Deal signed to improve Eleuthera infrastructure
CARIBBEAN Pavement Solution signed a memorandum of understanding with the government on Friday for infrastructural development in Eleuthera.
EDITORIAL: Good news - but not the whole story
AFTER years of no statistics over how many people were unemployed, we have good news.
Passenger tax tabled in House ‘had date error’
DEPUTY Prime Minister Chester Cooper said the Passenger Tax bill tabled in the House of Assembly last month had an error that did not accurately reveal the date passenger tax increases would take effect.
Officer injured on duty says salary was stopped without warning
A POLICE officer who was injured on duty has lamented the Royal Bahamas Police Force’s treatment of him.
Dancing towards the 50th
PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis raised a toast to The Bahamas at the Golden Jubilee Independence Ball in Grand Bahama on Friday evening.
Lanisha Rolle denies charges of bribery and conspiracy to commit fraud
Former Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture Lanisha Rolle denied charges of bribery and conspiracy to commit fraud in the Supreme Court on Friday.
Unemployment rate drop labelled a 'smokescreen'
The Opposition's finance spokesman last night argued that the 8.8 percent unemployment rate, the lowest for 15 years, is a "smokescreen" that masks the "significant" reduction in the labour force's size and number of working Bahamians.
'World has changed': IBCs taxed on foreign earnings
Bahamas-domiciled International Business Companies (IBCs) will have to pay tax on their overseas earnings from New Year's Day 2024 in an historic first for this nation, a senior official confirming: "The world has changed."
RF fund's $120m excess is 'good problem to have'
A Bahamian investment bank says its largest mutual fund is receiving investor subscriptions as fast as it can invest them, branding the situation as "a good problem to have".
Mitchell says foreigners must pay share or leave
REFERRING to cruise lines and Lyford Cay residents, Foreign Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell said it is time foreign nationals “pay their fair share or go elsewhere”.
Kitchen staff at hospital hold sit-out over issues
DISGRUNTLED employees of the kitchen department in Princess Margaret Hospital staged a sit-out on Friday because of an air-conditioning malfunction and staff storage.
Atlantis in dark over labour probe
ATLANTIS executives have not been told the results of a Department of Labour investigation involving the resort.
No decision yet made in MP rape case
ACTING Director of Public Prosecutions Cordell Frazier said her office is still reviewing the file involving an MP accused of abusing his ex-girlfriend and has not yet decided what to do.
CCA: Reverse Baha Mar sabotage 'in its entirety'
Baha Mar's contractor is seeking to overturn "in its entirety" a New York judge's verdict that it sabotaged Baha Mar's completion and orchestrated Sarkis Izmirlian's removal as the project's developer.
Company that owned imploded submersible was registered in Bahamas
The company that owned the doomed submersible carrying five passengers to the wreckage of the Titanic was registered in The Bahamas.
UNEMPLOYMENT AT 15-YEAR LOW: Many more jobs are still to come, says Labour Director
THE unemployment rate in The Bahamas is 8.8 per cent –– the lowest in 15 years.
Donald Thomas wins high jump at USATA NYC Grand Prix
GRAND Bahamian Donald Thomas is starting to round himself into shape as he looks forward to making another trip for the Bahamas to the season’s premier event at the World Championships.
CAC Games: Mixed results for two-man boxing team in El Salvador
AS the XXIV Central American and Caribbean Games got underway over the weekend in San Salvador, El Salvador, there were mixed results from the two-man boxing team.
Davis Cup: Bahamas stays in Zone III
THEY were not the results that they wanted, but veteran player/captain Marvin Rolle said it was better than being relegated from American Zone III to zone IV (four) in the Davis Cup competition.
