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Thompson: Click2Clear integration hurting customs brokers
East Grand Bahama Member of Parliament Kwasi Thompson, who is also the shadow minister of finance, yesterday accused the government of imposing additional costs on customs brokers in an already high climate of inflation, with the integration of the new Bahamas Customs Click2Clear system.
Opposition demands govt reverse 'frustrating' business license policies
Stressing that many Bahamian small businesses are only just beginning to recover from the economic blow of the COVID-19 pandemic, East Grand Bahama Member of Parliament Kwasi Thompson - the opposition's shadow minister of finance - urged the government yesterday to immediately reverse a handful of new policy changes required for business license renewals.
Ministry of Finance Statement on the Mandatory Electronic Submission of Customs Documents
Ministry of Finance Statement on the Mandatory Electronic Submission of Customs Documents
Recent reports in the media have repeated false assertions about the Ministry of Finance’s proposal to require electronic submissions of all customs documents. In addition, individuals have raised questions surrounding the legality of this mandate.
Northern Bahamas International Customs Day celebrations planned
Customs officers from the Northern Bahamas, namely Grand Bahama, Bimini and Abaco, have planned a series of events in celebration of the 27th International Customs Day, according to Larry Bodie, Superintendent of Bahamas Customs, during a press conference in the Board Room at the C.A. Smith Complex on Wednesday morning.
Customs Seminars
Customs Seminars
The Bahamas Customs Department is pleased to announce the commencement of its Familiarisation Seminars of the Revised Customs Management Act 2011.
In keeping with ongoing modernisation efforts and following the recent training of Bahamas Customs' employees, the Department has identified the need for external training.
BPL: We will have 75% restored by weekend
BPL: We will have 75% restored by weekend
AS thousands of Bahamians continue to grapple with conditions left behind by Hurricane Matthew made harder in the absence of electricity, Bahamas Power and Light Ltd said the company aims to have 75 per cent of customer services restored by the end of the week and outlined its plan to reconnect the remaining 25 per cent.
Securities firm 'not affected' by Gentile SEC indictment
Swiss America Securities Ltd., the Bahamas-based company founded by Guy Gentile, who is under indictment by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has asserted that the financial services company is not implicated in the SEC complaint against Gentile "and is unaffected".
Generator donors decide power in Southern Bahamas more important than customs break
As public and private sector relief efforts swell in the wake of Hurricane Joaquin, one local generator provider yesterday stated that it was "more important" to get power and other services restored to damaged Family Islands than to wait on the government for duty exemptions on vital equipment.