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Gov’t ‘playing with fire’ over $200m spend rise
The Government was yesterday warned it is “playing with fire” through the $200 million year-over-year increase in recurrent spending, with a businessman suggesting this threatens to squander the ‘benefits’ from Value-Added Tax (VAT).
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Former coach Bill Morgan ‘was an exemplary educator’
FORMER CI Gibson Rattlers senior boys basketball coach Bill Morgan reportedly collapsed at RM Bailey Secondary High yesterday and was pronounced dead on his arrival at Princess Margaret Hospital.
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Tourism competition is not a guessing game
The performance of only five of the 14 independent Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries are recorded in the 2015 Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report published by the World Economic Forum.
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Pintard questions Govt’s handling of cruise tax increase
Opposition leader Michael Pintard yesterday argued that new passenger taxes could cause cruise ships to seek cheaper destinations.
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Pintard: Cruise lines will bear cost of tax increase
Opposition leader Michael Pintard yesterday argued that new passenger taxes could cause cruise ships to seek cheaper destinations.
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‘Jazz’ gets a warm welcome home
JASRADO “Jazz” Chisholm Jr made his return to home soil this past weekend at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex.
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D'Aguilar blasts Hanna Martin for her defence of 2017 Western Air rental agreement
TOURISM and Aviation Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar yesterday blasted Englerston MP Glenys Hanna Martin for her defence of rental agreement she signed with Western Air back in 2017, accusing his predecessor of trying to shirk “a very bad deal”.
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Bahamasair raises fares on $100k weekly fuel cost rise
Bahamasair has increased ticket prices on all domestic and international routes with effect from early April after its fuel costs soared by an “extra $100,000 per week”, its managing director revealed yesterday.
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STANCIL RUSSELL, Sr
FUNERAL SERVICE FOR THE LATE STANCIL “Uncle Stans” RUSSELL, Sr., 84 years A resident of Red Bays, Andros, The Bahamas will be held at 11 a.m., on Saturday May 5th, 2018 at The New Salem Baptist Church, Red Bays, North …
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Kent George Capron
Funeral Service for Kent George Capron, 51 of Pinewood Garden will be held on Saturday, July 21st, 2018 at The Luthern Church, J. F. Kennedy Drive, Nassau Bahamas at 11:00a.m. Officiating will be Pastor. Samuel Boodle. Interment will follow in …
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Ceaserinia Hepburn
Funeral Service for the Late Ceaserinia “Sister Hepburn” Hepburn, age 84 years of Malcolm Road West and formerly of Knowles, Cat Island, will be held on Saturday February 1st, 2014, 10:30 a.m. at St. Agnes Anglican Church, Baillou Hill Road. …
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Sarah Louise Hepburn Horton
Funeral service for Sarah Louise "Aunt Sabbie" Hepburn Horton, 84 yrs., a resident of #113B Collins Avenue, & formerly of Simms, Long Island, will be held at The Church of God of Prophecy, East Street Tabernacle, on Saturday at 10:00 …
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Winston Cooper
Final Rites and Burial for the late Mr. Winston”Gus” Cooper, M.B.E. Age 72yrs, a resident of Stapledon Gardens, will be held on Saturday, 11th January 2014, 10.00 am. at The Parish Church of the Most Holy Trinity, Stapledon Gardens, Officiating …
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Gov’t ‘betting on ability’ to prove the IMF wrong
The Government is “betting on our ability” to hit its fiscal targets, a Cabinet minister asserted yesterday, predicting that the Opposition and other critics will “be wrong again”.
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Cougars hold off Mingoes for victory
The University of the Bahamas Mingoes gave the visiting Spring Arbor University Cougars all they could handle, but it wasn’t enough in the first of their two matches played on Monday at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium. The Cougars, who surged from No.20
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Andrew puts dent in obesity
LIKE many teens and kids who were under stay at home orders since March due to the pandemic, 14-year-old Andrew Woodside Jr found himself overindulging on fast food and rarely getting involved in any physical activity.
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Water Corp ‘pursues’ first price increase in 20 years
The Water & Sewerage Corporation (WSC) is “pursuing” its first price hike in nearly 20 years in a bid to narrow a profitability gap where it covers barely two-thirds of its operating costs.
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DeMarco and Bahamas earn 63-57 win over Red Raiders
Chris DeMarco got the first victory under his belt with the men’s national basketball team by pulling off a 63-57 decision over the Texas Tech Red Raiders at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium last night.
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Evasion loopholes hitting VAT target, fears ex-minister
A former finance minister yesterday urged the government to examine whether the VAT shortfall had resulted from the introduction of exemptions opening up fraud and tax evasion loopholes.
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Family member tells of horror of shooting
FREEPORT – The Dart family had planned to spend the Easter holidays together in Grand Bahama, but that all turned into a “nightmare,” one of the seven relatives held hostage by armed intruders on Tuesday, told the London Daily Mail.
