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Roberts eyes $90m Quality sales 'within three years'
Super Value's president yesterday told Tribune Business his three former City Markets stores could generate a collective $90 million in sales
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Athletes get set for CARIFTA trials starting Friday
IN anticipation of the finals trials this weekend and subsequently the CARIFTA Games over the Easter holiday weekend, the top sprinters eligible for Team Bahamas got a chance to go through a block start session.
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Insurers 'uncertain' over hospital debts
THE Bahamas Insurance Association says it is “uncertain at this time” if private insurers owe revenue to the Public Hospitals Authority due to the PHA’s inadequate billing system. Health Minister Dr Duane Sands has said the PHA delivers as much as $4
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'Madness': 90% of loan requests are consumer
The Bahamas' consumer loan "madness" is making sustainable economic development impossible, as more than nine out of every 10 credit applications fall into this category.
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$2m safety margin for City Markets pension fund
THE value of the City Markets' staff pension fund's main asset "supersedes" what is owed to plan beneficiaries by some $2 million, one of its trustees saying yesterday that he hoped to conclude a deal for its sale "within the next week".
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Banks suffer 37% profitability decline
Bahamian commercial banks saw total private sector loan arrears increase by $76m during the 2020 fourth quarter as the sector’s collective profitability shrunk by 37 percent year-over-year.
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Concerns raised over Cuban immigration
FOREIGN Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell yesterday said the government was concerned with the potential impact changes to the Cuban exit visa policy could have on illegal migration, which he termed as the “most vexing issue” for Bahamians.
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2019 a record breaking year for tourism
LAST year was a “record breaking" one for tourism, with the country hitting the highest recorded number of stopover visitors in its history, according to the Ministry of Tourism’s Director General Joy Jibrilu. Speaking at a press conference at the B
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Govt’s new security near $250m target
The Government’s new Treasury Note security will finish “pretty close” to its $250 million first-year target, with the last 2015-2016 issue oversubscribed by at least 20 per cent.
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Port suffers 40% May volume fall
Nassau’s main commercial shipping port yesterday predicted it will suffer a “flat” 2020 full year after container import volumes for May to-date dropped by around 40 percent compared to the prior year.Dion Bethell, Arawak Port Development Company’s (
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Victim is killed by shot to the face
A MAN died in hospital on Wednesday hours after he was shot in the face, police said yesterday.
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Six pit bull attack ends with two euthanised
TWO pit bulls will be euthanised after attacking a woman, leaving her hospitalised with severe injuries.
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Man admits attacking woman, damaging her phone
A MAN was placed on six months' probation on Friday after admitting attacking a woman and damaging her phone.
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Beryl Valeria Carroll
Funeral Service for the Late Beryl Valeria Carroll, 90 years of Nassau & McQuay Streets, will be held on Saturday February 9th, 2013, 11:00 a.m. at Salem Union Baptist Church, Taylor Street. Rev. Dr. C. W. Saunders assisted by Rev. …
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Buju brings out the crowds
REGGAE legend Buju Banton wowed hundreds of fans Saturday night during the Bahamian leg of his “Long Walk to Freedom” tour.
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We want our old garbage system back
Further to my letter of 2nd January 2019, questioning why our government would feel it necessary to summarily dismantle a garbage collection system that was working extremely well for several years and replace it with novice entrepreneurs ( ontropeners in the colloquial ).
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Man denies involvement in armed robberies
A MAN denied being the culprit behind two gunpoint robberies over the summer during his formal Supreme Court arraignment on Friday.
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Tropical Storm Humberto set to become a hurricane
TROPICAL Storm Humberto was expected to turn northwestward and strengthen today - possibly becoming a hurricane.
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50 pilots head to Abaco for July 4 celebration
ABOUT 50 American pilots are flying into Abaco from Florida as part of a special Fly In programme to celebrate the US Independence holiday.
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Buddy ties career high
His production as a member of the Sacramento Kings continues and Buddy Hield reached a new mark this week by tying an NBA career high.