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TOP REALTOR CALLS FOR STAMP TAX 'REVERSAL'

A LEADING realtor is urging the Government to reverse its Stamp Tax increase on real property transactions, arguing that it is costing the Bahamas much-needed business and discouraging both local and foreign buyers. Mario Carey, head of Mario Carey Realty

Haitians told to use their vote

Haitians told to use their vote By AVA TURNQUEST Tribune Staff Reporter aturnquest@tribunemedia.net HAITIAN president Michel Martelly yesterday advised Bahamians of Haitian descent to band together and lobby for a political party that they feel would be

Haitians told to use their vote

Haitians told to use their vote By AVA TURNQUEST Tribune Staff Reporter aturnquest@tribunemedia.net HAITIAN president Michel Martelly yesterday advised Bahamians of Haitian descent to band together and lobby for a political party that they feel would be

Murderer to hear fate tomorrow after death sentence overturned

Murderer to hear fate tomorrow after death sentence overturned By LAMECH JOHNSON Tribune Staff Reporter ljohnson@tribunemedia.net MURDER convict Maxo Tido will reappear in the Supreme Court tomorrow morning for resentencing, more than half a year after

Murderer to hear fate tomorrow after death sentence overturned

Murderer to hear fate tomorrow after death sentence overturned By LAMECH JOHNSON Tribune Staff Reporter ljohnson@tribunemedia.net MURDER convict Maxo Tido will reappear in the Supreme Court tomorrow morning for resentencing, more than half a year after

Murderer to hear fate tomorrow after death sentence overturned

Murderer to hear fate tomorrow after death sentence overturned By LAMECH JOHNSON Tribune Staff Reporter ljohnson@tribunemedia.net MURDER convict Maxo Tido will reappear in the Supreme Court tomorrow morning for resentencing, more than half a year after

Murderer to hear fate tomorrow after death sentence overturned

Murderer to hear fate tomorrow after death sentence overturned By LAMECH JOHNSON Tribune Staff Reporter ljohnson@tribunemedia.net MURDER convict Maxo Tido will reappear in the Supreme Court tomorrow morning for resentencing, more than half a year after

Murderer to hear fate tomorrow after death sentence overturned

Murderer to hear fate tomorrow after death sentence overturned By LAMECH JOHNSON Tribune Staff Reporter ljohnson@tribunemedia.net MURDER convict Maxo Tido will reappear in the Supreme Court tomorrow morning for resentencing, more than half a year after

Woman in court over cocaine

Woman in court over cocaine By LAMECH JOHNSON Tribune Staff Reporter ljohnson@tribunemedia.net A WOMAN has been arraigned in Magistrate's Court in connection with a $45,000 cocaine seizure at the main Nassau airport. Shakera Cox, 25, was remanded to He

delay in ruling over change of plea

delay in ruling over change of plea By LAMECH JOHNSON Tribune Staff Reporter ljohnson@tribunemedia.net A SUPREME Court judge delayed her change-of-plea ruling in the case of disbarred attorney Ralph Jan Ward, who pleaded guilty to stealing nearly $2 mil

delay in ruling over change of plea

delay in ruling over change of plea By LAMECH JOHNSON Tribune Staff Reporter ljohnson@tribunemedia.net A SUPREME Court judge delayed her change-of-plea ruling in the case of disbarred attorney Ralph Jan Ward, who pleaded guilty to stealing nearly $2 mil

Banker shot dead outside home

Banker shot dead outside home ey By AVA TURNQUEST Tribune Staff Reporter aturnquest@tribunemedia.net POLICE have arrested one man and are looking for two more in connection with the fatal shooting of a 47-year-old banker this weekend. The news of the ar

Banker shot dead outside home

Banker shot dead outside home ey By AVA TURNQUEST Tribune Staff Reporter aturnquest@tribunemedia.net POLICE have arrested one man and are looking for two more in connection with the fatal shooting of a 47-year-old banker this weekend. The news of the ar

'We don't know how to handle small business'

'We don't know how to handle small business' By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net A Bahamian small and medium-sized business development agency should have been created 20 years ago, a local entrepreneur said yesterda

'We don't know how to handle small business'

'We don't know how to handle small business' By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net A Bahamian small and medium-sized business development agency should have been created 20 years ago, a local entrepreneur said yesterda

AIRPORT HIT BY DELAYS

AIR traffic at the Lynden Pindling International Airport was hit by widespread delays yesterday, one of the busiest and most profitable days in the industry. Last night, carriers lamented costly delays in excess of two hours with a much broader impact on

TEAMS MARK OUT DIVE SITES

TEAMS MARK OUT DIVE SITES BY DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net FREEPORT: The Underwater Explorers Society (UNEXSO) has re-moored some 24 active dive sites at Freeport's south side. UNEXSO has been financing the mooring

SPEED WEEK AT 'TOP END' OF SIX-FIGURE INVESTMENT

By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net BAHAMIAN sports tourism is expected to receive a 'significant boost' from the revival of Bahamas Speed Week, organisers said yesterday, with a number of high spending individuals ex

SPEED WEEK AT 'TOP END' OF SIX-FIGURE INVESTMENT

By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net BAHAMIAN sports tourism is expected to receive a 'significant boost' from the revival of Bahamas Speed Week, organisers said yesterday, with a number of high spending individuals ex

MORTGAGE COMPANY 'WAS NEAR BANKRUPTCY'

By AVA TURNQUEST Tribune Staff Reporter aturnquest@tribunemedia.net THE Bahamas Mortgage Corporation was headed to bankruptcy as a result of "reckless lending habits" under the PLP administration, chairman Dr Duane Sands said yesterday. Dr Sands said tha