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Chinese investment could fix Downtown 'disaster'
Chinese investment could fix Downtown 'disaster'
A leading businessman is supporting proposed foreign investment to redevelop downtown Nassau, arguing that Bay Street is a "disaster and dying" in its present state.
Speaking with Guardian Business, Superwash President and former president of the Bahamas Chamber of Commerce Dionisio D'Aguilar warned that pride could interfere with much-needed renovation in the downtown area that would employ many ...
D'Aguilar: Healthcare reform needed
D'Aguilar: Healthcare reform needed
A prominent businessman has thrown his support behind changes to the current healthcare system, arguing that too much is being spent and too many are "dying by the roadside" for lack of access to healthcare.
Dionisio D'Aguilar commented after Guardian Business revealed that total spending on healthcare in The Bahamas ballooned from $380 million to $800 million between 2001 and 2013, even as health...
BEC customers outraged over looming price hike
BEC customers outraged over looming price hike
Several residents expressed outrage yesterday over the impending price increase for electricity.
Last Friday, Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) Executive Chairman Leslie Miller said customers can expect an increase in the fuel surcharge of their bills.
Three generators at the Clifton Pier Power Station failed last week, leading to rolling blackouts -- the latest in a series of countless power ...
Questions raised over BEC reform approach
Questions raised over BEC reform approach
Business people yesterday voiced fears that the new proposed way forward for reform of the Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) will continue to allow too much political interference in the running of the country's primary power producer, and called for an explanation of the rationale behind the decision.
Dionisio D'Aguilar, president of Superwash, former president of the Bahamas Chamber of Comme...
'Substandard' post office in service 'death spiral'
'Substandard' post office in service 'death spiral'
The General Post Office has been condemned as in a "death spiral", amid ongoing criticism of inefficient service and lingering structural concerns.
Dionisio D'Aguilar, Superwash president and CEO and former president of the Bahamas Chamber of Commerce, decried the "horrendous" condition of the post office while criticizing the government's inaction.
The leading businessman and others have complain...
D'Aguilar urges excellent customer service at Baha Mar
Ninety-three young Bahamian men and women last week heard from Superwash President and CEO Dionisio D'Aguilar, who gave the students advice on how giving great customer service will be the success of Baha Mar.
This is the second class of the Leadership Development Institute (LDI), which is a 16-week training and development program geared at providing hospitality, communication and leadership skil...
Dionisio D'Aguilar: Government contracts problematic due to economy's 'smallness'
A leading businessman has argued that the "smallness" of the Bahamian community causes any government contract award process to be "fraught" with problems.
Meanwhile, Dionisio D'Aguilar said he is not inclined to believe the United States is best suited to pass judgment on The Bahamas with respect to issues of transparency and corruption.
"The U.S. can stand up and say The Bahamas is corrupt but t...
Expert: 2015 VAT more 'realistic'
Expert: 2015 VAT more 'realistic'
A day after the government confirmed that it plans to delay value-added tax (VAT) implementation at least until the last quarter of this year, one of the visiting consultants from New Zealand proposed that a "realistic" date for its introduction would be later -- on January 1, or possibly April 1, 2015...
Coalition: How are interest rates being determined
Coalition: How are interest rates being determined
A greater focus should be placed on the potential for all economic "tools", both fiscal and monetary, as a means of stimulating the economy in order to help address the country's deficit and debt problem, according to members of the Coalition for Responsible Taxation.Arguing that it is not clear how the institution is determining rates, which impact both how much it costs the government to borrow,...
Businesses upping pressure against VAT
Businesses upping pressure against VAT
With the implementation of value-added tax (VAT) just five months away, more businesses are joining the anti-VAT campaign and are petitioning their customers to do the same.
One business owner referred to VAT as "crazy", while another said the implementation of VAT could push poor people "over the edge".
Several business owners have erected posters throughout their stores, highlighting the impact ...