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Veteran forward Bennet Davis 2nd leading scorer in France

CONSTANTLY on the move, the latest stop on Bennet Davis’ pro basketball venture sees him continue his career in France for the second consecutive season

Exuma Chamber chief wants ‘real FDI partnerships’

Foreign direct investment (FDI) project must go beyond job creation to provide meaningful partnerships with the local community for true economic empowerment, the Exuma Chamber of Commerce president yesterday arguing that this

GB airport value up six-fold via tourism rebound

A Grand Bahama “tourism turnaround” could produce a six-fold increase in the value of its international airport, which the Government’s consultants currently estimate is as low as $3 million.

Lawyers file for mistrial of former Turks & Caicos Premier

LAWYERS for former Turks and Caicos Islands Premier Michael Misick will formally file for a mistrial in his high profile corruption case in Providenciales today, the Turks and Caicos Sun has reported.

Exuma becoming high-end location

EXUMA is positioning itself as a “high net worth destination”, the Prime Minister said yesterday, as the Government signed a Heads of Agreement for a $200 million boutique resort on Children’s Bay Cay and Williams Cay.

Gov’t plans S&P meeting to ward off downgrade

The Government will meet with Standard & Poor’s (S&P) immediately after next month’s mid-year Budget in a bid to stave off a further credit downgrade to ‘junk’ status.

URCA rejects industry’s spectrum fee proposals

Regulators have rejected calls by the Bahamas’ two leading communications providers that radio spectrum fees be based on administrative costs, finding that this would “not maximise” the potential benefits to society.

Gov’t ‘not abandoned’ fiscal responsibility, greater transparency

A Cabinet Minister yesterday backed the need for greater Government transparency and accountability over its finances, and pledged that it had “not abandoned” consultation on Fiscal Responsibility-type legislation.

GB residents to gain $3m energy windfall

Hard-pressed Grand Bahama residents will have a collective $3 million returned to them as a result of their energy provider’s revised tariff structure, Tribune Business was told yesterday.

Cost of living to go up after power increase

THE Coalition of Concerned Citizens said that Grand Bahama would experience further increases in the cost of living as a result of the recent electricity base rate increase approved by the Grand Bahama Port Authority.

More than 170 graduate from training agency

MORE than 170 graduates from the National Training Agency located on Gladstone Road recently received their certificates in entry-level job training for the careers of their choice.

RoyalFidelity equity fund investors see near-20% returns

RoyalFidelity Merchant Bank & Trust’s mutual fund family has enjoyed its “third straight year of positive returns” following their 2012 restructuring, with its equities fund generating near-20 per cent for investors.

Charlton breaks national record, qualifies for the world indoors

Devynne Charlton couldn’t ask for a better start to her junior year at Purdue University.

Businessman seeks ‘zero fiscal deficit’

An outspoken businessman yesterday said he was “looking for the fiscal deficit to be zero”, otherwise he would inquire what the Government has done with its Value-Added Tax (VAT) ‘revenue windfall’.

Gov’t urged: Hear ‘loud cries’ over Business Licence

The private sector has this week written to Prime Minister Perry Christie and several Cabinet ministers to urge that they again review the Business Licence fee structure, on the grounds that “we ought to be in the business of making business easier”.

A YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: Enforce the rule of law throughout The Bahamas

The rule of law, as noted by the great philosopher Aristotle, is preferable to that of any individual.

Looking back on ten years leading, looking ahead to debate on the EU

LAST month marked the tenth anniversary of British Prime Minister David Cameron’s leadership of the ruling Conservative party. Having emerged unexpectedly to take the helm of his party after only five years as a Member of Parliament, he became prime minister in 2010 at the age of 43, assuming charge of the first coalition government in Britain since the Second World War.

More courts needed, warns Chief Justice

MORE courts will be needed to rid the judicial system of the extensive backlog in criminal cases, Chief Justice Sir Hartman Longley said yesterday.

Insurers hold back data after poor quality of NHI consultation

DISAPPOINTED with the quality of consultation between itself and the government, the Bahamas Insurance Association has decided not to share key industry data about the nature of health insurance in the Bahamas with the Christie administration as the date for National Health Insurance registration nears.

Super Value chief: We have ‘lowest and simplest VAT’

Super Value’s owner has lauded the Bahamas’ Value-Added Tax (VAT) as “the lowest and simplest in the world”, adding: “Children could put in the returns.”

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