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Hurricane Hole developer targets 300 full-time posts

Hurricane Hole’s developer says the Paradise Island-based project is projected to create over 300 permanent jobs when its $250m investment is fully completed.

‘I’ll stand for FNM chairman’

A candidate vying for the position of Free National Movement chairman in the party’s upcoming convention says the organisation is at a critical point and if it does not have a turnaround, it will be in “serious trouble” come the next general election.

Ex-minister fearful on $130m spending cut

A former finance minister yesterday warned that the forecast $130m cut in government spending this fiscal year could undermine Bahamian economic growth and job creation.

Kwasi Thompson highlights Grand Bahama projects under FNM govt

STATE Minister for Grand Bahama Senator Kwasi Thompson believes there has been significant progress made in Grand Bahama during the two years since the FNM government came to office on May 10.

Scotia chief: No bad loan rebound until ‘early 2015’

Scotiabank (Bahamas) managing director yesterday predicted the commercial banking sector would not see a “sustainable recovery” in its $1.2 billion non-performing loans pile until early 2015, with his own institution’s retail/personal credit arrears rate running around 20 per cent.

$5m Atlantis sports book's 'huge numbers'

Atlantis’ new $5 million race and sports book facility will probably generate 20-30 new jobs, its top executive said yesterday, telling Tribune Business that weekend traffic “in the hundreds” had exceeded initial expectations.

Freeport Call Centre to bring 300 full-time jobs

FREEPORT – The new Freeport Call Centre, officially opened by Prime Minister Perry Christie, is expected to employ 300 full time workers in Grand Bahama by the end of 2014. Island Outsources and Itel BPO Solutions are operating the call centre for the Ministry of Tourism, selling vacations in the Bahamas. It currently employs 65 Bahamians.

Lightbourn lucky to find favour

It is widely known that Ismael Lightbourn was the managing partner of one of The Bahamas’ most prestigious accounting firms. He had, and possibly continues to hold, ownership interest in a high-end accessory shop in downtown Nassau.

250 young Grand Bahamians enrol in training programmes

FREEPORT - Minister for Grand Bahama Dr Michael Darville commended the 250 young Grand Bahamians who have enrolled in programmes offered by the National Training Agency in Freeport.

THE ART OF GRAPHIX: Avoid a career of bad choices

Have you ever regretted choosing a particular career path, or feel devastated after finding out you have made a poor choice? Even though it isn’t always possible to foresee the changes in our lives, many people find themselves trapped in careers that initially seemed glamorous and appropriate, but resulted in monotony and boredom.

Nottage: Clearing records of some convicts is not going soft on crime

NATIONAL Security Minister Dr Bernard Nottage yesterday insisted that the government was not going soft on crime as he introduced the Rehabilitation of Offenders Amendment Bill, which seeks to shorten the time for some convicts to have their police records wiped clean.

‘I’m hoping that when I come back, I will bring some good news with me’

BAHAMAS Olympic Committee (BOC) president Wellington Miller has been summoned to Gibraltar this weekend where the Commonwealth Games Federation will announce whether or not the Bahamas has been granted the rights to host the Commonwealth Youth Games in 2017.

PLP Chairman blasts Baha Mar director over ‘inflammatory remarks against govt’

PLP Chairman Bradley Roberts yesterday accused Baha Mar Director and businessman Diosinio D’Aguilar of putting thousands of resort employees at risk due to his “inflammatory remarks”, “creating confusion, making inflammatory remarks against the government and placing thousands of jobs in jeopardy.”

‘BTC job cutbacks show the duplicity of government’

DEMOCRATIC National Alliance Leader Branville McCartney yesterday rejected the government’s clarification that it will not interfere with the Bahamas Telecommunication Company’s plans to offer voluntary separation packages to hundreds of employees.

Real estate broker’s plan to bring graduates back to the Bahamas

A LEADING real estate broker is proposing to stem the tide of a growing number of Bahamians going abroad to study but not returning after they have completed their college or vocational training by tying graduation to affordable housing.

Resorts World staff raise concerns over workplace

DISGRUNTLED employees at Resorts World Bimini said they are in constant fear of losing their jobs and have called on Labour Minister Shane Gibson to step in and address their concerns.

The cancer eating away at corporate Bahamas

Some people allege that life is not fair. Others argue that favour is also unfair. Some people get all the perks, the blessings, the recognition. They get all the toys on the playground, and decide when - and if - you will get a chance to play at all.

MP: Client now in 10 week-wait for its Licence

A former Cabinet minister said yesterday that “no government” has done a good job in improving the Bahamas’ ‘ease of doing business’, arguing that the bureaucratic challenges “straight up to the Churchill Building”.

Sands calls for shake-up at NIB amid payout problems

FREE National Movement Senator Dr Duane Sands yesterday called for a complete revamping of the leadership hierarchy at the National Insurance Board (NIB) amid internal squabbles and painstaking system failures that have forced thousands of claimants to go unassisted for months.

Regatta Time Again: Purse for South Andros Homecoming Festival - $10,000

IT is regatta time again and Solar Verde Bahamas Limited is prepped and ready to go for the start of the South Andros Regatta festivities scheduled for June 2-5 in The Bluff, South Andros.

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