HUNDREDS of people marched from the Southern Recreation Grounds to Rawson Square yesterday morning to protest the proposed 60 percent increase in value added tax and a new sliding scale tax on web shops.
At one point, rowdy protestors stormed barricades erected at Rawson Square and temporarily blocked traffic on Bay Street before being dispersed by police. The group included web shop workers, other disgruntled Bahamians, and some Progressive Liberal Party members and supporters. The tense crowd was just feet away from the House of Assembly, which was in session, and some members of government were greeted with angry chants and insults...
HUNDREDS of people marched from the Southern Recreation Grounds to Rawson Square yesterday morning to protest the proposed 60 percent increase in value added tax and a new sliding scale tax on web shops.
At one point, rowdy protestors stormed barricades erected at Rawson Square and temporarily blocked traffic on Bay Street before being dispersed by police. The group included web shop workers, other disgruntled Bahamians, and some Progressive Liberal Party members and supporters. The tense crowd was just feet away from the House of Assembly, which was in session, and some members of government were greeted with angry chants and insults...
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