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Gov't pushes on PPP financing for airports
The Government has "shifted" to a public-private partnership (PPP) model to finance "hundreds of millions of dollars in investments" for Family Island airports, a Cabinet minister said yesterday.
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NHI: We’ll protect 90% of Bahamians by 2025
The National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme is targeting a rapid expansion that aims to provide “more than 90 percent” of Bahamians with its basic primary care coverage by 2025.
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Freeport economy
Perhaps in a move to get under the skin of the Free National Movement administration that sacked him from the Hotel Corporation in 2018, the outspoken Pineridge MP Frederick McAlpine tabled a private Bill for an Act to repeal the Ocean Industries Incorporated (Aragonite Mining Encouragement) 1971 in the House of Assembly in early December 2020.
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Fenton in second straight Super Bowl
IT’S very rare that a professional athlete gets to play for two consecutive titles in any sport in the same state that he was born in.
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Learning made fun with Rosheeda Rolle
Rosheeda Rolle is a firm believer that learning should be fun; it should be engaging for the students and allow them to be creative.
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EDITORIAL: Money is tight - but straight answers are priceless
PROMISES, promises. They don’t get you very far.
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Tourism return to pre-COVID peak in 2023
The start of tourism’s revival has been “pushed back” beyond the peak winter season, the Central Bank’s governor warned yesterday, with a return to top performance not expected until 2023.
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Nygard delivered new court blow
THE Court of Appeal yesterday refused Peter Nygard’s application for leave to appeal a contempt conviction for breaching an injunction that banned him from publishing stolen emails from environmental group Save The Bays.
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Governor: When will the penny drop?
The Central Bank's governor yesterday said the speed at which Bahamians are redeeming one-cent coins is presently below his expectations with less than $1m worth handed in to-date.
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COVID cuts corporate revenues by up to 70%
Corporate Bahamas saw the COVID-19 pandemic slash its 2020 revenues by up to 70 percent, with business licence filings placing the average fall-off between 40 to 50 percent.
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BBF does not have proper training venue
ALREADY faced with the task of securing the funding to travel to the FIBA AmeriCup 2020 Qualifier in San Juan, Puerto Rico, the Bahamas Basketball Federation now finds itself without the proper venue to train in.
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Ayton and Hield take NBA spotlight
CHAVANO “Buddy” Hield enjoyed his best shooting stretch of the season the last three games in the state of Florida while Deandre Ayton restarted his streak of double doubles over the weekend.
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Lashann Higgs and club suffer 87-69 loss to 3rd ranked Girona
CAN it get any better for Harbour Island native Lashann Higgs and her Club Embutidos Pajariel Bembibre in the Spanish Women’s Professional Basketball League?
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Ayton and Suns snap 3-game skid, roll to 114- 93 win over Warriors
PHOENIX (AP) — Mikal Bridges scored 20 points, Deandre Ayton posted another double double - 12 points and 13 rebounds - and the Phoenix Suns pulled away in the second half to beat the Golden State Warriors 114-93 last night.
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Bahamas vs USA in FIBA AmeriCup 2020 Qualifiers
THE Bahamas recently released its pool of players for the third and final leg of the FIBA AmeriCup 2020 Qualifiers and we are now starting to learn about the team they will be facing in game one as the United States begins to put its roster together.
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‘Pandemic has created a mental health crisis’
PAHO officials said the coronavirus pandemic has created a mental health crisis in the region.
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Govt rejects Moody’s deficit financing fears
A top Ministry of Finance official yesterday rejected an international rating agency’s concerns that the government may not be able to finance its massive borrowing needs for the 2021-2022 fiscal year.
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‘Time to move on from PCR test’
FORMER Health Minister Dr Duane Sands has suggested the government move away from RT-PCR tests as the gold standard to determine COVID-19 infection and instead embrace “newer technology” that he says is cheaper to operate.
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Kai Jones posts his first double double in NCAA
In just his second start of the season, Texas Longhorns forward Kai Jones set several career highs and a new personal milestone.
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Chisholm recognised as one of the top 10 shortstop prospects
JASRADO “Jazz” Chisholm was recognised as one of the top 10 shortstop prospects by Major League Baseball Pipeline headed into the 2021 season.
