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Branville McCartney to step down as DNA leader

BRANVILLE McCartney will officially step down as leader of the Democratic National Alliance on October 24th. “I am not good for the party,” he told The Tribune on Friday.

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Dames defends coroner process

National Security Minister Marvin Dames yesterday declined to address the latest fatal shooting by police, insisting such matters are “thoroughly investigated” and put before the coroner.  

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EDITORIAL: It's time for web shops to pay their due

Next time you go shopping, or go to a restaurant, consider this: when they bring you the bill, why don’t you say oh no, I’m only going to pay five percent VAT on this one? Or maybe eight percent?

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Freeport energy regulation battle awaiting march trial

The battle to regulate Freeport’s energy sector will be fought before the Supreme Court on March 2020, the Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) has revealed.URCA, in its just-unveiled 2020 draft annual plan and budget, disclosed that

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Land surveyors query PM over Crown Land

Private sector executives have challenged the Prime Minister’s assertion that a shortage of land surveyors is impeding the Government’s ability to issue Crown Land grants to Bahamians. Dave Taylor, secretary of the Bahamas Association of Land Surveyo

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BPL outage must be 'end, not beginning'

A small business advocate has voiced concern that last Wednesday's power outage, which hit multiple areas of New Providence, is "the end and not the beginning" of any summer woes for Bahamas Power & Light (BPL).

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Girls paying for school with sex

YOUNG girls are turning to prostitution in an effort to make ends meet, according to a leading psychiatrist.

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Miller: top hotel owes BEC $10m

BAHAMAS Electricity Corporation chairman Leslie Miller said one of the country’s hotels owes BEC as much as $10 million in unpaid light bills.

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Keod Smith denies allegations in Supreme Court writ

ATTORNEY Keod Smith has vehemently denied allegations stacked against him in a lengthy Supreme Court writ filed by Lyford Cay billionaire Louis Bacon and several Save The Bays directors.

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Mother and baby forced to ride out storm in car

A MOTHER and her one-year-old daughter were forced to seek refuge in their car after Dorian’s furious gusts blew off the roof of their Spring City, Abaco, home and the walls caved in all around them. Ostina Dean, who spoke with The Tribune after bein

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Activist urges ban on new cruise line private islands

A Bahamian environmental activist yesterday called for "a ban" on any further cruise line private islands in this nation, and demanded that the industry "clean up its act". Sa

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Cobras, Rattlers to face 'stiff penalty' for basketball brawl

The New Providence Association of High Schools Principals (NPAHSP) is expected to suspend both the CC Sweeting Cobras and the CI Gibson Rattlers senior boys basketball teams for the remainder of the Government Secondary Schools Sports Association for their part in the melee that disrupted the start of the season at the DW Davis Gym last week Monday.

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But the PLP are really transparent

Just look at the statesmanship, openness and concern for spending the public’s tax dollars by presenting the Auditor General’s Report on the former government’s Jobs Programme so we know what’s going wrong. Or should I say, what “went” wrong.

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Thanks for balancing Allen story

Thank you for permitting my family to air its response to the story carried under the headline “Judge Cuts $66,000 from Sir William’s outstanding loans”, which gave considerable coverage to one-sided comments by Anthony Myers, a litigant against my father’s estate (Business Section, Tuesday, January 18, 2022).

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Failed broker: $9.7m hangs in the balance

A successful winding-up of Owen Bethel’s Montaque Capital Partners is dependent on recovering $5.35 million owed by the insolvent Bahamian broker/dealer’s clients and affiliates, plus the fate of $4.3 million being claimed by a Canadian provider.

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SEC levies fraudcharge againstFreeport resident

A Freeport resident has been charged by US regulators with perpetrating a securities fraud that increased two companies’ stock prices by 600 per cent and 300 per cent respectively.

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Dissenting judge: Bimini developer actions 'surreal'

A dissenting Appeal Court judge has described Resorts World Bimini’s actions as “surreal” and “worthy of the description Machiavellian”, yet his opinion counts for nothing after his two colleagues effectively gave the developer permission to continue dredging.

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PI residents face losing condo over alleged $22m fraud

Two Paradise Island residents accused of committing a $22 million fraud may lose their multi-million dollar Ocean Club condominium home after the Court of Appeal ruled in favour of the receiver for their alleged scheme.

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Gov'ts July 1 VAT goal 'just not on'

A senior Grand Bahama Chamber of Commerce executive has warned that the target Value-Added Tax (VAT) implementation deadline is “just not on”, while its introduction will increase employment in a”fragile economy”.

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THE FINISH LINE - Minister Wells: 'I agree with the PM in making sailing the national sport'

CHRISTMAS is coming, the goose is getting fat... Please put a penny in the old man’s hat. That’s a portion of a popular nursery rhyme that depicts the season that we are preparing for. And as we look forward to the Yuletide season, one of the devel