INSURERS FEAR PREMIUMS 'DOUBLING, QUADRUPLING'
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Bahamian general insurance underwriters yesterday warned that newly-passed amendments to the Road Traffic Act could result in motor vehicle premiums "doubling, tripling, quadrupling", with some types of coverage w
'NAIL IN COFFIN' OF FREEPORT'S $70-$120M BOND ECONOMY
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Bahamas Customs was yesterday accused of "putting another nail in the coffin of Freeport's" $70-$120 million bonded goods economy, a leading attorney describing the terms it was setting as a "bureaucratic perversi
Telecoms ain't nothin' but a portable number
Age ain't nothin but a number. And so, apparently, is communications. Especially when it comes to finally, oh finally, fostering some competition in the Bahamian market, if the regulator had not seemingly bottled it. For the Utilities Regulation & Competi
UNION MUST CHICKEN OUT OVER KFC WAGES
By Simon Cooper Res Socius I'm sure that many of us remember the song, My Old Kentucky Home, with some affection. In case you don't, it begins with the words: "The sun shines so bright in my old Kentucky home. 'Tis summer, the people are gay ..." Now while
STOPOVER VISITORS TO END 2011 DOWN 3-4%
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Stopover visitor numbers for the 2011 full year are likely to be 3-4 per cent down on 2010 comparisons, the minister of tourism and aviation conceded yesterday, although the group business rebound meant the Bahama
SUPPLIER CONCERNS ON BTC 'INCONSISTENCIES' SOLUTION
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Bahamian businesses yesterday expressed concern that the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) was extending the period for paying them to 60 days, as the newly-privatised carrier moves to tackle "inconsistenci
INSURERS FEAR PREMIUMS 'DOUBLING, QUADRUPLING'
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Bahamian general insurance underwriters yesterday warned that newly-passed amendments to the Road Traffic Act could result in motor vehicle premiums "doubling, tripling, quadrupling", with some types of coverage w
'NAIL IN COFFIN' OF FREEPORT'S $70-$120M BOND ECONOMY
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Bahamas Customs was yesterday accused of "putting another nail in the coffin of Freeport's" $70-$120 million bonded goods economy, a leading attorney describing the terms it was setting as a "bureaucratic perversi
UNION MUST CHICKEN OUT OVER KFC WAGES
By Simon Cooper Res Socius I'm sure that many of us remember the song, My Old Kentucky Home, with some affection. In case you don't, it begins with the words: "The sun shines so bright in my old Kentucky home. 'Tis summer, the people are gay ..." Now while
STOPOVER VISITORS TO END 2011 DOWN 3-4%
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Stopover visitor numbers for the 2011 full year are likely to be 3-4 per cent down on 2010 comparisons, the minister of tourism and aviation conceded yesterday, although the group business rebound meant the Bahama
Telecoms ain't nothin' but a portable number
Age ain't nothin but a number. And so, apparently, is communications. Especially when it comes to finally, oh finally, fostering some competition in the Bahamian market, if the regulator had not seemingly bottled it. For the Utilities Regulation & Competi
SUPPLIER CONCERNS ON BTC 'INCONSISTENCIES' SOLUTION
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Bahamian businesses yesterday expressed concern that the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) was extending the period for paying them to 60 days, as the newly-privatised carrier moves to tackle "inconsistenci
INSURERS FEAR PREMIUMS 'DOUBLING, QUADRUPLING'
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Bahamian general insurance underwriters yesterday warned that newly-passed amendments to the Road Traffic Act could result in motor vehicle premiums "doubling, tripling, quadrupling", with some types of coverage w
'NAIL IN COFFIN' OF FREEPORT'S $70-$120M BOND ECONOMY
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Bahamas Customs was yesterday accused of "putting another nail in the coffin of Freeport's" $70-$120 million bonded goods economy, a leading attorney describing the terms it was setting as a "bureaucratic perversi
Telecoms ain't nothin' but a portable number
Age ain't nothin but a number. And so, apparently, is communications. Especially when it comes to finally, oh finally, fostering some competition in the Bahamian market, if the regulator had not seemingly bottled it. For the Utilities Regulation & Competi
