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Minnis: What progress has been made in BTC talks?

OPPOSITION leader Dr Hubert Minnis is questioning whether the government has made any significant progress in its negotiations to secure the majority stake in the Bahamas Telecommunications Company.

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Designer gets a fashion nod from Bernadette Christie

Fresh off of his win in the first challenge on Mission Catwalk Season Three, local fashion designer Theodore Elyett is getting a fashion nod from Bernadette Christie, wife of the prime minister.

Quarterly VAT filers are urged: Be more frequent

Companies that have to submit quarterly Value-Added Tax (VAT) returns should seek to make advance payments, a member of the Government-appointed VAT Education Task Force recommended yesterday.

Warning from data commissioner

THE Office of the Data Commissioner has reminded the public that it is a criminal offence to access an individual’s personal information and disseminate it without proper authority.

Mitchell living in La La Land

After declaring that he will dedicate his 2017 election campaign to the fight of women’s right, Fox Hillians should shout: ‘’Earth to Fred Mitchell, you and your PLP colleagues please wake up from your La La Land dream and address the real issues affecting the Bahamian people!’’

Failure of efforts on environment

Environmental efforts by Government are a failure so far.

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Peter Roker’s National Heroes Day charity challenge

BUSINESSMAN, fuel retailer and philanthropist Peter Roker, known as a pioneer in the Carmichael Road West community, is engaging in one of the biggest philanthropic challenges of his life this National Heroes Day. He will attempt to walk 248,160ft, or 47 miles around the entire island of New Providence in an effort to raise funds for three charities.

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Fortune Bay Canal construction begins at $1.2m cost

THE construction of the Fortune Bay Canal is being undertaken at an investment cost of $1.2m and is expected to be completed in October.

Union warns of action over lack of negotiations

Union warns of action over lack of negotiations By LAMECH JOHNSON Tribune Staff Reporter ljohnson@tribunemedia.net UNION members have warned BTC there will be industrial action unless it fulfils its promises over contract negotiations. The union is unha

Union warns of action over lack of negotiations

Union warns of action over lack of negotiations By LAMECH JOHNSON Tribune Staff Reporter ljohnson@tribunemedia.net UNION members have warned BTC there will be industrial action unless it fulfils its promises over contract negotiations. The union is unha

Union warns of action over lack of negotiations

Union warns of action over lack of negotiations By LAMECH JOHNSON Tribune Staff Reporter ljohnson@tribunemedia.net UNION members have warned BTC there will be industrial action unless it fulfils its promises over contract negotiations. The union is unha

Biminites: No change over RBC’s departure

Royal Bank of Canada’s (RBC) branch departure from Bimini appears to be set despite the outcry from businesses and residents, with the bank now rushing to explain the new arrangements it is putting in place for clients.

DAY-LONG POWER CUT LEAVES BUSINESSES FUMING

By DANA SMITH dsmith@tribunemedia.net BUSINESS owners were angry when power loss lasting for nearly 24 hours forced them to close their businesses for the day. Electricity has been out in the Blue Hill Road and Cumberland Street areas since 6pm Monday, a

DAY-LONG POWER CUT LEAVES BUSINESSES FUMING

By DANA SMITH dsmith@tribunemedia.net BUSINESS owners were angry when power loss lasting for nearly 24 hours forced them to close their businesses for the day. Electricity has been out in the Blue Hill Road and Cumberland Street areas since 6pm Monday, a

DAY-LONG POWER CUT LEAVES BUSINESSES FUMING

By DANA SMITH dsmith@tribunemedia.net BUSINESS owners were angry when power loss lasting for nearly 24 hours forced them to close their businesses for the day. Electricity has been out in the Blue Hill Road and Cumberland Street areas since 6pm Monday, a

DAY-LONG POWER CUT LEAVES BUSINESSES FUMING

By DANA SMITH dsmith@tribunemedia.net BUSINESS owners were angry when power loss lasting for nearly 24 hours forced them to close their businesses for the day. Electricity has been out in the Blue Hill Road and Cumberland Street areas since 6pm Monday, a

Hotelier concern on ‘very much off’ January bookings

SEVERAL major hotel properties on Nassau/Paradise Island yesterday reporting 100 per cent occupancy heading into the New Year, one general manager telling Tribune Business, however, that the January booking pace was “very much off”.

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Baha Mar opening ‘unlikely to be soon’

BAHA Mar’s prospects of opening in the “foreseeable future” are unlikely on its current path, British Queen’s Counsel Peter Knox told a Supreme Court judge yesterday.

Baha Mar delay: ‘We’re all losers’

A leading businessman yesterday rounded on the “despicable critics” of Baha Mar’s principals, and said of the $3.5 billion project’s delayed opening: “We are all losers.”

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Liquidators control 30% of FTX Bahamas cash

FTX’s Bahamian liquidators have to-date gained control of just 30 percent of the local subsidiary’s $255.2m cash assets despite locating fresh recoveries in Switzerland.