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Chamber moves to combat 20 non-renewal rate
Chamber moves to combat 20 non-renewal rate
By NEIL HARTNELL
Tribune Business Editor
The newly-merged Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and Employers Confederation (BCCEC) has introduced a three-six month payment plan for membership fees, Tribune Business was told yesterday, in a bid to combat an "average annual 20 per cent non-renewal rate".
Noting that, in common with other membership organisations, the BCCEC was having difficulty with renew...
TWENTY-EIGHT (28) ADDITIONAL CONFIRMED COVID-19 CASES, ONE (1) ADDITIONAL CONFIRMED DEATH, TWO (2) ADDITIONAL NON-COVID RELATED DEATHS, ONE (1) ADDITIONAL DEATH UNDER INVESTIGATION AND ONE HUNDRED (100) ADDITIONAL PERSONS RECOVERED Update #196
Moreover, the additional twenty-eight (28) confirmed cases bring the total number of confirmed cases to five thousand one hundred ninety-one (5,191)...
Bahamas Feeding Network receives donations from McKinney, Bancroft and Hughes and CFAL as non-profit feeds thousands of Bahamian families each month
The Bahamas Feeding Network received over $12,000 in donations from two corporate donations this week, funds that Executive Director Lester Ferguson said will be instrumental in helping the organization continue its efforts to provide meals to Bahamians.
McKinney, Bancroft and Hughes recently hosted a food drive with partners and staff donating canned and dry foods plus $7,100 in cash, all of w...
Agriculture non-profit supports food efforts
Agriculture non-profit supports food efforts
AS Bahamian families continue to grapple with the increasing cost of living, a leading agriculture-focused non-profit has thrown its support behind recent calls for greater efforts to improve food security in The Bahamas.
'Significant' wait for non-urgent surgeries
'Significant' wait for non-urgent surgeries
THE Public Hospitals Authority yesterday said there may be significant wait times for non-urgent surgical procedures at Princess Margaret Hospital.
Significant decline in BDB's non-performing loans portfolio
The Bahamas Development Bank (BDB) has succeeded in shrinking its non-performing loans portfolio to a percentage in the 20s, from a rate of 76 percent, the bank's Head of Strategic Development and Initiatives Sumayyah Cargill said yesterday. Cargill, who made the comments during an appearance on Morning Blend Business on Guardian Radio 96.9 FM, explained ...
Non-favorable situations pave the way to joyful eventualities
When the famine had spread over the whole country, Joseph opened all the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians, for the famine was severe throughout Egypt. And all the world came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph, because the famine was severe everywhere. - Genesis 41:56-57 In 2019 when the world was hit ...
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Bastian appointed non-resident ambassador to Central American Integration System
Businessman Sebastian Bastian was appointed non-resident ambassador to the Central American Integration System (SICA), Prime Minister Philip Davis announced yesterday. "I have appointed an ambassador to the countries of the SICA, and he is here with me today," Davis said during the CARICOM-SICA summit in Belize yesterday. "It is a sign of my country's commitment ...
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Non committal on marital rape
Non committal on marital rape
Though Minister of State for Social Services Lisa Rahming suggested last week that the Davis administration will criminalize marital rape, Minister of Social Services Obie Wilchcombe declined to express a view on the controversial issue yesterday, saying his ministry will hold a symposium with women's groups to determine pertinent issues that need to be forwarded ...
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'Non-lethal weapons may not be effective'
'Non-lethal weapons may not be effective'
AS debate continues on the use of non-lethal weapons on the police force, National Security Minister Wayne Munroe suggested yesterday such tools may not be effective in violent or hostile crime situations.