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Bahamians gear up to 'Race for the Cure'
The Susan G Komen Race for the Cure series, the world’s largest and most successful education and fundraising event for breast cancer, comes to Nassau this weekend. As part of Sunshine Insurance’s Marathon Bahamas Race Weekend, the 5k race will start
Team Bahamas 2nd overall
IN the final of The North American IC Junior Challenge in Mexico City last week, the Bahamas played the United States of America.The USA proved to be the stronger team, booking their ticket to the Worldwide Finals in Tokyo, Japan, next October along
World Cup: England through to quarters after penalty shootout
England are into the quarter-finals of the World Cup after a penalty shootout victory over Colombia.
Travis Munnings has big debut
TRAVIS Munnings had a successful debut to his pro basketball career and provided La Rochelle Stade Rochelais the offensive output they needed to contend in France’s NM-1 League.
CIBC First Caribbean CEO assures staff over new partner
COLETTE Delaney, CEO of CIBC FirstCaribbean, assured employees Friday that the bank remains committed to them as a new partner assumes majority ownership of the bank.
Yachting group comes to Bahamas' assistance
Yachting enthusiasts have moved to aid Hurricane Dorian relief efforts by employing eight private yachts to provide help to Abaco and Grand Bahama. YachtAid Global (YAG) is a non-profit organisation (NGO) dedicated to undertaking conservation, human
Galleria: No lay-offs despite our closure
Galleria Cinemas says it does not expect to lay-off any staff despite being forced to close its doors to customers as a result of the coronavirus lockdown. Christopher Mortimer, pictured , the company’s principal, said: “We are following the protoco
Bahamas ‘deliberate’ over WTO accession strategy
THE government will be “deliberate” in ensuring that The Bahamas’ WTO accession terms reflect its peculiar economic vulnerabilities and realities, a Cabinet minister has pledged.
Bahamas 'stands out' as major IFC
A Cabinet minister yesterday underscored the Government’s commitment to maintaining The Bahamas as a “clean, compliant and transparent” financial services centre.Brent Symonette, minister of financial services, trade and industry and Immigration, sai
Major conference to help Bahamas recover
THE Minnis administration and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) with support from the governments of the United States and the United Kingdom will stage a pledge conference on January 13, 2020 in Nassau to mobilise financial and technic
Personal income tax
Great attorney Andrew Allen has responded to my response to his original proposal for increased Company Tax and new Personal Income Tax...he seems hell bent and strong that this is the better fiscal and financial policy approach... hang in, Mr Allen.
Ole Miss projected no.6 in preseason coaches poll
YOLETT McPhee-McCuin and her Ole Miss Rebels are expected to improve in one of the most keenly contested conferences in all of NCAA Division I.
Beach Soccer: Bahamas eliminated
THE Bahamas men’s national beach soccer team were eliminated in the quarterfinal of the CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championships.
COUNTDOWN TO THE FIFA BEACH WORLD CUP: United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates (UAE) topped Group C at the 2017 AFC Beach Soccer Championship, comfortably seeing off Iraq 6-0 and Qatar 8-1 before confirming their rich vein of form with a 5-4 win over Japan.
VAT covering 99% of economy despite $50,000 exemption
THE Government’s plan to exempt businesses with an annual turnover of $50,000 or less from paying Value Added Tax (VAT) will capture “99 per cent” of the turnover taking place in the Bahamian economy, a senior Ministry of Finance official believes, relieving small businesses from the compliance burden.
Bahamas 'wasting' energy reform chances
THE high cost of energy in the Bahamas is “hampering” national development, a prominent environmental attorney arguing that this nation’s almost-zero renewables penetration showed reform opportunities were being wasted.
Ahead of VAT, govt seeks to 'break the cycle of poverty'
WITH just eight months until the implementation of Value Added Tax, Social Services Minister Melanie Griffin says the government is working to enact a plan to alleviate the reliance of Bahamians on welfare.
Extra protection for consumers pledged after VAT
ALONG with the establishment of the Central Revenue Agency (CRA) which will make the collection of taxes in the Bahamas more efficient, the government will be strengthening the Consumer Protection Department to ensure that the public will not be taken advantage of by businesses illegally collecting VAT from their customers.
Figures don't add up
EDITOR, The Tribune.
BTC give $1.7m compensation after service outage
BTC has announced a $1.7m compensation package for customers following the Bahamas-wide disruption that left people out of service for nearly 24 hours last month.
