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Talk of VAT started under PLP during buoyant economy
THE mess to which Mr Bradley Roberts referred as the reason for the PLP’s introduction of VAT into The Bahamas began in earnest under the PLP’s watch between fiscal 2002/3 and 2006/7.
PM is no advocate for the disabled
EDITOR, The Tribune.
A perspective on the Bahamas budget
AGAINST the backdrop of this year's post-election budget debate in Parliament, we thought it would be useful to look at how our economic circumstances have evolved over the past decade.
Call for owners to be forced to fix rundown buildings
A PROMINENT Freeport lawyer is calling on the powers that be to force property owners of dilapidated buildings in the City of Freeport to fix them up or sell them.
PLP in a hard place facing tough decisions
EDITOR, The Tribune.
BTC negotiator's 'not paid $1m'
A LOCAL tabloid’s article that $1 million will be paid to the government’s negotiating team for recapturing the majority shares in the Bahamas Telecommunications Company was dismissed as “completely false” by Prime Minister Christie.
That familiar feeling
Re: Christie vows to stay as PM (July 19)
Time to pass baton has gone
It is with utter amusement that I listened to the Prime Minister speak of the passing of the baton during his Majority Rule Day remarks.
The people's voice
EDITOR, The Tribune.
POLITICOLE: Respect for leadership is not simply following blindly
SHANE Gibson had the temerity to stand in Parliament and talk about respect for leadership.
Wind-up delay gives Baha Mar resolution time
The Attorney General yesterday suggested the three-week delay to Baha Mar’s winding-up hearing was intended to give all parties more time to reach a “hoped for” commercial resolution to the $3.5 billion dispute.
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.
Bind 'inevitable' VAT rate rise to duty cuts
“Inevitable” increases in the Value-Added Tax (VAT) rate must be tied to corresponding import duty reductions to protect the private sector and consumers, a leading businessman warning the Government could not be given “a blank cheque” on fiscal reform.
INSIGHT: Take it or leave it - the Baha Mar deal
Malcolm J Strachan doubts that former Baha Mar employees will be paid what they are owed in full come settlement time at the end of the month . . .
Puppet and the puppet master
In his rush to defend the hapless hopeless helpless leader of the opposition it seems Tennyson Wells forgot to throw in one key tidbit: an actual argument for why Dr Hubert Minnis would be a great prime minister.
Gibson says he spent $125,000 on Golden Gates community
WHILE accusing the Free National Movement of “plagiarising” a portion of Jamaica’s People’s National Party’s manifesto, incumbent Golden Gates MP Shane Gibson sought to free himself from the perception of malfeasance explaining to supporters his spending of $125,000 on various community initiatives including $50,000 each year on scholarships to constituents.
Fitzgerald gets mixed reviews in Marathon
Rashad Rolle takes the political temperature in Marathon and finds mixed reviews for sitting MP Jerome Fitzgerald . . .
Tax Coalition urges postponement of VAT 'seismic change'
The Chamber of Commerce’s tax coalition has urged the Government to postpone Value-Added Tax’s (VAT) implementation to a date “at least 12 months” from when it releases the draft legislation, in order to give the private sector and consumers time to adjust to “seismic change”.
PLP does not believe in Bahamians
EDITOR, The Tribune.
BTC: $100m 'investments outstrip depreciation'
The Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) yesterday hailed the $10 million year-over-year increase in the value of its ‘fixed’ assets as “a positive sign”, a senior executive saying it showed “investment is outstripping depreciation”.