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Auto dealers pushing for price control relief amid burden of rising business costs
Industry sees major rebound in 2023, but bemoans price controls NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The President of the Bahamas Motor Dealers Association (BMDA) yesterday lamented the burden of rising business costs and underscored the industry's ongoing efforts to seek relief from price controls, citing these challenges as impediments to growth. "We fall in the category of [...]
Auto retailers caught off guard by high demand for luxury vehicles and low inventory
The local automotive industry has been caught off guard by what has become a high demand for luxury vehicles and low inventory as a result of global supply chain shortages.
How to protect your car this Halloween- RJ Auto Imports
Protect your car this Halloween.Halloween is just a few days away ? which means you may be greeted by costumed kids looking for treats. Unfortunately, it also means that your car or home may be susceptible to tricks by pranksters...
Auto repair industry says proposed wrecked vehicle ban already having negative effect
Bahamas Auto Repair Association (BARA) President Dwaine Scavella is calling on the government to bring some clarification to its proposed ban on "wrecked" vehicles and on vehicles more than 10 years old.
Green light to reopen
Green light to reopen
While expressing concern over the number of people on the streets of New Providence during the 24-hour curfew and admonishing residents to take seriously anti-COVID-19...
Survival rate shock for kids cancers
Survival rate shock for kids cancers
THE Bahamas faces a massive uphill battle to improve survival rates for children with cancer and other auto-immune diseases...
Lacarvin Jones Qualifies as Honda Certified Master Technician
Nassau, Bahamas - The days of high school dropouts working as mechanics are long
gone. Today's auto dealerships need highly trained service technicians with the skills to fine-tune sophisticated vehicles. And Honda's three-year/100,000-kilometre factory warranty requires a high level of confidence in the service we provide.
7 new vehicle sales rise masks 'mixed scenario'
7 new vehicle sales rise masks 'mixed scenario'
Despite 7 per cent year-over-year and quarter-over-quarter increases in total new car sales, Bahamas Motor Dealers Association (BMDA) members said this 'headline figure' masked the "mixed picture" for the sector, one pointing out that models hit by a 25 percentage point duty rate increase had seen a 15 per cent retail price rise.
Declining work ethic concerns underscores need for national apprenticeship program, Minister says
Declining work ethic concerns underscores need for national apprenticeship program, Minister says
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — A Cabinet Minister said yesterday that the need for a National Apprenticeship Programme is significant given the prevailing sentiment across the country regarding the decline in overall work ethic and attitudes in the workplace. Labour and Public Service Minister Pia Glover-Rolle, while leading off debate on the bill in Parliament, described the [...]
Government spending under scrutiny over alleged $200,000 luxury vehicle purchase
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The Davis administration's spending practices have once again come under scrutiny, this time in light of the acquisition of a luxury vehicle valued at nearly $200,000, sparking debate regarding the responsible allocation of taxpayer funds. A leaked invoice circulating on social media has fueled fresh controversy; The invoice purportedly revealed that the [...]