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$83m Port's fee rises 'never seen' before

By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net The $83 million Nassau Container Port's new tariff structure has made the Bahamas' capital city "one of the more expensive ports in the Caribbean", a leading shipping company yester

$83m Port's fee rises 'never seen' before

By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net The $83 million Nassau Container Port's new tariff structure has made the Bahamas' capital city "one of the more expensive ports in the Caribbean", a leading shipping company yester

$83m Port's fee rises 'never seen' before

By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net The $83 million Nassau Container Port's new tariff structure has made the Bahamas' capital city "one of the more expensive ports in the Caribbean", a leading shipping company yester

$83m Port's fee rises 'never seen' before

By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net The $83 million Nassau Container Port's new tariff structure has made the Bahamas' capital city "one of the more expensive ports in the Caribbean", a leading shipping company yester

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'Internal brain drain'costs Bahamas $3.5bn

The Bahamas is losing nearly $3.5 billion to the “internal brain drain” caused by low worker productivity, a well-known eye doctor yesterday arguing this was having a greater economic impact than the loss of 61 per cent of tertiary-educated Bahamians to jobs abroad.

‘Great Bahamian story’ if Baha Mar opens quickly

The private sector remains “hopeful” that the Baha Mar development will open later this year, a Chamber executive said yesterday, adding that the $3.5 billion project will transform into a “great Bahamian story” if its current woes can be resolved quickly.

Market access, poaching threat to $70m exports

By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net THE Bahamas' $70 million per year spiny lobster (crawfish) exports are under pressure from market access and poaching issues, the Department of Marine Resources' director told Tribu

Super Value chief in VAT ‘exclusive’ push

* Blames ‘inclusive’ switch for 10% sales fall * Plans to ‘go back at Gov’t’ over issue * ‘We don’t have to be contrary to world’

SUPER Value’s owner yesterday said will appeal to government for permission to revert to Value Added Tax (VAT) ‘exclusive’ pricing, blaming the switch for this year’s 10 per cent sales decline. Rupert Roberts, while likely reigniting the ‘inclusive’ versus ‘exclusive’ VAT pricing debate, told Tribune Business that Super Value’s 2017 top-line had seen a marked decline in comparison to the two years prior, during which time the food store chain had used VAT ‘exclusive’ pricing.

VISION SLIPPING 35% PTS BELOW LOAD EXPECTANCY

By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net VISION Airlines has "not been performing up to expectations", according to director-general of tourism, David Johnson, who told Tribune Business yesyterday that the airline's servic

VAT to raise health insurance payments $40-$100 per month

Bahamian workers could see their contributions to employer-sponsored health insurance plans increase by between $40 to $100 per month once premiums are subjected to Value-Added Tax (VAT) from July 1.

INVESTMENTS TO BENEFIT ABACO

By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net ABACO'S tourism sector should benefit immensely from investments in its airport and medical facilities, one local businessman believes, adding that the island's second home indust

INVESTMENTS TO BENEFIT ABACO

By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net ABACO'S tourism sector should benefit immensely from investments in its airport and medical facilities, one local businessman believes, adding that the island's second home indust

INVESTMENTS TO BENEFIT ABACO

By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net ABACO'S tourism sector should benefit immensely from investments in its airport and medical facilities, one local businessman believes, adding that the island's second home indust

INVESTMENTS TO BENEFIT ABACO

By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net ABACO'S tourism sector should benefit immensely from investments in its airport and medical facilities, one local businessman believes, adding that the island's second home indust

INVESTMENTS TO BENEFIT ABACO

By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net ABACO'S tourism sector should benefit immensely from investments in its airport and medical facilities, one local businessman believes, adding that the island's second home indust

Call to fix deficiencies in public health care system

By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net DEFICIENCIES within the public health care system need to be fixed first before any consideration is given to a 'national health insurance scheme,' a doctor telling Tribune Business

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Excise Tax snafu stymies start-up's 60 hires plan

A Bahamian-owned tobacco manufacturing start-up said yesterday it would pursue legal action as a “last resort” if it is unable to obtain an Excise Tax exemption on domestic sales, adding that its business model had been thrown “totally out of whack”.

Insurers unhappy at Gov’t ‘neglect’

The Bahamas Insurance Association’s (BIA) chairman says the industry believes the Government has neglected it, as there are numerous long-standing legal and policy issues it is still battling to resolve.

Deveaux says family island report findings 'forwarded to police'

By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net MINISTER of the Environment Earl Deveaux said yesterday the findings of a report by two engineering firms which revealed overpayment to contractors hired to develop landfills on sev

Deveaux says family island report findings 'forwarded to police'

By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net MINISTER of the Environment Earl Deveaux said yesterday the findings of a report by two engineering firms which revealed overpayment to contractors hired to develop landfills on sev