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PM: 15% corporate tax will be ‘steep departure’

The Prime Minister yesterday warned that implementing the 15 percent corporate income tax on major multinationals will be “a steep departure” for The Bahamas given that it has no history of such levies.

Woman testifies ex-boyfriend threatened her with death and stabbed her in head

A WOMAN testified that her ex-boyfriend sent her a message saying, “You ga dead,” before he came home and stabbed her in the head.

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Sweeting calls tabled local govt bill ‘pivotal milestone’

WORKS and Local Government Minister Clay Sweeting tabled the long-awaited Local Government Bill in the House of Assembly Tuesday, marking what he called a “pivotal milestone” to modernise the country’s approach to local governance.


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‘Top-Up Tax won’t be burden to Bahamians’

ELECTED officials debated a bill to introduce a new corporate tax aimed at multi-national corporations with annual revenues exceeding $800 million.

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Another conflict turns deadly

A MAN was gunned down to become the country’s latest murder victim of the year.

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GB woman murdered on Turks and Caicos Island

GRAND Bahama residents are reeling after one of their own, Aiesha Clark Williams, 47, was murdered in Turks & Caicos last week –– one year after her husband was fatally shot on the same island.


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‘Why secrecy on hiring ex-CCA VP?’

FORMER Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis has questioned the Davis administration’s secrecy surrounding hiring Daniel Liu, former senior vice-president of China Construction America (CCA), as a “special envoy to China”.

PM: Second homeowners owe 70% of unpaid property taxes

The Prime Minister yesterday accused wealthy foreign second homeowners of being responsible for 70 percent of all unpaid real property taxes as he hit out at ‘enforcement’ being portrayed as “a scary word”.

Don’t Blink Home Run Derby returns

The Don’t Blink Home Run Derby in Paradise dubbed the “Greatest Show on the Sand” continues to grow and expand at an astronomical rate.


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Young GB man allegedly takes his own life

A YOUNG man who suffered from mental illness and was reported missing earlier this week by his father was discovered on Wednesday after allegedly taking his own life.

If Liu indeed was hired, tell us why

THE ruling in the Baha Mar court case that saw $1.6bn being awarded to Sarkis Izmirlian in his battle with China Construction America (CCA) has raised plenty of questions.

Govt must fight abuse of women

IN today’s paper, Tuesday 5th November 2024, there contained a disturbing story on the front page about a female hotel employee that was stabbed at the resort by a male known to her.


FRONT PORCH: Racism is entrenched in the soil of America

“Racism is deep in the soil.” - Anonymous

STATESIDE: Middle East and Ukraine wars first hurdles for Trump presidency

SEVERAL couples had gathered on Election Night outside Washington, DC.

DPM slams ‘cynical’ tourism assertions

The Deputy Prime Minister yesterday hit out at the “troubling wave of dismissive and cynical comments” about new tourism projects and concerns that stopover visitors are declining.


DPM blasts ‘fool’s errand’ of video’s crime warning

The Deputy Prime Minister yesterday accused the producers of a widely-circulated video warning tourists not to visit The Bahamas due to high crime levels of “biting the hand that feeds you”.

KEITH ROYE: Taking the quantum leap for competitive advantage

Quantum computing, once confined to the pages of science fiction, is fast becoming a game-changer for many businesses and industries.

Minnis: Ex-CCA chief’s special envoy status is ‘very troubling’

An ex- Prime Minister yesterday argued it was “very troubling” that a China Construction America (CCA) executive who played a key role in the Baha Mar dispute has been made a “special envoy” for The Bahamas.


Honoured for work to map out the nation

Jermaine Johnson quietly goes about mapping vital areas and collecting data from the Bahamian landscape, but his work speaks volumes.

Senator calls potential evictions from shelter ‘heartbreaking’

AN OPPOSITION Senator has spoken out after a protest was held by residents due to be evicted from the Poinciana Inn shelter.