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Skyguard Severe Weather Alert 20th October: Freeport
STARTS: 10/20/2022 6:15 PM EDT EXPIRES: 10/20/2022 7:45 PM EDT
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Old Fort Bay ‘torn’ by escalating fight
One of western New Providence’s most upscale communities is being “torn” apart through an escalating dispute triggered by demands that homeowners finance a 50 percent increase in security costs.
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BAIN ARRESTED AT PARLIAMENT: Activist and coalition members held after Rawson Square protest
ACTIVIST Lincoln Bain, along with several supporters, were arrested yesterday outside of the House of Assembly after scores of them bombarded Parliament Square demanding that the government tackle what they deemed an “immigration crisis”.
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Grieving mother testifies over son’s murder in 2016
A VISIBLY distraught mother gave testimony in the Supreme Court yesterday in the murder trial of two men charged with the shooting death of her son in 2016.
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Shamar Burrows leads Tigers in final year
SHAMAR Burrows enters his final year of eligibility with the Dalhousie Tigers and looks to step into a leadership role as the programme pursues its fourth consecutive Atlantic University Sport title.
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Softball/volleyball notes
THE Wildcats are one win away from the title while the Marlins evened their series. Both series are scheduled to continue 7pm tonight at the Baillou Hills Complex.
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Residents react to rise in Grand Bahama Power fuel rate
THE announcement of a rate hike by the Grand Bahama Power Company was received with mixed reactions by some residents on the island.
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COVID-19 sparked $200m private pension drawdown
Financially-stricken Bahamians drew down on more than $200m in private pension savings to ensure they survived COVID-19’s devastating economic impact, a financial executive revealed yesterday.
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Minister: ‘Nothing wrong’ with the Bahamas’ bonds
A Cabinet minister yesterday asserted “there’s nothing wrong” with The Bahamas’ economic and fiscal standing even though its long-term sovereign debt is trading at greater than 40 percent discounts with yields at 18-19 percent.
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Bran: Medicine price controls are ‘back door’ VAT admission
The Democratic National Alliance’s (DNA) ex-leader yesterday slammed the imposition of price controls on the pharmaceutical industry as a “back door” admission by the Government that reimposing VAT on medicines was a mistake.
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FTX to hire more than 100 Bahamians for crypto work
The Bahamas’ digital assets flagship is pledging to hire more than 100 locals as crypto currency specialists among the 700-strong full-time workforce that will staff its $60m West Bay Street headquarters.
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Public works inspection of cruise port
I just stopped by briefly to ask for your permission for this letter to be published because I believe that what I have observed may not have been brought to the attention of the Bahamian people.
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Kai Jones, Ayton and Hield in action tonight
The 2022-23 NBA season officially tipped off last night. However, Bahamian players are scheduled to get their respective campaigns underway tonight.
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Next set of basketball games at Loyola Hall on October 20
THE 2022 Bahamas Catholic Board of Education (CBE) Primary Schools Basketball Season kicked off on Friday, October 14 at Loyola Hall, Gladstone Road.
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Trade deficit leaps 15.6% to $715.1m
THE Bahamas’ trade deficit increased by 15.6 percent to $715.097m during the 2022 first quarter as cross-border flows continued to rebound from the COVID-19 related restrictions of the year before.
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FACE TO FACE: Blindness is no barrier to Ervens when it comes to helping family
HE became the head of his household at an early age. The death of his parents not only placed some big responsibility in his hands, it left a void in his heart and the hearts of his siblings.
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Bahamian on board as boat intercepted
ALMOST 100 people, mostly from Haiti but including one Bahamian, who were rescued from an overcrowded boat off the Florida coast had no food or water for two days, according to the US Coast Guard.
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Grand Bahama Power ‘very advanced’ on 20MW solar installation
Grand Bahama Power Company is “at a very advanced stage” in formalising four separate projects that will collectively provide 20 Mega Watts (MW) of solar generation capacity for the island’s grid.
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Card spending rose 57% during COVID
Credit card spending in The Bahamas increased by 57 percent year-over-year during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic as consumers transitioned to digital and online payments, a survey has disclosed.