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Concerns that hotel tax breaks unduly exploited
A BAHAMIAN businessman has voiced concerns that foreign investors are unduly exploiting Hotels Encouragement Act incentives to obtain tax breaks on construction materials for large vacation rental properties.
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Doctors fear ‘minimum’ 25% cost rise with NHI
Doctors fear the Bahamas will be left with “a dysfunctional health system” if the Government forges ahead with National Health Insurance (NHI), as the current model is plagued by funding shortfalls and threatens to increase their costs by “a minimum” 25 per cent.
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Nearly 15,000 cast votes in local elections
FORTY-NINE persons were elected to serve as local government councilors on Grand Bahama for the next three years. During this year’s election, over 14,700 votes were polled on the island on June 22. In the City of Freeport District, a total of 8,530
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Odessia Shenicka Davis
Funeral Service for the late Odessia Shenicka Davis affectionately called “Dessa” age 36 years of Cock Street Close, Fox Hill will be held on Saturday, June 11th, 2016 at 10:00 am at St. Paul’s Baptist Church, Bernard Road. Officiating will …
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TECH TALK
• Tech giants Facebook, Twitter and Google are taking steps to police terrorists and hate groups on their sites but more work needs to be done, the Simon Wiesenthal Center said on Tuesday.
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PLP plays politics with lives
The PLP is playing politics with people’s lives.
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Supply shortage squeezes virtual learning expense
Electronics retailers yesterday warned that global demand has sent the price of virtual learning devices "skyrocketing" and created supply shortages as the October 5 school return looms.
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Sarkis fears Baha Mar ‘undervalued’ in sale
Representatives for Sarkis Izmirlian yesterday expressed concern that Baha Mar’s receivers were under such pressure that they might “undervalue” the project in any sale, and “abandon” potential assets.
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location.href="http://tinyurl.com/nowmlb13" (Watch).Boston.Red.Sox.vs.St.Louis.Cardinals.Live.Stream.Online.Game.1.MLB.World.Series.2013 The St. Louis Cardinals take aim at their second World Series title in three years, as they kick …
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Ingraham complaints dismissed by Deputy PM
IN DEFENCE of the government’s fiscal performance this term, Deputy Prime Minister Philip Davis yesterday dismissed criticisms levelled by former Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham as complaints from an “alternative universe”.
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FACE TO FACE: My father, the hero
WHEN I was 14 years old, I had the opportunity to participate in the filming of a Hollywood movie right here in Nassau. Gerard Depardieu was the main actor – a French father who took his daughter, played by Katherine Heigl, on vacation to The Bahamas
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‘Stagnant’: Fears for auto sales until 2023
Auto dealers fear new car sales will be “stagnant” for at least another year with global supply chain disruption causing order backlogs of up to 200 vehicles for some operators.
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60th CAGC off to a scorching start
AS host of the 60th Caribbean Amateur Golf Championships, the Bahamas was feeling the heat just as much as their opponents as the first day of competition got off to a scorching start at the Ocean Club Golf Club on Tuesday.
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DPM targets 8m visitors for 2023
The Deputy Prime Minister yesterday forecast that 2023 tourist arrivals will hit the eight million mark with downtown Nassau’s British Colonial Hilton set to fully re-open by year-end.
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DeAndre gets scholarship offers from top colleges
THE suitors continue to line up for the top ranked high school basketball recruit in America, and although we are quite some time away from a final decision, Bahamian centre DeAndre Ayton mulled his first round of scholarship offers.
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NPVA Recap: Panthers on a roll to close out the year
THE Caribbean Gas Panthers closed out the year with an unblemished record in the New Providence Volleyball Association (NPVA) standings after defeating the Set-sy Poppers at the DW Davis Gymnasium last week Friday.
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Bahamas vs USA in FIBA AmeriCup 2020 Qualifiers
THE Bahamas recently released its pool of players for the third and final leg of the FIBA AmeriCup 2020 Qualifiers and we are now starting to learn about the team they will be facing in game one as the United States begins to put its roster together.
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Pensive about the global order
As the world is gripped by by Covid-19 pandemic, I find myself pensive about the global political, economic and social order.
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ingraham pays tribute to ‘proud son of the Bahamas’
FORMER Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham also gave condolences in the wake of Sir Sidney Poitier’s death.
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Carnival organisers: We’ll be ready
EXECUTIVES of the Bahamas National Festival Commission are confident that the proposed Cultural Village and other event sites will be completely ready in time for the start of the inaugural Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival Festival.
