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Activist accuses Port Authority of failing to protect citizens
Activist accuses Port Authority of failing to protect citizens By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net FREEPORT - A community activist is accusing the Grand Bahama Port Authority of failing to live up to its obligation to
Activist accuses Port Authority of failing to protect citizens
Activist accuses Port Authority of failing to protect citizens By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net FREEPORT - A community activist is accusing the Grand Bahama Port Authority of failing to live up to its obligation to
Activist accuses Port Authority of failing to protect citizens
Activist accuses Port Authority of failing to protect citizens By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net FREEPORT - A community activist is accusing the Grand Bahama Port Authority of failing to live up to its obligation to
Activist accuses Port Authority of failing to protect citizens
Activist accuses Port Authority of failing to protect citizens By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net FREEPORT - A community activist is accusing the Grand Bahama Port Authority of failing to live up to its obligation to
Gun recovered after man shot
By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net FREEPORT - Grand Bahama Police recovered a firearm in a shooting over the weekend that has left a 26-year-old man hospitalised with injuries to the upper right arm. According to repor
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Two armed robberies investigated
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'Changing night to day' easier than VAT prices
The Government’s insistence on Value-Added Tax (VAT) inclusive pricing will create “unnecessary work” for Price Control as well as the retail industry, a leading operator saying yesterday: “We could change night into day easier than this.”
VAT tops ‘laundry list of complaints’
Supervalue’s owner has urged the Government to make a Value-Added Tax (VAT) review its top priority, disclosing that the requirement for inclusive pricing had slashed the supermarket chain’s sales by 10 per cent.
Price Control ‘demonisers’ threaten to undermine VAT
Businesses yesterday slammed the Price Control Commission for “intentionally trying to demonise” the private sector, and warned that it threatened to undermine Value-Added Tax (VAT) implementation.
D’Aguilar blasts new tax evasion claims as ‘lies’
DIONISIO D’Aguilar yesterday slammed fresh attempts to smear him as “lies, half truths and utter distortions”, following claims his Superwash business deliberately under-valued a shipment of imported washers by $100,000.
Documents show Foulkes barred from legal practice in Florida and owed US govt $132,000
FREE National Movement (FNM) candidate for Golden Gates Michael Foulkes was assessed by the United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and found to owe the US government $132,493.60 in taxes, including interest and penalties spanning several tax periods from 1999 to 2001, a document obtained by The Tribune yesterday showed.

THE FINISH LINE: Consider Justin Roberts for next Davis Cup tie in April
After the controversy with regard to not getting a chance to attempt the 200/400 metre double at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, newly wed Shaunae Miller-Uibo has made it clear that she will be pursuing it at the IAAF World Championships in London, England, in August.
Health Insurance industry ‘discussing NHI contingency plans’
TENSIONS between the government and insurance stakeholders are likely to grow after PLP Chairman Bradley Roberts likened the industry to a cartel last week, with one industry insider telling The Tribune yesterday that stakeholders are discussing contingency plans in case the Christie administration fails to incorporate some of its proposals into its National Health Insurance scheme.

PM: Postpone convention until after referendum
PRIME Minister Perry Christie has recommended that the Progressive Liberal Party postpone its national convention until after the gender equality referendum, according to party Chairman Bradley Roberts.

From the Bahamas to the North Pole
TWO more Bahamians are on their way to the North Pole after a local merchant and his best friend received an invite to take the place of two ski team members who withdrew from an upcoming six-man exploration to the area.
Roberts: Former Senator intent on ‘wrecking’ Dr Minnis
PLP Chairman Bradley Roberts yesterday called on the Free National Movement (FNM) to publicly distance itself from recent public commentary from former Senator Michael Pintard, charging that the “disgraced” former chairman is intent on “wrecking” Dr Hubert Minnis.
Merchant’s remote shift ends 50-year retail era
A Bahamian merchant has shuttered its retail store after more than 50 years in business as part of a restructuring that now sees it providing reduced services remotely.
'Blame staff for contract not going out to tender'
THE renovation project for the Stephen Dillet Primary School this summer was not subject to a proper public tendering process, Minister of Works Desmond Bannister said yesterday, adding the government has held public servants responsible for this error accountable. He did not identify those public servants or say what consequences they have faced.

Bradley Roberts calls for election 'peace and calm'
PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party (PLP) Chairman Bradley Roberts called for “peace and calm” during this election season, charging that the country’s “international reputation” for maintaining “political stability” could be at stake.