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DPM: SBDC impact magnified five-fold

The deputy prime minister yesterday argued that every dollar invested in the government’s flagship small business initiative generates an economic impact more than five times’ greater.

Huge increase needed in essential staff by 2040

A newly published Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) study has recommended The Bahamas will need an estimated 6,000 teachers, 3,000 doctors and 7,000 nurses by 2040.

D'Aguilar encourages new creative ideas

TOURISM Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar has challenged Grand Bahama residents to come up creative business ideas to draw tourists, a day after plans for Carnival Cruise Line’s mega-port in East Grand Bahama were formally announced.

Buddy Hield stays at Kings

Buddy Hield is no stranger to transactions at the NBA trade deadline but while he was not involved in any deals this year, his Sacramento Kings were busy shuffling the roster.

Full military funeral for senior policeman

RETIRED Chief Superintendent Basil V Rahming was remembered as an outstanding police officer who served with excellence in all aspects of his career on the police force, and as a honourable family and Christian man.

Foulkes concern over Inagua industrial issue

LABOUR Minister Dion Foulkes yesterday expressed concerns over ongoing industrial issues at Morton Salt, telling reporters that operations at the salt plant remains critical to employment on Inagua.

‘We’ve lost ground but no panic’

THE governing Free National Movement has “lost some ground” since the 2017 general election, Health Minister Dr Duane Sands said yesterday.

Govt approves tax certificate reply to OECD

The government has approved the creation of tax residency certificates for permanent residents so they can prove compliance with other countries’ laws, a Cabinet Minister said yesterday.

In WNBA, Jonquel Jones’ ‘long-term future is so bright’

HEADED into the season finale, the Connecticut Sun were already eliminated from playoff contention, but Bahamian rookie forward Jonquel Jones gave the Sun front office reasons to be optimistic about the team’s future.

Tourism cuts hit new hires

TOURISM Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar said yesterday there will be “one or two” more layoffs at the Ministry of Tourism in the near future, but he does not expect it to be anything significant, as he defended recent cost-cutting measures.

Minnis: FNM will produce 1,000 entrepreneurs a year

FREE National Movement Leader Dr Hubert Minnis, during a rally Wednesday night, promised that when he is prime minister he will produce a minimum of 1,000 entrepreneurs a year.

D’Aguilar tells PLPs to stop making career out of politics

FREE National Movement (FNM) Free Town candidate Dionisio D’Aguilar yesterday called on long-serving Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) parliamentarians to quit “making a career” out of politics.

Leave Baha Mar deal alone

SARKIS Izmirlian is “dead wrong” calling for a moratorium on the sale of Baha Mar, former Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham said yesterday.

PM admits work needed to keep shelters up to standard

PRIME Minister Perry Christie acknowledged yesterday that the government needed to do a better job of ensuring hurricane shelters were kept up to standard, as he pledged to redirect his administration’s focus on the proper licensing of these facilities.

Miller: We shouldn’t have brought in foreigners

TALL Pines MP Leslie Miller criticised Bahamas Power and Light Company Ltd and the government yesterday for “bringing in foreigners” to assist in restoring power to New Providence when, Mr Miller claimed, “Bahamians could have done the same job.”

VAT may create tax specialists

THE Government’s proposed Value Added Tax (VAT) is expected to generate an entirely new revenue stream for private sector accountants, the Bahamas Institute of Chartered Accountants (BICA) president yesterday telling Tribune Business the reforms may create jobs for Bahamian tax specialists.

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