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Super Value in struggle to fill 100 vacancies

Super Value’s principal is questioning if “people want to work” as the supermarket chain struggles to fill up to 100 vacant posts amid an unemployment rate predicted by the Prime Minister to hit 30 percent.Rupert Roberts, pictured, told Tribune Busin

Causeway being built after bridge collapse

A CAUSEWAY is being built between Spanish Wells and Russell Island after the bridge connecting the two areas collapsed and cut off the community’s main water supply. Robert Roberts, the island’s chief counsellor, explained yesterday that residents a

Board delayed water contract for 14 months

A master plan to solve New Providence’s wastewater woes was delayed for 14 months after the then-Water & Sewerage Corporation Board sought a “sole-source award” of the contract, Tribune Business can reveal.

A bridge too far

THE bridge connecting Spanish Wells and Russell Island collapsed yesterday affecting water supply and travel between the two islands.

Web shops back with curb-side, drive through

Numerous Bahamian web shop locations have resumed business via drive through and curb-side services following the government’s easing of the nationwide COVID-19 lockdown. Much of the domestic gaming industry has joined other sectors of the economy i

Gardiner: 'We're still training'

EVERYBODY is coping with the coronavirus differently from each other, including Bahamian quarter-miler Steven Gardiner, who is still in a full-fledged training camp in the United States of America.Gardiner, who lowered his national record in the men’

'Worst ever mistake' for inflated reserves

The $2bn foreign exchange reserves are less healthy than they appear because of the Minnis administration’s “worst ever mistake”, a former Central Bank governor argued yesterday. James Smith, also a former finance minister, told Tribune Business tha

Brewery fears lockdown will waste $500k in beer

A Bahamian brewery and liquor distributor yesterday voiced fears that $500,000 worth of beer it is holding will soon go to waste due to the lockdown, adding: “Something’s got to give.”Gary Sands, the Bahamian Brewery and Beverage Company’s general ma

THE PRESS BOX: My Cowboys crushed NFL virtual draft

THE 2020 NFL Draft has come and gone, and my Dallas Cowboys crushed it!

Super Value: March VAT 'highest ever'

Super Value’s president yesterday said its March VAT return was the “highest ever” after COVID-19 shoppers drove a 36 percent increase in store sales and even greater warehouse output.Rupert Roberts told Tribune Business that the 13-store supermarket

LIFE LINES: Finding inspiration

Last week I saw a post on Facebook from someone which said: “I don’t want to see any more motivational posts.”

Ramp-up COVID-19 testing to stop 'economic damage'

The Bahamas is in danger of “doing considerably more damage to the economy than it needs to” unless COVID-19 testing is massively ramped-up, a well-known businessman warned yesterday.Robert Myers told Tribune Business that the government was locking

Health workers tested for COVID-19

ABOUT 185 healthcare workers were tested on Saturday for the novel coronavirus, with results expected today or tomorrow, according to Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr Delon Brennen. His comment came as the country added two more confirmed cases of CO

Partners unveil tracking tool for COVID-19 fight

A self-screening tool to identify and track potential COVID-19 carriers, those in contact with them and persons most at risk was launched yesterday with a target of 15,000 users per week. The Organisation for Responsible Governance (ORG) has teamed w

BAMSI donates produce to health, police workers

The Bahamas Agriculture and Marine Science Institute (BAMSI) has donated fresh produce to healthcare workers and law enforcement in North Andros to show appreciation for their COVID-19 efforts. The gift, which included romaine lettuce, beets and oni

STATESIDE: Wise words well worth listening to when it comes to opening up

Even as the American congress throws hundreds of billions of dollars at the COVID-19 public crisis and debate on restarting the economy continues to rage between Republicans and Democrats and along regional lines between the coasts and the Midwest and South, the pandemic steamrolls on. American reported deaths passed the 45,000 mark the other day, among nearly 850,000 confirmed cases. Those figures give the term American exceptionalism new meaning. Just not in a good way.

COVID-19: Two more deaths announced

Minister of Health Dr Duane Sands announced on Thursday that two more people have died due to COVID-19: a 53-year-old man and a 51-year-old man. The total number of deaths now stands at 11.

Shoppers flock to buy as hardware stores reopen

SCORES of shoppers made their way to Kelly’s Mall at the Marathon location as hardware and home stores reopened yesterday.When The Tribune canvassed the area, a line of about 60 customers trailed along the pavement and stretched to the mall’s entranc

Queues as businesses allowed to reopen

SEVERAL businesses that have been allowed to re-open this week drew long lines and scores of customers. Auto parts stores are allowed to operate on Tuesdays as the prime minister outlined they could open from 8am to 5pm. When The Tribune visited yesterday, some customers expressed the need to have the stores open more than just once a week.

Business owners 'not living in ivory towers'

The prime minister’s attack on business owners “has no merit” in most cases, a prominent entrepreneur argued yesterday, adding: “We’re not living in ivory towers.” Robert Myers, who has multiple business interests, told Tribune Business that it was

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