UNION MUST CHICKEN OUT OVER KFC WAGES
By Simon Cooper Res Socius I'm sure that many of us remember the song, My Old Kentucky Home, with some affection. In case you don't, it begins with the words: "The sun shines so bright in my old Kentucky home. 'Tis summer, the people are gay ..." Now while
STOPOVER VISITORS TO END 2011 DOWN 3-4%
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Stopover visitor numbers for the 2011 full year are likely to be 3-4 per cent down on 2010 comparisons, the minister of tourism and aviation conceded yesterday, although the group business rebound meant the Bahama
SUPPLIER CONCERNS ON BTC 'INCONSISTENCIES' SOLUTION
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Bahamian businesses yesterday expressed concern that the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) was extending the period for paying them to 60 days, as the newly-privatised carrier moves to tackle "inconsistenci
INSURERS FEAR PREMIUMS 'DOUBLING, QUADRUPLING'
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Bahamian general insurance underwriters yesterday warned that newly-passed amendments to the Road Traffic Act could result in motor vehicle premiums "doubling, tripling, quadrupling", with some types of coverage w
'NAIL IN COFFIN' OF FREEPORT'S $70-$120M BOND ECONOMY
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Bahamas Customs was yesterday accused of "putting another nail in the coffin of Freeport's" $70-$120 million bonded goods economy, a leading attorney describing the terms it was setting as a "bureaucratic perversi
Telecoms ain't nothin' but a portable number
Age ain't nothin but a number. And so, apparently, is communications. Especially when it comes to finally, oh finally, fostering some competition in the Bahamian market, if the regulator had not seemingly bottled it. For the Utilities Regulation & Competi
ATLANTIS TAKEOVER 'BEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED'
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Brookfield Asset Management's ownership takeover at Atlantis and the One & Only Ocean Club has been described by a leading accountant as "the best thing that ever happened for the Bahamas". Raymond Winder, managin
The bigger picture on local buying
Use Chamber voice logo. Byline 'By Ian Ferguson', and use Pic of him The expression 'Buy Bahamian' was uttered many years ago in a desperate plea to encourage locals to support, and buy goods and services, produced in the Bahamas. I believe it was Clevel
BONDED VEHICLE WOE IN FREEPORT
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Bahamas Customs is insisting that Freeport residents who have bonded vehicles to operate part-time businesses cannot use them to travel to/from their main jobs, a former Grand Bahama Chamber of Commerce president
SPEED WEEK 'CAN BECOME LIKE MONACO'
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Bahamas Speed Week Revival organisers are examining whether to create a permanent race track in the Arawak Cay area, the minister of tourism telling Tribune Business that this nation could effectively match Monaco
IMF: FISCAL REFORM DELAYS MAY 'JEOPARDISE RECOVERY'
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor A failure to rapidly implement tax reforms "could jeopardise a sustained recovery" in the Bahamas, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warning the Government's plans were "not sufficient" to reverse a rising $4.
THE BIGGER PICTURE ON LOCAL BUYING
By Ian Ferguson The expression 'Buy Bahamian' was uttered many years ago in a desperate plea to encourage locals to support, and buy goods and services, produced in the Bahamas. I believe it was Cleveland Eneas who once jokingly declared that Bahamians w
BONDED VEHICLE WOE IN FREEPORT
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Bahamas Customs is insisting that Freeport residents who have bonded vehicles to operate part-time businesses cannot use them to travel to/from their main jobs, a former Grand Bahama Chamber of Commerce president
SPEED WEEK 'CAN BECOME LIKE MONACO'
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Bahamas Speed Week Revival organisers are examining whether to create a permanent race track in the Arawak Cay area, the minister of tourism telling Tribune Business that this nation could effectively match Monaco
IMF: FISCAL REFORM DELAYS MAY 'JEOPARDISE RECOVERY'
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor A failure to rapidly implement tax reforms "could jeopardise a sustained recovery" in the Bahamas, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warning the Government's plans were "not sufficient" to reverse a rising $4.
