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Citizenship bill ‘a no brainer’
Maynard-Gibson calls on govt to proceed with legal changes By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS Tribune Staff Reporter lmunnings@tribunemedia.net FORMER Attorney General Allyson Maynard-Gibson urged the government to pass legislation giving Bahamian men and women an equal chance to pass citizenship to their children and spouses, calling this a “no-brainer”. She was speaking to reporters on the sidelines of an Inter-American
Development Bank workshop at Island House on Friday. Attorney General Ryan Pinder said in February that legislation allowing Bahamian men and women to pass on citizenship in all circumstances would be brought once the Privy Council has ruled on whether children born out of wedlock to Bahamian fathers and foreign mothers have an automatic right to
By PAVEL BAILEY Tribune Court Reporter pbailey@tribunemedia.net TWO Harbour Island businesses raided last week collectively owe the government about $1.3m in taxes, financial secretary Simon Wilson said yesterday. “With one of the businesses we (are) investigating, there is an estimated $1m in taxes (owed). The
other business, our initial assessment is $300k in taxes,” he said. “In the case of the two businesses, one business declared $1 in revenue last year and they are making close to a million dollars in revenue. The next business declared $10,000 in revenue and that’s closer to $2m.” Department of Inland Revenue (DIR) officials SEE page five
toby smith launches appeal over lease ruling By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net
The Bahamian entrepreneur battling to restore Paradise Island’s lighthouse is seeking the Court of Appeal’s permission to introduce new evidence he says he has uncovered relating to his disputed Crown Land lease. Toby Smith, the Paradise Island Lighthouse and Beach Club principal, in a statement issued yesterday to confirm his appeal’s filing said he has “not wavered” in his determination to see his ambitions become reality despite what he described as “4,008 days of trying” to obtain the necessary government permits and approvals. FULL story - see business
16-year-old girl sexually assaulted by two men
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Harbour island firms owe govt $1.3m in tax
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By PAVEL BAILEY Tribune Court Reporter pbailey@tribunemedia.net
world title is a first for the bahamas THE Bahamas played host to the first all-female professional world title boxing match in the region at the weekend, with Jaimie “The Miracle” Mitchell (left) winning the main event against Toronto’s Lindsay Garbatt (right). See SPORTS for the full story. Photo: Moise Amisial
GB concrete plant to bring 70 jobs By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net
A Grand Bahama businesswoman is investing $6.2m in a concrete plant operation that will create up to 70 jobs over the next 12 months as it “ramps up” to full operations following its April 22 ground-breaking. Glennett Fowler, also FowlCo’s president and chief executive, told Tribune Business that the
FowlCo president Glennete Fowler newly-formed Heroic Group had spent significant time and money on staff
training and technology to ensure the venture will be “working at a global standard, not a ‘Mom and Pop’ operation” once production begins from its location off Queen’s Highway. Disclosing that the operation, to be named Heroic Concrete and Concrete Products, will have the capacity to produce up to 1,700 concrete blocks daily and operate for 24 hours FULL story - see business
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TWO men abducted and sexually assaulted a 16-year-old girl in a bush while she walked near Baillou Hill Road early on Sunday. Police said the girl was walking around 12am when two men in a black Nissan March accosted her. “After being abducted by the suspects, they reportedly took the victim to the Munnings Drive area where they sexually assaulted her in the bushes,” police said in a statement. “Authorities are still on the hunt for the SEE page five
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