Monthly Archives: June 2017

Don’t kill cottage industry rentals with taxes

Editor, It must indeed be The People’s Time if one looks at Tribune242.com Latest Business Headlines. Sebas’s Property Group In ‘Extraordinary Growth’ No Vat In Govt’s Vacation Rental Deal With Airbnb Govt Alarmed Over Web Shop Draw, Product Rise Unbelievably … Continue reading

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How’s the sponging industry doing?

Back in December 2016, Ms. Xian Smith wrote an article in The Nassau Guardian about the IDB’s Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF) and the Bahamas Government forming a partnership to boost economic growth and generate economic benefits from the sponge industry … Continue reading

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Matthew Pinder Live at Pirate Republic Brewing Company

If the name Matthew Pinder, a young singer/songwriter/musician, has not come across your screen yet, it should have. Check out the video of him below performing his song Too Young To Understand. Follow Matthew here… Thanks to Pirate Republic Brewing … Continue reading

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How Do You Sleep?

The mountains of waste and alleged corruption by the last PLP administration is nothing short of sickening. Just peruse the daily coverage of the new FNM administration budget presentations if you have a strong constitution as the old folks used … Continue reading

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Doongalik Studios Art Gallery Newsletter

The June Newsletter is out. Download and read it here…

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Continuing funding for BAMSI

Mr. Alfred Gray, Former Agriculture and Marine Resources Minister for the outgoing government (PLP), says he is not surprised the new government (FNM) are continuing funding BAMSI to the tune of $8 million during 2017/2018. This is a travesty and … Continue reading

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OH CAT ISLAND! Can You hear me? Part 3

The Hermitage by John Hedden Read Part One Here… Read Part Two here… The historical aspect of Cat Island culture is not readily apparent, even with the brief outlines presented in the touristic flyers. Visitors are expected to find their … Continue reading

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A Financial Lesson from Jamaica

by Richard Coulson Despite the reputation—exaggerated— of its major city as a center of slums, drugs and homicides, Jamaica enjoys a capital market that may well be eating our lunch. John Issa, prominent Jamaican businessman who often visits Nassau as … Continue reading

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OH CAT ISLAND! Can You hear me? Part 2

by John Hedden Read Part One here… It is impossible make an assessment of Cat Island in a weekend visit, especially considering that the Friday and Monday were wholly spent travelling by air to; and then from the island. However … Continue reading

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Funny, I agree with Brave Davis, PLP leader, but…

His suggestion that the new FNM government table their claims over new contracts before the election is a good one because it confirms his party’s views from 2012 when they proffered that it was “clearly wrong” and was "bribery” to … Continue reading

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