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February 03, 2011
MasterCard backed initiative sees 5 tourist spend rise
By NEIL HARTNELL
Tribune Business Editor
Total tourist spending in the Bahamas from a MasterCard-promoted initiative increased 5 per cent year-on-year in 2010, Tribune Business was told yesterday, with the number of participating Bahamian merchants having increased by 57 per cent since inception three years ago.
Patricio Rubalcaca, MasterCard's vice-president of strategic partnerships for Latin...
France blacklists Bahamas
December 04, 2019
France blacklists Bahamas
Last month Deputy Prime Minister Peter Turnquest (pictured) said he had "no reason to believe that we are facing any blacklist". AHVIA J. CAMPBELLThe Bahamas has been blacklisted by France, according to Gerald Darmanin, the French minister of public action and accounts. Darmanin told a weekly French newspaper on December 1 that four new countries were blacklisted: Anguilla, the Virgin Islands, The...
Miller hits at media for revealing Jones' BEC bill
July 16, 2014
Miller hits at media for revealing Jones' BEC bill
Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) Executive Chairman Leslie Miller yesterday charged that BEC customers should not be subjected to having their information in the newspapers and added that the media should "desist" from making such information public.
The Guardian asked Miller if he instructed BEC employees to reconnect the supply of Jones Communications Ltd., despite the company owing the cor...
Letters to the Editor: Time is up for the GBPA
April 06, 2024
Letters to the Editor: Time is up for the GBPA
Editor, Finally, a Prime Minister armed with the testicular fortitude to confront the Grand Bahama Port Authority forced them to honor the many responsibilities and commitments they brazenly intentionally ignored. The power players in the Port now know that Philip Brave Davis is not a weakling and must not be taken for granted. Anyone who [...]
Beware Of Social Media Posts, Not Affiliated With The Ministry Of Health & Wellness Offering Fake Health Services
March 13, 2024
Beware Of Social Media Posts, Not Affiliated With The Ministry Of Health & Wellness Offering Fake Health Services
The Ministry of Health & Wellness is urging the public to view and read social media posts carefully as imitation sponsored posts, which are not authorized by the Ministry continue to falsely advertise health offerings and information.
Beware of health services scammers
March 12, 2024
Beware of health services scammers
NASSAU, BAHAMAS—The Ministry of Health & Wellness is urging the public to view and read social media posts carefully. Imitation-sponsored posts, which are reportedly not authorized by the Ministry, continue to falsely advertise health offerings and information. The Ministry issued the public advisory via a press statement Tuesday afternoon. The statement continued: "For individuals seeking [...
City Markets signs Robin Hood deal
May 16, 2011
City Markets signs Robin Hood deal
By NEIL HARTNELL
Tribune Business Editor
City Markets' principal, Mark Finlayson, has signed a deal in principle to acquire rival retailer Robin Hood's food business, Tribune Business can reveal. The agreement, which was signed on Friday, is targeting a closing this week, multiple sources close to the situation confirmed to this newspaper last night, a development that would allow Mr Finlayson t...
August 04, 2015
Remarks by Minister Mitchell on Emancipation Day Observance
May I ask you at this time to remember our fallen member of the Fox Hill Festival Committee, Mrs. Paula Tynes and our late friends and brothers Frank Edgecombe, William Rahming, Charles Johnson and Eric Wilmott. May they rest in peace...
February 29, 2024
“Tourism is Everybody’s Business”: MOTIA engages the domestic audience
In a move to have Bahamians buy into the importance of tourism to the economy, the Ministry of Tourism, Investments and Aviation (MOTIA) officially launched its “Tourism is Everybody’s Business" domestic campaign.
Op-ed: The Bahamas has a long-standing crime problem
February 21, 2024
Op-ed: The Bahamas has a long-standing crime problem
Editor, As a journalist nearing two decades, the number of killings in our country the past two months saddens me. The killings happen during the day or night. They happen in public places. Adults and young people have been killed. The problem caught the attention of our closest ally, the United States. The international media [...]
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