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The day Ed Moxey’s ‘vexation was yucked up’
THERE was much discomfort in the official pews at the state funeral on Friday of Edmund Spencer Moxey when Anthony “Ace” Newbold recalled with sarcasm how “our leaders said Edmund was ambitious and had to be stopped and punished – and so they did… and our leaders were all honourable men.”
Get hooked on fish and stay healthy!
By Dr Betty Adderley
The final insult to Edmund Moxey
EDITOR, The Tribune
Christie's duplicity over Ed Moxey and Jumbey Village
EDITOR, The Tribune.
PM pays tribute to Edmund Moxey
THE late Edmund Moxey espoused ideas and introduced projects that historians will come to view as being way ahead of their time, Prime Minister Perry Christie said during the state funeral for one of the Bahamas cultural icons at the Parish Church of the Most Holy Trinity on Stapleton Gardens yesterday.
Major power failure across New Providence
THOUSANDS of Bahamas Electricity Corporation customers were again without electricity yesterday after “generator challenges” at the Blue Hills Power Station interrupted the supply to more than 50 per cent of New Providence.
VAT 'recipe for disaster' with no Contractor Bill
A Bahamian contractor said yesterday that levying 7.5 per cent Value-Added Tax (VAT) on the sector without first passing the Contractors Bill would be a “recipe for disaster”, telling Tribune Business: “We are in no manner, shape or form prepared for this.”
100 farmers hit through tobacco grow 'scrapping'
Up to 100 farmers could be impacted by a Bahamian cigarette manufacturer’s decision to “scrap” its Andros tobacco growing plan, its chairman telling Tribune Business that conventional agriculture will also take a hit.
Edmund Moxey - a man of conviction
LAST month, a new generation of politicians in the House of Assembly were given a bit of advice by a veteran who has lasted a long time, obviously because — whether right or wrong – he has carefully minded his p’s and q’s.
Builder defends $20m contract
GOVERNMENT-hired builder Rev Lloyd Smith has defended his construction firm Holiday Industrial Builders International (HIBI) insisting that during the arbitration process, which followed a “politically motivated” contract termination, he pocketed nearly $10 million as there was no evidence that his work did not meet coding standards.
A fine woman is remembered - Mallie Lightbourn
MALLIE Lightbourn – mother of Michael, Richard (MP for Montagu) and Timothy – was not only a remarkable woman, but an extraordinary Bahamian.
Broker's liquidators seek $1.5m asset release delay
The liquidators for an insolvent Bahamian broker/dealer are rushing to obtain a Supreme Court Order to prevent the release of Cdn$1.516 million to six of its former clients.
Miller says BEC customers threaten to sue over leaks
BAHAMAS Electricity Corporation Executive Chairman Leslie Miller yesterday said the corporation now faces threats of legal action following leaks of information concerning large sums of money owed by high-profile customers.
Waste-to-energy plantreaches 'critical stage'
A waste-to-energy provider has reached a “critical stage” in its negotiations with the Government over a $600 million-plus plant at the New Providence landfill, its principal confirming that no final agreement had been concluded.
Manufacturer denies ‘untoward’ behaviour on cigarette stamps
A Bahamian cigarette manufacturer yesterday denied it had done anything “untoward” over its alleged failure to place Excise Stamps on its product, adding it had been led to believe it be exempt from the tax on domestic sales.
Gov't urged: 'Don't lose eyes on small business present'
The Government was yesterday urged “not to lose eyes for the prize” in reinvigorating the Bahamian small and medium-sized business sector, a well-known consultant disclosing that long-awaited reforms were likely to be implemented in the New Year.
$45,000 presented to Governor General’s Youth Awards
NINETY-two players took part in the 14th Annual Duke of Edinburgh Semi-Finals Charity Golf Tournament at Ocean Club Golf Course on Sunday morning in support of the Governor General’s Youth Awards programme.
Excise Tax snafu stymies start-up's 60 hires plan
A Bahamian-owned tobacco manufacturing start-up said yesterday it would pursue legal action as a “last resort” if it is unable to obtain an Excise Tax exemption on domestic sales, adding that its business model had been thrown “totally out of whack”.
Get ready for ‘Greatest Show on Earth’ at 58th annual Cat Island Regatta
GET ready for the “Greatest Show on Earth.” That’s the theme for the 58th annual Cat Island Regatta scheduled for August 1-4 in New Bight.
Planning bureaucracy delays Arawak Homes
Arawak Homes’s latest project has been delayed because the “paper isn’t moving fast enough”, its president backing revisions to a Planning and Subdivision Act that it believes is “too cumbersome” in its current form.
