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September 28, 2021
Germany powers ahead in electric car sales growth – sales more than treble during the pandemic; Bahamas sees 133% increase
Germany has seen the world’s fastest growth in electric car sales of all major economies during the pandemic, with sales more than trebling to 194,000 cars in 2020, up from just 63,000 in 2019, shows a study of electric car sales worldwide by UHY, the international accountancy network.
McCartney: Ingraham 'chickened out' on web shops
September 09, 2014
McCartney: Ingraham 'chickened out' on web shops
Democratic National Alliance (DNA) Leader Branville McCartney said yesterday the former Ingraham administration carried out the preparations to legalize web shop gaming, but "chickened out" before making that a reality.
McCartney, who was a Cabinet minister in the Ingraham administration before he resigned from the party, said the web shop industry should have been legalized years ago.
"[It] shoul...
An unrealistic forecast
June 02, 2021
An unrealistic forecast
The government continues to face pushback from gaming house operators in its bid to implement a patrons winning tax.
PLP governance: Two years in
May 05, 2014
PLP governance: Two years in
In a couple of hours from now, the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) will commemorate two years since the general elections that ushered the party into power. The PLP won the 2012 general election in a landslide victory over the incumbent Free National Movement (FNM) government, after what was generally considered to be a remarkable election campaign.
The PLP came into power in the aftermath of the ...
Flowers: FNM trying to shut us down
December 24, 2020
Flowers: FNM trying to shut us down
THE government's planned web shop patron tax on lottery winnings was yesterday predicted to deliver a "detrimental" blow to a local gaming house, its owner telling The Tribune he firmly believed the Minnis administration was "dead serious" about closing down the industry...
It is better for Bahamians to gamble in the light
May 05, 2014
It is better for Bahamians to gamble in the light
Dear Editor,
The leadership of every government, to varying degrees, dislikes public disapproval and thus when confronted with difficult situations will search for the perfect answer. While perfection might produce resounding applause, lack of action causes the opposite.
The legislation for the controlling of web shops is needed right now despite it being already very late. The final product appro...
HBO premiers 'Last Week tonight with John Oliver'
January 27, 2015
HBO premiers 'Last Week tonight with John Oliver'
One of the funniest and most refreshing personalities to hit the TV scene, John Oliver returns to HBO for an all-new season of his acclaimed half-hour Sunday-night series, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, on Sunday, February...
July 1 still targeted for web shop regulation
May 07, 2014
July 1 still targeted for web shop regulation
The government still intends to regulate the web shop sector by July 1, Minister of Tourism Obie Wilchcombe said yesterday.
"That's the date we intend to proceed," said Wilchcombe, responding to a question at a press conference at the Cabinet Office.
He said the Christie administration is building upon draft legislation from the former administration.
"The truth is we are working assiduously to en...
July 22, 2020
BRILANDERS RESPONSE TO COVID19 Community Ban Together to Form Charitable Group
Family Islanders have felt the economic pressure of COVID-19 since the borders initially closed in March—the start of the high tourism season. In North Eleuthera, the joining of forces with neighbors and ex-pats, and their collective sheer will has kept them afloat...
'Country needs new leadership'
August 21, 2014
'Country needs new leadership'
Fort Charlotte MP Dr. Andre Rollins last night severely criticized Prime Minister Perry Christie in the House of Assembly, declaring that "it is evident we need new political leadership" in the country. Rollins expressed anger over the fact that Christie spent a majority of his communication to "threaten" backbenchers for their dissenting views, instead of providing "hope and comfort" to Bahamians...
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