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National basketball team standouts making presence felt across globe
SOME of the most prominent names in Bahamian basketball are adjusting well to their new surroundings in their respective leagues.
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90% of workforce has existing loans
Around 90 per cent of the Bahamian workforce have existing loans to service, although the number of active accounts has declined by 12.7 per cent over a five-year period.
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‘Entrenched reduction?’: Bad loans down $22m
The Central Bank is “holding off” in determining whether COVID-related loan delinquencies have peaked despite a $22.4m reduction in non-performing credit during the 2022 first quarter, its governor revealed yesterday.
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AML 'stops counting' at 2,000 resumes for 90 jobs
AML Foods yesterday told Tribune Business it had “stopped counting” after receiving over 2,000 applications for the 90 jobs that will be created when its Solomon’s Fresh Market store at Harbour Bay opens before Christmas, the situation highlighting why proposed Employment Act reforms should be shelved.
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$150M TRUST URGED TO RESCUE HOUSING MARKET
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor The Government was yesterday urged to invest $100-$150 million into a Foreclosure Trust as a way to solve this nation's mortgage/housing crisis, a well-known businessman telling Tribune Business that the returns g
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‘Subdued’ 2017 start for tourism industry
The Bahamian economy endured a “soft” January amid “constrained” tourism output, with passenger traffic passing through Lynden Pindling International Airport (LPIA) up just 0.1 per cent year-over-year.
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Baha Mar will not reopen until October
BAHA MAR has announced it will not resume operations until October and will carry out additional staff cuts. The luxury hotel property says it has postponed reopening in light of the “evolving nature” of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a letter to its emp
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Labour chief: 2,500 in termination threat
The government’s top labour official yesterday warned that 2,500 employees are threatened with termination unless the period in which they can receive unemployment benefit is doubled to 26 weeks.John Pinder, director of labour, told Tribune Business
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Know your status - Bahamians take part in Regional HIV Testing Day
FOR some people it was the longest 15 minutes of their lives and for others it was simply a ritual they have become accustomed to – getting their fingers pricked, then waiting for the results from a rapid HIV test. Scores of Bahamians gathered in Raw
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Matthew drives construction sector to five-year ‘peak’
The construction industry is the “busiest” it has been in five years as Hurricane Matthew rebuilding ramps up, the Bahamian Contractors Association’s (BCA) president yesterday estimating 90 per cent of the sector is now “fully engaged”.
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Data Protection chief’s 20-fold complaints rise
THE Data Protection Commissioner has seen a near 20-fold increase in the number of complaints since she took the post two years ago, with her office now preparing to investigate the hacking of a Bahamian bank’s website.
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INSIGHT – The future of healthcare is here now: be bold
Picture this: you have just been in a car accident. You’re lying on a gurney in the ambulance, sirens blaring as they rush you to the hospital. There’s a family member in the ambulance who’s grasping your hand, terrified. The paramedic asks: “Are you allergic to any medications? Has anyone in your family ever had a bad reaction to their medicine? Have you ever had trouble with anaesthesia?” He’s looking at you and glancing at the family member as he asks. What do you say? Can your family member answer his questions?
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THE ALICIA WALLACE COLUMN: Poverty isn’t a choice, for many it’s their battle throughout life
Money is a complicated topic of discussion. It is, in many ways, taboo to talk about money in real terms. We can comfortably talk about high prices, sales and taxation, but it is more difficult to discuss, in concrete terms, salaries, expenses and what we can and cannot afford.
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Harriet Amelia Tinker Minns
Funeral Service For Mrs. Harriet Amelia Tinker Minns, 88 a resident of #4 Captain Road Coral Harbour, will be held on Sunday, August 20th, 2017 at 2.30 pm. at St Agnes Anglican Church, Blue Hill Road. Officiating will be Rev’d. …
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Jonquel returns
After she opted out of the 2020 WNBA season, Jonquel Jones made her official return to the basketball court this week in the Russian Women’s Basketball Premier League.
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Lyford Cay billionaire Sir Anthony O’Reilly declared bankrupt
A SUPREME Court judge declared Lyford Cay billionaire Sir Anthony O’Reilly bankrupt on Friday evening after more than five hours of legal arguments concerning the procedural validity of his applications.
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Undefeated Hurricanes power on with Whylly
The Holland College Hurricanes are No 1 ranked team in the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association the poll powered by Roosevelt Whylly who continues to be one of the league’s most dominant players.
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Many great memories of Edna Lowe
The passing of Edna Lenora Lowe (according to Death Notice published May 21, 2020) at age 94 years marks the end of an era in the history of the Registrar General’s Department, where she was the last survivor of what was referred to in the old days as “the Lily White Registry”.
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A COMIC'S VIEW: Big Apple gives marijuana green light
IT HAS long been said about New York, that if you can make it there, you can make it anywhere.
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Radio station fears over URCA spectrum opening
RADIO stations have warned of “a huge problem” if regulators use the opening of currently-closed spectrum bands to issue more FM broadcasting licences. Galen Saunders, More 94 FM’s principal, told Tribune Business that the FM broadcasting market was already over-saturated as a result of the Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) issuing too many broadcasting licenses since 2009.
