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Web shops: Technology puts us outside law
THE web shop industry is arguing that the sector’s “development of technology and business methods” have taken it outside the regulatory purview of the Lotteries & Gaming Act.
Nurses will be paid owed salary increases today
THE demands for unpaid salary increases to a group of nurses did not fall on deaf ears as officials have confirmed that payments will go out today.
300 graduate from training
PARTICIPANTS of the government’s National Training Agency (NTA) are crediting the programme with giving them the confidence to enter the Bahamian job market.
Warning of 'uproar' if BEC stops double dipping
THE Bahamas Electrical Workers Union has turned up the heat on its threat to take legal and industrial action against the government, union president Stephano Greene told The Tribune yesterday.
'Big mistake' to ignore webshops over VAT tax
EXEMPTING web shops from taxation was yesterday branded a “big mistake”, a leading businessman telling Tribune Business that the industry could generate $200 million or half the revenue the Government hopes to collect from Value-Added Tax (VAT).
Customs workers to hold strike vote
MEMBERS of the Bahamas Customs Immigration and Allied Workers Union (BCIAWU) will take a strike vote on Friday to decide if they will strike to protest the government’s “failure” to address their concerns.
Human rights group backs calls for LGBT equality
A HUMAN rights group has renewed calls for the government to amend the Bahamas Constitution therefore making it illegal to discriminate against a person based on sexual orientation.
VAT delay better than 15% rate cut for marina sector
LOWERING the Value-Added Tax (VAT) rate would be a “positive” for the marina industry, one local operator said yesterday, adding that the possible postponement of its implementation was “ even better news” given the uncertainty over its impact.
BTC to have Bahamian majority at board level
PROVISIONS have been mutually agreed upon between Cable and Wireless and the Government to ensure that Bahamians are at all times the majority on BTC’s board of directors.
'We will not be bullied on VAT'
THE GOVERNMENT of the Bahamas will not be “bullied or threatened” to postpone or cancel the implementation of Value Added Tax, Minister of State for Finance Micheal Halkitis said yesterday.
‘Payroll tax not a viable option’
BAHAMIAN workers would face grave reductions in take-home pay if a payroll tax were implemented instead of a Value Added Tax (VAT), the three leading government voices in financial affairs, including the Prime Minister, agreed.
Gov't uged to 'expedite' decision on final VAT rate
A leading small business consultant has urged the government to ‘expedite’ its decision on a definitive Value-Added Tax (VAT) rate.
Experts say there should be no V.A.T. until April 2015
THE IMPLEMENTATION of a Value Added Tax should be delayed to April 1, 2015, New Zealand VAT tax expert Dr Don Brash said yesterday.
Cash: Still no help for home owners after bogus mortgage plan
FOLLOWING the collapse of the government’s “bogus” mortgage relief plan, there is still no meaningful help in sight for struggling homeowners, FNM chairman Darron Cash charged.
40 honoured at Women and Sports Luncheon
THE chatter in the audience was continuous as they marvelled at the beauty, strength, grace and achievements of 40 Women in Sports who, through the years and against all odds, have excelled and made the Bahamas proud.
No salary increases likely for public service
SALARY increases for the public service are not likely in the new fiscal year, Labour Minister Shane Gibson said yesterday.
Webshops concerned over paying penalty and not getting licences
LAWYER Wayne Munroe, who represents the owners of five webshops, said yesterday his clients are concerned that even after they pay the government’s “so-called penalty” they will not be granted gaming licences.
Bahamian's plea from Cuban prison
A BAHAMIAN serving time in a Cuban prison for drug possession is urging the Bahamas government to repatriate him.
Hospital chief of staff quits amid fight on doctors’ pay
THE shock resignation of the Princess Margaret Hospital’s medical chief of staff yesterday is symptomatic of deeper discord between public health administrators and physicians, according to the Consultant Physicians Staff Association (CPSA) .
Civic group wants action as authorities reject health report
A GRAND Bahama civic group is calling for “swift intervention in the relocation and settlement of affairs of residents” in the Pinder’s Point and Lewis Yard communities following the rejection of an Environmental Health Risk Assessment report by two leading international authorities which they deemed “suspicious”.