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August 28, 2017
Government must improve tax collection, says BCCEC chairman
Government must move to improve tax enforcement and update and improve its customs duty collection at the border, Chairman of the Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and Employers' Confederation (BCCEC) Mike Maura told Guardian Business yesterday.
His comments came on the heels of Moody's releasing its latest report, in which the international credit ratings agency maintained the country's Baa3 rating, ba...
July 09, 2011
Woman pleads guilty to making false declaration to Customs agent
A Chinese woman forfeited almost $20,000 in cash yesterday after she admitted to failing to inform U.S. Customs agents that she and her travel companions had more than $10,000.
Statement by the Hon. Dr. Michael Darville
December 31, 2015
Statement by the Hon. Dr. Michael Darville
On December 24th, 2015 Mr. Kevin Tomlinson, the Founder and Director of the Grand Bahama Youth Choir, while performing at Memories Resort, was abruptly asked to leave the resort property by the General Manager, Mr. Gabriel Varella.
July 25, 2017
Ministry of Labour responds to Temporary Hotel Closure
The RIU Palace Paradise Island Hotel will temporarily close from 24 July to 28 October 2017 for a $25 million dollar renovation. The renovation includes hotel rooms, restaurants and public spaces...
July 24, 2017
Approximately 195 employees affected by Riu temporary closure
Approximately 195 Riu Palace Paradise Island resort employees will be out of work beginning today, as the resort closes to undertake $25 million in renovations, according to Minister of Labour Dion Foulkes.
The areas to be renovated include hotel rooms, restaurants and public spaces.
The resort is set to reopen on October 28, 2017.
In a statement, Foulkes said that at the reopening the employees a...
No timeline on referendum
May 25, 2017
No timeline on referendum
Though a referendum to impose term limits for prime ministers, among other things, is one of the big ticket items promised in the Speech from the Throne, read at the opening of Parliament yesterday, Attorney General Carl Bethel said he could not give a specific timeline on when the referendum would be held.
The speech, read by Governor General Dame Marguerite Pindling in the precincts of the Senat...
Applause for Sandyport Beach Resort
April 20, 2017
Applause for Sandyport Beach Resort
The directive: ?lights, camera, action? could well be a part of a film industry future for many of the 100+ students attending The Dream Project, a week-long introductory film industry course held in Nassau and Eleuthera in March...
Govt committed to addressing needs of older persons
April 04, 2017
Govt committed to addressing needs of older persons
Minister of Social Services and Community Development Melanie Griffin said the Bahamas government is committed to addressing the needs and concerns of the older adult population of the country.
Minister Griffin said, "Bearing in mind that older persons are often overlooked and left on the sidelines of our systems, my ministry and the Department of Social Services, along with other stakeholders lik...
March 31, 2017
Government Committed to addressing the Needs of Older Persons
Minister of Social Services and Community Development the Hon. Melanie Griffin said The Bahamas Government is committed to addressing the needs and concerns of the older adult population of the country...
'An we is woman too'
March 11, 2017
'An we is woman too'
It is quite apparent in taking a stroll around the 8th National Exhibition (NE8) that there are a number of works by women, for a start, but also that many of these works by women deal with just that, with womanhood. These works are explicitly centered on the feminist canon of tackling the issue of women's rights, or more subtly trying to turn our eyes to other aspects of femininity. Take, for exa...
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