12 July 2019
Former Minister of Tourism Obie Wilchcombe said the tax regime that is set to be imposed on the gaming industry is a penalty tax. The government’s reasoning behind taxing this industry was to help create revenue for the country. To that, Mr. Wilchombe questioned why not increase taxation for casino operators whose taxes, he said, […]
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12 July 2019
The Ministry of Finance announced on Wednesday that the Department of Inland Revenue (DIR) has full responsibility for all tax matters governing realty transactions, now that amendments to the Stamp Act and Value Added Tax Act have taken effect. Last month, the government announced that realty transactions would no longer attract stamp tax. Instead, they […]
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12 July 2019
Two babies get to share their birthday with the nation as the Princess Margaret Hospital yesterday awarded the first boy and girl born on Independence Day. The babies were welcomed by the Cookie Collection, a non-profit organization founded by the hospital’s board of directors’ member Sharon Johnson. Mrs. Johnson said she’s been doing this for […]
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12 July 2019
Police are investigating a stabbing incident that occurred on July 10, which left a man dead and another man detained in hospital. According to police, shortly after 9 p.m., two men were in the parking lot of a business establishment on East Street South and Cox Way, when they got into an altercation, which escalated, […]
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12 July 2019
The Free National Movement (FNM) called Opposition Leader Philip Davis a ‘hypocrite’ following his comments, made last week, on the ShotSpotter Technology. Mr. Davis also labelled the technology as a bad investment by the government. He added that ShotSpotters did nothing to prevent those 14 individuals from being shot in Montel Heights earlier this […]
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12 July 2019
Nygard’s Golden Jubilee Review It’s not an everyday occurrence to discover an individual who has pulled himself up by his bootstraps to achieve phenomenal success with a business that’s still breaking barriers, still achieving firsts, and still innovating fifty years later. What does it take? How did he achieve it all? And how can we […]
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11 July 2019
The Golden Jubilee Review It’s not an everyday occurrence to discover an individual who has pulled himself up by his bootstraps to achieve phenomenal success with a business that’s still breaking barriers, still achieving firsts, and still innovating fifty years later. What does it take? How did he achieve it all? And how can we […]
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11 July 2019
The nation’s problems can only be solved through unity, according to Bahamas Christian Council President Bishop Delton Fernander, who called for The Bahamas to unite, as he believes Bahamians have developed a “vicious cycle of destroying each other.” “See unity is the only way we can stand Bahamas. We got to stop letting these people […]
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11 July 2019
Governor General CA Smith, as chancellor of the Societies of Honour established under the National Honours Act, 2016, in accordance with the advice of the prime minister, and the National Honours Advisory Committee, announced yesterday the recipients of the 2019 National Honours Award. Companions received the Order of The Bahamas, which is conferred upon any […]
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11 July 2019
An indecent assault charge lands a 30-year old male in jail, following his arraignment in the Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday. Standford Stubbs, of Sandilands Village, appeared before Magistrate Cara Turnquest-Deveaux and was charged with one count of indecent assault, contrary to section 17(1)(A) of the Sexual Offenders Act. It is alleged that Stubbs on Wednesday […]
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