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'POSSIBLE FRAUD' ON $600 -$700K OVERPAYMENTS
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor "Possible fraud" and collusion resulted in $600,000-$700,000 overpayments to contractors working on a $33.5 million landfill project part-funded by the Government, the Auditor-General disclosing that he had recomm
Government's watchdog 'robbed' of independence
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor The Auditor-General is being "robbed of administrative independence" because he cannot initiate prosecutions where corruption and fraud involving public monies is suspected, a Public Accounts Committee report noti
'POSSIBLE FRAUD' ON $600 -$700K OVERPAYMENTS
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor "Possible fraud" and collusion resulted in $600,000-$700,000 overpayments to contractors working on a $33.5 million landfill project part-funded by the Government, the Auditor-General disclosing that he had recomm
Government's watchdog 'robbed' of independence
Government's watchdog 'robbed' of independence By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor The Auditor-General is being "robbed of administrative independence" because he cannot initiate prosecutions where corruption and fraud involving public monies is su
'POSSIBLE FRAUD' ON $600 -$700K OVERPAYMENTS
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor "Possible fraud" and collusion resulted in $600,000-$700,000 overpayments to contractors working on a $33.5 million landfill project part-funded by the Government, the Auditor-General disclosing that he had recomm
'SEVERAL HUNDRED MERCHANT' CLIENT BASE FOR BANK'S E-COMMERCE PLAN
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Bank of the Bahamas International is eyeing an initial client base of "several hundred" Bahamian merchants for the planned launch of its e-commerce platform in six months' time, telling Tribune Business yesterday
'SEVERAL HUNDRED MERCHANT' CLIENT BASE FOR BANK'S E-COMMERCE PLAN
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Bank of the Bahamas International is eyeing an initial client base of "several hundred" Bahamian merchants for the planned launch of its e-commerce platform in six months' time, telling Tribune Business yesterday
'SEVERAL HUNDRED MERCHANT' CLIENT BASE FOR BANK'S E-COMMERCE PLAN
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Bank of the Bahamas International is eyeing an initial client base of "several hundred" Bahamian merchants for the planned launch of its e-commerce platform in six months' time, telling Tribune Business yesterday
BEC fuel charge up 37% year-over-year
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor The Bahamas Electricity Corporation's (BEC) fuel charge increased by 37.1 per cent year-over-year for January 2012, as both the Central Bank of the Bahamas and private/public sector leaders warned that rising glob
FDI fails to match $804m oil imports
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor A well-known former banker yesterday expressed concern over how the more than $800 million spent on oil imports in 2011 had depleted the Bahamas' foreign exchange reserves, arguing that foreign direct investment (
Govt urged to clarify $1m residency threshold
The Government was last night urged to clarify whether the new $1 million investment threshold for accelerated permanent residency consideration represented an increase or decrease from the previous benchmark.
Harajchi bank clients still eye $19.217m 'loss'
Harajchi bank clients still eye $19.217m 'loss' By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor More than 11 years after Mohammed Harajchi's Suisse Security Bank & Trust was put under court supervision, its depositors and creditors have yet to recover a single
QC: ‘No more secrets’ over Freeport’s future
An outspoken QC yesterday made good on his threat to launch Judicial Review proceedings against the consultation on Freeport’s future, warning: “No more secrets. It’s finally time for government in the sunshine.”
WILSON BLASTS PM FOR 'UNDERMINING' KERZNER POSITION
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor A leading businessman yesterday blasted Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham for what he alleged were contradictory public positions that ultimately undermined Kerzner International's "credibility" with its lenders and
$10M SOCIAL SECURITY REFORMS 'FIRST OF THEIR KIND' IN CARIBBEAN
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor The Bahamas' proposed $10 million social security reform initiative is a 'first-of-its-kind' in the Caribbean, as it will tie welfare payments to "improving human capital" through better educational achievement fo
INSOLVENT BANK'S CREDITORS TO GAIN $0.07 ON DOLLAR
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Creditors of an insolvent Bahamian offshore bank are in line to recover less than seven cents ($0.07) of every dollar owed to them after the Supreme Court refused to give the liquidator leave to appeal a ruling, a
RULING SET TO DETER 'VEXATIOUS LITIGANTS'
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor A ruling by Chief Justice Sir Michael Barnett might deter Bahamian workers with "marginal claims" from pursuing employment cases in the Supreme Court, rather than the Industrial Tribunal, a leading law firm arguin
LIQUIDATION REFORMS TO GIVE NATION ADVANTAGE
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Reforms to the Companies Act's liquidation regime that deal with assets held in trust are "very progressive" and give the Bahamas a competitive advantage over its main Caribbean international financial centre riva
Local dive operators reject foreign ‘double tax’ offer
A foreign dive operator’s offer to pay double the legal charter fee has been rejected by his top Bahamian counterparts, who argue that this sum pales against the “30 per cent or more of revenue” that they pay in taxes.
Gov’t ‘ill-prepared’ on Bill amendments
An FNM MP yesterday slammed the Government’s failure to provide the Opposition with the 12 amendments to the Petroleum Bill before yesterday’s debate, saying: “It’s ridiculous the Government was so ill-prepared”.
