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HUNDREDS RAISE MONEY FOR CANCER HOSPITAL

ATTRACTING more than 300 preschoolers and toddlers and raising $12,818.30, the 2012 staging of the St Jude's Children's Research Hospital Trike-A-Thon on January 27 in Sandyport is being hailed as a tremendous success. A St Jude Hospital tradition for mor

Helping entrepreneurs to find their own way

THE Island Luck Cares Foundation yesterday announced its third OWN Bahamas entrepreneurship programme, an initiative that provides funding and other development opportunities to budding entrepreneurs.

Construction firms 'cement' a merger

Two Bahamian construction companies have ‘cemented’ a partnership that has seen them merge as Bahamas Redi-Mix, with a plant at New Providence’s Airport Industrial Park.The combination of Nassau Ready Mixed and NP Building Supplies, one-time competit

Earth friendly footwear touches down in the Bahamas

Samba Sol, the eco-friendly Brazilian-based flip flops, has debuted in the Bahamas, stopping shoppers in their tracks at a pop-up event in Sabrina’s upscale boutique in the Lyford Cay Shopping Centre.Inspired by the sun and the beach, Samba Sol flip

Tambearly International School founder honoured with Beacon of Light Award

TAMBEARLY International School founder and owner Alice Langford was one of the 20 honourees awarded The Beacon of Light Award as The Bahamas Football Association celebrated its 50th anniversary on May 18.

BEC documents

I am not casting aspersions but where does the US Company… PowerSource International come into the RFP for BEC?

Don’t miss others out

Western District RBPF Command entertain elderly from their area … sorry Commander seems you or your organising Officers don’t know who reside in your area.

Figurehead for bank is latest in list of honoured fathers

NATHANIEL G Beneby is the latest father to feature in The Tribune who was honoured by Mount Tabor Full Gospel Church to mark The Bahamas’ 40th Anniversary of Independence.

The story of the aircraft lost in The Bahamas

TRIBUNE readers may recall fifteen articles about Mailboats of the Bahamas in 2016. This new series about World War Two aircraft discoveries in our archipelago is similar, except the history is less static and more tactile.

DIANE PHILLIPS: Questions for us all over the response to Haiti quake

What follows is not a soliloquy in print about whether Prime Minister Dr The Rt Hon Hubert A Minnis did the right or wrong thing when he pronounced “Bahamas First”, signalling no help for Haiti in the wake of an earthquake that took lives, destroyed buildings, left people homeless last weekend. Much has already been written about that.

PM Christie should take note of US warning

PRIME Minister Christie is disappointed with the US government’s 2014 Investment Climate Statement on the Bahamas, finding that it reflected the opinion of the opposition rather than giving a fair and objective assessment of his government.

Whither go The Bahamas and Beijing . . . and our sovereignty?

WE HOPE that Prime Minister Perry Christie’s confidence that those who scoff at his optimism over the opening of Baha Mar will join him in celebrating its success when the $3.5 billion resort — now attracting unflattering world attention – opens.

13 days to break deadlock after court adjournment

MAJOR stakeholders in the multi-billion dollar Baha Mar resort development have been granted 13 days by a judge to negotiate a solution in getting the stalled project over the finish line.

BTC wanted to cut 200 jobs pre-Xmas

The Government intervened to prevent the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) laying off some 200 staff before Christmas, forcing the company to delay the process until the New Year.

Bahamas 'near top of heap' through 10% demand rise

A 10 per cent increase in room demand over the past 12 months saw the Bahamas placed "near the top of the heap" in the Caribbean by a world-leading travel research firm, local hotel executives saying the findings "augur well for a good long-term future" for this nation.

Bahamian firms urged to exploit US funding

SMALL business loans represented 87 per cent of the US Export-Import Bank's $33 billion credit portfolio last year, a senior US embassy official said yesterday, urging Bahamian companies to take advantage of its programmes to access additional capital for their enterprises.

Recovery co-chair calls for 'integrated economy'

A co-chair for the government-appointed Economic Recovery Committee yesterday said The Bahamas “must build an integrated economy that is self-sustaining” post-COVID-19.Kenwood Kerr, Providence Advisors’ chief executive, told Tribune Business that he

Dominos targets 20% online sales in 2016

AML Foods plans to complete the ‘remodel’ of its Dominos franchise locations within the next year, company executives said yesterday, telling Tribune Business they are aiming to generate 20 per cent of total sales via the Internet by end-2016.

BAIC admits failing to promote tenants

THE Bahamas Agricultural & Industrial Corporation’s (BAIC) newly-appointed executive chairman said yesterday that it was willing to work with Soldier Road Industrial Park tenants who were making efforts to meet their rental obligations, admitting the Corporation had not done much to promote their businesses.

Rental generators ‘should bring end to outages this week’

AFTER a summer plagued with blackouts, Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) officials stressed yesterday the rental generators imported from overseas will be in place by the end of this week, hopefully bringing an end to frequent power outages in New Providence.

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