25 August 2014
Cable Bahamas Limited (CBL) it is disappointed and surprised with the Bahamas Communications and Public Offices Union’s (BCPOU) statement regarding the relationship between the two parties. According to Head of Marketing at Cable Bahamas David Burrows, the company maintains that it has been abiding by a Supreme Court ruling and has been working with the […]
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20 August 2014
The registration process for Value Added Tax (VAT) will get underway next month, State Minister for Finance Michael Halkitis revealed as debate on the VAT Bill began in the House of Assembly yesterday. Mr. Halkitis said work has been ongoing and thorough in order to ensure that VAT’s implementation which is set for January 2015 […]
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20 August 2014
Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Member of Parliament Greg Moss again stood at odds with his party by expressing his disapproval of legislation to enact a Value Added Tax (VAT) as debate got underway in the House of Assembly yesterday. The Marco City MP said the legislation is a betrayal of the philosophy of the PLP […]
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20 August 2014
Police are investigating an attempted murder that occurred in the East Bay Street area. According to police officials, Mckenson Dorvil went to the residence of his former fiancé where he encountered another man. It is alleged that Dorvil flew into a rage and chopped a 39-year -old man of Virginia Street to the neck, back […]
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20 August 2014
The identities of four male bodies recovered as a result of a fatal plane crash Monday morning near Freeport, Grand Bahama are to be released soon. According to Assistant Commissioner of Police in Grand Bahama Emerick Seymour, the four bodies were recovered from a mangrove swamp after the American registered aircraft, a twin Cessna crashed […]
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20 August 2014
The Free National Movement (FNM) on Tuesday celebrated the 22nd anniversary of its historic win in the 1992 General Elections and recounted the many successes and achievements the party has enjoyed since breaking the Pindling-era. Prior to that win at the polls 22 years ago, the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) then led by former Prime […]
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20 August 2014
Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Member of Parliament for Marathon Jerome Fitzgerald said despite engaging in a shouting match with Fort Charlotte MP Dr Andre Rollins Monday in the House of Assembly, there was nothing personal about that exchange and he noted that even in light of widespread criticisms about his parliamentary behaviour, Dr. Rollins has […]
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20 August 2014
Twenty-six young Bahamians studying for degrees in healthcare have received financial assistance from the Doctors Hospital Dr Meyer Rassin Foundation towards next year’s tuition. With the privilege of being enrolled in various higher education institutions in the United States, Canada and the Caribbean, including the Bahamas, these ambitious young Bahamians are in high anticipationhighly anticipate […]
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20 August 2014
The murder trial of two brothers believed to be responsible for a 2012 shooting death got underway in the Supreme Court on Tuesday before Senior Justice Jon Isaacs. Leroy Smith, 27, of Old Boat Alley and his brother 26-year-old Tony Smith of Kelly’s Lane are accused of the murder of Tristan Bartlett who was shot […]
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20 August 2014
Severe weather during the early morning hours in New Providence Tuesday led to Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) customers again experiencing a disruption to their power supplies. Many customers were without power supply well into Tuesday afternoon. In a statement released sometime after mid-day BEC officials said the outages were as a result of a lightning […]
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