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INSIGHT: Let’s open the door and grasp this amazing opportunity

You can’t fit a square peg in a round hole, the old saying goes. The same is true for new ideas.

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Govt dives in to boost fisheries

The Government has unveiled measures to boost the $78m crawfish industry, with increased wholesale profit margins and greater Bahamian dive participation among the key targets. Michael Pintard, minister of agriculture and marine resources, speaking j

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NCAA golf: Guo helps Longhorns snatch early lead

SOPHIE Guo lived up to her expectations as the top-ranked player, as she shot a six-under-par 66 to help the University of Texas Longhorns snatch the early lead in the White Sands NCAA Invitational Tournament. At the end of day one of the three-day

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GB Power suffers $23m Dorian blow

Hurricane Dorian’s catastrophic winds and storm surge have inflicted a $23m blow on Grand Bahama Power Company, its Canadian owner revealed yesterday. Emera, unveiling its 2019 third quarter results, disclosed that Grand Bahama’s electrical utility

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More stimulus to come amid 30% jobless rate fear

The government has not used all the economic stimulus tools available to it, the deputy prime minister revealed last night, having kept some in reserve in case the COVID-19 pandemic is “prolonged”. K Peter Turnquest, pictured , in a messaged reply t

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Hield scores career-high 41 in ‘rivalry’ with Celtics

The best games of Buddy Hield’s NBA career thus far have come against the Boston Celtics, indicating a potential rivalry between the Kings guard and the team that passed over him in the 2016 NBA Draft.

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Seniors to take the spotlight at national schools golf tournament

THE playoff rounds in the primary division of the second annual National Schools Golf Tournament is complete.

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Resort aims to bridge 36% T&C rates gap

An Exuma-based resort yesterday said it is striving for “five-star rock star” performance to match high-end Turks & Caicos rivals and bridge a 36 percent room rate gap.

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INSIGHT: An end to curfews but will call for discipline go unheard?

AFTER a year and a half of curfews, The Bahamas got back to a world where everyone didn’t have to get home by midnight. No more COVID Cinderellas, where instead of your car turning into a pumpkin after the clock struck 12, it turned into a fine or a court appearance instead.

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Nassau airport loss up 8-fold to $37.4m

The Nassau Airport Development Company’s (NAD) net loss rose more than eight-fold to $37.396m for the year to end-June 2021, exposing the full extent of COVID’s devastating travel impact.

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CES 2019: TV set maker LG makes its sets disappear

The CES 2019 gadget show is revving up in Las Vegas. Here are the latest findings and observations from Associated Press reporters on the ground as technology’s biggest trade event gets underway.

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Bain career high leads comeback win

Nathan Bain’s career high effort keyed a comeback win for the Stephen F Austin Lumberjacks to highlight Bahamian players in NCAA division I basketball Wednesday night.

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IAN FERGUSON: Entreprenurial ideas for Bahamians in ‘17

At the beginning of each New Year, dreamers begin to formalise their plans, and stretch themselves to realise their goals. One goal that seems to occupy the minds of millions, and perhaps billions, of people throughout the world is that of entrepreneurship. People love the thought of owning and operating their own business. Despite the 90 per cent ‘fail’ rate for such start-ups, many Bahamians remain willing to assume the risk of engaging in sole proprietary enterprise.

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‘I believe the water rise so fast and so high it was a tsunami’

The devastation in North Andros from Hurricane Matthew is almost unimaginable, Ricardo Wells finds . . .

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Scam warning: Police alert as second scheme fails

POLICE are urging members of the public to report instances of suspected fraud after several alleged “asue” companies have been accused of scamming persons out of thousands of dollars.

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Public support for Japan's whaling industry waning

THE policy of the Japanese government to slaughter thousands of whales every year in the name of “science”, suffered two major blows in recent weeks.

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US will not tolerate online gaming

ALTHOUGH the future of a web shop industry for the Bahamas remains locked in the bosom of the courts, we suggest to Tourism Minister Obie Wilchcombe that he should not depend too heavily on American tourists becoming involved in the game of the dice. One look at what’s happening between the US and the twin island nation of Antigua and Barbuda should cool Mr Wilchcombe’s ardour about getting Americans involved.

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Lead adviser: Gov't to avoid double taxation

A key Ministry of Finance consultant “suspects” the Government has given itself enough breathing room to deal with the private sector’s post-Budget ‘double taxation’ fears, adding: “We don’t have two shots at this.”

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Jamaican firm takes 60% of food distributor

A publicly-traded Jamaican firm is "realising remarkable growth" upon entering the Bahamian food distribution market via its acquisition of a 60 percent majority stake in a local wholesaler.

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Dorian exacerbates 'huge infrastructure challenges'

The Bahamas faced “serious challenges” with aging infrastructure prior to Hurricane Dorian, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) said yesterday, with public investment “insufficient”.The multi-lateral lender, unveiling its Caribbean Regional Qua