Bahamas Avoids EU Blacklist

Bahamas Avoids EU Blacklist

Despite doing little for Bahamians affected by Hurricane Irma, the Bahamas government was able to use that storm as an excuse to convince the EU into not blacklisting the island nation as a tax haven.

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Trump Vindicated: 6 Days Ago Trump Told the UK to Focus on Radical Islam. Now, After A Plot to Kill the Prime Minister, They’re Paying Attention.

December 6, 2017

Trump Vindicated: 6 Days Ago Trump Told the UK to Focus on Radical Islam. Now, After A Plot to Kill the Prime Minister, They’re Paying Attention.

Just six days ago President Trump repudiated Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May, telling her she should “focus on the destructive Radical Islamic Terrorism that is taking place within the United Kingdom” instead of attacking him publicly for his choice of retweets. At the time, the UK media breathlessly condemned President Trump, attempting to mislead the world as to the problem with Islamic extremism in the United Kingdom, once again trying to shift the focus onto a diminutive group by the name of Britain First. The hysteria carried on for a few days unabated, with an emergency debate in Parliament, statements from the British Ambassador to the U.

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Tourism: 30 Per Cent Of Marketing’ Not Putting Heads In Beds’

October 28, 2017

Tourism Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar. Photo: Terrel W. Carey/Tribune Staff

THE Minister of Tourism yesterday said 30 per cent of his marketing spend is tied up in long-term contracts that are failing “to put heads in beds”. Dionisio D’Aguilar told Tribune Business that the Bahamas’ sponsorship of sporting events and teams was preventing him from “reallocating” desperately needed promotional dollars to market the Bahamas online. The Minister raised his marketing concerns just as data from the Bahamas Hotel and Tourism Association (BHTA) showed most of the industry’s indicators were heading in a negative direction during the first eight months of the year.

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