Hotel relief on VAT transition extension
The Bahamas’ largest industry yesterday breathed a sigh of relief after the government agreed to an extended VAT transition beyond July 1 for pre-booked business.Suzanne Pattusch, the Bahamas Hotel and Tourism Association’s (BHTA) executive vice-pres
Spongers agree deal for processing centre
The Bahamas Commercial Spongers Association (BCSA) has signed two contracts to lease and renovate a building as part of efforts to revive the industry.The contracts were signed on May 31, 2018, for a building that will become a sponge processing plan
Nassau to host key aviation conference
The Caribbean region’s largest aviation conference will take flight in Nassau this June, bringing together major industry players and investors for three days of discussions.The third annual Caribbean Aviation Meet-up is scheduled for June 12-14, wit
THE ART OF GRAPHIX: Forward-looking design that never goes back
The only time we should ever look back in life is to see how far we have come. This is definitely something to ponder considering the many challenges, failures and disappointments that sometimes seem to follow us each day.Whether we believe in this m
Stingers' summer basketball camp begins June 25
THE Stingers Youth Basketball Association will collaborate once again with an elite training programme out of the United States as it prepares to host another edition of its summer basketball camp series.Tony Hobbs, head basketball instructor at Brid
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500 remain in shanty towns ahead of demolition
AS the July 31 eviction deadline approaches, some 500 residents are believed to remain in shanty towns set for demolition in the capital, The Tribune was told.
Davis: Taxation will drive web shops underground
AS HE urged the government to revisit the proposed tax sliding scale for web shops, Opposition Leader Philip “Brave” Davis said increasing taxes on gaming house operators provides the incentive for the numbers business to return to the “underground”.
Davis won't commit to cutting VAT
PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party Leader Philip “Brave” Davis was noncommittal yesterday on whether a PLP administration will return the value added tax rate to 7.5 percent should the party be elected to office in the next general election.Instead, Mr Davis
Christian Council wants rethink on tax increase
BAHAMAS Christian Council President Delton Fernander wants Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis to remember his past lamentations about value added tax and to reconsider his government’s intention to increase VAT’s rate by 60 percent next month.At one poi
Breadbasket items list to include healthier goods
HEALTH Minister Dr Duane Sands has promised more healthy changes are on the horizon for the breadbasket list - after wide public consultation.Dr Sands underscored the Minnis administration’s commitment to fully vetting proposed changes, adding they w
Trucks may be banned from future parades
LABOUR leaders are discussing removing flatbeds and trucks from future Sir Randol Fawkes Labour Day parades in light of last week’s tragedy, Labour Minister Dion Folks said yesterday.
Foulkes: Keep MPs salaries as they are
MINISTER of Labour Dion Foulkes said the salaries for MPs should remain as they are until there is a substantial economic turnaround.
UPDATED: Shot dead as he set off for school
A seven-year-old boy about to head to his last day of school was fatally shot outside of his Piper Lane home yesterday morning after being hit by a stray bullet.
Policeman: It was my life or his
A SENIOR police officer yesterday expressed his remorse to a woman for having to kill her teenage grandson in Yellow Elder Gardens five years ago, although he added: “It was either my life or his.”
OAS has crucial role in region
The Organization of American States is now in its 70th year. An organisation long and naturally dominated by the United States, the OAS has been criticised for that and for other things. But whether they are speaking from the core of their conscience or playing to the TV cameras for points with viewers back home, Western Hemisphere heads of government and foreign ministers often make news when attending an OAS meeting.
Building destroyed in Eight Mile Rock blaze
FIREFIGHTERS are investigating the cause of a building fire in the Eight Mile Rock area on Monday evening.ASP Terecita Pinder said fire officials received a report around 11.30pm of a blaze in Pinedale, EMR, in the area of Zion Baptist Church.On arri
Healthy start has fallen flat
I am obsessed with being sober. There is absolutely no one, or occasion that I can use as an excuse for me to consume alcohol, I am not telling anyone if they should drink or not.
ALICIA WALLACE: Why VAT rise hits hardest for the people who can least afford it
Bahamians tuned in to the Budget Communication in Parliament last Wednesday with great interest. After laying out a number of supposed benefits to the Bahamian people, Minister of Finance Peter Turnquest showed the price tag. The FNM administration intends to increase Value Added Tax (VAT) by 60 percent, taking it up from 7.5 percent to 12 percent on July 1. It expects this tax hike to increase revenue by $400m in the next fiscal year.
EDITORIAL: Trump’s daily diet of six outright lies
PERHAPS the biggest casualty of the Donald Trump presidency in the United States has been the truth. Trump lies all the time, without appearing to hesitate first. There is no evidence Trump possesses any internal governor that would regulate his mendacious behaviour.
