From the beginning of next month, Bahamians will be paying significantly more in Value Added Tax (VAT). It will increase from 7.5 per cent to 12 per cent. The increase comes three and a half years after VAT was introduced. Minister of Finance Peter Turnquest explained that...
You never want to expect a championship, but now that the Warriors have taken a 3-0 lead in the NBA Finals, it is hard to fathom them blowing a historically unbeaten lead. But if Friday's Game 4 is the final game of the series, it...
The death toll from Sunday’s powerful earthquake in Guatemala has climbed past 100. As of late yesterday, officials said the death toll was put at 109, according to the Central American country’s disaster and forensic agency. Rescuers were still searching for survivors from the eruption of the...
A newly-elected Caribbean government says it will consider the issue of decriminalizing marijuana even as Canada on Thursday night voted to approve the legalization of recreational pot with a vote of 56 to 30. The Barbados Labor Party, (BLP), government, made the disclosure this week in...
Reports of an inmate recently attempting to commit suicide at Her Majesty’s Prison. There is also a report of an altercation between a prisoner and an officer resulting in the prisoner being wounded on the head. According to two sources, the incidents occurred within the last two...