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The Government Proposes a Number of Tax Relief Measures to Provide Reprieve to Citizens
The Government Proposes a Number of Tax Relief Measures to Provide Reprieve to Citizens
The Government has proposed a number of tax relief measures to provide some reprieve to all citizens and to encourage economic activity by making the import of certain items relatively cheaper, thereby comparatively easier for persons to enter existing markets and, in some cases, create new ones...
Estimated 13,000 cubic yards of debris removed during the first two days of cleanup campaign
Estimated 13,000 cubic yards of debris removed during the first two days of cleanup campaign
Preliminary estimates indicate that more than 13,000 cubic yards of debris was removed from the Bain and Grants Town community during the first two days of the Over-the-Hill Clean-up and Bulk Waste Removal Campaign...
ALL IN THE FAMILY Mother-daughter duo launches news book
Not many people can boast of becoming an author at the age of 13, but Sierra Blair, a ninth grader at Kingsway Academy, did just that, launching a writing career over the summer break...
Minister Ferreira says, "People's National Clean-Up Day" in October
Minister of the Environment & Housing, the Hon. Romauld Ferreira, announced in the House of Assembly, September 20, that his Ministry is fulfilling the first of the Government's promises, quoted in its public 2017 Manifesto, "to inaugurate the People's National Clean-Up Day...
BTC Answers Call to Action for Ragged Island
BTC Answers Call to Action for Ragged Island
True to its mantra of covering every Island, Rock and Cay in the Bahamas ,BTC has answered the call to assist residents of the storm ravaged Ragged Island, joining forces with Our Grand Bahama (OGB) to bring much-needed relief in the form of care packages for the scores of families displaced by the passage of Hurricane Irma...
Shelter prep moves into high gear
Shelter prep moves into high gear
With Hurricane Irma barreling toward The Bahamas, officials were speedily preparing hurricane shelters in various islands yesterday.
In New Providence, there are 24 shelters.
The Salvation Army's Mackey Street location was among those being prepared.
Major Clarence Ingram, Salvation Army divisional commander for The Bahamas and Turks and Caicos, said workers spent the day shopping for much needed ...
The 'Belt and Road' Initiative
The 'Belt and Road' Initiative
From May 14-15, 2017, China hosted the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (BRF) in Beijing successfully. The BRF is the highest level and largest international conference hosted by China since the Belt and Road Initiative was launched in 2013.
More than 1,500 representatives from over 130 countries and 70 international organizations attended the BRF. The active involvement of so man...
Grammy's ol' house
Grammy's ol' house
"Time marches on. The young get old, and the old get cold, time marches on." - (Bahamian song)
It's amazing how we think that, because we live in a high-tech world, all those things that worked "back in the day" don't work anymore. But they do. And some of them just might be the key to making houses built today more comfortable and less costly.
Think about this. When you visited your grammy in Ex...
Another FNM office robbed
Another FNM office robbed
Authorities yesterday investigated a break-in at the Free National Movement's (FNM) Golden Isles Constituency Association office.
There have been two other break-ins of constituency offices this year.
In the latest incident, a new fridge, freezer, stove and a tank of gas were stolen.
Surveillance equipment and a new generator were also stolen.
FNM Golden Isles candidate Vaughn Miller said there is...
The regularity of darkness
The regularity of darkness
Modern, prosperous societies require reliable electricity supplies that are affordable. We do not have that in The Bahamas. The electricity has been going off every day in New Providence for nearly a week. Sometimes it's for a few minutes; sometimes for hours. We need not hear from the state energy supplier as to why. The whole country knows we need new means of energy generation and distribution....