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April 12, 2019
'Let go' workers back on payroll

DESPITE criticising the former Christie administration last year for adding 9,000 people to the government payroll during its term in office, Public Service Minister Brensil Rolle revealed yesterday a “large number” of those hired from 2012 to 2017 have been re-engaged...

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June 12, 2017
Davis: Payroll claims untrue

LEADER of the Official Opposition Philip "Brave" Davis said the Minnis administration has made "untrue" and "groundless" accusations about how much the government's payroll increased in the final months of the Christie administration...

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July 24, 2015
Govt considering bankrolling Baha Mar August payroll

The government will determine whether it will fund Baha Mar's $7.5 million payroll for the second consecutive month following negotiations over the coming days, The Nassau Guardian understands.

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June 30, 2015
Baha Mar workers sent home, still on payroll

About two hours after Baha Mar filed for bankruptcy in the United States yesterday, scores of employees packed their belongings and left the Cable Beach property for what some feared was their last time.

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June 19, 2015
PM has Baha Mar payroll concerns

Although Prime Minister Perry Christie indicated that he received good news about the Baha Mar project on Wednesday night, he warned yesterday that the mega resort could suffer payroll issues if its challenges are not resolved soon.

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May 13, 2015
NHI without payroll tax: 'hopeful, but delusional'

President of investment and advisory firm CFAL Anthony Ferguson said the idea of introducing the Christie administration's National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme in January 2016 without a payroll tax to support it - supposedly to refrain from adding to the tax burden on Bahamians - is "hopeful, but delusional".

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April 15, 2014
'Payroll tax not a viable option'

BAHAMIAN workers would face grave reductions in take-home pay if a payroll tax were implemented instead of a Value Added Tax (VAT), the three leading government voices in financial affairs, including the Prime Minister, agreed...

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April 14, 2014
PM, Minister, Financial Secretary Agree: Payroll Tax Not a Viable Option

?Would take 20-25% of wages to generate what VAT can raise without penalising workers?...

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March 04, 2014
Ryan Pinder: Shared payroll tax regressive

"The government's current value-added tax proposal, we believe, would be damaging to tourism, the lifeblood of the Bahamian economy," Sands told Guardian Business on Sunday..."

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November 29, 2011
Prime Minister Ingraham Addresses Parliament on Kerzner International

Statement by
Rt. Hon. Hubert A. Ingraham
On Transfer of Ownership of Kerzner International Properties
Paradise Island
House of Assembly
29 November, 2011

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