireless (CWC) is nothing more than “distraction” from the country’s real issues.
Govt's 'final word awaited' on $70m Aliv interest sale
Advisers are “still awaiting” the Government’s final go-ahead on the $70 million sell-of its majority interest in the Aliv mobile operator, with the terms unlikely to change.Gowon Bowe, one of those working on the placement, told Tribune Business tha
Bahamians tired of BTC debate
Perhaps it will not be too far-fetched to suggest that the ongoing BTC and Cable and Wireless Communications (CWC) debate will once again be reinvigorated among the aristocratic class and the media after it was published in The Nassau Guardian that former Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham sought to regain the majority of shares in BTC his government sold to CWC.
Melia targets $18m Cable Beach upgrade
THE all-inclusive Meliå Nassau Beach Hotel is set to undergo an $18 million upgrade set for completion in December 2014, its general manager telling Tribune Business the resort’s restaurant and bar count would likely be doubled, creating additional jobs.