THE BIGGER PICTURE ON LOCAL BUYING
By Ian Ferguson The expression 'Buy Bahamian' was uttered many years ago in a desperate plea to encourage locals to support, and buy goods and services, produced in the Bahamas. I believe it was Cleveland Eneas who once jokingly declared that Bahamians w
BONDED VEHICLE WOE IN FREEPORT
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Bahamas Customs is insisting that Freeport residents who have bonded vehicles to operate part-time businesses cannot use them to travel to/from their main jobs, a former Grand Bahama Chamber of Commerce president
SPEED WEEK 'CAN BECOME LIKE MONACO'
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Bahamas Speed Week Revival organisers are examining whether to create a permanent race track in the Arawak Cay area, the minister of tourism telling Tribune Business that this nation could effectively match Monaco
ATLANTIS TAKEOVER 'BEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED'
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Brookfield Asset Management's ownership takeover at Atlantis and the One & Only Ocean Club has been described by a leading accountant as "the best thing that ever happened for the Bahamas". Raymond Winder, managin
THE BIGGER PICTURE ON LOCAL BUYING
By Ian Ferguson The expression 'Buy Bahamian' was uttered many years ago in a desperate plea to encourage locals to support, and buy goods and services, produced in the Bahamas. I believe it was Cleveland Eneas who once jokingly declared that Bahamians w
IMF: FISCAL REFORM DELAYS MAY 'JEOPARDISE RECOVERY'
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor A failure to rapidly implement tax reforms "could jeopardise a sustained recovery" in the Bahamas, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warning the Government's plans were "not sufficient" to reverse a rising $4.
BONDED VEHICLE WOE IN FREEPORT
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Bahamas Customs is insisting that Freeport residents who have bonded vehicles to operate part-time businesses cannot use them to travel to/from their main jobs, a former Grand Bahama Chamber of Commerce president
SPEED WEEK 'CAN BECOME LIKE MONACO'
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Bahamas Speed Week Revival organisers are examining whether to create a permanent race track in the Arawak Cay area, the minister of tourism telling Tribune Business that this nation could effectively match Monaco
ATLANTIS TAKEOVER 'BEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED'
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Brookfield Asset Management's ownership takeover at Atlantis and the One & Only Ocean Club has been described by a leading accountant as "the best thing that ever happened for the Bahamas". Raymond Winder, managin
IMF: FISCAL REFORM DELAYS MAY 'JEOPARDISE RECOVERY'
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor A failure to rapidly implement tax reforms "could jeopardise a sustained recovery" in the Bahamas, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warning the Government's plans were "not sufficient" to reverse a rising $4.
THE BIGGER PICTURE ON LOCAL BUYING
By Ian Ferguson The expression 'Buy Bahamian' was uttered many years ago in a desperate plea to encourage locals to support, and buy goods and services, produced in the Bahamas. I believe it was Cleveland Eneas who once jokingly declared that Bahamians w
BONDED VEHICLE WOE IN FREEPORT
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Bahamas Customs is insisting that Freeport residents who have bonded vehicles to operate part-time businesses cannot use them to travel to/from their main jobs, a former Grand Bahama Chamber of Commerce president
SPEED WEEK 'CAN BECOME LIKE MONACO'
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Bahamas Speed Week Revival organisers are examining whether to create a permanent race track in the Arawak Cay area, the minister of tourism telling Tribune Business that this nation could effectively match Monaco
BAHAMAS TOP RETAIL SPOT FOR FIRSTCARIB
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank (Bahamas) accounted for the largest share of its Barbadian parent's retail banking revenues in the fiscal year ended on October 31, 2011, generating some $90.64 million or 44
INSURANCE BROKERS: OVER 25% TO 'FALL OFF'
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor More than 25 per cent of all existing Bahamian insurance brokers and agents are unlikely to be licensed under the new Act governing the sector, the Insurance Commission told Tribune Business yesterday. Arvind Bagh
ATLANTIS TAKEOVER 'BEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED'
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Brookfield Asset Management's ownership takeover at Atlantis and the One & Only Ocean Club has been described by a leading accountant as "the best thing that ever happened for the Bahamas". Raymond Winder, managin
IMF: FISCAL REFORM DELAYS MAY 'JEOPARDISE RECOVERY'
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor A failure to rapidly implement tax reforms "could jeopardise a sustained recovery" in the Bahamas, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warning the Government's plans were "not sufficient" to reverse a rising $4.
THE BIGGER PICTURE ON LOCAL BUYING
By Ian Ferguson The expression 'Buy Bahamian' was uttered many years ago in a desperate plea to encourage locals to support, and buy goods and services, produced in the Bahamas. I believe it was Cleveland Eneas who once jokingly declared that Bahamians w
BONDED VEHICLE WOE IN FREEPORT
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Bahamas Customs is insisting that Freeport residents who have bonded vehicles to operate part-time businesses cannot use them to travel to/from their main jobs, a former Grand Bahama Chamber of Commerce president
SPEED WEEK 'CAN BECOME LIKE MONACO'
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Bahamas Speed Week Revival organisers are examining whether to create a permanent race track in the Arawak Cay area, the minister of tourism telling Tribune Business that this nation could effectively match Monaco