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McAlpine calls for income tax rather than VAT rise

OUTSPOKEN Pineridge MP Frederick McAlpine yesterday ridiculed his government’s budget, telling parliamentarians it appears Free National Movement politicians have reneged on their words.

New osmosis plant for Ragged Island

THE Water and Sewerage Corporation is in the process of procuring a solarised reverse osmosis plant for Ragged Island, WSC Chairman Adrian Gibson told The Tribune yesterday.

Police investigating motive behind fatal shooting

POLICE yesterday said they are following several leads into a shooting that left a man dead.Assistant Commissioner of Police Clayton Fernander, the officer in charge of criminal investigations, yesterday said officers are sifting through various repo

Pathologist testifies over police shooting of teenager

A FORENSIC pathologist yesterday confirmed that the purported sequence of events surrounding the shooting death of a teenager by a police officer in Yellow Elder Gardens five years ago corresponded with the two gunshot wounds the victim received.Dr C

Bid to raise funds for crash victim's family

A GOFUNDME account has been launched to support the family of one of the three men killed in a plane crash on Eleuthera earlier this week.The American men were identified as Scott Dawson, Todd Crawford and Danny McKnight. Their deaths are being inves

RBDF holds major exercise

THE Royal Bahamas Defence Force will be hosting the largest military training exercise of its kind this month.Tradewinds 2018 is an annual regional military training exercise that will be held in the Bahamas from June 14 to 21. This year’s exercise w

FNM chairman: Our budget will clear up PLP mess

FREE National Movement Chairman Carl Culmer has said the Minnis administration’s 2018-2019 budget will “solve” the “financial mess” left behind by the Progressive Liberal Party. There has been intense backlash to the government’s plan to raise the va

Papa John’s to open in the Bahamas

WITH Papa John’s set to open its doors this summer, Papa John’s Bahamas CEO John F Wilson is as excited about the company’s commitment to the Bahamian community, as he is about making great pizza consistent with the Papa John’s global standard.

Students are honoured for a successful year

AS the school year comes to a close, 13 students from Doris Johnson Senior High School were rewarded for their achievements.Last year, BTC pledged its support to the Student of the Month programme where it recognised the outstanding achievements of s

Going . . . going . . . gone: Controlled sinking of HMBS Yellow Elder (video)

HER Majesty’s Bahamian Ship Yellow Elder was sunk as a “dive wreck” yesterday by Stuart’s Cove Dive Bahamas, the Royal Bahamas Defence Force said.The vessel will be used as an artificial reef site for visitors.Commissioned on November 20,1986, HMBS Y

THE BIG QUESTION: Who deserves a national honour?

THE Advisory Committee for National Honours is calling for nominations of notable Bahamians to be considered for a national award.

Minnis calm over political risk from tax rise

PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis does not appear concerned about losing political capital because of raising VAT to 12 percent.“I have said before my job is to save the country,” Dr Minnis said yesterday when The Tribune asked him if he was worried hi

Electric bill exemption on VAT is raised to $200

THE value added tax exemption ceiling on electricity bills has been raised to $200, Finance Minister K Peter Turnquest revealed yesterday.The change will come into effect August 1.Last week he announced the ceiling would be $100, but the decision was

Turnquest: My company won't benefit from budget

DEPUTY Prime Minister Peter Turnquest said it is “ridiculous” to believe removing customs duty on aeroplanes and helicopters will prompt him to now buy aircraft for his business.The government is removing customs duty on aeroplanes and helicopters in

Laing defends former FNM govt

FORMER Minister of State for Finance Zhivargo Laing defended the fiscal performance of past Free National Movement administrations yesterday, knocking the Minnis administration’s narrative that its current fiscal consolidation measures are necessary

Chipman condemns his own party's plan to increase VAT

CENTERVILLE MP Reece Chipman tore into his party’s budget yesterday evening, fretting about the impact various fee increases will have on his constituents. He said he does not support the planned value added tax increase to 12 percent and lamented no

Web shop industry: 2,000 jobs will be lost due to tax hikes

The web shop industry yesterday warned that 2,000 jobs will be lost, and 75 per cent of its locations will close, if the Government follows through with aggressive triple-digit tax hikes.

‘All I want is justice’  

THE shooting death of seven-year-old Camron Cooper has devastated his family and shocked the community he called home.

Minnis: Don’t spread rumours over Labour Day March tragedy  

PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis yesterday urged the public not to speculate or spread rumours concerning the Labour Day tragedy, underscoring the matter will be thoroughly investigated.

Man dies in shooting

A man died on Tuesday night after a shooting on Carmichael Road and Bacardi Road.

Police car in collision with vehicle at foot of bridge

A POLICE cruiser en route to the prison was involved in an accident with a civilian’s car near Sidney Poitier Bridge on Tuesday evening. The vehicles collided into each other at the intersection of Church Street and East Bay Street at approximately

Rolle warns NIB contributions may rise in future

NATIONAL Insurance Minister Brensil Rolle yesterday suggested officials will have to make a judgement call at some point on whether to increase National Insurance Board contributions as the government struggles to balance a “tremendous” increase in b

Dean warns of a summer of rain as storm season close

THERE will be an increase in rainfall over the next few months, chief meteorologist Basil Dean said in the wake of yesterday’s thunderstorms.Mr Dean said Wednesday’s rains were triggered by a mid to low-level trough, the effects of which should trigg

Catastrophic Insurance to cost $3.4m

THE government’s policy from the Caribbean Catastrophic Risk Insurance Facility will this year cost taxpayers $3.4m.Finance Minister Peter Turnquest made the announcement yesterday as he told MPs the government also plans to establish a disaster reli

Rapist loses appeal of his conviction

THE COURT of Appeal has dashed a convicted rapist’s hopes of overturning a Supreme Court judge’s decision not to entertain his bid at challenging his life sentence because doing so would have amounted to an “abuse of the process of the court”.Appella