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Our founders got it right
Our founders got it right
We are officially 50 years old as a nation. This past Monday - July 10, 2023, it became official. Like any growing entity, we would have gotten certain things right and other things wrong. We would have hopefully learned lessons along the way to help us become better in the future. As we look back ...
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Aerospace engineer encourages STEM education
Aerospace engineer encourages STEM education
Aerospace engineer Aisha Bowe has used her imagination and creativity to contribute to space exploration.
The same road as Sir Lynden, but without his vision and focus
Dear Editor,
The Christie administration came to office, two years ago, on the assertion that the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) had a plan of solution and one of action for all of the societal and economic challenges facing The Bahamas. It was always my opinion and it still remains so that they sold the people of this wonderful nation a panacea which is not realistic.
This, however, is what poli...
The Government Proposes a Number of Tax Relief Measures to Provide Reprieve to Citizens
The Government Proposes a Number of Tax Relief Measures to Provide Reprieve to Citizens
The Government has proposed a number of tax relief measures to provide some reprieve to all citizens and to encourage economic activity by making the import of certain items relatively cheaper, thereby comparatively easier for persons to enter existing markets and, in some cases, create new ones...
Government proposing a number of measures to generate additional revenue
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance the Hon. K. Peter Turnquest said to facilitate revenue generating measures this Government Administration is proposing a number of procedures that are designed to generate additional revenue to the government.
Minister of Finance Presents "Landmark Budget" in the House of Assembly
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance the Hon. K. Peter Turnquest presented the 2018/2019 Budget Communication in the House of Assembly this morning, centred upon 'Implementing the Government's Policy Agenda and Securing Core Fiscal Objectives.'
Campaign finance laws can no longer be ignored
Campaign finance laws can no longer be ignored
When it was revealed in the newspapers that then Education Minister Jerome Fitzgerald solicited Sarkis Izmirlian for contracts for a family firm, the country was shocked. When it was revealed days later that former Labour Minister Shane Gibson received money in a U.S. bank account from a Peter Nygard company while a minister, Bahamians were shocked again.
Both scandals cost the Progressive Liberal...
Prime Minister presents 2010/11 budget
Prime Minister presents 2010/11 budget
Stamp tax on bank transactions up by 15%, Departure tax up $5, Computer Duty drops
Peter Turnquest on a bus
Peter Turnquest on a bus
Dear Editor,
I wish to comment on something that happened earlier this week. I brought my car in for service and the dealership offered a shuttle bus at 8:20am to take me to my morning destination - work, home, wherever.
Schaeffer is robbed at gunpoint
Schaeffer is robbed at gunpoint
AN American businessman, now a Bahamian resident, was robbed at gunpoint in "broad daylight" at a Royal Bank of Canada branch yesterday afternoon...