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NPBA: Giants and DDL in win column
THE defending champions Discount Distributors Liquors and runners-up Commonwealth Bank Giants both pulled off victories over the weekend to highlight the men’s division one play in the New Providence Basketball Association.
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Opposition: Is customs broker ‘integration’ legal?
THE Opposition’s finance spokesman last night queried whether the Customs laws and regulations must be changed before mandating that brokers acquire third-party software to “integrate” with its electronic import clearance system.
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'Too late': Fired Gaming Board employees can't get jobs back
Seventeen former Gaming Board employees, who were found to have been unfairly dismissed, have lost their bid for reinstatement some four-and-a-half years after they were terminated.
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Gym owners eye New Year spike in business
BAHAMIAN gym owners say business has increased by as much as 25 percent post-Christmas as persons move to work off the pounds gained during the holiday season.
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Businesses take midweek Majority Rule day in stride
BAHAMIAN businesses yesterday said they are taking the January 10 Majority Rule holiday in their stride despite losing another day of commercial activity so close to the Christmas festivities.
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Fresh start
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The first trading week of 2023 is behind us after providing some hope on the global stock markets.
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'The money is gone': Bahamas tries to turn page after FTX (Associated Press)
NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Dressed in a canary blue suit on a warm December night, sweat dripping from his brow, Bishop Lawrence Rolle belts out the lyrics to his latest hit song for the hundreds of children and adults gathered to celebrate Christmas.
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Two killed in separate shootings
TWO men, including one who was on bail for murder, are dead after separate shooting incidents on Friday.
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BNT voices concern over sunken cargo ship
THE BAHAMAS National Trust has expressed concerns about the cargo ship that recently sank off the southern coast of Abaco and its impact on the marine environment.
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DIANE PHILLIPS: Thanks, Eric Carey, you took the elitism out of the Bahamas National Trust and made it ours
WHEN Eric Carey said a final formal farewell to the Bahamas National Trust at the end of December, he left an organization that belonged to the people.
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One Eleuthera Foundation: Food for thought about food sustainability in The Bahamas
I recently came across a document that I wrote in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic when the world was in turmoil due to lockdowns and many of the distributions systems that we took for granted for many years were shutting down.
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Bus scheme to help stop after-school violence
IN an effort to curb after-school violence, 28 bus drivers have partnered with the Ministry of Education in the launch of its public-school bus programme.
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Mother of ten tells of her struggle since son’s murder
A MOTHER of ten said yesterday since the murder of her son last year she has been struggling to make ends meet while also fearing for the lives of her other children.
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Gambling ‘instability’ fuels wider Bahamas inequality
The gap between rich and poor Bahamians “continues to widen immeasurably”, a prominent businessman warned yesterday, while blaming gambling for causing increased family and social instability.
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Investment bank targets $150m ‘pipeline’ raises
A Bahamian investment bank yesterday disclosed it has $150m worth of transactions in “the pipeline” for 2023 amid “growing momentum” within the private sector to raise much-needed capital.
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Bahamas Waste in first price rise for ‘more than a decade’
A BISX-listed waste services provider yesterday confirmed that “crazy” cost increases over the past year had left it with no alternative but to raise customer prices for the first time in over a decade.
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No more ‘catch up’ over financial crime standards
The Bahamas must ensure it never again plays “catch up” after achieving perfect compliance with global anti-financial crime standards, a former attorney general is warning.
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FNM: What led to decision to terminate workers?
DESPITE the Freeport Container Port reversing its decision to terminate some 20 staff, Free National Movement MP for East Grand Bahama Kwasi Thompson said he believes it is still incumbent on the government to investigate the circumstances that led to the decision in the first place.
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Farmer frustration at rampant thefts
A LOCAL farmer has expressed disappointment over the rampant theft of produce and goods from his property, which has increased since the beginning of the pandemic.
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FTX’s Bahamian customers financed SBF’s $546m deal
FTX’s Bahamian subsidiary, and its customers/investors, were yesterday said to have unwittingly helped finance a $546m investment by Sam Bankman-Fried that has now been seized by US federal authorities.
