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Gov't urged: 'Get 10,000 non-VAT payers over $100k'

By NEIL HARTNELL

Bahamas to be part of study on coral reefs

THE Bahamas has been included in the expansion of a study on coral reefs under a new campaign by the Catlin Group.

Lourawls 61st ranked basketball player in America for class of 2014

By RENALDO DORSETT

Short of money, but must have new House

ARE OUR politicians completely lacking in sense, or is it sensibility? Maybe they have screws missing in both departments.

Despite 20% sales growth, business 'ain't what it was'

A Bahamian businessman said yesterday he had seen “slight growth” of 20 per cent in sales at his Prince Charles Drive company, while noting that business “is not like it used to be”.

PM: VAT Rate to be lower than 15%

Prime Minister Perry Christie last night confirmed that Value-Added Tax (VAT) would be introduction at a lower rate than the initially proposed 15 per cent, with the implementation date also subject to potential change.

Artist Spotlight: Xavier Brice

BAHAMIAN singer Xavier Brice is bringing a groovy sound channelling classic Motown energy with his new single ‘I Can’t Keep Loving You.’

AML chief urges end to 'ridiculous' Price controls

AML Foods chairman yesterday reiterated calls for the Government to abolish price controls, arguing that high levels of competition in the food retail industry meant it no reason to “meddle”.

Prisoners to be interviewed over bus smash

INVESTIGATORS are expected to conduct interviews today with the eight prisoners who were on a prison bus when it collided with a jeep driven by an elderly woman on Thursday.

Buyers fight for British Colonial

PRIME Minister Perry Christie said yesterday that a buyer seeking to purchase the British Colonial Hilton was currently in its due diligence period, adding that a rival was “lurking in the background.

S&P questions Gov’t over US $300m bond

The Government’s decision to go to the international capital markets for a US$300 million bond yesterday appeared to be questioned by a Wall Street credit rating agency, which said there was “significant appetite” for its debt in the Bahamas.

BTC title sponsor for the BAAA CARIFTA Trials

BTC has come onboard as the title sponsor for the 2014 Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations’ CARIFTA Trials as the organisation prepares to field its team for the region’s annual elite meet for junior athletics.

Food retailers urged: Make price control case

The Bahamian food retail industry was yesterday asked to ‘make the case’ for an increase in its price control margins, a senior industry executive conceding that the restrictions were “not going to go away”.

$30,000 to repair storm shelters

THE Salvation Army of the Bahamas has received $30,000 from the US Agency for International Development/US Office of Foreign Affairs/Latin America and the Caribbean (USAID/OFDA/LAC) to assist in repairing storm shelters in the Grants Town and Mackey Street areas.

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