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April 22, 2021
Blaze vendors still wait for help

FRUSTRATED Potter’s Cay Dock vendors say they are still waiting to receive the promised assistance from the government more than a week after their stalls were completely destroyed in a fire.

Owner of the “Tall Boy” stall, Dwain Bastian said vendors are fed up and just want the government to stop “dragging their feet” on the matter.

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April 13, 2021
PM touts land initiative

Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis yesterday defended his government's plan to develop a new subdivision in western New Providence geared toward young professionals, hailing it as a means of empowering Bahamians. Minnis made the comments during debate on a resolution to allow for the development of a residential community in western New Providence geared toward ...
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April 13, 2021
Symonette: Remove duty from building supplies for first-time homeowners

St. Anne's Member of Parliament Brent Symonette, who is also the former minister of financial services, trade, industry and immigration, suggested yesterday that the government remove customs duty on lower-end building materials and just apply a flat value-added tax (VAT) rate, so that the prime minister's housing plan can benefit a broader segment of potential ...

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January 05, 2015
Ministry of Finance Release

On going education to support VAT Compliance push as registration continues; price control changes will accomodate the reform...

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December 11, 2020
Remarks by Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, the Most Hon. Dr. Hubert Minnis -- Presentation of Land Grants for Crossing Rocks, Abaco

On September 14, 1999, Hurricane Floyd made landfall in Abaco as a Category Four storm, barreling through communities, tearing off roofs, flooding homes and dislocating hundreds of residents...

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February 24, 2012
Southern Shores & Tall Pines Office Opening Remarks - FNM Leader Hubert Ingraham

Southern Shores;
Tall Pines;
FNMs:
Night before last we were in Bamboo Town with Cassius Stuart. Tonight we?re here with Kenyatta Gibson and Karen Butler.

All I ?ga say is three for three.
Before I go on, let met me remind you that this Saturday will be the grand opening of the Thomas A. Robinson Stadium.

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December 31, 2019
The Best Birthday Present

This year Attorney Mavis Johnson Collie decided to celebrate her birthday giving back, and what better beneficiaries than survivors of hurricane Dorian...

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June 10, 2020
DPM Turnquest Explains Extended Relief Measures Specific to the Hurricane-Ridden Islands in 2020/21 Budget

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance the Hon. K. Peter Turnquest stated that in the Government’s Fiscal Adjustment Plan following Hurricane Dorian, it outlined that the impact of the storm would last for a few years...

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February 12, 2020
More than 200 online submissions on Small Home Repair Program launch day

More than 200 Bahamians made online submissions to the Small Home Repair Program on its launch day in Grand Bahama on Monday...

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January 20, 2020
Disaster Reconstruction Authority meets with hundreds of Marsh Harbour residents

Hundreds of residents of Marsh Harbour were in attendance at a town hall meeting Thursday night hosted by the Bahamas Disaster Reconstruction Authority and Local Government..

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