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HALF OF MEDICAL STAFF STILL WON’T TAKE JAB: Doctor among COVID deaths as Pfizer rollout scheduled for Thursday
AN unvaccinated physician has died of COVID-19 complications, while three unvaccinated healthcare workers are currently hospitalised with the virus, according to Dr Merceline Dahl-Regis, the National COVID-19 Vaccine Consultative Committee chairperson.
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Bahamas’ ‘first class fills before economy’
The Bahamas’ tourism rebound is seeing “first class fill up before economy class”, a Cabinet minister said yesterday, estimating that as much as 80 percent of the industry’s economic impact has returned.
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Disney: ‘We’ve struck right tone’ on Eleuthera project
Disney Cruise Line’s president yesterday asserted the cruise line had “really struck the right tone” in balancing economic development with conservation at a Lighthouse Point project it hopes to start this year.
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Pfizer rollout to start on Monday
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis yesterday declared the country finally has enough vaccines to meet demand and administration of the 128,700 Pfizer vaccine doses donated by the United States government will begin as early as Monday.
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Doctors chief: Non-COVID patient care ‘under threat’
Doctor’s Hospital’s top executive yesterday warned that care for non-COVID patients is “under threat” as pandemic sufferers drive bed occupancy levels at its main hospital to near 80 percent.
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Fox Hill basketball legends recognised
WHILE there were no normal activities to commemorate the Fox Hill festivities on Tuesday, Pastor Robert ‘Bob’ Brown took the opportunity to recognise the achievement of some of the legendary basketball players in the community.
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Wells: COVID-19 positivity rate 21 percent
HEALTH Minister Renward Wells said the COVID-19 positivity rate is now 21 percent, far higher than the low of three percent in February and the World Health Organisation’s recommendation that the rate not exceed five percent.
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‘This boom has legs’
Palm Cay’s developer is planning to invest a further $100m in accelerating its build-out by exploiting surging real estate demand, its top executive saying yesterday: “This boom has got some legs.”
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Potcakes rescue mission
AROUND 80 dogs from the Bahamas Humane Society will take part in a “Wings of Rescue” flight to the United States this morning as a part of a plan to reduce the population in the overcrowded shelter.
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Tributes to former Antigua Prime Minister
“SIR Lester Bryant Bird left us this morning at about 5.30 lying peacefully in bed. He was 83. Antigua and Barbuda has lost a very special son,” Sir Ronald Sanders, Antigua and Barbuda’s ambassador, said in paying tribute to Sir Lester who died early Monday morning.
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PLP plays politics with lives
The PLP is playing politics with people’s lives.
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‘Jazz’ placed on COVID-19 injured list
AS a precaution, Bahamian professional baseball player Jasrado ‘Jazz’ Chisholm was placed on the Miami Marlins’ COVID-19 injured list with flu-like symptoms on Monday, the Marlins’ announced on their website.
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Renowned basketball coach Steve ‘Bulla’ Pinder dies at 85
RENOWNED basketball coach Steve ‘Bulla’ Pinder, known as one of the role models in the Bain and Grants Town community, passed away on Tuesday morning.
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‘Niche marketing is the way forward for GB’
A SENIOR tourism official in Grand Bahama said they are focusing attention on niche markets to boost the island’s tourism sector.
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Bringing home gold: Time for a national celebration
Team Bahamas, led by gold medallists Steven Gardiner and Shaunae Miller-Uibo, will be returning home on Thursday for national celebrations for their performances at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan.
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WORLD VIEW: Rethink full membership of CARICOM to make it effective
Almost 80 years ago, Jamaica’s Norman Manley asked a question that has been echoing throughout the 12 independent English-Speaking Caribbean countries that form the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).
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Law change to open building inspections
The government is planning to reform construction-related laws so that licensed architects and engineers can approve building works performed by their counterparts, the deputy prime minister has revealed.
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Bahamas 41st overall in medal count with 66 world ranking
BEHIND the dominating performances from quarter-milers Steven Gardiner and Shaunae Miller-Uibo, The Bahamas’ 16-member team rode to a 12th place in athletics and was tied with Kosovo at 41st overall in the medal count with a 66 world ranking in what has been termed a successful Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
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70 to 80 correctional officers 'still waiting on promotions'
DESPITE 110 correctional officers being promoted to corporals this week, the Correctional Officers Staff Association estimates that many more await their awards.
