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TOUGH CALL: The lessons not yet learned from Greek financial struggle
Greece, as we all know from high school days, was one of the major civilising forces of antiquity. Its modern political history began in the 19th century, when the country was a reluctant province of the Ottoman Empire.
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YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: The Cabinet report
SINCE the general election in 2012, many people have been waiting for the much anticipated Christie renaissance. We’re all still waiting.
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Unemployment rises by 1.4%
THE unemployment rate rose by 1.4 per cent despite the labour force growing by slightly more in the second half of last year, according to the latest preliminary labour force report released yesterday by the Department of Statistics.
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VAT rules ‘nightmare’ slammed by business
Frustrated businesses slammed yesterday’s newly-released Value-Added Tax (VAT) Rules for introducing previously unknown requirements with just three working days left before the new tax regime’s roll-out.
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How many times must my family and household be assaulted?
EDITOR, The Tribune.
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Don't leave workplace competence to chance
A ‘workplace competency’ is the description of a required skill, feature or behaviour for a specific job, and is used to define and measure an individual’s effectiveness.
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Body of missing policeman found
The body found in a Freeport canal has been identified as that of retired police officer Frank Pearson who was reported missing earlier this week.
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VAT no guarantee to 'juggling tricks' end
A leading fiscal hawk has warned that Value-Added Tax’s (VAT) implementation does not mean the Government will “give up its juggling tricks”, predicting that the new tax’s rate will be increased within two years.
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Celebrate independence year round
Procrastination, slunking, tardiness, sloth - call it what you like - it is inherent in our culture.
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Concern over crime fight
One of the major concerns of the Bahamian people today has been the proliferation of crime and the continued fight against its increase.
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An end to Christie's honeymoon
The honeymoon is over, and it's time for members of the public, and in particular, the media to start asking the hard questions demanding answers on issues of national interest and make the Christie-led administration accountable and responsible from the get go, before they become despondent and ultimately vile to the Bahamian people.
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$13m in claims slash insurer's profits 70%
Insurance Company of the Bahamas (ICB) yesterday said it was “not too despondent” over 2011’s 70.5 per cent drop in net income, telling Tribune Business its $1.16 million bottom line was “pretty reasonable” in a year when it incurred $13 million in gross catastrophe claims.
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The best of the FNM cabinet
IN this increasingly hyper-partisan and thorny political environment—in the face of a general election—I decided to rate the FNM’s best and worst ministers from 2007 to 2012, measuring the ministerial performances of each and rating them on a scale from one to five. Last week’s YMV column listed the one-star, bottom-tier ministers who I felt had mismanaged the sky-high expectations of the Bahamian people.
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