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2020 Fiscal Strategy Report Press Briefing Remarks by Sen. Kwasi Thompson, Minister of State for Finance -Monday December 21, 2020
Last week, the Government tabled the 2020 Fiscal Strategy Report (2020 FSR) in the House of Assembly. Our press conference today is an opportunity to create a deeper understanding of the Government’s plan...
Minister of State for Finance Breaks Down the Government’s Comprehensive COVID-19 Response
Minister of State for Finance Breaks Down the Government’s Comprehensive COVID-19 Response
Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance Sen. the Hon. J. Kwasi Thompson explained that the COVID-19 pandemic wiped out the savings of many Bahamians who had big dreams for their families and businesses that are now on hold...
Government to Continue Reducing the Economic Effects of COVID-19
Senator J. Kwasi Thompson, Minister of State for Finance explained that the Government will continue to reduce the economic effects of COVID-19, by providing initiatives targeted at public health and safety, job protection and social and economic support for households and businesses.
“The levels of direct support required by the government to save lives and support commercial and economic act...
Bamboo Shack, Bethel Brothers Morticians donate tablets
Two of the best-established businesses in The Bahamas joined the growing list of those making virtual education a reality for more students today, donating tablets through the Leno Learning Link...
Digital Banking Driving Greater Efficiencies and Savings for Businesses During COVID-19 –Scotiabank
Digital Banking Driving Greater Efficiencies and Savings for Businesses During COVID-19 –Scotiabank
Director of Corporate and Commercial Banking at Scotiabank, Gregory Stuart, says local businesses could save up to 75% in banking fees should they embrace more digital banking capabilities...
Colour it Selfless – Junkanoo Group Turns Its Annual Donation from Leno Back to Students, Putting a Tablet in Young Members’ Hands
The leading financial planning, investment, trust and corporate services firm Leno has supported Colours Junkanoo group for six straight years...
Start of the New Budget Year Means Its Tax Concessions Take Effect Today
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance the Hon. K. Peter Turnquest said the start of the 2020/21 Budget year means that all the tax concessions included in the Budget take effect today...
PM hits at NHI critics
PM hits at NHI critics
If the government was to "hesitate again" to implement National Health Insurance (NHI), hundreds of people would die because they cannot afford adequate healthcare, Prime Minister Perry Christie said yesterday.
Letter: The Public Service will be downsized if we are to survive
EDITOR, The Tribune.
Mr Christie would be seen as a wise man if he had the ability to look carefully at what he is saying or what persons ask him to say, and come to his own conclusions. His recent remarks about the secret agreement the FNM administration has with the IMF, is no secret in the Caribbean, because the IMF is pressuring every country in the world who is beholden to them to do somet...
'Clerk gave bank more than her annual pay'
'Clerk gave bank more than her annual pay'
SUPREME Court jurors heard yesterday how within one year, former College of the Bahamas (COB) employee Chimeka Gibbs received some $4,000 extra in payroll deposits from the college on top of her $30,000 salary...