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Foreigner fishing ban proposed
By CELESTE NIXON Tribune Staff Reporter cnixon@tribunemedia.net THE government is considering amending the law so that foreigners who marry Bahamians will be excluded from the fishing industry. Dozens of local fishermen gathered at Holy Cross Anglican C
Chamber chief: Tax reform within 10 years
Chamber chief: Tax reform within 10 years By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net Bahamian companies will have to improve their record-keeping and accounting procedures with a new tax structure set to be introduced withi
Chamber chief: Tax reform within 10 years
Chamber chief: Tax reform within 10 years By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net Bahamian companies will have to improve their record-keeping and accounting procedures with a new tax structure set to be introduced withi
Alternative facts
WHILE watching the evening news on ZNS, I couldn’t help but notice BTC’s little promotional ad where an “on the spot” reporter, armed with a microphone bearing BTC’s familiar logo, interviewed random Bahamian people, asking them if the Bahamas was “BTC Country”, and what they liked most about the company. When prodded, they all answered “yes” to question one, while giving numerous and rather interesting answers to question two. One young lady even went as far as saying that her favourite thing about BTC was “their data”.
Financier warns over home port ‘backdraft’
An international financier with experience in infrastructure projects in The Bahamas yesterday warned that the “backdraft” from cruise home porting can have a “sucking effect” on other types of tourism.
‘Buddy’ scores 23 but Hornets rally for 122-116 win over Kings
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Terry Rozier scored 26 points, Gordon Hayward added 25 and the Charlotte Hornets overcame a 15-point deficit in the second half to beat the Sacramento Kings 122-116 last night for their fourth straight win.
Salvation Army volunteers cut by half as COVID bites
The Salvation Army yesterday said it was “hoping” the Christmas run-up will generate sufficient funds to aid their anti-poverty work despite having experienced a volunteer fall-off amid COVID-19.
Buddy scores 10 for winless Pelicans
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo capped a 24-point, 10-rebound performance with a pivotal 3-pointer with 1:34 to go, Jabari Parker added 21 points, and the Milwaukee Bucks defeated the winless New Orleans Pelicans 117-113 last night.
THE CHAMPIONS
By RENALDO DORSETT Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net Led by a dynamic MVP performance off the bench from John Delancey, the Sts. Francis & Joseph Shockers unseated the defending champions to claim the 2011 Catholic Diocesan Primary School Basket
Robinson Road leak sparks push for 'rigid' petroleum regulation
The MINISTER for the Environment said yesterday that within the next few weeks he hoped to know how bad fuel leak-related contamination was at the Robinson Road-based Texaco service station, adding that the issue highlighted the need for a “rigid” regulatory environment for the petroleum industry.
BTC targets $40m spend on network
HE Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) expects to spend morethan $40 million this financial year on network upgrades.
Five-month delay sought in Vasyli murder case
THE Office of the Attorney General’s “Swift Justice” initiative came under scrutiny yesterday when senior counsel from that office sought a five-month delay of a high-profile Old Fort Bay murder case because of an outstanding forensic evidence report.
Payroll errors costing taxpayers near $120m
Salary and payroll errors are costing Bahamian taxpayers around $120m per year, the Government’s top finance official disclosed yesterday, as he blamed the wastage on too many systems that are not linked to each other.
Policeman accused of attacking girlfriend
A POLICEMAN found himself before a magistrate yesterday accused of breaking into his girlfriend‘s home and battering her.
Mingoes shot down by Rockets
THE University of The Bahamas Mingoes men’s basketball team lost to the Discount Distributors Rockets for the second time this season 88-81 Wednesday night at the CI Gibson Gymnasium.
Radio over-saturation ‘will always be concern’
A top regulator yesterday said concerns about the Bahamian radio broadcasting market being over-saturated “will always be around even if we had 50 percent of the stations we have now”.
Start-up success still the exception, not the rule
STARTING out is tough in many different ways. I still remember my first days at high school, and my first week at work. I was nervous the day I decided to propose to my wife. Is natural conservatism the reason for this reticence, I wonder, or could there be more to it. Is nature trying to tell us something?
Team Bahamas in T&T for pre-Olympic boxing showdown
A FIVE-member boxing team is in Trinidad & Tobago as the two countries host a pre-Olympic boxing showdown.
Coalition chief: Duty reversal impact 'notas radical' as feared
The price impact from the Government’s decision not to drop import tariffs in proportion to 7.5 per cent Value-Added Tax (VAT) will “not be as radical” as many in the private sector believe, a Tax Coalition co-chair argued yesterday.
Carifta medal bungle
The Holy Bible encourages us to plan intricately at Luke 14:28, 29 & 30
