The Bahamas Investor

...ed Projects; • Young Professionals Organization; • Energy & Environment Division; • Business Security & Crime Prevention; and • Family Island Development. For more information on the merger pick up the latest issue of The Bahamas Investor.......

...itter and Facebook, Moore suggested that to remain “relevant” you must post information at least 25 times a day across all your social media assets and to see real results could take anywhere from six months to a year. “You have to be in it for the long term and you have to be dedicated. Twitter, for example, is like going to the gym–you know you should do it, but there are million reasons why you don’t do it. But once you start, you start to feel......

...International credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P) has maintained The Bahamas’ credit rating of BBB+, with the same stable outlook. Credit Analyst Olga Kalinina has said that major fiscal issues are being addressed, and the tourism and other investment projects provide good prospects for maintaining a stable outlook. For more on this story visit the Bahamas Financial Services Board (BFSB) website.......

...hat the committee is encouraging the entire country to get involved and to prepare for the 40-day launch. “We want you to drape your homes; we want you to drape your neighbourhoods and we want you to fly your car flags and we want you to get ready to celebrate our independence.” “We will only have one opportunity to celebrate our 40th and we want to make it as special as possible.” Chairman of the 40th Anniversary Independence Secretariat, Jack Th......

...erty. Then, in June last year, we heard on the grapevine that the site was coming up for grabs and the receivers had broken the lease with Four Seasons. We quickly made some phone calls and closed the deal in 45 days.” That deal, worth $26 million, bought the Stewarts a 500-acre chunk of paradise on the northern shore of Great Exuma island, into which they have since sunk a further $20 million to “Sandalize” the existing Four Seasons resort. “We h......

...under way, real estate investors can expect a significant return on investment.” The in-house financing offer will continue until December 31, 2012. Computer renderings of luxury accommodation at Balmoral. (Source: Website)......

...he new entrant would compete with incumbent BTC, which has been controlled by Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) since April 2011 and which enjoyed a post-privatization cellular exclusivity period that ran out in April 2014. Expressions of interest for the second operating license must be submitted by December 10 and proposals by February 11, 2015. The idea is for the whole process to take six months and the new operator to launch services befo......

...town Nassau Partnership’s Love The Bahamas project, which was co-sponsored by MOTA, commissioned murals from local artists to grace the walls of historical buildings such as the Trinity Church and the Cotton Ginny building on Bay Street. Speaking at the official launch of the project last year, Minister of Culture Charles Maynard spoke of the importance of heritage tourism and Bahamian culture in general to the tourism market. “Three years ago I w......

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...and report information on US account holders. Governments have two options for complying with FATCA: they can either permit their FFIs to enter into agreements with the IRS or they can themselves enter into IGAs with the US. The final regulations generally provide that, in order for withholding not to apply, withholding agents must verify the status of FFIs beginning on July 1, 2014. This announcement allows jurisdictions that have reached agreeme......

...wants to attract even more in years to come, Minister of Tourism Obie Wilchcombe told seasoned travel writers and business partners last week, as the Ministry of Tourism launched its latest niche market promotion. The “16 Weddings, 16 Islands, One Priceless Day” invitation was extended to engaged couples throughout the US in a launch event held at Per Se . The invitation will allow the couples to learn about the 16 major islands of The Bahamas onl......

...ricewaterhouseCoopers to work in the firm’s Nassau office. When a mentor recommended her for a financial controller post at a leading healthcare facility on Grand Bahama, Davis got the job. “The healthcare/insurance industry is unique and dynamic with endless learning opportunities. These are the attributes that I came to appreciate,” she says. Complex tasks In a multidiscipline, healthcare environment, there are many moving parts with internal an......

...ll continue to keep Bahamians advised of steps taken in this matter. Today for example, the government has instructed the Department of Information Technology to provide the means by which there will be access to the publicly available court documents in this matter and briefings on court proceedings as and when they occur. This information will be housed on the website of the Office of the Attorney General. In closing, I cannot say this strongly......

...ally, Scotiabank will mark International Women’s Day with a donation to Plan Canada’s ‘Because I Am a Girl’ initiative, a social movement to claim a brighter future for girls in the developing world. Scotiabank will also sponsor the International Women’s Day website .......

...s Fair, “which will anchor the Bahamas atop the Caribbean destination list for years to come.” Regional competition is a constant in and around the Caribbean, and today, more than a quarter of American luxury travelers surveyed cited the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) as the island destination they would most like to visit. Tourism to Turks and Caicos has grown by double digits in recent years, rising to more than a million visitors in 2012. Over......