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Energy Monopoly Claim Is 'HOGWASH'
November 08, 2011
Energy Monopoly Claim Is 'HOGWASH'
A LEADING businessman said yesterday that while net metering and net billing would be a good idea to facilitate renewable energy, power plants were still necessary during peak consumption hours.
"I think it would be good, it would provide another mechanism by which people can offset these substantial energy costs they have," Dionisio D'Aguilar, head of the Superwash laundromat chain and former...
ARMED ROBBERY TRIAL NEARS CONCLUSION
October 28, 2011
ARMED ROBBERY TRIAL NEARS CONCLUSION
By LAMECH JOHNSON
ljohnson@tribunemedia.net
THE Supreme Court trial of two men charged with the attempted armed robbery of a laundromat last year is nearing completion.
Prosecution and defence attorneys in the trial of Roderick Strachan and Raymond Pratt Jr are expected make their closing submissions this afternoon following the testimony of a doctor.
Strachan, who is represented by Calvin Seymou...
DNA not ready to govern
October 21, 2011
DNA not ready to govern
I would like to comment on the ongoing saga surrounding the leader of the Democratic National Alliance (DNA) and Member of Parliament for Bamboo Town, Branville McCartney.?
Floods call drainage system into question
October 05, 2011
Floods call drainage system into question
As thousands of people took to the streets yesterday for the morning commute, many had to contend with more than just gridlock. Great seas stood in the way as the city's drainage system once again struggled to keep up with the demand.
Cars plowed through the flooding, sending wakes high into the air. Some motorists were stranded in the middle of the road from stalled engines.
Dionisio D'Aguilar, p...
SUPERWASH SALES DROPPED 40 AT ROADWORKS PEAK
October 03, 2011
SUPERWASH SALES DROPPED 40 AT ROADWORKS PEAK
By NEIL HARTNELL
Tribune Business Editor
A LEADING businessman yesterday said sales for his impacted outlets slumped by 40 per cent at the New Providence Road Improvement Project's peak, telling Tribune Business the main Argentinean contractor "made a mistake" in not hiring more Bahamian supervisors and sub-contractors.
Dionisio D'Aguilar said that while the top-line at his Superwash laundroma...
LOOK THROUGH 'COCK AND BULL' OF POLITICIANS
September 21, 2011
LOOK THROUGH 'COCK AND BULL' OF POLITICIANS
By NEIL HARTNELL
Tribune Business Editor
BAHAMIANS must "start looking through the cock and bull of politicians" and realise they will have to pay more to sustain the current size of government, a well-known businessman warning that the next administration would have to take "tough decisions" on the public finances.
Dionisio D'Aguilar, president of the Superwash laundromat chain, said Bahamians...
September 30, 2011
Govt should admit JCCC 'responsible' for road work mess
Peering down at construction from his office window, Dionisio D'Aguilar didn't like what he saw.
"There were 19 people down there working on about 50 feet of sidewalk yesterday," he told Guardian Business. "And they were doing absolutely nothing. They were just moving dirt around. So I called the supervisor from across the street and invited him into my office."
D'Aguilar, the Pr...
'Outrageous' bank fees slammed
September 13, 2011
'Outrageous' bank fees slammed
By NEIL HARTNELL
Tribune Business Editor
A FORMER Chamber of Commerce president yesterday blasted Bahamian commercial banks for imposing "astronomical and outrageous" hidden fees that he took four months to pick up on, and urged the Government and regulators to implement greater oversight of an industry he described as "a cartel".
Dionisio D'Aguilar, president of the Superwash laundromat chain,...
250k energy costs rise causes '2011 'write off'
June 09, 2011
250k energy costs rise causes '2011 'write off'
Superwash is set for a year-over-year $250,000 increase in energy costs based on expenditure so far, its president and former Chamber of Commerce chief, Dionisio D'Aguilar, said yesterday, as he admitted that despite slight sales increases he has "written off 2011" from a business perspective.
As a guest speaker at the Rotary Club of West Nassau, Mr D'Aguilar said that although signals are such...
'Put boot to neck' of road contractor
May 17, 2011
'Put boot to neck' of road contractor
A former Chamber of Commerce president believes modest year-over-year sales increases across his group for the first four months of 2011 indicate the economy has "bottomed out", as he again urged the Government to "put its boot to the neck of the contractor" spearheading the New Providence Road Improvement Project.
While group sales at his Superwash laundromat business were up by 1-2 per cent y...
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