'Two to three weeks' to hear decision on BEC
WITHIN the next two to three weeks, Bahamians will learn of the government’s decision as to which entities, if any, have been chosen to restructure the Bahamas Electricity Corporation, Deputy Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis said.
Marijuana issue not high on FNM agenda
THE issue as to whether or not medicinal marijuana should be legalised is not an issue in the “front and centre” of the Free National Movement, party chairman Darron Cash told The Tribune yesterday.
FNM Deputy: Was prime minister behind on tax?
FNM Deputy leader Loretta Butler-Turner is calling on Prime Minister Perry Christie to fully disclose whether he at some point fell behind in paying his real property taxes, and, if so, the years involved.
Bahamas 'to consider medicinal marijuana'
THE Bahamas government will consider the issue of medicinal marijuana as part of a regional body next month, Foreign Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell confirmed yesterday.
Shame tactics over tax debts
LABOUR Minister Shane Gibson yesterday threatened to expose current and former opposition members who have been delinquent in real property tax payments.
VAT is 'unfair, untimely and unreasonable' - DNA
DNA leader Branville McCartney continued his push for the government to rethink the introduction of Value Added Tax (VAT), calling it an “unfair, untimely, and unreasonable” burden to place on the backs of Bahamians.
VAT coordinator ‘must pay back every red cent’
AMID calls for VAT Coordinator Ishmael Lightbourne to be fired for failing to pay real property taxes over the past decade, the government will order that he return “every red cent owed,” The Big T can reveal.
'Tax dodger should be fired from VAT role'
FREE National Movement (FNM) Chairman Darron Cash is calling for the resignation or firing of Ishmael Lightbourne, Consultant and Coordinator of the government’s VAT unit, after Mr Lightbourne revealed he has not paid property taxes for ten years.
Mitchell denies govt involved in human smuggling
FOREIGN Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell denied yesterday that the Bahamian government is involved in the smuggling of illegal migrants to the United States.
Taxing webshops could ease burden of VAT’
FINANCIAL Services Minister Ryan Pinder is suggesting that a reasonable alternative to the government’s proposed VAT implementation would be regulating, defining and taxing webshops.
'Fishermen have right to firearms'
BY LAW, every Bahamian fisherman has the right to carry arms on the high seas in order to protect themselves from Dominican poachers, Elizabeth MP Ryan Pinder said yesterday.
Mitchell: US could cut assistance over Bahamas stance on LGBT rights
FOREIGN Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell yesterday warned that a negative stance on LGBT rights as human rights abuses could engender cutbacks in US assistance.
Key 'still active FNM'
CENTRAL and South Abaco MP Edison Key yesterday confirmed that he was still an active member of the FNM party despite noticeable absences from Opposition press conferences held at the House of Assembly.
Halkitis: No viable option other than VAT
APART from the imposition of Value Added Tax (VAT), the Bahamas has no other viable option to spark the required streams of revenue it needs to arrest government debt, according to State Finance Minister Michael Halkitis.
BRAN: Legalise web shops - but fine for years of illegal activity
DNA Leader Branville McCartney said yesterday while he agrees the government should legalise and regulate gaming, web shop owners should be fined for their years of operating illegally before they are granted licences.
