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Carmichael Primary leads by half a point

IT’S going to come down to an intense battle for the top spot as the New Providence Primary Schools Sports Association completes its 4th annual Bertha’s Go-Go Ribs Track and Field Championships today at the Thomas A Robinson Track and Field Stadium.

BOC introduces newly formed medical advisory committee

WITH the formation of a medical advisory committee, the Bahamas Olympic Committee feels that they will be in a better position to ensure that the Bahamas is properly represented by Bahamian athletes on the national teams for the various international events that come under their jurisdiction.

Carifta swim team ratified

Following the final time trials over the weekend at the Betty Kelly Kenning Swim Complex, the Bahamas Swimming Federation has ratified its team to compete at the 2014 CARIFTA Swimming Championships.

Tax Coalition chief: Bahamas must be 'low tax'

The Bahamas needs to position itself as a ‘low tax’ jurisdiction to access potential benefits from tax and investment treaties with other countries, a Tax Coalition co-chair warning yesterday that a ‘flat’ or ‘no tax ‘ posture would “cause problems”.

Party Chairmen in row over ethics

PLP Chairman Bradley Roberts has gone on the offensive against FNM Chairman Darron Cash in the debate about corruption and ethics.

Bill to detail rights of disabled

THE rights of the disabled will be made clear through the passage of a Bill that is nearing its completion for presentation to Parliament.

Bahamas suffers 40% UK visitor fall

The Bahamas suffered a 40.6 per cent fall in UK stopover arrivals in the six years to 2013, with a senior hotel executive expressing hope that London’s aviation tax cuts will have an “overarching positive impact” in reversing this trend.

Record-breaking performances for Bastian, Evans

JOANNA Evans and Izaak Bastian produced new Bahamian and Bahamas Open national records to highlight the performances of the Bahamas Swimming Federation’s Final Time Trials for the CARIFTA Games at the Betty Kelly Kenning Swim Complex over the weekend.

Breaking the habit

“WE LIVE in a country that is addicted to incarceration as a tool for social control. As it stands now justice systems are extremely expensive, do not rehabilitate but in fact make the people that experience them worse and have no evidence based correlatives to reducing crime. Yet with that track record they continue to thrive, prosper and are seen as an appropriate response to children in trouble with the law. Only an addict would see that as an okay result.” – James Bell

Nottage: People electronically monitored ‘too dangerous for the streets’

NATIONAL Security Minister Dr Bernard Nottage yesterday said that if left up to him, people accused of committing serious crimes would not be granted bail if their trial progresses in a “suitable period of time”. He added that people whose movements are being electronically monitored are “too dangerous to be put on the streets.”

Call for restrictions on those with ankle monitors

HOUSE arrest or mobility restriction should be mandatory for persons being electronically monitored, ICS manager Gari Gonzalez said yesterday.

Bahamas eyes 'stimulus' from UK air tax reform

The UK’s air tax reforms “play right into the Bahamas’ diversification and international markets” growth strategy, a leading tourism executive yesterday saying it boosted this nation’s airlift connectivity via British Airways’ London hub.

'We don't want V.A.T., even at 1/100 of 1%'

Super Value’s owner yesterday said Bahamians “don’t want VAT under any circumstances, even at 1/100th of 1 per cent”, and called for the Government to instead implement a wide-ranging fiscal reform package that included a sales tax.

Bahamians warned to brace for 6% food price rise

Bahamian consumers were yesterday warned to brace for 6 per cent food price increases “across the board”, due to the damage done to US farmers’ crops and livestock by harsh weather conditions earlier this year.

Action heats up in BSC Basketball Classic

THE Baptist Sports Council played a series of games in its 2014 Basketball Classic at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex on Saturday.

Temple of the Word celebrates pastor's 14th anniversary

TEMPLE the Word Ministries was created by Rev Dr Gary Curry some 20 years ago. He envisioned an outreach ministry of Evangelistic Temple being established in the southern part of New Providence, which became a reality in 1999 when a building was purchased on Breadfruit Street in Pinewood Gardens.

US accused bailed

TWO Americans accused of killing a fellow countryman in Bimini five days ago were each granted $35,000 cash bail yesterday, four hours after their arraignment.

Bahamas carnival winning name in festival contest

THE Bahamas National Festival Commission announced the student winners of their naming and logo competition at an award’s presentation this week. The competition, which was sponsored by the commission and launched in December 2013, challenged students throughout the Bahamas to come up with a name for the national festival being planned for May 2015.

Tourism's 8% GDP share growth backs anti-VAT argument

A leading tourism executive yesterday said predictions that the industry’s contribution to Bahamian GDP will increase almost 8 per cent this year reinforce the need to ensure it remains “globally competitive against any other destination” post-fiscal reform.

It’s now time for Bahamian society to heal itself

THE Bahamas has lost its moral fibre, a Bahamian recently remarked. He wanted to know whether we agreed, and, if so, when did we first notice it.

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