PLP’s final candidate selected
THE Progressive Liberal Party has ratified its latest candidate, stating the organisation’s slate of contenders are “officially ready to compete” in the next general election.
WE MUST KEEP OUR GUARD UP: Forbes warns despite reduced cases third COVID wave still here
DESPITE a “slight decline” in coronavirus cases recently, health officials believe it is still “a little too early” to say whether the nation is emerging from the third wave of the virus.
Bahamas and all IFCs to feel tax compliance pinch
An attorney writes that this nation is being pushed to implement a 'low tax' regime
The past decade has witnesses an historically significant increase in international tax compliance measures.
IDB guarantee sought for $700m borrowing
The government is seeking a $200m guarantee from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to underwrite the bulk of its foreign currency borrowing in the 2021-2022 fiscal year, it was confirmed yesterday.
BTC: 7,000 homes on fibre by 2021 end
The Bahamas Telecommunications Company’s (BTC) chief executive says 7,000 homes will be added to its new fibre technology network by the end of 2021.
Govt touts 14,000 new SMEs created
The government yesterday sought to show its small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) focus is delivering results by reiterating that almost 14,000 such businesses have been formed since the 2017 general election.
The return of oil
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BARELY 14 months ago, oil traders were paying almost $40 to anyone willing to accept delivery of a barrel of crude by the end of May 2020. Such had been the pandemic’s impact in the demand for the black gold, that storage reached full capacity and those who, acting as middlemen, had secured large quantities of oil, were unable not just to resell it but even to keep it stored at a suitable location.
Cruise ship’s arrival ‘a sign we’re getting back to normal’
THE arrival of a Royal Caribbean cruise ship at Freeport Harbour on Friday was heralded as a sign that things were returning to normal after the cruising industry came to halt last year due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Network upgrade hits REV customers
LOCAL cable and internet provider REV said “unforeseen complications” during a scheduled network upgrade left nearly a quarter of residential customers in New Providence without service for a period yesterday.
Controversial way to save The Bahamas
For many Bahamians, we believe that the country is nearing the crossroads of destiny.
Changing times over Marlin fishing
I see where a letter writer to The Tribune was sickened by your front page photo on June 7, headed “Sport or Slaughter”, and environmentalist Sam Duncombe has taken the sportsmen to task remarking that it is “absolutely ludicrous” that the capture of the country’s national fish is allowed in such events, adding that “these bloody tournaments” need to stop.
Let’s meet, Dr Minnis
An open letter to the Prime Minister of The Bahamas
Billie Jean King Cup: Pratt replaced with Donaldson
AT the last minute as they prepare for the final stages leading up to the start of the Billie Jean King Cup in Panama, the Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association had to replace Grand Bahamian Simone Pratt with collegian Sierra Donaldson.
Junior golfers take home national amateur titles
HEATHCLIFF Kane and Anne Fernandez emerged as the Bahamas Golf Federation’s 2021 National Amateur Golf Championships’ male and female champions.
One dead, two injured in shooting incident
Police are investigating after a man died and two others were injured in a shooting incident on Thursday.
Adventure of the Seas arrives in Freeport
THE arrival of the Royal Caribbean Cruise Line at Freeport Harbour on Friday marks the first international cruise ship to return to sailing in the Western Hemisphere in the last 15 months since the COVID pandemic.
PLP Chairman criticises govt for unfinished projects
PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party Chairman Fred Mitchell criticised the Minnis administration for unfinished projects throughout the country.
Former bank employee accused of stealing over $50,000 from customer accounts
A FORMER First Caribbean Bank employee was arraigned in Magistrates Court on Friday for allegedly stealing over $50,000 from customer accounts over a nearly three-year period.
Woman in court on fraud-related charges
A 28-year-old woman was re-arraigned in Magistrate’s Court on Friday on several fraud-related charges.
