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Wrecked vehicle ban has ‘domino effect’
Bahamian auto body repairers yesterday said the Government’s decision to ban wrecked vehicle imports was already having “a domino effect” across the industry, with hundreds of thousands of dollars being ‘held up’ as a result.
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Wilchcombe: Transparency vital for The Pointe project
TOURISM Minister Obie Wilchcombe yesterday called for greater transparency and accountability as China Construction America gears up to begin its $250m Bay Street luxury development – The Pointe.
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Eight years in jail for shooting police officer
A MAN was sentenced to eight years imprisonment yesterday when he owned up to shooting at a police officer more than a decade after the incident occurred.
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Venture Fund ‘18 months behind’ due to money wait
The Government-sponsored Entrepreneurial Venture Fund is “about 18 months behind” where it wants to be, its chairman revealed yesterday, because the Christie administration has not provided it with fresh funding for more than a year.
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Anfernee Seymour earns All-Star appearance in MiLB
A STELLAR season for Anfernee Seymour thus far has earned him an All-Star appearance in his second season of Minor League Baseball.
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The Island House to bring millions to economy, says PM
THE opening of a new Bahamian-owned boutique hotel will likely inject several million dollars annually into the Bahamian economy, Prime Minister Perry Christie said yesterday.
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Bahamas Celebration cruise ship ‘won’t sail for first two weeks of November’
THE Bahamas Celebration cruise ship, in dock in Freeport after being holed shortly after it departed Grand Bahama for Florida on Friday, is vital to the local tourism industry as it brings nearly 30 per cent of the overnight visitors to the island.
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Shockers top Pros, Rockets nip Regulators in NPBA
REAL Deal Shockers and Pyramid Food Rockets pulled off victories as the New Providence Basketball Association continued its regular season at the AF Adderley Gymnasium on Wednesday night.
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Mortimer says government turning Bahamas into a beggar nation
DNA Deputy Leader Chris Mortimer yesterday said the government’s plans to request funds from China to help restructure the country’s national debt has turned the Bahamas into a “beggar nation.”
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Roberts brands Mortimer a political novice
PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party Chairman Bradley Roberts branded Democratic National Alliance Deputy Leader Chris Mortimer a “political novice” who is “in need of light and understanding”.
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‘Catch the firestorm’ at 2nd Chris Brown Invitational
With just two days to go, the National Sports Authority is firing on all cylinders to get the Thomas A Robinson National Stadium transformed in time for the hosting of the 2nd Chris Brown Bahamas Invitational on Saturday.
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New mobile player hits ‘record’ pace
The Bahamas’ second mobile operator yesterday boasted that it was moving at “record” pace to roll-out its network, having already built more than 90 per cent of its planned cellular towers in Grand Bahama.
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Tax break may help 41,000 homeowners
Prime Minister Perry Christie yesterday said more than 41,000 homeowners could benefit from the Government’s decision to waive real property tax arrears for owner-occupied homes valued at less than $250,000.
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PM: INDECENT NOT TO ACT OVER HAITI – Davis warns there may be no perfect solution for nation facing crisis
PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis said that doing nothing about the crisis in Haiti “violates every notion of decency”.
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Record heat causing coral bleaching
THE record heat this summer is causing widespread coral bleaching, “killing off entire reef systems,” according to the Perry Institute for Marine Science (PIMS).
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North Abaco targeted as manufacturing hub
The Government was yesterday said to have initiated “the North Abaco project” in an effort to first lure Caribbean manufacturers, then those outside the region, to set-up plants for US export.
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New asphalt plant commissioned
WORKS and Utilities Minister Alfred Sears commissioned a production facility, the Astec Double Barrel Six Pack Asphalt Plant, on Friday.
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Bahamas ‘leads pack’ over digital adoption
A senior Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) executive yesterday hailed The Bahamas as “a bit of a bellwether” for the Caribbean on digital payments adoption with more than 50 percent of its local clients now using such channels.
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Stephen Sears Jr and X-Men remain undefeated in the AUS
STEPHEN Sears Jr got his first start of the season and his St Francis Xavier X-Men won an early matchup of undefeated teams in Atlantic University Sport Football.
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‘All back to normal’ assures airport authority
THE chairman of the Airport Authority yesterday allayed fears of further flight delays in New Providence following delays at the airport last week and international reports of grounded flights in the United States due to computer outages.
