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Salvage team to start to remove grounded barge

THE Ministry of Transport and Local Government has confirmed that a privately contracted Trinidadian salvage team will begin, within the next ten days, the removal and relocation of a supplies barge grounded in Long Island earlier this month.In a pre

Promotion Board 'playing cards dealt' on airlift fix

The Out Island Promotion Board yesterday said it was “playing the cards we have been dealt” in trying to boost tourism prior to fixing airlift connectivity.Kerry Fountain, its executive director, said “the biggest impediment to growth” in the souther

Businessman one of three victims killed over weekend

A WEST Bay Street business owner was shot dead just outside his establishment early yesterday morning, marking the 51st murder for the year and the third over the weekend, according to The Tribune’s records.

No more private islands

It is simply shocking that the government would even consider allowing Carnival Cruise Lines to take possession of, and ban everyone but its passengers from visiting yet another one of our beautiful islands. The practice of cruise companies establishing “private islands” is an abomination on every level - environmental, economic, ethical – and should never have been allowed to take place in the first place.

Empowerment zone could also help Family Islands

THE government wants the Economic Empowerment Zone Act’s provisions to surpass the confines of New Providence and aid the advancement of Family Island economies where there is an urgent need for support.However, it is unclear how the new law, which w

Bahamians drive Out Island tourism restart

Bahamians are driving the “slow” resumption of hotel bookings in the Family Islands as the country gradually re-opens following the COVID-19 lockdown.Leslie Kennedy, general manager of the Pigeon Cay Beach Club on Cat Island, told Tribune Business: “

Here come the jabs

THE Bahamas government and the United States began a joint mission yesterday to distribute COVID-19 vaccine doses to several Family Islands, including Abaco, Bimini, Long Island, Exuma and Eleuthera.

Exuma school gains $163k via small business centre

Exuma’s second private school has obtained $163,000 in financing through the Small Business Development Centre’s (SBDC) Access Accelerator initiative.

‘On point marketing’ drives tourism surge

The minister of tourism yesterday said an “on point marketing campaign” had driven The Bahamas’ record-breaking tourism performance since the start of 2018.

‘Unprecedented’: Inventory surge to hit market in 2019

A Bahamas-based realtor yesterday said residential sales had increased by 48 percent since 2014 ahead of what is expected to be “an unprecedented level of new inventory” hitting the market in 2019.

‘Double digit’ growth drives nation’s awards

The Bahamas’ “very impressive double-digit growth” in stopover arrivals was a decisive factor in the country earning the Caribbean Journal’s ‘Tourism Destination of the Year’ designation.

Collie warns Butler-Turner must win over constituents

FREE National Movement Chairman Sidney Collie said yesterday that despite the party throwing its full support behind Loretta Butler-Turner, the Long Island MP has “a lot of work to do” to win over her constituents before the next election.

Gibson: Teams are on the ground in Grand Bahama

HURRICANE Matthew Czar and Labour Minister Shane Gibson said government teams are on the ground in Grand Bahama, one of the islands hardest hit by the category four storm, hoping to soon restore normalcy to the devastated area.

To Sir with love

Congratulations, Sir Sidney on the occasion of having the Paradise Island Bridge named in your honour; an honour that you were entitled to.

Well loved lay reader laid to rest

ALTHOUGH short in physical stature, many Long Island natives knew Larry Alfred Albury as a “giant of a man.” It was December, last year, when Mr Albury flew into Nassau for surgery for his recently discovered cancer.

Number Portability to launch Sept. 3

THE Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) said yesterday that number portability for landline services would be launched on September 3, creating a “strong competitive enabler” in the telecommunications sector.

BNT makes peace with PLP over Bell Island

AFTER one year of the new Christie administration, the Bahamas National Trust has been able to put past conflicts with the PLP behind them to embark on a renewed partnership with a government they say has demonstrated its commitment to both their work and the environment.

Women’s national basketball team lose opener to USVI

After fighting so hard to get back into the game, the Bahamas women’s national team saw their chance of winning their opening match at the Caribbean Basketball Championships slip away down the stretch against the US Virgin Islands in Tortola, British Virgin Islands, on Tuesday.

Biminites say developments are bringing no benefit

GOVERNMENT officials are confident that tourism development has and will continue to upgrade Bimini but island residents have expressed their disillusionment about this to The Tribune.

Gray says government will rebuild homes where necessary

HOMES that were completely destroyed on the islands hardest hit by Hurricane Joaquin will be rebuilt by the government where necessary, according to MICAL MP V Alfred Gray yesterday.

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