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Lynden Pindling said ‘tell the truth’ - that includes Baha Mar
“GET up and get going or you will be gone!” was the swift kick in the pants that the late Prime Minister Sir Lynden Pindling gave his MPs on the last night of the PLP’s 35th national convention.
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Dingman: ‘Rampant theft’ caused restaurant failure
Jamie Dingman has blamed the collapse of his Nassau restaurant empire on “rampant theft and mismanagement”, and plans to call a former FNM Cabinet minister as a defence witness in his battle against a $1.113 million damages claim.
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Sears shrugs off MP support for PM
PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party leader-hopeful Alfred Sears yesterday called the paltry level of endorsements from sitting members of Parliament for incumbent leader Prime Minister Perry Christie to stay on as party leader a “distraction”.
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ALICIA WALLACE: No excuse for failing to disclose on time
HERE we are again. It is a familiar place. Government administrations change with some regularity, and many of the practices remain the same.
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THE FINISH LINE: In baseball, ‘a tremendous run’ for Antoan Richardson
The Bahamas Basketball Federation and the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology collaborated to pull off another success National High School Basketball Championships in Grand Bahama over the weekend.
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All packed close in on Bahamasair
The following was sent to my iPhone today that I thought might interest your readers. The letter writer said:
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6,000 restructure debt during 2019 first half
More than 6,000 Bahamian borrowers applied for debt consolidation loans during the 2019 first half, making it the most sought-after form of consumer credit by some distance. The Central Bank’s latest Lending Conditions Survey, released yesterday, re
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Wynn's 300 building jobs to 'far outweigh' environment impacts
A $100m, 14-storey Goodman's Bay penthouse complex will create 300 construction jobs and generate benefits "that far outweigh" the touted limited environmental impact, it has been pledged.
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Brewery's concern on VAT 'price disruption'
Commonwealth Brewery has pledged to avoid “severe price disruption” to its Bahamian manufacturing and import operations from Value-Added TAX (VAT), its managing director warning that the reform needed “careful management”.
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Share pledges show Baha Mar’s urgent Chapter 11 need
SARKIS Izmirlian believes “the best and fastest path to opening Baha Mar has evaporated” with the dismissal of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, while the liquidation process offers “no light at the end of the tunnel.”
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DRILLING ON OFFSHORE PLATFORM IMMINENT
A Bahamas-based oil explorer yesterday said it is “ready to deliver” on a 14 year-old promise after confirming it will drill its first exploratory well in Bahamian waters in April 2020.
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Bahamas can’t pay $4bn costs for climate change
The Bahamas cannot afford the $4bn required to meet its pledged climate change targets without international financial, technology and other “capacity-building” support, it has admitted.
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Sarkis pushes for full Baha Mar liquidation
Sarkis Izmirlian yesterday again sought to present himself as the ‘champion’ of Baha Mar’s unsecured Bahamian creditors, as he moved to push the $3.5 billion development into full liquidation.
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Govt WTO negotiators 'armed and dangerous'
The Government’s WTO negotiating team will be made “armed and dangerous” through the highest possible level of private sector support, the Chamber of Commerce’s chairman is pledging.Michael Maura told Tribune Business that the business community’s in
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Canadian U-Sports teams in late season push for final playoff standings
THE St Mary’s Huskies are still streaking while one Bahamian national team standout had her usual leading performance in the final home game of her collegiate career.
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Banks battle ATM cheats
IN the wake of a $72,000 ATM skimming scheme uncovered earlier this month, Central Bank Governor John Rolle said yesterday commercial banks are working to make their electronic platforms “safer.”
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DIANE PHILLIPS: Curing PMH’s ills one blanket at a time
How do you fix a problem that costs 20 times more to run than the revenue it generates?
PRINCESS Margaret Hospital is in poor financial health. And that is being kind.
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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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Bahamian wrestlers don’t last long at Commonwealth Games
BIRMINGHAM, England — The encore appearance for Rashji Mackey and the debut of Thorn Demeritte didn’t last that long in their men’s wrestling matches at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. But the duo are confident that they will be back more prepared for the 2024 games in Paris, France.
