Baseball stadium delay
Bahamians should know by now who is politically genuine or not. No amount of pontificating or masquerading can change their minds if you mean them well or not. They have already marked the report cards and will show the results sooner than later.
Kevin Major Jr gets win in pro debut
EVEN though he skipped the trip to Costa Rica to participate on the men’s Davis Cup team, Kevin Major Jr said he has no regrets because he was able to get his professional career started.Major Jr, home after graduating from Seminole State College in
Sports Notes
BOWLINGKALIK SUMMER LEAGUECOMPETITION in the Kalik Summer Bowling League started last night with a record nine teams competing for a 1st place prize of $1,200, 2nd place of $600 and 3rd place $400. Teams are composed of at least six players who spons
Jordin in World Cup opening
FOOTBALL for Friendship has announced that 12-year-old Bahamian football player Jordin Wilson will participate in the opening ceremony of the FIFA World Cup in Moscow, Russia, scheduled to be broadcast live to 3.2 billion persons globally at 10:30am
Bahamas Professional Golf Tour all set for round two
THE Bahamas Professional Golf Tour is all set for round two in its Signature Series with RMS Insurance Company as the driving sponsor of the sophomore classic.The launch of the first BPGT golf open set the pace for a very competitive series of tourna
Web shop patrons face $20m tax bill
Web shop taxes will increase by a minimal sum as a result of budget hikes that could extract $20m per annum from Bahamian gaming patrons, new studies suggested yesterday.The Bahamas Gaming Operators Association (BGOA), in its latest salvo against tax
Web shops face 'year of famine' on 'sweet spot'
Web shop operators may have to endure “a year of famine” to find the industry’s taxation “sweet spot”, a Cabinet Minister yesterday urging: “Let the Bahamian people be the judge.”Dionisio D’Aguilar, minister of tourism and aviation, called on the sev
Super Value chief: Abandon all exemptions for 10% VAT
Super Value’s principal yesterday argued that a ten percent VAT could achieve the government’s fiscal goals if it abandons its multiple tax exemptions.Rupert Roberts, pictured, told Tribune Business that the Minnis administration should “claw back” t
Gaming $101m income boost 'very difficult to replace'
Web shop advisers have warned that the $101m in annual salary income generated by the sector will be “very hard to replace” if the budget’s tax hikes result in mass lay-offs.A June 2018 report by the Oxford Economics consultancy, commissioned by the
Winning landfill bid chosen by June 25
The government plans to select the winning bidder for the New Providence landfill management contract by June 25, a Cabinet minister said yesterday.Romauld Ferriera, pictured, minister of the environment and housing, said a ‘Letter of Award’ would be
Aliv confirms readiness for 2018 storm season
Aliv yesterday moved to reassure Bahamians that its nationwide infrastructure was fully prepared to withstand a 2018 hurricane season projected to feature 13 named storms.Damian Blackburn, the mobile operator’s top executive, said: “We have ensured t
Gov't told: 'Strengthen' fly fishing regulations
THE Bahamas Fly Fishing Industry Association’s (BFFIA) president yesterday urged the government to “strengthen and not water down” regulations governing the industry. Prescott Smith told Tribune Business: “The Minister has said that they were going t
Aviation conference targets airlift boost
Tourism and aviation officials from 28 countries attended yesterday’s opening of the third annual Caribbean Aviation Meetup conference at Atlantis.Hailed as the region’s largest aviation conference, the conclave, which is being hosted by the Ministry
Airports 'haven't kept up' with tourism growth pace
AIRPORT development “has not kept up” with the pace of tourism growth, a Cabinet minister lamented yesterday, suggesting that passenger facility charges will be necessary to finance long overdue maintenance.Dionisio D’Aguilar, minister of tourism and
06122018 EDITION
Tuesday, 12th June, 2018.
FACE TO FACE: Two girl scientists on a mission
WHEN looking for solutions to the problems that face this country, we often look to our religious, political and social leaders for the answers. We look for grown-up solutions to problems that are affecting children as well. But what if some of the answers we need could be found in the children?
Taxi drivers fear they are being targeted after deadly shootings
BAHAMAS Taxicab Union President Philip Watkins said yesterday there is growing fear among cab drivers that they are being targeted in the wake of the shooting deaths of two of their colleagues over the past week.A distraught Mr Watkins told The Tribu
Gibson seeks delay in VAT rise
THOUGH he supports the tax hike, Long Island MP Adrian Gibson said he wants the government to postpone the increase of value added tax.
Suicide suspected in Grand Bahama
Police in Grand Bahama are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a 45-year-old male of West End, Grand Bahama.
'I will focus on justice'
GARVIN Gaskin was officially sworn in yesterday as the country’s first independent Director of Public Prosecutions, a move Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis said hopefully would end any “suggestion of political influence” from the executive branch of g
