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# With the US launching airstrikes against Iran over the weekend, the Middle East is at a delicate and dangerous point as tensions reach a new peak. Earlier, President Trump had stated publicly that ...
In the past, a murder was a rare and solemn event, putting the country in shock and sparking conversations that reverberated through the town for months, if not years. The country mourned, and a sense ...
# A Cabinet minister yesterday pledged that the forecast Budget surplus of $75.5m for the upcoming 2025-2026 fiscal year will be used to pay down The Bahamas' $11.7bn national debt if achieved.
# The Securities Commission is working with the Government to develop legislation that cracks down on “payday lenders” ...
# The Bahamas incurred a $1bn trade deficit for the first three months of 2025 despite exports more than doubling year-over-year, it was revealed yesterday.
# Michael Halkitis, minister of economic affairs, told the Senate in leading-off the 2025-2026 Budget debate that an inter-ministerial committee has been set up to complete the tax residency ...
# The Bahamas Trade Commission is “ushering in a new economic era”, aided by a restructuring that has created 12 different committees, as it focuses on issues such as export policy and diversification ...
The Bahamas Out Island Promotion Board’s president yesterday branded new and increased boater fees as “a botch” that needs to “be rescinded immediately” amid ongoing visitor “uproar”. Emanuel “Manny” ...
# The Bahamas Out Island Promotion Board’s president yesterday branded new and increased boater fees as “a botch” that needs to “be rescinded immediately” amid ongoing visitor “uproar”.
# The near-$1.9m in total damages awarded to five former Gaming Board employees was yesterday overturned by the Court of Appeal which branded their payouts as “excessive sums”.
# A MAN was granted bail yesterday after being accused of possessing over 50 images of child pornography on his cellphone. # Travis Russell, 28, was arraigned on three counts of possession of child ...
# A SENIOR Water and Sewerage Corporation (WSC) official testified yesterday that she remained neutral while conducting an internal audit tied to alleged corruption at the WSC, refuting claims from ...