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National Conclave of Chambers of Commerce in The Bahamas April 2 & 3, 2014

To register, contact the Chamber's Office to RSVP your attendance @ 322-1245 or email sedgecombe "AT" thebahamaschamber.com. Read more →

Transforming Spaces annual island-wide art tour April 2 - 6, 2014

Higher taxes are economic poison

Many of the proponents of increasing the tax burden on Bahamians through the implementation of VAT, with a few exceptions they're mostly government ministers and bureaucrats, suggest it's necessary that we all need to pay more for no greater cause than the government needs more revenue. Some even cite the... Read more →

Moses - Song of the week - March 31, 2014 - Worry Not For Me

Check out this recently released single by Moses Inglis. The trio is Moses Inglis - vocals, guitar and harp, Mike Flintoff - bass, and Chris Lowe - Drums and vocals. He's released two songs so far, Worry Not For Me and Euphony For Melody and you can purchase both of... Read more →

Treaty of Paris, ending the Crimean War, signed March 30, 1856

"Crimean War, (October 1853–February 1856), war fought mainly on the Crimean Peninsula between the Russians and the British, French, and Ottoman Turkish, with support from January 1855 by the army of Sardinia-Piedmont. The war arose from the conflict of great powers in the Middle East and was more directly caused... Read more →

Curious Stork - Photo of the week

Took this photo of this very curious stork at the Miami Zoo a few years ago. If you've never been to the Miami Zoo, I highly recommend it. Read more →

Gowon Bowe. VAT or No VAT: Tax policy options and fiscal prudence

This is a very powerful presentation made for a Nassau Institute audience on Wednesday, March 26, 2014. See the original post at The Nassau Institute site here… Visit the Nassau Institute You Tube site for more presentations here… "Like" the Nassau Institute facebook page here... Read more →

Everybody, Somebody, Nobody and Anybody

by Norman Whitlock I guess everyone has heard a version of the story about everybody, somebody, nobody and anybody, but it fits many situations. In the case of tax cheats the actual segment of the Bahamian population that pay their taxes, individuals and businesses alike, want to know why 50%... Read more →

Circling of the PLP Wagons

by Harry Strachan What with the circling of the wagons by the PLP following Mr. Christie’s unadvised discussion with Mrs Rodland-Allen at FirstCaribbean International Bank concerning Ishmael Lightbourne’s housing problems, perhaps Mrs. Allen should take the advice proffered by various PLP Ministers and hierarchy and act on her own better... Read more →

Sammy T & Los Labios to perform at fund raising event for Lignum Vitae

Would you or your company consider supporting an upcoming fund-raising event to be held at John Watlings- Buena Vista Estates, Saturday April 5th? This is Lignum Vitae’s Major Fund-raising event. Lignum Vitae is a registered charity in the Bahamas, their mission, ‘Empowering Women and Children to build a stronger community’.... Read more →