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Gov’t U-turn on Grand Lucayan union appeal
The Government has reversed course and settled a wrongful/unfair dismissal claim by 36 current and former Grand Lucayan managers that it previously won before the Supreme Court.
Two years in jail for firing gun and fleeing
A MAN was yesterday sentenced to two years in prison and fined $6,000 after he pleaded guilty to a firearm charge.
EDITORIAL: Prime Minister must answer over quarantine trip
PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis has some serious questions to answer.
INSIGHT: One rule for Davis, another for the rest?
Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis has revealed he broke quarantine – so is it one rule for him and another for the rest of us?
Construction VAT silence branded ‘unconscionable’
Abaco’s Chamber of Commerce president yesterday said it was “unconscionable” that the Government had yet to reverse VAT’s return on construction services, adding: “There’s a lot of angry people here.”
Breakaway union welcomes return to classrooms
SANDRA Major, head of a fast growing, breakaway teachers’ union, welcomed the resumption of face-to-face learning yesterday, saying she and her members have “no issues” with the shift.
‘YOU SHOULD HAVE GONE TO PRISON’: Magistrate laments law lets driver who killed two escape with fine
A 34-year-old man broke down and cried in a Magistrate’s Court yesterday after being fined $20,000 for killing a married couple on Christmas Day over a year ago.
EDITORIAL: A penalty that doesn’t measure up to the crime
BRENT and Eulona Johnson were much loved. When they died in a fatal crash on Christmas Day 2020, the tributes were heartfelt.
‘Our kids are ready to engage in after-school sports’
WITH the forum created by Best Events and Sports management team during the Meet & Greet for Minister of Sports Mario Bowleg, the sporting associations and federations got to express their grievances over the state of sports in the country in the COVID- 19 environment.
INSIGHT: Much A-Dubai about nothing
Dubai’s lightning explosion onto the world scene is exactly the kind of example The Bahamas needs to break out of our sad cycle of stagnation and mediocrity. Prime Minister Davis should be applauded for having the initiative and imagination to lead the way in connecting us with one of the most stunning economic revolutions in modern history.
‘Absolutely livid’ over doubling, tripling tax
Real property taxpayers were yesterday said to be “absolutely livid” after receiving bills that doubled and tripled their 2022 payments following the recent New Providence-wide revaluation.
