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Social distancing key to gym re-openings
Bahamian gyms and fitness centres yesterday acknowledged that social distancing will be critical to their safe COVID-19 re-opening on July 1. Jennifer Godet, owner of J-Line Fitness Bahamas, told Tribune Business that the permission granted by Dr Hu
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Wright dies after long battle with cancer
JACKIE Wright, one of the country’s former minor league professional baseball players, passed away on Saturday after a long battle with cancer.
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EDITORIAL: Cases rising and workers overwhelmed - what next?
THE surge in COVID-19 cases is hitting our health services hard.
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Minnis must be careful
The Free National Movement (FNM) administration of Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis once again finds itself in a rather awkward situation with the Bahamas Christian Council (BCC) and the entire Christian community.
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PAHO: Act with ‘utmost caution’ on loosening travel restrictions
PAN American Health Organization officials have urged countries in the region to “act with the utmost caution” when it comes to loosening travel restrictions for fully vaccinated tourists.
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Marinas eye ‘five-fold’ yacht charter growth
A SENIOR marina executive says he expects The Bahamas’ yacht charter business “to grow five-fold within the next five years” based on rapidly-increasing interest in the destination.
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D’Aguilar: Things will get better as vaccines roll out
TOURISM Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar said yesterday he is hopeful things will improve for the country’s tourism industry “during the course of the year” as vaccination campaigns against COVID-19 continue to be rolled out worldwide.
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120 body cameras in use - with more still to come
NATIONAL Security Minister Marvin Dames said police officers are using 120 body cameras with more expected to be rolled out.
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Jones, Hunter in NCAA Division I action tonight
NCAA Division I basketball conference championships are underway and teams are vying for bids in the NCAA Tournament.
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GOVT ON ALERT AS CASES RISE: D’Aguilar warns public must help to prevent devastating third wave
TOURISM Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar has said the country cannot afford to enter a third COVID-19 wave, noting a worrisome uptick in COVID-19 cases over the past few weeks.
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Concern mounts on possible third wave
THE nation recorded 92 new COVID-19 infections over the holiday weekend — bringing the total number of cases to 9,263.
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EDITORIAL: Mixed messaging over virus fight
TO say that there are mixed messages over the current state of the COVID-19 pandemic in The Bahamas would be an understatement.
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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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Road to Olympics: Hield pulls off 2nd-round TKO
CARL Hield’s road to the 2020 Olympic Games qualifying tournament began with a victory in his first match for the year over the weekend in Pennsylvania. Hield, the top Bahamian amateur boxer now training in Tampa, Florida, pulled off a second-round
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Jonquel Jones signs multi-year contract with Sun
JONQUEL Jones was the first member of this current star-studded WNBA free agent class to sign and will remain with the Connecticut Sun for the foreseeable future. Jones signed a multi-year contract with the Sun yesterday as the league’s free agency
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Is Bahamas becoming a dictatorship?
WITH the November 24 declaration of a third state of emergency by Governor General Sir Cornelius Smith, Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis now has constitutional authority to impose additional restrictive measures for another six months.
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Bahamian student athletes take NCAA Division I spotlight
CHARLES Bain’s scoring output since last week’s senior night has been his best stretch of the season to highlight play from Bahamian student athletes in NCAA Division I basketball last weekend.
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MP voices support for lockdown of Eleuthera
Central and South Eleuthera MP Hank Johnson voiced support for a total lockdown of the island during a virtual town hall.
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Goodman's Bay project eyeing 100 extra hires
A $120m development at Goodman's Bay expects to hire up to 100 additional workers next year despite COVID-19 causing a three-month delay to its construction schedule.
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Deputy PM: Too early to say if govt will extend unemployment benefits programme
DEPUTY Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Peter Turnquest said Wednesday it is too early to say if the government will extend its unemployment benefits programme, expressing hope that reopening the tourism sector will return people to work.
