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Time for jobs, Dr Minnis
CONTROLLING corruption does not create jobs and jobs-jobs-jobs is what the people who want jobs want to hear - where are they, Mr Minnis?
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Simply the best - Fusion Expo to hit culinary heights
THE fifth annual Culinary Fusion Expo will showcase the best of the best in the food and beverage industry in Grand Bahama on Saturday and this year there will be a special guest appearance from celebrity chef Ed Harris, season four winner of the Food Network’s hit cooking show, Chopped.
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Paying tribute to Sir Jack
FRIENDS and family gathered yesterday afternoon at the Pro-Cathedral of Christ the King in Freeport for a memorial service for Sir Jack Hayward, who was remembered as “a privileged, but humble man” and a generous philanthropist who gave much of his wealth to helping others.
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BISX-listed firm guarantees its broker’s solvency
A BISX-listed company has been forced to guarantee its main subsidiary’s financial solvency, after it failed to meet the Securities Commission’s minimum $300,000 capital requirements.
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Sports notes
THE 13th year of the Junkanoo Jam, brought to the Bahamas by Basketball Travellers, highlights one of NCAA’s elite in season women’s basketball tournaments.
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Sports in brief
DUE to the death of James “Jim” Wood, the remainder of the 19-and-under best-of-three Baptist Sports Council 2014 Coca-Cola Softball Classic, which was scheduled to be played at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex on Saturday, has been postponed.
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Arthur Wendel Demeritte
Funeral service for Arthur Wendel Demeritte, 77, a resident of Lucky Heart Corner & formerly of Governor’s Harbour, Eleuthera, will be held at Salem Union Baptist Church, Taylor Street, on Saturday at 10:00 a.m. Officiating will be The Rev. Dr. …
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Bahamian student shines at boarding school
CANDACE Fields, 18-year-old daughter of Edward and Michele Fields, was one of four outstanding Bahamian students who graduated from Choate Rosemary Hall, a co-ed, private boarding school in Wallingford Connecticut, in June 2013.
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PETER YOUNG: It’s vital we get our vaccine programme right and learn how others have fared
IN a free society it is axiomatic that authority should be held to account. Criticism of mistakes and failures should be encouraged, if only to prevent them in the future. So, on the thesis that it is the role of the Fourth Estate to scrutinise official policies and actions and to ask the tough questions, I return this week to the vexed issue of the coronavirus vaccine.
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‘Tanny’ scores 13 with three blocks in Rams’ 96-94 win
LATHANIEL Bastian had an impressive debut in his transition to NCAA Division II basketball to highlight the weekend from Bahamians at the top tier of the sport.
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Tourism deputy:Tourism ‘turning in the right direction’
Tourism is “turning in the right direction” with air arrivals at 85 percent of pre-pandemic levels.
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Jonquel Jones is the MVP frontrunner in EuroLeague
Jonquel Jones’ double double streak recently came to an end but she remains the frontrunner to claim another MVP award this season.
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Retailers: 'Curb side can't cover AC costs'
Several Bahamian retailers were yesterday said to be on the verge of bankruptcy due to the COVID-19 lockdown, with some saying: “Curb side sales can’t even cover the cost of turning the AC on.”Tara Morley, the Bahamas Federation of Retailers (BFR) co
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Turtle killer
Re: Hunt for turtle’s hammer killer.
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Yacht brokerenjoying 80%sales upswing
A BAHAMIAN boat/yacht broker has seen an 80 per cent sales upswing for 2013 to-date, telling Tribune Business yesterday that most of the boats sold were over the $100,000 threshold.
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Electric vehicle 'playing field' uneven through 80% tariff
A BAHAMIAN importer/distributor yesterday urged the new government to use its upcoming Budget to create a 'level playing field' for electrical scooters, telling Tribune Business the existing 80 per cent import tariff made the product "uncompetitive".
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Bahamas ‘prioritises’ debt servicing over its people
The Bahamas has reached a point where the Government is prioritising interest payments on its $11.645bn national over services to its people, an investment analyst argued yesterday.
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'We proved that we are the best'
The CC Sweeting Cobras and the CI Gibson Rattlers proved why they are two of the best high school teams in the country.
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80 Bahamians buy into crypto start-up
BAHAMIANS are “eager” to explore cryptocurrency opportunities, a local businessman says, suggesting this was highlighted by 80 locals purchasing tokens from a cryptocurrency start-up’s Australian offering last week.Wayne Johnson, who with Parrish Sim
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NPBA: Rockets top High Flyers 93-87
THE Sun Oil Rockets scored an early-season win over the defending Division II champions in the New Providence Basketball Association.