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Going for the gold

The Bahamas CARIFTA team is ready to win gold on home soil at this year’s 50th CARIFTA Games. Last week the team rolled out a full 80-member team for the first time in Bahamian history as athletes look to shine at The Bahamas’ record ninth hosting of CARIFTA.

VAT health claims change ‘may’ not happen April 1

The Government “may not” implement the new VAT treatment for medical insurance claims payouts by its April 1 target, it was revealed yesterday, with the decision hinging on a meeting with healthcare stakeholders later this week.

Web shop pay cut threat over anti-VAT demo

Island Luck employees were seemingly threatened with the loss of a day’s pay if they did not attend yesterday’s anti-VAT and gaming tax protest in Rawson Square.

THEY RAN BREANNA DOWN LIKE ANIMALS: Sister tells court how gang stabbed teen over $80 cellphone

THE older sister of teenage mother Breanna Mackey tearfully recounted yesterday how five girls who were supposed to be her sister’s friends ran her down “like a dog” in the street and brutally mobbed her over an $80 smartphone last year.

Bay Street sees 80% income loss extended longer

Eighty percent of the spending that kept Bay Street afloat has dried up via a cruise industry shutdown just extended to October 1, the Downtown Nassau Partnership’s (DNP) co-chair has revealed. Charles Klonaris told Tribune Business he does not fore

Architects: ‘Free us from building control bondage’

Architects yesterday urged the government to “free us from the bondage of building control”, warning it was “missing out on” up to 80-90 percent of VAT due on professional fees.

Bahamas' corporate tax world's most 'corrosive'

The Bahamas yesterday received no credit for laws said to have raised compliance costs by 75-80 percent after its corporate tax policies were rated as the world’s most “corrosive”.

BISX: 50/50 buyer-seller ratio 'damn good market improvement'

The Bahamas International Securities Exchange’s (BISX) chief executive believes a “damn good improvement” is occurring in the stock market, with the buyers-to-sellers ratio now standing at 50/50 after deteriorating to 20/80 at the recession’s peak.

City Markets staff fight' must not happen again'

The City Markets debacle “must never, ever happen in this country again”, a representative for 350-400 of its former employees yesterday saying they would not accept “less than 80 per cent” of the severance pay due to them.

$80m energy project eyes 25% cost slash

An $80 million renewable energy project believes it could slash electricity costs for consumers on 15 Family Islands by at least 25 per cent, having met or exceeded the Government's own pricing targets.

'Exorbitant' Business Licences make one-time payments impossible

Super Value’s owner yesterday said it was impossible for the food retail industry to pay the new “exorbitantly high” Business Licence fees one-time, as he dismissed claims he was ‘bullying’ the Government over its Value-Added Tax (VAT) proposals.

Cable adviser scoldsmanagers on US$ miss

Cable Bahamas’s financial adviser yesterday expressed “disappointment” that institutional asset managers had failed to deliver on indications they would place between $10-$18 million US dollars into the company’s private placement, having invested a paltry $100,000 to-date.

Timeshare resort seeking a buyer

A Freeport timeshare resort that has lost 80 per cent of its business due to loss of amenities and access associated with the Royal Oasis saga is seeking a buyer, while committing to staying open through 2016.

Cable targets largest ‘new money’ raise

The $60 million Bahamian dollar component of Cable Bahamas’ latest preference share issue will be the largest ‘new money’ placement by a private company if fully subscribed, its financial advisor saying there had been “a very positive response” by investors.

UPDATED: Swimmer's record challenge

ARMED with only goggles, a swim cap and swim suit, Chloe McCardel yesterday morning set out on her world record-breaking attempt to swim the 80 miles from the southern tip of Eleuthera to New Providence.

BTC targets Internet lead with 90% fibre coverage

The Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) is aiming to cover 90 percent of New Providence with its new fibre network within the next nine months as it placed broadband Internet at the core of yesterday's corporate rebranding.

Baha Mar hotel's rates are 'not good enough'

The Nassau Wyndham Resort’s “mid-$90s” room rates are “not good enough” and between 23-30 per cent below where they need to be, a Baha Mar executive yesterday conceding that the guest experience was being impacted by construction work on the $2.6 billion Cable Beach expansion.

PM urged to ‘exercise Christian charity’

FORMER Minister of Labour Dion Foulkes yesterday appealed to Prime Minister Perry Christie to ‘exercise Christian charity’ and reinstate the 80 Urban Renewal workers whose contracts were not renewed.

City Markets staff allege 'conspiracy'

By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net Ten Grand Bahama-based City Markets employees are alleging that the company and its principals deliberately altered their employment terms to "coerce and compel" them to leave volun

Let's talk about Arawak, why not Clifton?

Let's talk about Arawak, why not Clifton? "LET'S TALK about the new container port at Arawak Cay," was Opposition leader Perry Christie's invitation to his supporters at Clifford Park Friday night. In this column today, we shall take Mr Christie up on hi

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