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March 12, 2015
Maynard calls for wide open immigration policy, some limitations

A leading attorney and arbitrator has advocated an "open wide" immigration policy for most areas of commercial arbitration barring local construction disputes as the local branch of the Chartered Institute of Chartered Accountants (CIArb) and Ministry of Legal Affairs craft the legislative framework for a regional arbitration center in The Bahamas.

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March 12, 2015
New BICA bill deepens protections for industry, public

In addition to fixing defects in the Public Accountants Act, the pending accounting legislation would allow accountants to practice public accountancy with limited liability, according to Bahamas Institute of Chartered Accountants (BICA) President Darnell Osborne.

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March 15, 2015
Insurance industry concerned about VAT implementation, Osborne says

While there do not appear to have been many hiccups in the implementation of value-added tax (VAT), the president of the Bahamas Institute of Chartered Accountants has acknowledged that there remains confusion in the insurance industry.

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July 05, 2016
Ministry of Financial Services Participates in STEP Global Congress, Amsterdam

Minister of Financial Services the Hon. C.V. Hope Strachan led a small delegation from the Ministry to the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) Global Congress June 30 to July 1, 2016 in Amsterdam, Holland.

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June 20, 2016
Referendum results: what happened, pt. 2

"...The work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die." - Edward Kennedy

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June 16, 2016
Queen's College graduates told to step up and be leaders

Queen's College (QC) graduates were urged to be leaders in their generation whatever they decide to do in life by Nassau Guardian General Manager Brent Dean at their graduation ceremony.

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June 15, 2016
2015/2016 Budget Debate- Contribution by the Hon. Melanie S. Griffin, M.P., Minister of Social Services and Community Development

Mr. Speaker, as always I am grateful to Almighty God, in whom I live, move and have my being and the fine people of Yamacraw for the privilege to serve and to represent them in this place.

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June 13, 2016
Referendum results: what happened, pt. 1

"Gender equality is more than a goal in itself. It is a precondition for meeting the challenge of reducing poverty, promoting sustainable development and building good governance."
- Kofi Annan

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June 06, 2016
Eyewitnesses to history

"History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people." - Martin Luther King Jr.

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May 26, 2016
Audit requirement still onerous for SMEs, Sumner says

CEO of Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and Employers' Confederation (BCCEC) Edison Sumner continues to decry the government's requirement that businesses with turnovers of $100,000 have their books certified by an accountant as part of the business license renewal procedure.

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