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Munroe 'one of the few bright spots' for the Mustangs

RESHARD Munroe has been one of the few bright spots for the Billings Mustangs thus far this season despite the team’s struggle in the standings of the Rookie Ball Pioneer League.Munroe leads the team in home runs, triples and is among the team’s top

Tech firm's president lures internet event to Bahamas

A Bahamian technology executive used his address to an Internet conference to lure the same event to this nation in 2019.Jason McDowall, chief executive and president of BahamasLocal.com, took the spotlight at IMPACT 18 Holland, an event hosted by th

INSIGHT: It’s time to bust the marijuana myths

IT is “high” time the conversation of marijuana decriminalisation or legalisation be approached intellectually. This has been a subject of recent debate, particularly gaining momentum at the beginning of the year. CARICOM’s regional assessments led to a town meeting over a week ago, where despite a lack of representation from the people that oppose marijuana decriminalisation or legalisation, there was still a good turnout, as citizens came out in droves to voice their opinions on the issue.

Path open for medicinal marijuana use

AS the government moves to consider an end to marijuana prohibition across CARICOM member states, legal pathways already exist for medicinal and scientific use in the country.Minister of Health Dr Duane Sands, who has responsibility for dangerous dru

'Sales cancelled' fear if no VAT grace given

The Bahamas Real Estate Association’s (BREA) president yesterday warned “lots of sales will be cancelled” as the sector makes a last-ditch bid for a smooth VAT transition.Christine Wallace-Whitfield called on the government to either provide a 60-90

Arawak chair 'prays' for late reversal on real estate taxation

Arawak Homes’ chairman yesterday said he is “praying” that the Government will reverse course at the last minute on a “material dampener” for real estate and all related industries.Sir Franklyn Wilson told Tribune Business that the move to treat real

WORLD VIEW: CARICOM Summit needs to excite the imagination

I WISH I could say that “all eyes are on the CARICOM Heads of Government meeting to be held from 4 to 6 July in Jamaica”. But, CARICOM events have long since ceased to hold excitement for the people of the 15-member community. They hardly get a glance these days.

Tax change threat to Out Islands' 'survival'

Family Island realtors are warning that Real Property Tax Act changes will be such “a breaking point” for many second homeowners that it threatens their economies’ very “basis of survival”.James Rees, a broker with Abaco Island Properties (Bahamas),

Mould, no generator and no air conditioning at general post office

WORKERS at the East Hill Street General Post Office protested yesterday because of no air-conditioning and the presence of mould in the facility, Bahamas Public Services Union President Kimsley Ferguson said.The demonstration, which involved about 60

$200m – yet $219 for workers

I believe that the main bone of contention that the Keep Ya Corned Beef We Marching protestors and rabble have with the Minnis administration is its proposed sliding scale tax on web shop operators.

Govt deals: 2/3 of firms need 'personal contacts'

Two-thirds of Bahamian businesses have needed to use “personal contacts” to close or speed-up government deals, showing why “red tape” and corruption are among the country’s top woes.A Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and Employers Confederation (BCCEC) s

Second home 'havoc' on triple-digit tax rise

The Government was yesterday warned it “will create havoc” if it imposes triple-digit tax increases on hundreds of foreign second home owners via planned real property tax reforms.Attorneys and realtors united in “outrage” over a seemingly innocuous

Judge denies man's claim on ex-wife's properties

A Supreme Court judge has denied a man’s attempts to secure an interest in his ex-wife’s $4m home and her 12 condominiums, while ordering his ex-wife to pay him $100,000 to “ease his transition” into living without a partner.

URCA sides with Aliv on BTC billing dispute

Aliv has hailed industry regulators for taking its side in a billing dispute with the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) that could have threatened customer connectivity.Damian Blackburn, pictured, the mobile provider’s top executive, told Trib

John Pinder appointed acting Director of Labour

VETERAN unionist John Pinder has been appointed as acting Director of Labour.

Whipped, beaten and filmed for Facebook

POLICE are investigating the circumstances behind a video circulating on social media of a young girl being beaten for allegedly coming home late.

FINCO suffers 67% profits slump in Q1

ROYAL Bank of Canada’s (RBC) mortgage lending arm yesterday unveiled a 67 per cent year-over-year slump in 2018 first quarter profits as ‘bad credit’ woes continued to bite.Robert Johnston, Finance Corporation of the Bahamas (FINCO) chairman, told sh

EDITORIAL: The Trump-Comey show has just begun

JAMES Comey is in the headlines again. It is likely that he will stay there longer than most news stories out of Washington and New York these days.

PM must act quickly to revisit the Oban deal

It is incredulous that the Cabinet would sign on to a deal for the eye-popping sum of $5.5 billion (with a B) representing 50% of GDP, and then think that it was going to go down with a drum-roll and a ticker-tape parade. At first whiff, Oban doesn’t pass the smell test.

Knife killer shot dead at party

TWO men on Grand Bahama are dead and a senior immigration officer, a relative of one of the victims, is in custody assisting police with their investigation.

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