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Realtor: 'Tale of two markets' means 90% of buyers high-end
A well-known realtor yesterday said his reliance on luxury international purchasers has grown to 80-90 per cent of his sales, telling Tribune Business: “It’s almost like the Bahamian buyer has disappeared.”
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84 illegals held - none from sloop
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis “is very disturbed” by the illegal landing of a sloop on Adelaide Beach and is awaiting a “full report” on how the landing was possible, his Press Secretary Anthony Newbold said yesterday.
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FACE TO FACE: From humble beginnings to the NFL
When Edwin A Smith was a little boy growing up in Bain Town in the 1950s, there were great Bahamian athletes making it to the big leagues in baseball or track and field. So, little boys had much to aspire to if they wished to become a professional athlete. But Ed, who spent his afternoons shooting marbles, flying kites, playing stick ball, wrestling, or swimming on Long Wharf beach during the summers, had no idea at the time he would one day make Bahamian history as the first to go pro in an entirely different sport.
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Kai Jones signs with Klutch Sports ahead of NBA Draft
Kai Jones has signed with Klutch Sports Group ahead of the 2021 NBA Draft.
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Coleby posts double double in Turkey debut
AFTER a strong preseason, Dwight Coleby made his 2020 debut in the Turkey Basketball League.
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$500M REVENUE RISE NO FISCAL GAP BRIDGE
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor The Government's annual fiscal deficit averaged more than $170 million during the 2002-2008 'economic boom' years despite an almost $500 million rise in revenues over that period, showing that reining in out-of-co
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Magic rally in 2nd half to beat Heat 104-98 in overtime
By KYLE HIGHTOWER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Dwight Howard had 24 points and 25 rebounds, Jameer Nelson scored 25 points, including 12 in the fourth quarter and overtime, and the Orlando Magic came back to beat the Miami Heat 104-98 last night
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Bahamas exports decline by 36% to five-year low
The Bahamas’ merchandise trade deficit fell by 12.3 per cent in 2015 to $2.719 billion, as the decline in imports offset a more than one-third reduction in exports.
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Patients are trapped by lack of funds
HEALTH Minister Dr Duane Sands said yesterday the government is still trying to decide what it can afford to do regarding the homeless patients who are lodged at the Princess Margaret Hospital.
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$17M invested in in-land break-bulk facility at Gladstone Road
THE Arawak Port Development Company (APD) said yesterday that approximately $17 million has been invested in the in-land break-bulk facility at Gladstone Road.
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Bahamas ‘can’t get away without VAT’
The Bahamas “couldn’t get away without” implementing Value-Added Tax (VAT), a prominent governance reform campaigner argued yesterday, because the national debt and annual deficits were simply “too high”.
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Bahamas hits 80% airline ‘sweet spot’
The Bahamas has hit the airline “sweet spot” with more than 80 percent of incoming seats to the destination filled during June 2021, it was revealed yesterday.
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Resorts showing Easter promise
Family Island hotels say they are “booked solid” for the Easter period, with one disclosing an 80 percent occupancy level for the holiday that traditionally marks the winter season peak and climax.
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Just 12% of mortgages finance 'new buildings'
New Central Bank of the Bahamas date has provided a further insight into the sluggish home construction market, with just 12 per cent of mortgage applications involving 'new builds'.
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Deterring gangs
As the debates are being discussed about the legal age of consensual sex at age 16 or 18 with a young teenager there are some things to examine and consider that are impacting the social issues with families in the Bahamas. For too long young teenage girls 14,15,16 and 17 were having babies as a single parent.
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GB Utility pushes water conservation
The Grand Bahama Utility Company (GBUC) has joined other organizations worldwide in celebration of World Water Day, under the theme, ‘International Year of Water Cooperation’.
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Roberts: PLP the only party with a plan to tackle crime
DESPITE this year’s murder count outpacing last year’s figure, Progressive Liberal Party Chairman Bradley Roberts said yesterday the PLP is still the only party with a plan to tackle this nation’s crime problem.
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The money makers
The contents of this letter are for those persons, who are aggrieved and will most likely lose money due to the incompetence, malpractice and negligence of attorneys and business persons in and out of the Bahamas.
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Mother Harriet Albertha Darling
Funeral Services For Mother Harriet Albertha Darling age 84 of Hill Crest Drive, Seven Hills Estate and formerly of Browns, Crooked Island and Chester’s, Acklins, will be held on Saturday September 22nd , 2018 at 10:00 a.m. at Mission Baptist …
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Eunice White
Funeral service for Eunice White, 84 a resident of James Cistern, Eleuthera, will be held at Wesley Methodist Church, James Cistern, Eleuthera, on Saturday 28th February, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. Officiating will be Rev. David Cann, assisted by Rev. Henry …
