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PM: Gov’t demanding Port Authority repay excess cost

The Prime Minister yesterday accused the Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) of failing to repay costs the Government has incurred in providing public services in Freeport despite being billed for these expenses.

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PM: COVID lockdown led to employment shrinkage

The Prime Minister yesterday blamed the former Minnis administration’s COVID lockdowns and other restrictions for the shrinkage in the workforce and number of employed Bahamians amid a bitter House of Assembly row.

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Opposition chief warns over bidding ‘suspicion’

The Prime Minister yesterday defended the award of two multi-million dollar contracts amid charges by the Opposition’s leader that handling of the bid process “opens up every company to suspicion”.

Bank urges ‘level playing field’ creation for lending

A BISX-listed bank is calling for regulatory reforms that will create a “level playing field” between supervised and non-traditional lenders over providing credit to Bahamian borrowers.

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Plane used for mail flights to Bahamas has a grisly history

A TURBOPROP plane once used to deliver mail to The Bahamas from Florida has been revealed to have had a grisly history – with political detainees in Argentina having been thrown from the vehicle to their deaths during the country’s 1976-98 military dictatorship.

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BPL confirms load shedding exercises in New Providence

BAHAMAS Power and Light confirmed yesterday that it started load-shedding exercises because of challenges to several power stations in New Providence.

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FTX says ex-official got $1m bonus for permits

An attorney and “former Bahamian government official” was allegedly offered a $1m “bonus” to swiftly obtain the necessary licences so that FTX could move to this nation, it was asserted yesterday.

PM says Gov't on pace to hit balanced Budget

The Prime Minister yesterday asserted that the Government remains on track to achieve a fiscal surplus and balanced Budget in 2024-2025, adding: "Revenues will continue to go up, and deficits will continue to go down."

'Most Bahamians can't evade their tax liability'

The Prime Minister yesterday reassured that the Government's real property enforcement efforts are targeted at foreign homeowners and businesses rather than Bahamian families.

Work permit crackdown promise is 'empty words'

The Bahamian Contractors Association's (BCA) president yesterday branded as "empty words" the Prime Minister’s latest promise of a work permit crackdown and said he will believe it when he sees it.

Private sector mixed on jobless reduction

Bahamian businesses yesterday gave mixed views over recent unemployment data which revealed that, while the jobless rate declined to 8.8 percent, both the workforce's size and number of persons employed shrank.

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Bahamas Baseball Association’s G-Ball Nationals a success

BAHAMAS Baseball Association secretary general Theodore ‘Teddy’ Sweeting said the G-Ball National Baseball Championships was termed a success over the weekend.

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THE KDK REPORT: Along the banks of Mangrove Cay

LOCATED 20 miles west of New Providence and spanning 104 miles long by 40 miles wide, Andros is by far the largest island in The Bahamas.

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Unemployment rate drop labelled a 'smokescreen'

The Opposition's finance spokesman last night argued that the 8.8 percent unemployment rate, the lowest for 15 years, is a "smokescreen" that masks the "significant" reduction in the labour force's size and number of working Bahamians.

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'World has changed': IBCs taxed on foreign earnings

Bahamas-domiciled International Business Companies (IBCs) will have to pay tax on their overseas earnings from New Year's Day 2024 in an historic first for this nation, a senior official confirming: "The world has changed."

RF fund's $120m excess is 'good problem to have'

A Bahamian investment bank says its largest mutual fund is receiving investor subscriptions as fast as it can invest them, branding the situation as "a good problem to have".

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Mitchell says foreigners must pay share or leave

REFERRING to cruise lines and Lyford Cay residents, Foreign Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell said it is time foreign nationals “pay their fair share or go elsewhere”.

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Kitchen staff at hospital hold sit-out over issues

DISGRUNTLED employees of the kitchen department in Princess Margaret Hospital staged a sit-out on Friday because of an air-conditioning malfunction and staff storage.

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CCA: Reverse Baha Mar sabotage 'in its entirety'

Baha Mar's contractor is seeking to overturn "in its entirety" a New York judge's verdict that it sabotaged Baha Mar's completion and orchestrated Sarkis Izmirlian's removal as the project's developer.

JBLN stun Freedom Farm

In one of the most dramatic comebacks at this year’s Bahamas Baseball Association’s G-Ball National Baseball Championships, the Junior Baseball League of Nassau stunned Freedom Farm to clinch the 14-and-under divisional title.