PM's pledge on economy

PRIME Minister Hubert Ingraham yesterday declared he will stake his reputation on the economy improving by next year.

Although government, he said, is supporting a bloated public payroll it has never been hard-pressed to make civil servants salaries and they don't have to worry about salaries being paid.

Despite this, Mr Ingraham said the government will not be firing civil servants, but when th...

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Christmas Credit in Strong Demand

This Christmas holiday season hasbeen the second busiest time of year for Easy PayDay, one of Nassau’s leadingprivate lenders that provides consumer credit for government employees. Mrs.Ruthie Knowles, General Manager, said that only the 2022 vacation and back-to-school period was busier.

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Microsoft Excel Formulas And Functions

Saturday 7th July 2012  9:00 AM

Microsoft Excel Formulas And Functions

Have you ever struggled with:

? Accessing all the valuable information in your spreadsheets?
? Making smart business decisions based on your Excel data?
? Providing vital information in order to meet financial goals?
? Identifying business patterns to make better industry forecasts?
? Presenting your information in "layman's terms"?

Stop struggli...

QuickBooks Beginners and Intermediate Training

Wednesday 22nd May 2013  9:00 AM

You asked for it and it's here!!!!!!!!

QuickBooks Beginners and Intermediate Training

Here are FIVE (5) reasons why you MUST register your staff in our intense Quickbooks training offered by The BCCEC Chamber Institute:

1. You need accounting software!
2. You have to tract accurately your organizations financial transactions!
3. You must lose the manual system you currently employ...

Tax deferral program announced to help retain private sector jobs

The government is budgeting some $60 million in revenue foregone over the next three months to facilitate a Tax Credit and Tax Deferral Employment Retention Programme that would provide medium to large scale businesses with payroll support, in an effort to retain up to 10,000...

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New PwC partner to increase firm's presence in Bahamas

New Territory Senior Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers, Prince Rahming is pledging to increase his company's presence in the local market through rebranding, expanding services, and entering public discourse on issues related to the local financial sector. Giving notice of his intent, Mr. Rahming described the innovations the public can expect of PwC in the near future, in a press statement releas...

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Start of the New Budget Year Means Its Tax Concessions Take Effect Today

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance the Hon. K. Peter Turnquest said the start of the 2020/21 Budget year means that all the tax concessions included in the Budget take effect today...

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Govt feels 'vindicated'

The government said yesterday it felt "vindicated" by Justice Ian Winder's rejection of Baha Mar's application seeking recognition of its Chapter 11 proceedings in Delaware. The ruling means that the various orders handed down by a U.S. judge after Baha Mar's bankruptcy filing cannot take effect in The Bahamas.

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New BOB Product to Empower Local Entrepreneurs

Bank of The Bahamas Limited today announced the launch of its newest product BOB Mobile Express, a mobile card reader and processing package that provides users with the ability to accept credit card transactions on their smart phones or tablets...

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Road Traffic still supplying details on missing money

ROAD Traffic Department Controller Ross Smith confirmed yesterday that officials are still actively supplying evidence to police in connection with the auditor general's findings of multi-million dollar losses at the department.

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