"〈주부폰팅〉 WWW.T77.SHOP 대흥동미혼 대흥동번개♠대흥동번개팅☇대흥동부킹㈾び䋜reversibility" | Search

Two VAT holidays to help families cope

PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis announced that both a back-to-school value added tax holiday and a hurricane preparedness VAT holiday will take place during August and July.

Robbers snatch Miller’s payroll

FORMER Tall Pines MP Leslie Miller says he was robbed yesterday of $2,700 when he went shopping at an Oakes Field grocery store.

Retailers hope for Xmas 'bump' on Sunday open

Retailers yesterday hailed the "boost" provided by the Prime Minister permitting them to open for the two Sundays pre-Christmas as they bid to end a largely miserable 2020 with a sales "bump".

Christmas ‘make or break’ for local retail

A Bahamas Federation of Retailers co-chair yesterday warned the upcoming Christmas season will be “make or break” for many merchants still grappling with the COVID-19 pandemic’s devastating economic fall-out.

Bahamas First sees Q1 losses increase 50%

Bahamas First yesterday blamed a decline in the value of its investment holdings and a $4.1m year-over-year reversal on its Cayman health insurance portfolio for a $1.344m first quarter loss.

$3m contract signed for Cat Island water

A $3m contract was signed yesterday between the Water and Sewerage Corporation and Island Site Development Company to bring potable water to hundreds of residents in Cat Island for the first time, marking an end to what officials called a long and difficult chapter.

Local shop initiative looking for ‘next big thing’

THE ShopLocal initiative will be extended through this month as the initiative’s director is looking for “the next big thing” to spur Bahamians into shopping at home.

Marinas’ ‘one-stop shop’ dream in Customs halt

The Association of Bahamas Marinas (ABM) president yesterday voiced growing frustration that its dream of creating a “one-stop shop” for all boating fees and permits has been halted by Customs.

Retailers glad curfew won’t prevent shopping

RETAILERS were yesterday happy that the newest curfew change taking effect today does not prevent customers from shopping and gives workers sufficient time to get home from work.

Rental expenditure

Issue: The Government’s Huge Rental Expenditure Let’s have a look at abandoned and derelict Bay Street properties.

Retailers ‘scared’ on emergency extension

RETAILERS say the Government’s extension of its COVID-19 emergency powers Order through to December 28 threatens to create more uncertainty for the key Christmas shopping season.

‘Huge dreams' snatched away in deadly shooting

A RELATIVE of a Muffler World employee who was shot dead last week said he was planning to attend Florida International University before he was killed.

FACE TO FACE: Alicia and her daughter Ednique were lost - when will we wake up and stop the violence?

A precious eight-year-old little girl is on a memorial billboard at the entrance of Nassau Village. She shouldn’t be there. She should be counting down the days to her birthday on December 12. She should be trying to adjust to the new normal of online schooling and thinking about what she wants for Christmas. But on September 28 this year, Ednique Wallace became the victim of murder. She and her mother Alicia Sawyer lost their lives together in a senseless act of violence that occurs too often in our society.

‘Forget the manifestos, what about National Development Plan?’

GOWON Bowe, Group CEO for Fidelity Bank & Trust, has said he is not moved by the 2021 Manifesto and Blueprint for Change released by the two major political parties as they gear up for the next election, but instead wishes they would carry out the policies of the National Development Plan initiated in 2016.

Sort By

Date

Special Features

Obits

PDF Edition