The Bahamas Investor

...Platinum Pineapple’s team of six stays busy every day, providing a host of services for clients residing in eastern and western New Providence, especially at the exclusive Ocean Club Estates and Ocean Club Residences & Marina on Paradise Island, where Platinum Pineapple serves as the on-site concierge. “Currently we are based in New Providence,” says Campbell-Munro. “However, we have assisted some of our clients with planning and coordinating even......

...s being at the third stage of Online Service Development—meaning it can perform financial transactions and allows for two-way communications—and it received a 100 per cent rating in the international organization’s e-government survey in 2012. The government continues to invest in the initiative and intends to bring more functions online in the near term. Additional services in the pipeline include work permit applications and post box rental fees......

...seamless. The Department of Immigration must also be in tune with the need for foreign counsel and expertise that would be coming to our shores. The department would be expected to play an integral role in ensuring that this process moves along without bureaucratic delay. Clearly The Bahamas would benefit from the following: • Specialist court divisions. This would showcase the specialist judicial expertise to be offered in arbitration and in othe......

...implemented, these reforms could considerably improve conditions of access for foreign suppliers of goods and services on a Most Favoured Nation (MFN) basis. Seeing how a WTO status for The Bahamas means all foreign enterprises are due “national” treatment, it is unclear whether WTO membership could result in a shift away from the concept of Bahamianization, a term coined by former Deputy Prime Minister Arthur D Hanna that aims to see Bahamians be......

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL–(September 5, 2013)–Silver Airways is providing more travel destination options to its Florida customers with the addition of exciting new international destinations and enhanced domestic air travel options beginning November 21, 2013. The carrier will launch new nonstop service from West Palm Beach to North Eleuthera and Freeport in The Bahamas, two nonstop flights each weekday between Orlando and Tallahassee, and two nonstop......

...lso served as a director on the domestic stock exchange and on the Bahamas Financial Services Board, a private-sector-led trade association. In conversation with The Bahamas Investor, Senator Smith tackles the sensitive subject of tax reform in a developing economy preparing to open itself to the world by seeking membership in the World Trade Organization. Q: A big touchstone has been the question of proposed tax reform to increase national revenu......

...n approval? A: First and foremost it has to be in an area that is targeted for foreign investors. Then it has to meet our minimum capital investment. Once those requirements are met, we have to start doing due diligence. We look at all the data provided, determine the level of risk and investigate further depending on our findings. If a project mentions cutting inland, that is likely going to need an environmental impact assessment and environment......

...t and water management as well as supply dependable backup emergency power for residential homes and communities throughout the islands. Tess Truck & Equipment Sales and Services will serve as the main source of Cummins Power Generation sales and service, offering legendary Cummins service as the only certified Cummins Power Generation dealer in the Bahamas. Detailed information on Cummins Power South and the expansion in the Bahamas may be obtain......

...nty Airport Authority. “This is yet another step to provide frequent and affordable air service, and we are excited to provide these new nonstop options for our travelers.” About Vacation Express: Vacation Express, part of Sunwing Travel Group Inc., has been in existence for 25 years and offers quality vacation packages to over 30 destinations in the Caribbean, Mexico and Costa Rica with a focus on value and client satisfaction. Plus, they provide......

...878,478 3,840,984 Comprehensive income attributable to the non-controlling interest 128,136 120,549 --------------- --------------- Comprehensive income attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. stockholders $ 750,342 $ 3,720,435 =============== =============== For further information, please contact: Frederick W. McTaggart President and CEO (345) 945-4277 or David W. Sasnett Executive Vice President and CFO (954) 509-8200 or via e-mail at info......

...BTC is set to invest millions in telecommunications on the Family Islands, according to Leon Williams, chief executive officer of BTC.......

...l go live November 18. Patrick Bukowski, Navis’s director for professional services for North America, recently paid a courtesy call on APD’s executive team. “APD is the first to implement Navis in the Caribbean and that is very exciting,” said Bukowski. “Navis has now been implemented in more than 100 terminals around the world. We really are the leading software for marine terminals and we have terminals that are many times bigger and many times......

...the region for Bespoke Wealth Management and for providing high-net-worth services for individuals with $10 million to $30 million in investable assets. Published since 2004, the Euromoney Private Banking and Wealth Management Survey is regarded as one of the leading rankings for the global wealth management industry. The survey results are based primarily on a peer ranking methodology. RBC Wealth Management’s operations in the Caribbean provide......

...forecasting 4.7 per cent growth for the fiscal year 2005/06, 6.5 per cent for 2006/07 and 6.7 per cent for 2007/08. Impressively, economic growth for the calendar year 2006 could reach 5.8 per cent, compared to only 0.8 per cent in 2001. Earlier this year, Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services reaffirmed The Bahamas’ A-1/Stable/A-2 investment rating – a rating shared by only one other CARICOM nation. And Moody’s Investors Service has also granted Th......

...urrently giving consideration to major expansion on the island,” the Prime Minister said, foreshadowing a new ferry boat docking site for larger ships and an airport expansion to accommodate more flights and house more planes. New Orleans to Eleuthera The 32-acre ocean front Cove Eleuthera Resort on the island of Eleuthera was bought last year by New Orleans entrepreneur and French Quarter hotelier Sidney Torres IV, who is in the process of return......