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Xmas ‘financial cushion’ vital for Bahamian retail
The “make or break” Christmas shopping season will this year be vital for Bahamian merchants to “build a financial cushion” against forecast economic headwinds in 2023, a well-known retailer warned yesterday.
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Explorer: We won’t sell off Bahamas heritage
An underwater explorer has pledged not to sell or “split up” the valuable gems and historical artifacts it is recovering from the wreck of a centuries-old Spanish treasure galleon in Bahamian waters.
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VAT holiday push-back brings frustration
THE government’s decision to push back the VAT Holiday for back-to-school shopping was criticised by the Free National Movement and has caused frustration among some parents.
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Water Corp debts to top supplier slashed by 30%
The Government has slashed the debts owed by the Water & Sewerage Corporation to its main supplier by almost 30 percent or $6.3m during the first nine months of 2022.
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Police warning on fraud trends
THE Royal Bahamas Police Force has advised the public to be alert to fraud trends that are taking place in the country - one of which uses web shops to funnel money, while another lures victims under the guise of companionship and love.
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PRICE CONTROLS MOVE ‘DISASTER’: Pintard calls for govt rethink over impact to business
FREE National Movement leader Michael Pintard called on the Davis administration to reverse its decision to enforce price controls on additional items, warning that to continue the measure is another ingredient to a “recipe for disaster” for hundreds of businesses in the country.
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Two years, three months in prison for stealing and lying to officer
A MAN was sentenced to two years and three months in prison in Magistrate’s Court yesterday after admitting to stealing $88 worth of goods from a shop and lying to an officer.
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This year’s Black Friday successful for local businesses
LOCAL businesses said Black Friday was successful this year as customers dashed to the stores to catch the sales. The Tribune canvassed several businesses on Black Friday, which was on November 25.
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A year in jail over loaded pistol
A MAN was sentenced to one year at the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services yesterday for having a loaded pistol.
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Man sentenced to three years after pleading guilty to firearm charges
A MAN was sentenced to three years in prison yesterday after he admitted to having two loaded firearms in 2021 and 2022.
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Man admits breaking into church
A MAN was sentenced to a year in prison yesterday after admitting to breaking into a church and stealing thousands of dollars worth of equipment six years ago.
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Woman sentenced to 18 months for arson
A Freeport woman found guilty of arson was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment on Friday in the Supreme Court on Grand Bahama.
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Pair admit shop breaking, stealing
TWO men admitted to breaking into a convenience store to steal cash and a cellphone.
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Man admits stealing $22k from business
A MAN was remanded to prison after admitting to stealing over $22,000 in cash from a business in the Berry Islands earlier this week.
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UPDATED: Man shot dead at barbershop
A MAN in his mid-20s was shot and killed at a barber shop yesterday afternoon, police said.
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Harbour woes ‘threaten life, immense damage’
Nassau’s main commercial shipping port is renewing warnings that failure to repair the harbour’s western breakwater could “result in immense damage to, and threaten life”, in the city centre.
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One year sentence for shop breaking, stealing
A LONG island man was sentenced to a year in prison after admitting to breaking into and stealing from a local medical laboratory.
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Man granted bail on shop breaking charge
A MAN was granted bail in court on Monday after allegedly stealing over $2,000 worth of property from a car rental company over the weekend.
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Grand Bahama to implement high-tech crime-fighting resources
ASSISTANT Police Commissioner Theophilus Cunningham announced that three high-tech crime-fighting resources, already in use in New Providence, will be implemented on Grand Bahama very soon just in time for the Christmas season.
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Bahamas’ ‘rosy picture’ not making the grade
A top insurer was yesterday “hoping and praying” The Bahamas can reverse its continual downgrades despite the Government’s “rosy picture” of its fiscal and economic standing failing to convince the rating agencies.
