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TDC focuses on supporting tourism entrepreneurs
TDC focuses on supporting tourism entrepreneurs
The Tourism Development Corporation (TDC) is laser focused on how to support tourism entrepreneurs, and on how to create linkages to parts of the tourism industry that have traditionally been difficult forĀ it to access, the corporation's new Chairman Rafique Symonette said Thursday.
BTC announces 'One Number'
BTC announces 'One Number'
NASSAU, Bahamas -- Remember that three-digit number you had to dial to report a phone out of order? Or the seven-digit number you called to change features on a mobile phone, set up VIBE or the other number you rang to inquire about a bill or talk about international roaming? If you remember those numbers now, you can forget them in the future. BTC announced today that its expanded call centre is ...
BTC unveils expanded call centre
BTC unveils expanded call centre
The Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) has gone operational with its expanded call centre, all calls being handled by one number seven days per week, 24 hours per day.
"The BTC call centre, with all calls regarding all services being routed through a single number free of charge from anywhere within the Bahamas, is one more way BTC is improving service to our customers by making it more c...
BTC Announces 'One Number'
BTC Announces 'One Number'
Remember that three-digit number you had to dial to report a phone out of order? Or the seven-digit number you called to change features on a mobile phone, set up VIBE or the other number you rang to inquire about a bill or talk about international roaming? If you remember those numbers now, you can forget them in the future. BTC announced today that its expanded call centre is up and running with...
Doctors Hospital Advances Legal Action Around Hiring Institutionally Registered Medical Practitioners In The Cayman Islands, Claiming Patient Safety Is Otherwise At Risk
Doctors Hospital has applied to the Grand Court in Cayman for leave for judicial review of the ongoing failure by the Government of the Cayman Islands ("the CIG") to formulate and publish criteria against which healthcare facilities are assessed before being designated as a facility that may employ 'institutionally registered' medical practitioners.
Doctors Hospital's central complaint is that...
Group recognised for human trafficking fight
Group recognised for human trafficking fight
A LOCAL non-profit, Our Sanctuary, has joined an international group of anti-human trafficking organisations by being named to the Global Modern Slavery Directory.
A Shift, the Packaging of Insurance Catches Mass Attention by the Bahamian Business Comminity
A Shift, the Packaging of Insurance Catches Mass Attention by the Bahamian Business Comminity
Insurance is one of those things that has for a long time served as a business woe for many local businessmen and women, as it can be entirely out of reach. Some find insurance a challenge because their team is too small to qualify. Others find premier insurance rather expensive for the individual when not a part of a group or company among other similar scenarios...
The BTC saga: A contentious sale
The BTC saga: A contentious sale
One of the most contentious issues of 2011 was the government's sale of 51 percent of the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) to London-based conglomerate Cable & Wireless Communications.
Although the sale of the telecoms company was on the agenda of both the Ingraham and Christie administrations for more than a decade, the deal was met with fierce resistance from the opposition Progressive L...
Jamaica minister recommended Thomas for 'competence', not qualifications
Jamaica's minister of agriculture recommended Bahamas Agricultural and Marine Science Institute (BAMSI) consultant Omer Thomas to the Bahamian government "based on his competence", but he did not "authenticate" Thomas' qualifications, as the Bahamian government had suggested.
"He is quite a competent person. He is quite knowledgeable about agriculture," said Roger Clarke, confirming Bahamian minis...
Advisory to Bahamian Nationals Traveling During the Holiday Season
During the upcoming holiday season, many Bahamians will travel to various parts of the world for any variety of reasons...This is a time of joy and happiness to visit family, friends and loved ones or simply to have an enjoyable vacation...