Nassau property tax crackdown eyes $21m
The government is targeting a minimum $21m in extra annual revenue through a “world class” real property tax system that captures every home and commercial building on New Providence.
Nassau/PI resort room revenue up 37% in Q1
All performance indicators for major Nassau/Paradise Island hotels increased by double digit amounts every month in the 2019 first quarter, with room revenues ending the period up 37 percent.
Super Value chief: ‘cut our own path’ outside the WTO
Super Value’s owner yesterday said he still believes The Bahamas should “cut its own path” despite trade experts finding it would be “moderately positive” to join the WTO.
Stabbing victim dies of wounds
POLICE are investigating the country’s latest homicide after a man was reportedly found walking with visible stab wounds and later died of his injuries in hospital on Tuesday afternoon.
ART OF GRAPHIX: Software no substitute for photography skills
In today’s highly competitive marketplace, the role of digital photographs is critical to the marketing success of any business. Properly edited photographs and images convey a company’s message in the best possible manner, which is why photo editing an essential part of any marketing, communications or branding activity.
Sports Illustrated exposes Bahamas to 70m readers
The Bahamas will be showcased to more than 70m consumers by the annual Sports Illustrated Swimsuit (SI) edition that was released yesterday.
BICA chief: Don’t fear competition under WTO
The Bahamas must not fear competition in a post-WTO environment, a top accountant argued yesterday, as it now has an “issues checklist” to help prepare itself.
Post Office relocation to complete next week
The General Post Office will open at its new Town Centre Mall location next week, Tribune Business was told yesterday, as staff complete the move from East Hill Street.
Vendors unhappy with hotels renting water sports equipment
SCORES of disgruntled watercraft operators flocked to Goodman’s Bay yesterday to protest against hotels renting vessels to their guests.
THE ALICIA WALLACE COLUMN: Don’t be blind to the power these men hold
Last week, on the heels of Bishop Simeon Hall’s call for the church to take a strong position against sexual violence and his distinction between rape and sex, the president of the Bahamas Christian Council contradicted it with reckless remarks meant to turn people against Carnival.
Time to get tough with drivers who kill, insists PLP
OPPOSITION leader Philip “Brave” Davis is calling for the Minnis administration to “revamp the entire road traffic regime” — particularly reiterating calls for the government to add an amendment to the Road Traffic Act to increase penalties for those who kill in the course of dangerous driving.
Job figures expected to show better news, predicts Turnquest
AHEAD of the Department of Statistics’ Labour Force Survey, Deputy Prime Minister K Peter Turnquest said he expects unemployment figures to show some improvement.
Govt investment control ‘will not fly’ under WTO
The Bahamas may have to release the government’s stranglehold over the foreign investment approvals process in return for higher tariffs that protect domestic producers under WTO.
Pulpit for preaching not politics
OPPOSITION Leader Philip ‘Brave’ Davis yesterday levied a litany of critiques against Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis, including describing his recent speech in a church as “inappropriate” and dubbing Dr Minnis’ claims that the PLP “politicised the police force” as “ludicrous”.
Don't be frightened off WTO reform package
The Bahamas must not allow "vested interests and nationalism" to deter it from breaking out of decade-long "stagnation" via broad-based economic reform, a trade expert urged yesterday.
Baha Mar robbery: Three detained
THREE men are in custody in connection with the recent smash and grab robbery at John Bull’s Baha Mar store.
Web bosses told: Pay what you owe
FINANCE Minister K Peter Turnquest yesterday urged web shop operators to pay their taxes out of an obligation to the government regardless of beliefs or legal arguments they intend to mount.
Mother who lost two sons to guns, warns: Too much killing. It has got to stop
THE pervasiveness of illegal firearms and the “kill or be killed culture” perpetuated by them are leading to the destruction of inner-city communities, a mother preparing to bury a second son in four months has said.
At best, it's all well-intentioned incompetence
Two years into Dr Minnis’ administration, it’s most ardent apologists increasingly find themselves shielding it with the excuse of well-intentioned incompetence.
