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Chamber chief urges: ‘Stop finger pointing’
The Chamber’s chief executive yesterday urged Bahamians to “stop finger pointing” and instead develop “workable solutions” to this nation’s economic and fiscal woes, in the wake of Standard & Poor’s (S&P) ‘junk’ downgrade.
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Chipman slams Mitchell for ‘rabid attack’
HUBERT Chipman, FNM Shadow Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration, yesterday condemned Fred Mitchell’s “rabid attack” on Baha Mar CEO Sarkis Izmirlian, adding that his “belligerent language” has harmed this country’s reputation.
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Petroleum retailers fear ‘implosion’ as gas hits $7
Petroleum retailers yesterday warned the industry could “implode” unless the Government urgently adjusts the price-controlled, fixed margin business it has laboured under for decades as gas prices breach the $7 per gallon mark.
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Bahamas needs 28 cruise tourists for every stopover
The Bahamas now needs to attract 28 cruise visitors to match the spending of one land-based or stopover visitor, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) revealed yesterday.
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Water Corp: BTC-style privatisation ‘could work’
The Water & Sewerage Corporation’s chairman yesterday said he will suggest a BTC-style privatisation for the utility when he meets with the Prime Minister and other Cabinet members.
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THE KDK REPORT: Overcoming the obstacles of sickness and injuries
ALONG the double-stranded DNA helix, and coiled chain of anti-parallel genetic code, lies the biological information necessary for the survival of our species.
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Williams, Dubois win Bahamas Half Marathon
BAHAMAS national marathon record holder Oneil Williams will be happy to return to continue his training in Kenya and stay home mom Pascale Dubois is just as excited to head back to Canada with their hefty cash prize of $5,000 as the overall male and female winner of the Bahamas Roadmasters’ sixth annual Bahamas Half Marathon.
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PETER YOUNG: Harry and Meghan have made their bed and now they have to lie in it
The sad saga of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex is in the news again. But the plethora of global reports have, by their all-encompassing nature, tended to obscure what has actually happened to bring them to the world’s attention once again.
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Whatever next? China the peacemaker, Biden popularity up and even McDonalds has closed up shop in Russia
A THOUGHTFUL friend was musing the other day about the parlous state of security in the world. “Two weeks ago,” he said ruefully, “I was worried about climate change. It’s so obvious that the world is heating up and that we’re all guilty of participating in overcooking planet earth. Rising sea levels threaten The Bahamas and other places I cherish, including South Florida. The large economies of the world lack the skill or will to curb their carbon emissions. We seemed to be on an inexorable conveyor belt to oblivion.”
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80 percent increase in cyber crime
CYBER crime in the Bahamas showed an 80 per cent increase, with 171 incidents reported in 2017 up from the 95 recorded in 2016.
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Bahamas’ Olympic boxing bid thwarted
THE Bahamas’ bid to have a boxer qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in August was thwarted after Rashield Williams suffered a second round loss at the 2016 World Qualifying Event in Baku, Azerbaijan.
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Saudi oil production cuts fuel concerns of soaring prices locally at the pump
SAUDI Arabia’s plan to cut oil output is exacerbating petroleum retailers’ concerns over their current price-controlled margins regime, according to Vasco Bastian, vice president of the Bahamas Petroleum Dealers Association.
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Lawyers for Nygard seek to avoid US extradition
PETER Nygard’s lawyers expressed concerns for his health and safety while urging appellate judges in Canada to quash an order to extradite the former fashion mogul to the United States to face sex trafficking and racketeering charges.
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Dourilease Vernetta Gray-Skeete
Funeral Service for the late Dourilease Vernetta Gray-Skeete aged 81 years of Raymond Road off Claridge Road and formerly of Simms, Long Island will be held on Saturday September 8th 2018 at 11:00 a.m. at Emmanuel Gospel Chapel, Emmanuel Way …
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Betty Veronica Adderley nee Bowe
Funeral Service for the late Betty Veronica Adderley nee Bowe Age 81 years of Pinewood Garden, will be held at Temple Baptist Church Farrington RoadNassau, New Providence, Bahamas on Saturday, 8th December, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. Officiating will be Pastor …
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Ruth Russell-McIntosh
Funeral Service for Mrs. Ruth Russell-McIntosh, age 81 years, a resident of Datura Avenue, Bougainvillea Boulevard, and formerly of Cedar Habour, Abaco, will be held on Saturday, July 14th, 2018, 11:00 a.m., at St. Marks Native Baptist Church, Romer Street, …
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Walter Samuel Been
Funeral Service for Walter Samuel “Benjie” Been age 81 years and a resident of #149 Inagua Place, Hawksbill, Grand Bahama and formerly of Grand Turk, Turks Island will be held on Sunday 29th, July, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. at Shiloh …
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James Alphonso Rolle
Funeral Service for the Late James Alphonso Rolle, 81 years of Garden of Eden, Eastwood Estates, will be held on Saturday March 7th, 2015, 10:00 a.m. at St. Anne’s Anglican Church, Fox Hill. Rev. Fr. Hugh Bartlett assisted by other …
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Viola Farrington-Strachan
Funeral serviced for Viola Farrington-Strachan, 81 yrs., a resident of Price Street, Nassau Village & formerly of Zion Hill, Cat Island, will be held at New Hope Missionary Baptist Church, Joan's Height West, on Saturday 23rd May, 2015 at 11:00 …
