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‘Can’t have cake and eat it’ on taxation rise
A well-known banker yesterday said the Government has to “increase the tax rate” to hit its revenue and overall fiscal consolidation goals, adding: “You can’t have your cake and eat it too.”
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Jitney drivers still waiting for govt relief packages
JITNEY drivers said they are still awaiting the details of the relief packages promised by the government.
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Davis: We’ll make the necessary decisions
THE Davis administration will make the decisions it considers necessary, this nation’s leader insisted yesterday, as he dismissed former Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham’s assertions about how the government has conducted business since taking office last year.
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‘Protect our nurses - or face poor healthcare’
BAHAMAS Nurses Union President Amancha Williams said she hopes people in Family Island communities would refrain from threatening the lives of nurses, because it restricts needed healthcare.
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Victim was not intended target of murderer
NEW Providence police are investigating a shooting that left a 42-year-old man of Red Land Acres dead and a second man with injuries to the leg.
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‘COME CLEAN’ ON $90M PUBLIC SERVICE FEE HIKE: FNM asserts Gov’t trying to ‘sneak’ increase through
The Opposition yesterday urged the Davis administration to “come clean” over plans to raise an extra $90m from increasing user fees paid by the Bahamian people to access multiple public services.
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Firearms possession
Jamilla Kennyatta Thomas, 33, inadvertently carried a live round of ammunition into the Bahamas. She was arrested at Lynden Pindling International Airport on May 29th as she prepared to board a return flight to the US-Glendale, California. The bullet was a single 9mm round. Jamilla was pregnant, incurred travel delay and sustained mental distress over this event. She had to plead guilty to criminal possession of ammunition before a magistrate and pay a serious fine to avoid prison.
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‘Buddy’ and Bahamas ready to face Venezuela
Although they have yet to “finalise” the team, head coach Chris DeMarco said the Bahamas coaching staff will select a “solid” 12-man roster coming out of this week’s training camp to play against Venezuela at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium on Thursday night.
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Anthonique Strachan takes on new role
WHILE she celebrated her 29th birthday on Monday in transit from the Bahamas to Europe, sprinter Anthonique Strachan added another feather to her cap when she was elected as a Member-at-Large for the North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletes’ Commission.
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Grand Bahama airport bids range from $50m to $150m
Three shortlisted bidders are offering to invest between $50m to $150m in redeveloping Grand Bahama International Airport (GBIA), the deputy prime minister said yesterday, with the latter’s new Board charged with selecting the winner.
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‘Push forward on Potter’s Cay’
A spokesperson for Potter’s Cay vendors has called for reconstruction to move forward more than a year after a fire destroyed stalls at the site.
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Gov’t promises to ‘end fiscal insanity’
The Davis administration last night admitted that the decades-old “structural imbalance” in the Government’s finances is a recipe for “economic calamity”, and pledged: “This fiscal insanity must end.”
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‘Half national debt down to climate costs? Prove it’
FREE National Movement leader Michael Pintard called on the government to “clarify” its statements or “substantiate its claims” in response to Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis’ statements about half the national debt being as a result of impacts of hurricanes.
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Insurer eyes expansion into ‘big boys’ territory’
A Bahamian insurer yesterday said it will decide within the next five years whether “to venture into big boys’ territory” via US expansion, saying: “We cannot rest on our laurels.”
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Gov’t targets $500m ‘one-time tax boost’
The Ministry of Finance last night said it is targeting a “one-time $500m revenue boost” from a limited menu of enforcement and compliance initiatives while pledging to minimise any increase in the tax burden faced by Bahamians.
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Taxi union chief threatens arbitrary 30% fare increase
The Bahamas Taxi Cab Union’s (BTCU) president yesterday threatened to tell his members to arbitrarily raise their fares by 30 percent despite not having obtained government or Parliament’s approval for such a move.
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Mitchell: PLP not just public relations
PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party Chairman Fred Mitchell says the Davis administration has done much more than public relations in nearly one year, adding there were “big deal” decisions made since the party took office.
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Swimming lessons to be added
EDUCATION Minister Glenys Hanna Martin says the government anticipates the introduction of swimming lessons into public schools this academic year.
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Cruise port targeting $40m yearly revenue
Nassau Cruise Port will generate up to $40m in annual operating revenues from 2023 onwards, it has been revealed, with next year’s passenger volumes forecast to hit a record high by breaching the four million mark.
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Goodman’s Bay parking plans
Goodman’s Bay - Will the eastern parking area be taken over by employees of the soon to be opened Wynn Condo Hotel?
