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Gov't 'lacked interest' in early COVID test offer

A former Cabinet minister last night confirmed the Government showed "no interest" in a proposal made "months ago" to significantly ramp-up COVID-19 testing during the pandemic's early stages.

Next govt urged: Initiate VAT rate, exemption review

The next government has been urged to review both the VAT rate and associated exemptions in a bid to maximise revenue yields and lower the burden on struggling Bahamians post-COVID-19.

Business owners 'not living in ivory towers'

The prime minister’s attack on business owners “has no merit” in most cases, a prominent entrepreneur argued yesterday, adding: “We’re not living in ivory towers.” Robert Myers, who has multiple business interests, told Tribune Business that it was

Bahamas urged: Break with fiscal 'false reality'

Bahamians were yesterday urged by a governance reformer to “take off the rose-coloured glasses and get real” over a post-COVID-19 predicament that has pushed the country “over the fiscal edge”.Robert Myers, the Organisation for Responsible Governance

Andros tourism product built to tackle COVID-19

The eighth annual Andros Business Outlook conference will be held this Friday as the island and wider Bahamas continue the fight to rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic. The event, which will be held under the theme, A new era: Resilience in the face

‘It’s not colour, it’s you, Brent’

PROMINENT businessman Sir Franklyn Wilson has hit out at former Cabinet minister Brent Symonette for his comments on race, calling his views narrow and emotional.

Dorian's $436m fiscal blow needs 'tight' rein

The government was last night urged to keep a “tight” rein on post-Dorian recovery after the storm blew an estimated $436m hole in its fiscal deficit target for 2019-2020.Robert Myers, the Organisation for Responsible Governance’s (ORG) principal, to

VAT cut’s ‘modest’ jobs, growth effect

Cutting the VAT rate to 10 percent will cause “only slight improvement” in job creation and economic growth, a University of the Bahamas (UoB) study asserts, while advocating it still “be pursued’.

‘Big bang’ for health tax July next year

Bahamian workers earning more than $35,000 per year will have to pay the majority of their National Health Insurance (NHI) premiums from their own salary, it was revealed yesterday.

Bran: Sandals nolle shows Christie team a ‘know nothing’ Govt

The Democratic National Alliance’s (DNA) leader yesterday slammed the Christie administration as a “know nothing government”, after Cabinet ministers said they were all unaware the Attorney General had ordered an end to the Sandals criminal prosecution.

Reformer says 'it's not a one pill cure'

The Bahamas will take “at least a decade” to escape its fiscal crisis, a governance reformer warning: “It’s not a one pill cure”.

‘Disappointment’ behind Key criticism of FNM leader

THE Central and South Abaco Free National Movement Constituency Association yesterday attributed area MP Edison Key’s criticism of FNM Leader Dr Hubert Minnis to “disappointment” that he will not be the party’s candidate for the 2017 general election.

TOUGH CALL: The Americas that might have been

Counterfactual history is an attempt to answer hypothetical questions by considering what would have happened if certain key historical events had not occurred.

Gymnasts flip and vault for cancer awareness

AFTER discovering that one of its members had been diagnosed with breast cancer, the Bahamas Gymnastics Parents Booster Club (BGPBC) made it its duty to keep cancer awareness at the top of their charitable efforts throughout the year.

Atlantis: 30 managers laid-off in restructure

Atlantis and senior government officials yesterday gave different explanation’s for its termination of 30 middle management staff, with the resort attributing the move to a restructuring exercise.

Norris Bain joins PLP to further the youth cause

THE Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) announced on Friday that a former Free National Movement (FNM) candidate in the Marco City constituency has joined the governing party.

Butler-Turner would give PLP ‘greater run for their money’ than Minnis

FORMER Progressive Liberal Party Cabinet minister George Smith thinks Long Island MP Loretta Butler-Turner would be bigger competition for the PLP in the next general election than current Free National Movement Leader Dr Hubert Minnis.

Morley continues campaign for union recognition at container port

TRADE union activist Lionel Morley led a small protest yesterday near the traffic circle on Warren Levarity Highway leading to the Freeport Container Port (FCP) in his continuing campaign for workers to form a union there.

National Health Insurance

The newspapers have been filled with articles on the government’s plan to introduce National Health Insurance in a matter of months which will mean another tax on the citizens, which is cause for much concern. In a similar vein as the folly of BAMSI and of COB attempting to transition into a University – we are trying to run before we have even begun to creep!

Murdered teacher’s family may get chance to speak at trial

A JUDGE may consider a victim impact statement of a murder victim’s relative before sentencing a man who admitted responsibility for the second time in a decade for the throat-slashing murder of a Spanish teacher.

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