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Treasure Bay Casino wrapping up negotiations on rebranding
Seven years after taking over operations from the former Isle of Capri Casino, Treasure Bay Casino in Freeport, Grand Bahama, is wrapping up negotiations to rebrand the casino.
Grand Lucayan reopens hotel after hurricane
Grand Lucayan reopens hotel after hurricane
THE Grand Lucayan Resort has reopened one of its two hotel and hundreds of hotel workers on Grand Bahama are now back to work following Hurricane Matthew.
Lighthouse Pointe reopens on Grand Bahama after Hurricane Matthew
THE Grand Lucayan Resort has reopened one of its two hotel and hundreds of hotel workers on Grand Bahama are now back to work following Hurricane Matthew.
Regional economies facing a challenge
Regional economies facing a challenge
If Caribbean economies are not to be imperiled, something must be done about so-called "de-risking" by U.S. banks and the threat it poses to our economies.
A call for answers
A call for answers
There is great confusion surrounding whether former Cable Beach properties owner Phil Ruffin owes any casino taxes 11 years after he sold those hotels to make way for the now-troubled Baha Mar development.
PM should report on Phil Ruffin's casino tax bill
PM should report on Phil Ruffin's casino tax bill
Prime Minister Perry Christie previously indicated in Parliament that his friend and former client Phil Ruffin settled his casino tax bill upon the sale of the Cable Beach properties, but Auditor General Terrance Bastian has concluded that Ruffin owes the Bahamas government millions of dollars in casino taxes.
Closed casinos owed 51 mil. in taxes at end of 2013/2014
The government was owed more than $51 million in outstanding taxes from closed casinos and $10.8 million from casinos that were in operation at the end of the 2013/2014 fiscal year, according to the report of the auditor general.
Quote of the Week - A Citizen of the World
Quote of the Week - A Citizen of the World
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Multimillion-dollar Grand Bahama airport upgrades underway
Hutchison Whampoa is undertaking millions of dollars in upgrades to the Grand Bahama International Airport to accommodate hundreds of additional travelers who are expected to descend on the facility when Canadian travel conglomerate Sunwing launches its direct flights to the island early next year...
Bahamians being considered to operate Our Lucayan casino
The government will reveal the new operator for Grand Lucayan's casino in mid-June, according to Minister of Tourism Obie Wilchcombe, who confirmed that Bahamians are among those being considered.
"We have some documents that we are going to look at today (Tuesday). We have to move quickly on it," Wilchcombe said.
"We know the people who have applied. We're just doing our due diligence and then, ...