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Economy answers
Shouldn’t Dr Minnis have to answer to us all as to where our National Finances are 100 percent to our national economy?
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The Queen on $500 note?
I am delighted that Sir Arthur’s image will adorn our one hundred dollar currency note, but wondering why we have never taken that next little step and issued a Five Hundred Dollar note.
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‘Writing’s on the wall’ on income tax reform
The Bahamas must see “the writing on the wall” and get ahead of the worldwide 15 percent minimum corporate tax push by enacting reforms for its own benefit, a top banker said yesterday.
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No more Pfizer first doses from Thursday
THE Ministry of Health and Wellness has advised that “due to diminishing supplies”, first doses of the Pfizer vaccine will no longer be offered effective Thursday.
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National sport
What’s the national sport of The Bahamas? - Tribune Wednesday, 6th April.
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LJ Rose joins Rockets staff
A FORMER Bahamas senior’s men’s national team player will make the move from the court to the sidelines as he joins the staff of his hometown NBA franchise.
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A-C grades increase in exams
EDUCATION Minister Jeff Lloyd revealed yesterday that the number of BGCSE students receiving A, B and C grades this year increased by more than 10 percent compared with 2019.
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TEACHERS’ FEARS ON COVID TRACING: Union concern over ability to properly monitor school cases
THE Bahamas Union of Teachers is concerned about the capacity of the Ministry of Health and Wellness to facilitate proper contract tracing in the face of COVID-19 cases in schools and communities.
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PM calls on UN for global tax oversight
The Prime Minister has renewed The Bahamas’ call for the United Nations to take more responsibility for overseeing tax and anti-financial crime initiatives that have battered its financial industry for two decades.
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Lewis: I’m running for FNM leader
FORMER Minister of Disaster Preparedness, Management and Reconstruction Iram Lewis, the member of Parliament for Central Grand Bahama, announced yesterday that he is running for leader of the Free National Movement.
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A road by a new name
As an interested party in the resurrection of this ancient road/lane (Eastern Cemetery Lane), about which a Ministry of Works notice appearing in yesterday’s Tribune proposes that it be renamed to Harbourside Way.
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‘I could have bled out on the court’
Zane Knowles expected to take Hungary’s Zalakerámia ZTE KK basketball club by storm this season, but a possible life threatening injury - discovered by happenstance - sidelined those plans for the immediate future.
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Shed tax haven label for digital assets win
The Bahamas will lose its position as a digital assets leader and the potential economic “upswing” if it fails to shed its ‘tax haven’ label, a Bahamian financial services provider warned yesterday.
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Gov’t ‘burying their head in sand’ on global tax threat
A former Cabinet minister yesterday accused the Davis administration of “burying their head in the sand” to The Bahamas’ “detriment” on global tax moves that threaten to impact this nation.
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Man and teen arrested in viral video case
A MAN and a teenager were yesterday charged with assaulting members of the police force in connection with an incident that was partly captured on a viral video showing what appears to be a plainclothes officer choking a woman outside a nightspot.
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‘Buddy’ Hield traded to Pacers in 6-player deal
In an expected move in the National Basketball Association yesterday, Grand Bahamian Chavano “Buddy” Hield was traded from the Sacramento Kings to the Indiana Pacers in a two-team, six-player deal.
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G Edgecombe and Caldwell win title
GARRETH Edgecombe and his Caldwell Community College men’s basketball team defeated USC-Salkehatchie 68-66 in the Division 1 Region 10/Atlantic District Tournament Championship Saturday afternoon in Hudson.
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Jamaica ready for CARIFTA
FOLLOWING a two-day visit of the team from the North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletic Association (NACAC) to inspect preparations for the 2022 CARIFTA Games, a very favourable report was received.
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Calvary Deliverance celebrates 40 years
CALVARY Deliverance Church started 40 years ago in the home of its founding pastor. Today the church stands committed shepherding the spiritual lives of those that walk through its doors and being a resource of hope for those in the community.
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New Providence or New Orleans?
I saw Twitter images of severe flooding throughout parts of New Providence over the weekend. I believe it was a meteorologist who told either The Nassau Guardian or The Tribune that the severe flooding caused by torrential rains was a hurricane drill for New Providence residents. As a resident of Grand Bahama who lived through Hurricanes Francis, Jeanne, Matthew and Dorian, I want Nassau residents to understand that the recent flooding in their communities is nothing compared to the flooding the aforementioned cyclones brought to our island.
