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GB $15m solar project in end-April commissioning
THE contractor charged with building and operating a $15m utility-scale solar project on Grand Bahama yesterday said the site will be commissioned at end-April 2024.
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Bahamas financial services: 'Revisit' 15% minimum tax
The Bahamian financial services industry is calling for the 15 percent minimum global corporate income tax to be "revisited" as it violates the sovereign right of nations to set their own tax systems and rates.
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Environmental concerns over Abaco barge stuck on reef
A BARGE that encountered bad weather last week and ended up stuck on a reef in the Man-O- War Channel has sparked environmental concerns from the Bahamas National Trust (BNT) and Abaco residents.
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Pension shake-up over $3.5bn hole
PENSIONS for thousands of Bahamian public sector workers are poised for a major shake-up in a bid to tackle “alarming” unfunded liabilities that could impose a $3.5bn burden on taxpayers come 2030.
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Contractors ‘within 30 days’ of licensing legal challenge
BAHAMIAN contractors say they are “within 30 days” of launching Judicial Review proceedings over the Government’s failure to implement the Act and licensing regime designed to regulate the industry.
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‘Specialist skills dearth’ hurts financial services
A “DEARTH of specialist skills” in the legal and other professions is undermining the Bahamian financial services industry’s competitiveness, a prominent KC warned yesterday.
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‘Bizarre’: France, Holland keep Bahamas blacklisted
FINANCIAL and legal executives yesterday slammed The Bahamas’ continued inclusion on national blacklists of European Union (EU) member states as “crazy” and “bizarre” given its recent delisting by that bloc.
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DPM’s alarm: ‘Shockingly low’ GB Carnival port participation
The deputy prime minster has warned Grand Bahama businesses not to be “passive observers” of the island’s economic revival after their initial participation in Carnival’s $600m port project was “shockingly low”.
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Regulator pledges probe into BPL’s fuel charges
REGULATORS yesterday again pledged to investigate Bahamas Power & Light’s (BPL) fuel charge and how this is calculated to ensure consumers are protected after last year’s up to 163 percent hikes.
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Mistaken suspect tells of panic as he tried to drink sewer water in cell
A MAN who was arrested - but then released - after an armed robbery of Quality Supermarkets on Tuesday claimed officers humiliated him, and he felt forced to drink sewer water to stay hydrated after suffering a panic attack while in custody.
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Mass shooting sees six injured
A VIOLENT Easter saw multiple people taken to hospital after a shooting incident in New Providence – and another man shot dead in Andros.
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Ex-MP slams the Gov’t for $357m GBPA ‘shakedown’
A former MP yesterday slammed the Government’s demand that the Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) pay it $357m as “a shakedown”, and questioned if the former is “either broke or desperate”.
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Taxi fare hike officially announced
THE increase of taxi cab fares by 10 percent was officially announced at a press conference held at Baha Mar on Friday.
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FTX prosecutors push for tougher sentence
US prosecutors are exploiting the $426m transfer of digital assets to the safekeeping of Bahamian regulators to press for a harsher prison sentence for FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried.
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FTX Bahamian liquidators eye US legal ‘run rate’ fall
FTX’s Bahamian liquidators are hoping the legal fees “run rate” drops sharply due to the settlement with their US counterpart after incurring an estimated $56m total bill during their first 15 months of work.
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‘Public protest’ not enough to overturn planning approvals
PLANNING authorities yesterday modified the approvals granted to Wynn Development’s 14-storey Goodman’s Bay penthouse while ruling that “public protest” is not sufficient to overturn prior decisions.
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‘You can’t be ungrateful’ over 25 cent bus fare rise
TRANSPORT and Energy Minister JoBeth Coleby-Davis told bus drivers at a hall meeting last night “you can’t be ungrateful” over the 25 cent rise in adult bus fares.
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Football great, actor, and accused murderer OJ Simpson dead at 76
OJ SIMPSON, who has died aged 76, was a football star who went on to become an actor – but who was then the centre of the “trial of the century” for the murder of his wife and her friend in 1994.
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PM leads delegation from Bahamas to visit Botswana
FIVE members of the executive branch of government are joining Prime Minister Philip "Brave" Davis as part of a delegation visiting Botswana from today until Friday.
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Boy found living alone in car last year is 'safe and attending school'
THE 12-year-old boy who was found living alone in a car last year is safe and now attending school, according to Education Minister Glenys Hanna Martin.
