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RICHARD COULSON: Bahamians entitled to more on BEC deal

Last week’s announcement by Deputy Prime Minister Philip Davis finally ended 20 months of suspense about the Bahamas Electricity Corporation’s (BEC) immediate future.

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Is Missy Elliott making a comeback?

Is Missy Elliott making a comeback? By Farah HER four-year battle with Graves' disease kept her out of the spotlight for a long time. When hip hop artist Missy Elliot was diagnosed, she took a break and slipped behind the scenes to heal. Despite her

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Bowling teams all set for the big lanes

OVER the next few weeks, bowling will be in the spotlight for the Bahamas with the island nation preparing for three teams to compete internationally. The first team, according to federation public relations officer Clayton Gardiner, begins their ‘a

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Olympic star to take part in film looking at disability

BIMINI will be the backdrop for several days of on-the-water filming for Olympic gold medalist Missy Franklin, who will join cast and crew for the “The Current,” a film focusing on disabled athletes participating in a variety of water sports.

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Climate and science

Possibly someone in the section that advises on Bahamas weather conditions — climate change can do research back to the earliest records - 1851 plus - and get the story a little more accurate.

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ANALYSIS: New Providence hit by Matthew's dangerous eyewall right side

WITH top sustained winds of 140mph, Hurricane Matthew is once again an extremely dangerous Category 4 storm.

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Mighty Matthew threatens heavy rains, high winds, huge surf and devastating storm surge

Mighty Hurricane Matthew has shrugged off its encounter with a landfall on the southwestern tip of Haiti between 7am and 9am on Tuesday morning, and remains an extremely dangerous Category 4 storm with 140mph winds as it plows north at about 9mph over the eastern tip of Cuba. Now Matthew is set to carve a destructive swath across The Bahamas.

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Nassau not protected from the rain

DA rains! Clearly we are not protected from a severe rain imagine yesterday over three-four days in a hurricane? Oh, yes, PWD will come with ‘resilient drains’… Bay Street, bulla, start afresh trench from Bay out to dock/bulkhead with large diameter water drains.

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Bahamas-registered domain in $7.5m deal

LONDON-based domian name seller, CentralNic, announced yesterday that it has acquired Bahamian-registered domain name retailer Internet.BS as it moves to enter markets in the Caribbean an Africa.
 CentralNic will reportedly pay a maximum of $7.5 million for the Bahamas registered business, of which $5.2 million will be paid upfront, comprising $2.7 million in cash with the rest to be satisfied through the issue of CentralNic shares.

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Walkabout won't solve the mess

How we solve our problems is a pretence of questionable sense – get five – six ASPs from the police together and do a walk-a-bout downtown, if that reassures anyone - gather four-five ASPs do a walk-about and all is resolved like drinking down Alka Seltzer!

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Resorts World unveils new assistant manager

Resorts World Bimini has named Greg Stubbs to the post of assistant general manager.A member of the Resorts World Bimini management team since 2013, Mr Stubbs has previously served as its director of food and beverage, and as assistant director of fo

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Resorts World in Irma closure

Resorts World Bimini (RWB) yesterday confirmed its temporary closure ahead of Hurricane Irma’s potential arrival.Bimini’s ‘anchor property’, in a release yesterday, said Irma, currently a Category Five storm, has a projected path that includes the Ba

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Bimini Big Game Club sees 30% revenue increase

THE historic Bimini Big Game Club is seeing a 30 per cent increase in year-to-year revenue and is expected to increase staff by 35 per cent, according to the resort’s general manager Michael Weber.

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CIBC takes it way back for employee appreciation

STAFF at CIBC FirstCaribbean have been saluted by the company’s regional managing director as “the backbone of our institution”.

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ANALYSIS: Matthew's shrieking winds hit the Bahamas

WEDNESDAY night was a very stormy night across the heart of the Bahamas as Hurricane Matthew churned through the centre of the archipelago.

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Minister confirms 152 affected by RWB layoffs

LABOUR Minister Dion Foulkes yesterday confirmed 152 workers will be affected by temporary layoffs at Resorts World Bimini (RWB), with 14 people to be made redundant.

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Bimini's economic fears over lay-offs

THE temporary lay-off of 152 Resorts World Bimini (RWB) employees will have a negative ‘trickle down’ impact on the island’s economy, its Chamber of Commerce president says. Edward Reckley told Tribune Business: “There’s normally a downturn at this t

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Seventh edition of Tour de Grand Bahama was a blast

THE seventh edition of the Tour de Grand Bahama was held over the weekend in Grand Bahama.

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Bahamas Roadmasters Virtual 9th Bahamas Half Marathon/ 10k set for November 20-21

WHILE they wait on the restrictions to be lifted for mass gatherings at public outings, Bahamas Roadmasters is encouraging persons to come out and participate in their Cancer Treatment of America Virtual 9th Bahamas Half Marathon and 10 Kilometre race.

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Smokey’s Karate School thriving again thanks to BTC

SMOKEY’S Karate School, a martial arts academy in Englerston, was in danger of closing its doors a year ago due to a lack of safety flooring.

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