Airport financing divided into $30m bond placements
Investment bankers yesterday said they will raise the $150m funding for Family Island airport upgrades via a series of $20m-$30m bond offerings that will start to be placed by the second quarter’s end.
Bahamas must ‘face the music’ on income tax
A risk-management specialist yesterday warned The Bahamas will soon have to “face the music” and implement a personal and/or corporate income tax in response to internal and external pressures.
Minister: PLP VAT plan will cost $100m
A Cabinet minister last night argued that the PLP’s one-year VAT rate cut will “destabilise the economy” and government finances by costing the Public Treasury $100m in revenue.
PM promises more women in Cabinet
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis said the Free National Movement is recruiting more women to run on the party’s ticket in the next general election, as he lamented the “historic low” of women representation in his Cabinet.
PLP's minimum wage hike 'economic suicide'
The Progressive Liberal Party's (PLP) plan to increase the minimum wage by $40 per week was yesterday branded "economic suicide" by the private sector's top labour specialist.
Parents need to take key role in education
Some public schools have seen student participation drop to “less than 50 percent,” Education Minister Jeff Lloyd revealed yesterday as he urged parents to take their children’s education more seriously.
OKAY, DARNELL WHERE’S THE PROOF? Govt lodges robust defence to claims by former BPL chief
WORKS Minister Desmond Bannister wants former Bahamas Power & Light chairwoman Darnell Osborne to provide “strict proof” that he acted with malicious intent when he discussed her departure from BPL’s board in 2018, according to a defence filed in the Supreme Court last month.
Bastian getting ready for NCAA Championships
HE’S having a sensational season at Florida State, but it’s just the tip of the iceberg for the Seminoles’ junior swimmer as he now prepares for the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Championships at the end of the month.
FNM claims PLP making promises it does not intend to keep
THE Free National Movement has accused the Progressive Liberal Party of making election promises it does not intend to keep.
Man and woman injured in separate shootings
A MAN and a woman are in hospital after they were shot in separate incidents on Sunday.
Clarke and Blazers pull off 5th straight victory
SYDNEY Clarke and her University at Alabama-Birmingham Blazers pulled off their fifth straight victory on Sunday by knocking off Tulane Green Waves 4-3 at the George Ward Park in Birmingham.
COVID-19 DEATH TOLL RISES BY ONE TO 183
THE country’s COVID- 19 death toll rose by one to 183 on Sunday after the death of an 80- year-old man was reclassified.
Northwestern State Demons’ Daunte Stuart ‘on fire’ at plate
DAUNTE Stuart continues his torrid start to his sophomore and his recent streak at the plate has placed him at the top of several stat categories for the Northwestern State Demons.
Six months in prison for former bank supervisor
A FORMER bank supervisor who last week admitted stealing over $35,000 from customer accounts to help pay her own bills was yesterday sentenced to six months in prison.
Man denies importing marijuana
A 35-year-old man who denied importing marijuana into the country was yesterday granted bail ahead of his trial.
Taxi driver appeals conviction for assault
A TAXI driver who was fined $1,000 for assaulting a road traffic supervisor with her vehicle is appealing her conviction.
We need new leadership
It is relatively clear that politicians think that in order to become prime minister, one only has to remain leader of the Opposition long enough for a real or contrived scandal to hit the governing party.
Thou shalt love thy Chinese neighbour as thyself
I would like to commend the Chinese Community Association of The Bahamas for the generous food donations to the Red Cross, which will undoubtedly go a long way toward feeding many hungry Bahamian families in Nassau.
PLP promises free testing for anyone concerned about exposure to virus
THE Progressive Liberal Party has pledged to offer free testing to Bahamians concerned they have been exposed to COVID-19 and to reform the government’s food assistance programme if it wins the next general election.
