Customs 'cannot allow airplanes in country without paying duty'

By NOELLE NICOLLS

Tribune Staff Reporter

nnicolls@tribunemedia.net

THERE is no policy or legal provision giving anyone in customs the authority to allow people to bring in airplanes without paying duty, Glenn Gomez, Comptroller of Customs, said yesterday

"There appears to have been some reason as to why the taxes were not collected. I am not privy to those reasons. I am not going to go back to...

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Airplane Crashes in The Bahamas

An airplane crashes in The Bahamas killing 2 people. The plane left from Ft Lauderdale International Airport today and crashed in The Bahamas. Bahamian Police have recovered one body and found the wreckage and are still looking for the other body.

More to follow...

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Govt very close to establishing airplane registry, minister says?

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Cooper: Show me your growing airplane registry

Chester Cooper.Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Deputy Leader Chester Cooper yesterday called on the government to produce a report or an update on the establishment of an airplane registry and its growth in The Bahamas. Last year, the government increased value-added tax (VAT) from 7.5 percent to [...]
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Men charged over discovery of cocaine on airplane

Police yesterday charged two men over the discovery of cocaine on a Delta Airlines flight on September 11. Tony Pickett, 30, of Port Charlotte, Florida, and Leonard Lafrance, 38, of Columbus Avenue, Chippingham, appeared before Acting Deputy Chief Magistrate Subusola Swain in relation to the [...]
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Airplane Crash in Cuba, Ministry Of Foreign Affairs Notice

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is following the news about the airplane crash in Cuba, where it was reported that some 100 persons have died and three have survived. Contact has been made with The Bahamas Embassy in Havana and there are no known Bahamian casualties.

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Equipment reportedly stolen from airplane at LPIA

Police were yesterday investigating an alleged theft from an airplane that was tied down on the ramp of Lynden Pindling International Airport (LPIA), Nassau Airport Development Company (NAD) confirmed.

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The Department of Civil Aviation bans all Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phones from airplanes traveling in The Bahamas

The public is informed that the Department of Civil Aviation has instituted a ban on air travel in The Bahamas on all Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphone devices, effective noon DST on Monday October 17, 2016.

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Airplane in crash 'not insured for commercial operations'

The airplane that crashed off the coast of Grand Bahama late August was not insured for commercial operation, according to Tribune sources.

The operators of the six-seater Piper Aztec aircraft that went down in waters 26 miles off Grand Bahama did not have the proper certificates

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Airplane crash lands in Abaco

A Sky Bahamas aircraft made a crash landing in Marsh Harbor, Abaco today, CEO Randy Butler confirmed.
Butler told The Nassau Guardian that as the Saab340 aircraft was landing it skidded off the runway. He said he got the call about the incident around 2 p.m.
He said there were no casualties. Butler said there were 21 passengers on the 34-seater plane.
Butler said he was still gathering informat...

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