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Retailers detect Black Friday spend rebound
RETAILERS reported a “spending rebound” on Black Friday as shoppers queued from 5am to seek-out bargains leading into the Christmas holiday shopping season.
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Bahamian players shine in NCAA D1 Basketball
STEPHEN F Austin’s Nathan Bain was featured ESPN Sportscenter’s Top 10 while Sammy Hunter and Valerie Nesbitt had their best games thus far with their respective Ole Miss programmes to highlight the weekend of play for Bahamians at the NCAA Division
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Exuma 56% 'willing' on mobile payments
More than half of Exuma residents are “likely” to use their mobile phones for financial transactions, making the island a fertile testing ground for the Central Bank’s digital Bahamian currency pilot.The regulator’s survey of Exumian payments habits,
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Coach ‘Drips’ Poitier to adopt new role at Florida State College
ON April 1, coach Edric C ‘Drips’ Poitier is expected to take on a new role at Florida State College at Jacksonville where he coaches their Blue Waves women’s volleyball and reconstructs their beach volleyball programme after a three-year coaching sting at Savannah State University.
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5% rise in food assistance to help offset 7.5% rate of VAT
PERSONS receiving food assistance from the Department of Social Services should soon see an increase of as much as five per cent in benefits to offset the introduction of value added tax, Social Services Minister Melanie Griffin said.
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Water Corp 'aggressively' targets $45m deadbeats
The Water & Sewerage Corporation is aiming to cover 100 per cent of its expenses by 2020, as it “aggressively” pursues deadbeat customers owing more than $45 million.
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37% deficit rise creates new Govt ‘straitjacket’
A 37 per cent year-over-year fiscal deficit increase yesterday prompted the Opposition’s finance spokesman to warn that the next government will find itself “in a tight straitjacket with little room for manoevere”.
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Pacers cool Heat 94-75 in Game 3
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Roy Hibbert had 19 points and 18 rebounds, George Hill scored 20 and Danny Granger 17 as the Indiana Pacers, showing more balance, toughness and togetherness than Miami, throttled the Heat 94-75 on Thursday night in Game 3 of the Easte
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NCAA: Bahamian players in the spotlight on ESPN's Big Monday, Super Tuesday
ALREADY a landmark year for Bahamians in NCAA Division I basketball, this week provided an opportunity for several of the country’s top players in primetime games, broadcast live by ESPN - the worldwide leader in sports.
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Romad Dean The Tribune’s Junior Male Athlete of Year
ROMAD Dean’s finish to his debut season with the Crestwood Prep Lions in Ontario, Canada, saw his continued ascension in the prep basketball recruiting rankings to earn The Tribune’s 2020 Junior Male Athlete of the Year.
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Atlantis hits pre-COVID cash flows with $182m
Atlantis has “stabilised” its net cash flow at pre-COVID levels by generating $182.3m for the year to end-March 2023, it was revealed yesterday, as analysts reaffirmed the credit ratings on its $1.2bn debt.
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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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Atlantis gains court bar on union action
Atlantis last night obtained an emergency injunction to prevent further industrial action by the hotel union following yesterday’s picketing that hit an industry trying to rise from its “knees” post-Dorian. Tribune Business understands that the Supr
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Government considering 'lock down' proposals
NATIONAL Security Minister Dr Bernard Nottage yesterday said the government is giving “consideration” to a “lock down” of notorious crime areas in the capital, but only “to the extent that the law permits it”.
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Alva Loretta Hudson
Alva Loretta Hudson Age 80. Died March 11, 2019 Alva Loretta Hudson Age 80 died at the Princess Margaret Hospital on Monday March 11, 2019. She is survived by (9) children: Franklyn Woodside, Rev. Ella Charlton, Betty Miller, Pastor. Karen …
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Battle 4 Atlantis: Duke Blue Devils get win
A DOMINANT performance by the Duke starters, led by seniors Mason Plumlee and Seth Curry, helped the fifth ranked Blue Devils roll by Minnesota in game two of the Battle 4 Atlantis.
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FNM survey shows strong opposition to VAT introduction
A QUESTIONNAIRE on the thoughts of Bahamians on Value Added Tax (VAT) continues to show that a large number of Killarney constituents do not agree with the government’s move to implement the plan.
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‘Full story of Toggie and Bobo not known’
MORE than two months after Free National Movement Leader Dr Hubert Minnis admitted to meeting with one of the “criminals” involved in the alleged Peter Nygard murder for hire plot, six FNM members of Parliament say they are “confident” that the full story has not been told.
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‘Jazz’ and Marlins fall in Wild Card Series opener
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Zack Wheeler struck out eight in a sensational effort, José Alvarado preserved the lead with a pivotal strikeout and the Philadelphia Phillies opened a resolute postseason push with a 4-1 win over the Miami Marlins in the opener of their NL Wild Card Series on Tuesday night.
