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Investors 'outraged' by lawyer's venture
Investors in the controversy-torn Oceania Heights development yesterday expressed “outrage” after this newspaper found that the attorney responsible for their land title woes has launched a business offering solutions to the exact same problems.
PLP chairman blames Minnis for PHA failings
PLP Chairman Bradley Roberts yesterday blamed FNM Leader Dr Hubert Minnis for “systematic failures, irregularities and vulnerabilities” in the Public Hospitals Authority that Mr Roberts said the PLP now has to clean up.
Fiscal Responsibility Act pledge urged by mid-Nov
The Government was yesterday urged to publicly commit by mid-November to passing a Fiscal Responsibility Act, amid “increasing push back” over fears it will renege on its side of the Value-Added Tax (VAT) bargain.
VAT questions as implementation nears
MANY business licensees in Freeport were eager to learn what they need to do to be VAT compliant as the January 1 implementation date draws near.
Business registry takeover labelled 'healthy approach'
The Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and Employers Confederation (BCCEC) believes the private sector will be better able to self-regulate and ensure greater tax compliance if it takes over as the Registrar of Businesses, its chairman said yesterday.
No 'tsunami' over virtual warehouses
The Government is “not expecting a tsunami” of businesses applying to use ‘virtual warehouses’ to ease the Value-Added Tax (VAT) transition, a top government official expecting “a few dozen at most” by today’s deadline.
Fiscal Responsibility Act pledge urged by mid-Nov
The Government was yesterday urged to publicly commit by mid-November to passing a Fiscal Responsibility Act, amid “increasing push back” over fears it will renege on its side of the Value-Added Tax (VAT) bargain.
MARKETING REVOLUTION: Changing our inward looking mental block
A few years ago I was doing some consulting work for a large Bahamian retailer, and I ran into a technical problem that was beyond my capacity to solve. So I did some research and found some highly-qualified Bahamians to help me solve the problem. In talking to them I said how delighted I was to find this level of expertise in the Bahamas.
YOUNG MAN’S VIEW: ALL FOR ONE . . . ONE FOR ALL?
THINGS are heating up in the Free National Movement and soon members and party officers will feel the fire burning as the internal races and rhetoric, preceding the convention, intensifies before they select an executive team that’s likely to lead the party into the next general election.
Drug dealer's appeal over jurisdiction rejected by court
THE Court of Appeal was divided 2-1 in rejecting a drug convict’s application that questioned its jurisdiction to order that he serve two more years in prison if he fails to pay a $250,000 fine.
Unpaid property, casino taxes branded as 'crazy'
A Tax Coalition co-chair yesterday suggested that the Government ‘sell’ its $580 million real property tax receivables to the private sector, describing this and the build-up of $51 million in unpaid casino taxes as “crazy”.
Cutting the ribbon at hospital cafe
DOCTORS Hospital has completed the renovation and rebranding of its cafeteria and has invited the public to come and see what the new Meyer’s Cafe has to offer.
Prayers in Andros for the success of BAMSI
THE Bahamas Agricultural and Marine Institute (BAMSI) began operation with a special Pontifical Eucharist at the Parish Church of St Margaret, Nicholl’s Town, Andros on September 28.
Calvary Deliverance to host prophetic conference
THE family of Calvary Deliverance Church, under the leadership of Senior Pastor James Newry and Lady Queenie Newry, will host their second annual Prophetic Conference from October 27 to 30.
Cooking competition will be highlight of St James ACM Grill Fest
By ALESHA CADET
Hamilton: 'Don't like the PLP? Leave!'
SOUTH Beach MP Cleola Hamilton criticised political “turncoats” yesterday who are attempting to dismantle the Progressive Liberal Party. She urged them to “gather the testicular fortitude” and leave the party.
IMF cuts Bahamas 2015 growth 25%
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) yesterday cut its projections for Bahamian GDP growth in 2015 by 25 per cent, meaning this nation’s focus has “got to be” economic expansion and job creation.
Touching down in Nassau? Then why adverts for Florida?
AN irate citizen criticised Bahamas Airport Advertising, the advertising company for the Lynden Pindling International Airport for opting to place a Miami, Florida advertisement in the arrivals section of the airport.
COLELOQUIAL: The Great Parliamentary Show
ON the morning I write this, I recognise, in my favourite western-area coffee shop, and seated snugly in the corner but in view of the door, the former Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham, a character missing from the dramedy cast profiled here, but looking very well-rested in his retirement.
Gov't told: 'Live up to your end of the fiscal bargain'
The private sector has contacted an international organisation that works to make governments more accountable for help in achieving the same in the Bahamas, as it told the Christie administration: “Live up to your end of the bargain”.