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Tobacco smuggling: Bill to recover 80% of revenue losses
The Government yesterday estimated that it will recover 80 per cent, or $20 million, of the revenues it loses annually to tobacco smuggling via its Excise Stamp initiative, and disclosed it was looking at similar measures to combat illegal alcohol imports.
GB ‘really getting back’ into tourism
The Bahamas’ top tourism official yesterday said Grand Bahama was “really getting back into business” with 84 percent of hotels, and 55 percent of the island’s attractions, now receiving visitors.
Munnings advances to league final, Knowles returns after ruling
TRAVIS Munnings and his Portuguese club advanced to the league final while Zane Knowles and his Bulgarian club received a favourable ruling in arbitration to keep their playoff hopes alive.
DPM pledges 80% slash over building permit turnaround
The deputy prime minister yesterday pledged to slash building permit turnaround times by up to 80 percent with the implementation of Building Control’s long-awaited digital approval system.
Ashley Moss dominates in Hurricanes' season opening rout of Rams
BAHAMIANS in the Holland College football programme have grabbed headlines recently with their Atlantic Football League title win. Now, a member of the women’s basketball programme is having an immediate impact in her first year with the programme.
Deandre Ayton and Suns roll past Grizzlies 122-99
PHOENIX (AP) — Devin Booker scored 27 points, Chris Paul added 18 and the Phoenix Suns rolled to a 122-99 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Monday night.
NHI $1,000 cost 'not pulled from out of thin air'
THE National Health Insurance Authority’s (NHIA) chairman yesterday defended the $1,000 premium costing for its basic package, arguing it had not been “pulled out of thin air”.
Seniors to take the spotlight at national schools golf tournament
THE playoff rounds in the primary division of the second annual National Schools Golf Tournament is complete.
Obama issues Bahamas drug warning
PRESIDENT Obama has issued a list of nations contributing to drug production or transit - and named The Bahamas as one of those considered a major part in the drug trade.
Skills transfer woe still a ‘sad reality’
The Bahamas must change “the sad reality” that key skills and knowledge are not being passed on to local workers by expatriate work permit holders, a prominent contractor argued yesterday.
GB Power’s storm insurance fund delayed one year
The implementation of Grand Bahama Power Company’s hurricane ‘self-insurance’ fund has been pushed back one year until January 2017 under its newly-approved tariff structure.
Airport gateway is 99% complete
The Airport Gateway Project is 99 per cent complete, the Minister of Works said yesterday, with more than $69 million of its $71 million budget having been spent to date.
Jonquel Jones is the MVP frontrunner in EuroLeague
Jonquel Jones’ double double streak recently came to an end but she remains the frontrunner to claim another MVP award this season.
Sports Notes
THE Bahamas Softball Federation will crown its new men and women champions this weekend as the National Round Robin Tournament is held at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex.
Man is stabbed to death at home
FREEPORT – A 50-year-old Eight Mile Rock man was stabbed to death at his home on Tuesday evening, pushing the island’s homicide count to 10.
107 new COVID-19 cases, death toll reaches 100
The Ministry of Health reported on Monday that there were 107 new cases of COVID-19, one death, three deaths under investigation now confirmed as COVID-19 related and 100 recovered cases.
NPWBA: Best-of-5 championship opens tonight
THE New Providence Women’s Basketball Association will open its best-of-five championship tonight at the DW Davis Gymnasium when the Lady Cheetahs take on the Bommer G Lady Operators.
Gov’t bond offering likely 20% off-target
The first Bahamas Government Stock (BGS) issue of the 2015-2016 fiscal year was likely to close 20 per cent below target, the administration’s financial advisers disclosed yesterday.
BID is ‘missing piece’ of downtown’s puzzle
The Downtown Nassau Partnership’s (DNP) co-chair says the creation of an authority to truly manage the city is “the missing piece of the puzzle” with his group having achieved “80 percent of what we set out to do”.
Rehabilitation of Offenders Committee has expunged 80 criminal records to date
THE Rehabilitation of Offenders Committee has to date expunged the criminal records of 80 people, some of whom were convicted for curfew violations during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
