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Latoy clocks season’s best to win 400m

CHRIS ‘Fireman’ Brown didn’t enter, Demetrius Pinder withdrew from the final and Ramon Miller had to watch from the sideline nursing an injury. Yet, in their absence, LaToy Williams still ran a blistering season’s best of 44.97 seconds to win the marquee men’s 400 metres on day two of the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations’ BTC Junior and Senior National Track and Field Championships.

BEC manager’s fees to be capped at $5m

PowerSecure will receive a maximum $5 million annual fee for managing operations at the ‘new BEC’, Tribune Business can reveal, as the latter’s environmental liabilities start to weigh heavily on energy reform.

NAUGHTY'S NFL picks - week 15

A 9-7 week that was 12-4 before another series of fourth-quarter frenzies changed a few things. Nonetheless I will take it - that’s how the NFL goes this season.

Ex-AG: 'We're up to' coping with automatic tax information

An ex-Attorney General believes the financial services industry will survive even if the automatic exchange of tax information becomes the global standard, warning that this nation “can’t stand apart” from the initiative.

Treasury revenues slumped 55% in year's final quarter

THE COVID-19 pandemic has contributed to a 55.2 percent contraction in receipts across taxed industries, according to the Ministry of Finance’s budgetary performance report for the fourth quarter of the 2019/2020 fiscal year.

Retail 'pioneer' targets more Atlantis expansion

One of Atlantis’s retail ‘pioneers’ yesterday said he was aiming to establish a second store at the Royal Towers within three years, the recent expansion of his inaugural outlet having sparked a 20 per cent sales increase.

Leading QC calls for 20% Gov't spend cut

The Government has been urged to cut spending by 20 per cent over the next five-10 years, with a top QC warning Bahamians they must abandon “cradle to grave entitlements”.

Babak’s annual $1m plus $20m through Port sale

Ex-chairman Hannes Babak has been due $1 million per annum from the Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) in each of the past four years, and will receive a further $20 million once it is sold.

Bran ‘confident’ pharmacy price control deal workable

The Democratic National Alliance’s (DNA) former leader last night said he “has every confidence the compromise is sustainable” after the pharmaceutical industry struck a deal with the Government to end their price control dispute.

Auto sector’s 20% rise beats ‘outrageous’ shipping costs

Bahamian auto dealers yesterday predicted new vehicle sales will close 2022 some 15-20 percent ahead of last year after the industry overcame “outrageous” shipping cost hikes and inventory shortages.

High Flyers rout Stampers 82-57, Rockets top the Mingoes 77-72

THE Breezes High Flyers and the Rockets both took a 2-0 lead in their New Providence Basketball Association best-of-five semi-final playoff series at the AF Adderley Gymnasium Saturday night.

NAUGHTY'S NFL PICKS Week 8

‘A very surprising and borderline whacky week’

I WENT 7-7 in a very surprising and borderline whacky week. Considering all that transpired, I’ll take it. Here’s who I like this week :

CR WALKER KNIGHTS ARE CHAMPIONS

THE CR Walker Knights regained the Government Secondary Schools Sports Association's (GSSSA) Senior High Track and Field Championships that had been in the possession of the CV Bethel Stingrays for the past two years after a resounding victory at the two-day meet on Friday at the Thomas A Robinson Track and Field Stadium.

VAT pace beating Gov’t revenue target by 20%

A Cabinet minister yesterday said the Government was on course to beat its full-year Value-Added Tax (VAT) revenue target by around 20 per cent if present trends hold, with an “average” $28 million being collected per month.

Cable targeting 20% revenue rise via US

Cable Bahamas believes its newly-acquired US business will generate greater than “20 per cent aggregate” revenue growth for it over the next five years, having won contracts to provide services to 16,600 Florida residential units since the purchases closed.

Pennant winners secure early leads

IN game one of the Government Secondary Schools Sports Association basketball championship series, each of the pennant winners took early series leads, with blowouts in girls’ play and a pair of close finishes in the boys’ divisions.

Top three ‘most original DJ’ finalists to be revealed

A LOCAL competition that is seeking the most original Bahamian DJ will name its top three finalist in a few days time.

Door open to same sex marriage

COURT of Appeal President Dame Anita Allen said last night the judiciary is likely to face challenges in determining whether same-sex marriages are legal in The Bahamas, while pointing to “difficulties” inherent in the existing marriage laws that do not present any provision that parties to a marriage must be male and female.

Four-lane glass window replacement is ruled out

THE GOVERNMENT’S advisers have ruled out replacing Eleuthera’s Glass Window Bridge with a four-lane highway because the island’s projected growth will not generate sufficient traffic volumes to warrant such expansion.

Bahamas sending 20-strong trade mission to Haiti

The Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and Employers Confederation’s (BCCEC) chairman will this coming Monday lead a 20-strong private sector delegation to Haiti, telling Tribune Business yesterday he was “pretty enthusiastic” about the potential business opportunities that could be opened up.

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