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Health levy hits wages Jan 2020
THE proposed amendment to the National Health Insurance programme is expected to be enacted between April and July 2019, with employers making employee mandated contributions by January 2020, according to NHI Authority chairman Dr Robin Roberts.
$28m collected in the first month of VAT
THE government has collected nearly $28m in value added tax since the January 1 implementation date, according to Minister of State for Finance Michael Halkitis.
Operations back at Abaco Big Bird
FOLLOWING a 3,000-product loss in July, an Abaco Big Bird poultry operations manager says the company resumed operations last week despite ongoing challenges.
‘We couldn’t open them all in one go’
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis said normal commercial activity on islands like Exuma and Eleuthera has not been restarted because officials have to assume that people may have visited those islands and potentially brought COVID-19 to them.
Pintard says PM misled on budget taxes claim
FREE National Movement Leader Michael Pintard accused Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis of misleading Parliament, saying bills tabled last week show that the government is raising taxes.
UPDATED: Son says search for missing US couple is still on
DESPITE a nightmarish past two and a half weeks, Brandon Simmons said the search for his mother and her husband – Forrest and Donna Sanco – is still alive as he encouraged fishermen and boaters at sea to keep an eye out for anything that could lead to the safe return of the American couple.
Bahamas National Trust officials speak out over grouper season extension
BAHAMAS National Trust officials said they are “gravely concerned” that the Ministry of Agriculture and Marine Resources is even considering the possibility of extending the grouper season, citing the damage that such a move could have the fishing stocks for future seasons.
Sports in brief
THE New Providence Basketball Association continued its 2013/14 regular season with a double header at AF Adderley Gym on Monday night.
Cable readies $30m pref share offering
Cable Bahamas is again preparing to tap the Bahamian capital markets for a further $30 million in preference share financing, which will help fund the roll-out of this nation’s second mobile provider.
'Peace on da Street' Basketball Classic all set forJuly 16-20
YOUTH Against Violence is getting ready to hold its 23rd annual Peace on da Street Basketball Classic July 16-20 at the Hope Centre with five competitive divisions to be contested.Director Dr Carlos Reid is encouraging teams that haven’t done so to r
Cable slams URCA on ‘languishing’ 27% TV price increase
Cable Bahamas’ chairman has accused the Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) of allowing its application for a 27 per cent basic pay-TV price increase to “languish with no end in sight”.
NPBA: Divisional semi-finals set to jump off tonight
THE Patron Regulators and PJ Stingers survived their respective third and deciding games in the first round of the New Providence Basketball Association playoffs to advance to the divisional finals.
Fox named to West team in 'Fall Stars' showcase
Lucius Fox continues to earn accolades at each step of his minor league progression with the latest coming in the form of recognition by the Arizona Fall League.Fox was named to the West roster of the league’s 13th Annual “Fall Stars” game, a showcas
Disney triples construction workforce promise to 300
Disney Cruise Line yesterday revealed it is near-tripling the number of construction jobs created by its Lighthouse Point project to 300 amid hopes that Eleuthera can attract up to $1bn in total investment over the next decade.
Nearly 15,000 cast votes in local elections
FORTY-NINE persons were elected to serve as local government councilors on Grand Bahama for the next three years. During this year’s election, over 14,700 votes were polled on the island on June 22. In the City of Freeport District, a total of 8,530
Bahamas Water Polo team off to CARIFTA
WITH a chance to compete with some additional teams from the Florida area, the Bahamas will join three other teams from the Caribbean to participate in the 2023 Under-14 Co-Ed CARIFTA Water Polo Championships.
Top executive named at Small Business Centre
The government and its partners have named Davinia L Blair as executive director (ED) of the planned Small Business Development Centre (SBDC).She will head the centre, a partnership initiative with the University of The Bahamas (UB) and Bahamas Chamb
Psychiatrist on 'hidden epidemic wreaking havoc' in Bahamas
EARLY childhood abuse is linked to violence and murder in teenage years, noted psychiatrist Dr David Allen said yesterday, adding this “hidden epidemic” is “wreaking havoc” in the country.
QC slams '99%' cruise tourism benefit exclusion
Some “99 per cent” of Bahamian businesses are being excluded from cruise tourism’s benefits by the exclusive arrangements the lines reach with favoured onshore providers, a well-known QC is arguing.
‘No more blight’ on Rum Cay’s revival
A Supreme Court judge says it is “difficult to digest” that the Prime Minister’s Office would assert a 15-acre Rum Cay land parcel was Crown Land when this totally contradicted evidence from the Government’s own surveyors.
