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Bahamas Youth Flag Football League ‘in-season training’
THE Bahamas Youth Flag Football League (BYFFL) season returned this past weekend at the Thomas A Robinson national stadium.
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53rd annual Heart Ball just days away
The Heart Ball committee is making final preparations for its major annual fundraising event this Saturday.
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Taxi drivers meet on cruise port overhaul
Taxi drivers last week met with the preferred Nassau cruise port bidder and Downtown Nassau Partnership (DNP) to discuss Prince George Wharf’s impending redevelopment.
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Call to overhaul constitution
CIVIC groups yesterday called for an overhaul of antiquated constitutional provisions to connect policy with the economic, social and cultural realities of the country.
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Sports Notes
IT’S regatta time again and Valentine’s Residences Resort and Marina along with the North Eleuthera Regatta Association invites you to party in a pink sand paradise at the 26th annual North Eleuthera Regatta October 7-11.
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Richard Alfred Knowles
Funeral Service for Richard Alfred Knowles, age 97 years, of Blair Estates, formerly of Wemyss’, Long Island, will be held on Friday May 6, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. at St. George’s Anglican Church, Montrose Avenue. Officiating will be the Venerable …
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Govt plans increase to redundancy 'cap'
The Labour Department’s Industrial Relations Unit has enjoyed an 89 per cent success rate in resolving trade disputes over the past 12 months, a Cabinet Minister said yestrerday. Dion Foulkes, minister of labour, told the Senate during his contributi
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Gov’t raises $72m from ‘not normal’ BGS bond
The Government’s financial advisers yesterday estimated it will take three years for Bahamian investors to start treating its new BGS security as a “normal investment vehicle”, after the first issue for the 2015-2016 fiscal year came in 28 per cent below target.
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Labour ‘limits employer tricks’
A top official yesterday said the Department of Labour had “significantly limited the tricks” used by employers to deny Bahamians jobs in preference to foreigners, slamming some tourism and financial services work permit applications as “ridiculous”.
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BOB non-compliant with 80% of regulatory ratios
Bank of the Bahamas shareholders are being asked to “throw good money after bad”, with the BISX-listed institution now non-compliant with four out of five key Central Bank capital ratios.
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Fair share: Hotel rental unit tax not in effect yet
A key Budget measure designed to ensure hotel rental pool units pay their fair share of taxation has yet to be implemented amid the wait for legislation to give it lawful effect.
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Bahamas 'underestimated' cruise visitors spending
The Bahamas may have “underestimated” cruise passenger spend in Nassau and Freeport, a Cabinet Minister admitted yesterday, following reports of a 59 percent increase since 2015.
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Oil exploration fears for 'eco centric mecca'
An Andros bonefishing lodge's co-owner has voice alarm that that "the eco-centric mecca" of The Bahamas could be irreparably harmed if oil exploration plans go awry.
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Bahamas ‘Jamaica bound’ on present fiscal course
The Bahamas will be “Jamaica bound” unless it immediately implements measures to tackle its growing debt and deficits, a well-known fiscal hawk warned yesterday.
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Cash asks if the plan was always to wrestle control from Izmirlian
FORMER Free National Movement Chairman Darron Cash yesterday questioned if it was Prime Minister Perry Christie’s plan all along to “wrestle control” of Baha Mar away from its developer Sarkis Izmirlian.
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Carnival bands estimate 1,000 reveller ‘no show’
Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival participants yesterday said there was “no denying” that the postponement debacle had impacted this year’s event, estimating that “no less than 1,000” revellers did not attend as a result.
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Man faces court over death of 11 Haitians in boat sinking
AN Abaco man who allegedly owned a boat used in a human-smuggling operation that ended up with 11 of its 28 passengers dead was brought to court yesterday. However, 43-year-old Alphonso "Carpo" Ed
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BASKETBALL GSSSA FINALS THE Government Secondary Schools Sports Association (GSSSA) best-of-three championship series is slated to begin at the Kendal Isaacs gym on Thursday. In the junior girls division at 4pm, the H O Nash Lions are scheduled to take on
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BASKETBALL GENEVA RUTHERFORD GIRLS' TOURNEY RESULTS from day one of the HOYTES 2012 Geneva Rutherford Girls National Basketball Classics in Grand Bahama are as follows: Jr Girls: Temple Christian def. Catholic High 30-23. Sr Girls: Tabernacle def. Centr
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Jacqueline Elizabeth Barry
Funeral Services for Jacqueline Elizabeth Barry, age 81 of #2 Davis Street, Oakes Field will be held on Friday January 31st, 2020 at 11:00am at St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church, Boyd Road. Officiating will be Monsignor Alfred Culmer, assisted by …
