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Turn the switch on
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March 21, 2018
Turn the switch on

Have you ever met someone in the morning whom when you said hello to them just vaguely mumbled and looked as though he or she was still half asleep? Now I am quite sure the answer to that question is indeed in the affirmative for [...]

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March 12, 2015
Small businesses switched to cash accounting system for VAT

Financial Secretary John Rolle yesterday revealed that all local value-added tax (VAT) registrants with turnovers below $1 million are automatically eligible to handle their VAT returns on a cash accounting scheme in a move to simplify the filing process for smaller businesses.

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November 14, 2017
Bowe touts benefits of govt's eventual switch to accrual-based accounting system

The government's eventual switch to an accrual-based accounting system, as opposed to the current cash-based system, will more accurately reveal the strength and financial performance of the Bahamas economy year-on-year, produce an accurate account of the country's assets and determine their true values, said Bahamas [...]
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August 30, 2017
Roberts making the switch from basketball to football

Although his time on the field has been brief, Chattanooga Christian sophomore Keano Roberts has some high expectations placed on him to develop as a football player over the course of the next two years.
Roberts, 6'5" 280 pounds (lbs.), moved to Chattanooga Christian School (CCS) in Chattanooga, Tennessee, to pursue educational opportunities, and was accepted by CCS through its "homestay" program...

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August 21, 2017
Alert over China strategy switch

THE CHINESE government's reported crackdown on "irrational" overseas investments may affect projects in the Bahamas with new restrictions on such projects in property, hotel and entertainment and a ban on gambling investments...

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August 08, 2017
Farmer: Bahamas should consider timetable for electric cars switch

Countries around the world have started announcing dates on which sales of new gasoline and diesel cars would cease; proponents of the electric car "movement" agree that The Bahamas should start making steps in the same direction.
Pia Farmer, owner of Easy Car Sales and Sean Grazette, manager at Easy Car Sales appeared on Friday as guests on Guardian Radio to talk about where The Bahamas stands in...

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July 13, 2017
CEO switch sparks BTC job fears

THE departure of Leon Williams as CEO of the Bahamas Telecommunications Company has reignited fears of staff cuts, according to Bahamas Communications and Public Officers Union President Bernard Evans as he branded the parent company, Cable & Wireless Communications, as "unstable" and devoid of any regard for BTC's employees.

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June 30, 2017
O'neil Williams switches to the marathon

Fresh off of a three-month training stint in Kenya, Bahamian long distance runner O'neil Williams is more determined than ever to make a name for himself in the half and full marathon.
Williams decided to convert full-time to marathon running several years ago and decided that Kenya would be the best place to hone his skills.
"Back in college I had a couple teammates that were from Kenya and I wou...

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Bait and switch
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February 01, 2017
Bait and switch

There's an advertisement which has been appearing on television for quite a while now advertising all sort of items, T.V., Computers, Cell Phones, etc. at extremely low rates.
I was speaking with someone about this particular ad and he told me, that it's a complete racket, as he put it, as they apparently just have a few low priced items which always seem to be gone when you log on to their websit...

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March 22, 2016
Channel switch for pay-per-view

WITH video on demand (VOD) platforms gaining prominence around the world, Cable Bahamas has announced that, from this month, pay-per-view movies will only be available on its REV On Demand VOD platform (channel 500).

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