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DPM: State-owned agencies must improve use of public funds
Peter Turnquest.The government is aiming to shave $100 million per year over the next four years from its annual $400 million to state-owned enterprises (SOE), Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Peter Turnquest said yesterday, adding that those entities are inefficient, uncompetitive and must retool [...]
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UB Researchers Identify Key Factors To Be Considered in COVID-19 Response
Mathematical modelling has played a key role in predicting COVID-19 cases in The Bahamas, giving government officials and health authorities the opportunity for interventions to decrease the trajectory of infections...
Go to the Principal
Go to the Principal
The warning in Shakespeare’s Hamlet ‘Neither a borrower nor a lender be’ was aimed at keeping money and friendship at arm’s distance, but once you eliminate close friends from the equation, borrowing can be a powerful tool. The real questions are how do you know when borrowing is the right thing to do and how do you keep the cost associated with it as low as possible?..
Telecoms Audits Bring Measurable Savings
Telecoms Audits Bring Measurable Savings
When big businesses are looking to cut waste and shave fixed expenses, telecommunications is one area which often goes overlooked – even as cost creeps up and services remain virtually unchanged...
Proclaim the unadulterated truth of God’s word
Proclaim the unadulterated truth of God’s word
There is a story about a wave of petty theft, which was taking place at a factory. This prompted management to post guards at the factory in order to curtail the thievery...
Muslim takes police fight to Privy Council
Muslim takes police fight to Privy Council
A FORMER police constable has vowed to fight the government all the way to the Privy Council to get justice for being fired from the Royal Bahamas Police Force because of his unwillingness to compromise a key component of his Muslim faith...
Govt looking at budget cuts in wake of Dorian
Govt looking at budget cuts in wake of Dorian
Damage on Grand Cay from Hurricane Dorian.The government is looking at shaving 10 percent off each ministry's budget in the wake of Hurricane Dorian, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Peter Turnquest confirmed yesterday. Turnquest told Guardian Business that the 10 percent budget slash has not taken place with immediate [...]
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Palm Cay Wins Favorite Among Boaters for 5th Consecutive Year
Palm Cay Marina on New Providence’s southeastern coast has sailed away with the coveted title of boaters’ favourite marina in The Bahamas for the fifth consecutive year.
Crown fails to appear again in case regarding Muslim officer
THE Crown has failed to appear on three occasions to represent the state in a lawsuit against former Commissioner of Police Ellison Greenslade for firing a police constable because of his unwillingness to compromise a key component of his Muslim faith.
Realtor prison sentence reduced by two years
Realtor prison sentence reduced by two years
THE Court of Appeal has shaved two years off of a former realtor's prison sentence for swindling 21 people out of over $144,000 between 2007 and 2008 as part of a property scam.