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Expat’s killer ‘took keys and locked victim’s door’

THE person who killed a British expatriate in his western New Providence condo is believed to have taken his keys and locked the victim’s door, the complex’s property manager told The Tribune.

Vendors unhappy with hotels renting water sports equipment

SCORES of disgruntled watercraft operators flocked to Goodman’s Bay yesterday to protest against hotels renting vessels to their guests.

Union blight on nation

ABOUT a month ago at the heights of the Sandals fiasco, Tall Pines Member of Parliament Leslie Miller asserted that the strong-handed approach of the unions was to be blamed for Sandals’ decision to close its Cable Beach property and dismiss more than 600 workers.

Minister vents on 'butt busting tourism hiccups'

The tourism minister has vented his frustration that “butt-busting” efforts to spark a post-Dorian rebound are being undermined by self-inflicted “hiccups” during the peak winter season.Dionisio D’Aguilar, pictured, told Tribune Business that “we rea

BISX: 50/50 buyer-seller ratio 'damn good market improvement'

The Bahamas International Securities Exchange’s (BISX) chief executive believes a “damn good improvement” is occurring in the stock market, with the buyers-to-sellers ratio now standing at 50/50 after deteriorating to 20/80 at the recession’s peak.

Investors battle over provider's $7.5m needs

A Bahamian ‘quadruple play’ provider is in negotiations with three foreign investor groups vying to invest the $7.5 million critical to completing its network build-out, a development that would create “no fewer than” 20 jobs in Nassau.

TV spotlight for Sir Orville’s book on the Windsor years

A television special about Sir Orville Turnquest and his recently published book ‘What Manner of Man is This, The Duke of Windsor’s Years in The Bahamas’ will air this Sunday on ZNS.

Scotia chief’s ‘Outlook’ on technology solutions

SCOTIABANK (Bahamas) top executive yesterday said he will focus on technology solutions for the country’s financial services access ills at next week’s Business Outlook conference.

Baha Mar 'close' to $150m spend on Bahamians

BAHA Mar is "close" to investing $150 million with Bahamian contractors for its Cable Beach redevelopment, as it prepares to today launch the $2.6 billion project's 300 luxury Residences to high net-worth buyers from across the world in London.

Pupils 'at risk' as repairs continue in school term

THE health and safety of thousands of students were put at risk this week when schools still in need of repairs received children, Progressive Liberal Party Leader Philip “Brave” Davis said yesterday.He said this was a face saving move by the governm

BUSINESS ANALYSIS: Government, China get their desired Baha Mar end

Bank’s takeover raises fresh economic sovereignty questions, writes Neil Hartnell

CWC: BTC ‘lags’ region despite $75m investment

The Bahamas Telecommunications Company’s (BTC) controlling owner yesterday conceded that its network quality “lags” much of the Caribbean and wider world, despite increasing its capital investment by 47 per cent last year.

Baha Mar payout process ‘opening legal floodgates’

The Democratic National Alliance’s (DNA) leader yesterday warned that the Baha Mar creditor payout process threatens to “open the floodgates” to litigation by foreign claimants, amid warnings that the Bahamas’ investment reputation is again under threat.

Baha Mar hotel's rates are 'not good enough'

The Nassau Wyndham Resort’s “mid-$90s” room rates are “not good enough” and between 23-30 per cent below where they need to be, a Baha Mar executive yesterday conceding that the guest experience was being impacted by construction work on the $2.6 billion Cable Beach expansion.

What happened to BAL could happen to BTC

WHILE the Swires (Cathay Pacific) group was negotiating with the Bahamas government to take over Bahamas Airways, which was a subsidiary of BOAC, another airline company was being incorporated in the chambers of Lynden Pindling and Kendal Nottage. The date was March 13, 1968.

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