The Department of Immigration approved 12,501 work permits in 2019, a 20 percent increase over the previous year, according to data released by the Department of Statistics. There were 10,225 work permits issued in 2018 and 13,578 work permits issued in 2017. The majority of the work permits - 5,602 or 45 percent - were ...
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Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Leader Philip Brave Davis said a tax on webshop winnings, set to come into effect next year, is discriminatory because it does not apply to casino winnings. Davis said the PLP does not support the tax, claiming it will only cause more pain for Bahamians. "It proposes more taxes, which will hurt ...
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Dear Prime Minister Minnis, I am a nine-year-old Bahamian citizen and I am deeply concerned about this situation with oil drilling in The Bahamas. What are we doing, risking so much on this? We cannot afford it. I cannot stand the fact that people in the government are risking my and many other young peoples' ...
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THE Bahamas confirmed five new COVID-19 deaths yesterday.