Hours after Royal Caribbean International (RCI) President and CEO Michael Bayley took to the airwaves to assure that the cruise line will adhere to the strictest environmental standards, a group of The Bahamas’ leading environmentalists released a joint open letter calling for a “thorough, transparent review of the environmental, economic and cultural impacts of Royal
The government has committed to a meeting this week with the Bahamas Petroleum Retailers Association, after retailers waited for a month to resolve issues over a possible margin increase, the association’s Vice President Vasco Bastian told Guardian Business yesterday. Bastian was recently on Morning Blend Business on Guardian Radio 96.9 FM, where he expressed concern about getting relief
Few things apparently frighten the Christian community in The Bahamas as profoundly as gay marriage or anything akin to even a whiff of it. It is an odd fixation on something that does not arise, as gay marriage is not legal in The Bahamas. And there has never been a bill or a policy put
The proposed amendment to the Sexual Offences Act to criminalize marital rape could result in civil unions, Bahamas Christian Council President Bishop Delton Fernander has claimed, though he provided no clear explanation on how that could happen. The Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill, 2022 would change section three of the current law by removing the words
With property values continuing to climb, chief executive officer at real estate agency 1 Oak Bahamas, Matt Sweeting, warned that if homeowner hopefuls don’t buy now, they may have no choice but to rent forever. “Rent Forever” is the title of an upcoming masterclass in real estate Sweeting intends to lead this weekend at the