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A proud but disgusted Bahamian
A proud but disgusted Bahamian
Dear Editor,
I do not usually write to the newspapers but I feel compelled to do so this time. A week ago, I went on a seven-day Caribbean cruise on the Norwegian Getaway. This cruise stopped in St. Maarten, St. Thomas, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Nassau.
We were a group of 28 family members and friends. The cruise was most enjoyable, and on several occasions while we were aboard the ship, fellow ...
FS outlines VAT education steps
FS outlines VAT education steps
The government has revealed some of the first details of its value-added tax (VAT) educational programs, which aim to provide both local businesses and consumers with "expansion and clarification" of the government's VAT policies as the tax's introduction date approaches.
In an interview with Guardian Business, Financial Secretary John Rolle confirmed that the government will electronically circul...
CIBC FirstCaribbean launches 'Talk to me Tuesdays' initiative
CIBC FirstCaribbean has embarked upon a new initiative - "Talk to Me Tuesdays!" - which will see its branch managers, sales staff and customer service representatives engaging with customers who visit its banking halls in a highly interactive and personalized manner.
Talk to Me Tuesdays!, which will occur at branches every Tuesday of the month between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. until the end of the year, ...
Save the Bays Lauds Nature Conservancy's Coral Reef Farming Program, Renews Support
A program aimed at replenishing coral reefs by undersea farming and forestry won plaudits this week from the national environmental movement Save The Bays which renewed its pledge to support its creator, The Nature Conservancy.
The importance of quality marketing material
The importance of quality marketing material
Take a look at your brochures, catalogs, flyers, business cards, print ads, posters, product packaging, or anything that has your company name, information or logo.
Now answer these questions: Is your company brand image portrayed appropriately and consistently throughout your marketing material? With each piece, is your message communicated in a strong and clear manner? Does your marketing materi...
Mega-resort policy branded a threat to Family Island way of life
Mega-resorts are being allowed to threaten the culture, society and identity of small island communities around The Bahamas, a veteran social and environmental campaigner warned.
Fred Smith, QC, director of legal affairs for Save The Bays, said successive governments have shielded the developers of mammoth 'anchor projects' from scrutiny at the expense of both the environment and local populations...
Mega-resort policy branded a threat to Family Island way of life
Save The Bays director says governments must stop siding with foreign-owned developments at the expense of local communities...
Mega-resort policy branded a threat to Family Island way of life
Save The Bays director says governments must stop siding with foreign-owned developments at the expense of local communities
NASSAU, Bahamas -- Mega-resorts are being allowed to threaten the culture, society and identity of small island communities around the Bahamas, a veteran social and environmental campaigner warned.
Fred Smith, QC, director of legal affairs for Save The Bays, said successive ...
Sale, sale, sale: Sound economic policy or national folly
Dear Editor,
Step right up. The sale is on. Get all your corporations, beaches, land, electricity, water, boys, girls, cays and rocks that you need to make you happy.
Perhaps the new tourism brochure from The Bahamas should read to this effect as the country sells off every corner, every crack, every soul that it can to pay the government's ever-increasing debt. Does this make good economic sen...
Service providers voice VAT outsourcing fears
Service providers voice VAT outsourcing fears
Advertisers, marketers and public relations firms have joined forces to voice their fears that they are uniquely vulnerable to seeing large portions of the work they currently rely upon to sustain themselves outsourced to foreign companies if their services are subject to value-added tax (VAT)...