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Venue change for Caribbean Tip-Off Classic this weekend

THE second annual Caribbean Tip-Off Classic is all set for this weekend with a change in venue from the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium to Loyola Hall on Gladstone Road.

'I don't know how much more of this I can handle'

A governance reformer yesterday argued “nothing has changed” to improve The Bahamas’ stagnant ease of doing business ranking, as he revealed: “I don’t know how much more I can take.”Robert Myers, a principal with the Organisation for Responsible Gove

Rugby: Cuckoos get 15-12 win over Buccaneers

THE ALIV Nassau Cup kicked off last Saturday at the Winton Rugby Centre with the challengers in action looking to take an early advantage in the standings.

Youth, 16, on murder charge

A 16-year-old was arraigned yesterday, accused of the shooting death of a 44-year-old man in the Pitt Lane area last week.

Clean Marine inks deal to open port facility in Freeport

A $1.5m deal to create the first “clean” port facility in The Bahamas will create around 45 permanent jobs in Grand Bahama.

Development bank partners with BTVI in $4.7m training venture

A $4.7m PROJECT was launched yesterday to boost skills training in The Bahamas.

Harbour Island developers looking forward to 'untangling the red tape'

A HARBOUR Island development company yesterday said a judge’s order for it to stay construction until it gets the requisite approvals from the relevant authority was just an issue of “red tape.”

WTO delay: We must get on with it

A prominent Freeport attorney says he is extremely disappointed in comments made by The Bahamas’ World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) chief negotiator, Zhivargo Laing that it is '95 percent unlikely' that the government will accede to the WTO during this current term.

'Music to my ears' WTO 95% unlikely

Super Value’s principal yesterday said it was “music to my ears” to hear the government’s WTO chief negotiator state The Bahamas is almost certainly not joining under this administration.Rupert Roberts, who has vehemently opposed becoming a full Worl

Blue Lagoon owner Meister dies

BUSINESSMAN Alfred Meister, owner of Blue Lagoon Island/Dolphin Encounters, died peacefully in his home in Cofresi, Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic, on Tuesday, October 8.

'We'll have to make one-cent end work'

Super Value’s principal yesterday said his Abaco interests had coped well after eliminating the one-cent coin last year, and added: “We’ll have to make it work here.”Rupert Roberts told Tribune Business that the retail industry and consumers will hav

Staying to rebuild amid the rubble

QUEEN’S Cove has flooded many times, but residents say the flooding they saw in their homes from Hurricane Dorian surpassed all other previous storms on Grand Bahama.

Top Abaco food store to re-open with 40% of staff

Abaco’s main supermarket will re-open “within two weeks” with just over 40 percent of its pre-Dorian staff, as one of its principals said: “I’ve never seen devastation like that in my life.”Rupert Roberts, the Super Value chief, told Tribune Business

Bahamas 3rd overall at Four-Ball Championships

THE Bahamas had its best showing in the Ramon Baez Romano Trophy Flight for regular players and the country’s six-man team finished third overall at the Caribbean Golf Association’s 2019 Four-Ball Championships over the weekend.The event was held at

Saint James ACM 'King of Grill' fest returns

This coming National Heroes Day all roads will lead to the historic village of Adelaide where the Anglican Church Men of Saint James Parish will be hosting their 14th Annual Father R F Anthony Roberts’ King of the Grill Fest and Competition.The event

Dorian's $436m fiscal blow needs 'tight' rein

The government was last night urged to keep a “tight” rein on post-Dorian recovery after the storm blew an estimated $436m hole in its fiscal deficit target for 2019-2020.Robert Myers, the Organisation for Responsible Governance’s (ORG) principal, to

‘My category five house survived’

WHEN Mary Thaysen built her “Category Five” house in East End, everyone “teased” her about it.

Super Value presents $110,000 to NEMA for Hurricane Relief Efforts

IN the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Dorian, Super Value food stores decided to initiate a drive to solicit funds from customers for disaster relief efforts.Cashiers asked shoppers at the register if they wished to donate their change towards this

FACE TO FACE: Giving back - Doug's deep connection to The Bahamas

IMET William “Doug” Douglass through my father, Allan Ingraham. Daddy was very excited to tell me how Doug was building a recreational court for the kids in a settlement near Doug’s home in South Eleuthera back in 2017. It was a near $200,000 investm

Coach Evans on Gardiner: ‘My main goal is the world record’

DOHA, Qatar — When American Gary Evans started coaching quarter-miler Steven Gardiner three years ago, it was with the notion that the Murphy Town, Abaco native get on the podium at the Olympic Games and placing his name on the men’s 400 metre world record.

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