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BOB non-compliant with 80% of regulatory ratios
Bank of the Bahamas shareholders are being asked to “throw good money after bad”, with the BISX-listed institution now non-compliant with four out of five key Central Bank capital ratios.
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YOUR SAY: Abandoned homes near treatment plant
IN THE basin that surrounds the Chesapeake Waste Water Treatment Plant sit ten residences and two incomplete structures, all mostly duplexes.
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Jones and Sun pull off 84-80 upset over defending champion Lynx
JONQUEL Jones and her Connecticut Sun returned from the league-wide Olympic break, continuing the momentum they gathered in late July.
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Exploring the meaning of womanhood
THREE best friends are set to reveal and restore the beauty of womanhood with the debut of their very first stage play entitled “She Shall Be Called Woman”.
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Answers are promised over letter of intent scandal
FREE National Movement Leader Dr Hubert Minnis has said the FNM will “very soon” answer everyone’s questions regarding the controversial Stellar Waste to Energy letter of intent, which led to Bamboo Town MP Renward Well’s departure from the governing Progressive Liberal Party.
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INSIGHT: Radio Ga Ga – URCA slammed for issuing licences like 'confetti'
Tribune Radio Ltd (TRL) has hit out at the Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA), calling the agency’s “excessive and ill-advised” issuance of over 40 FM broadcast licences and its subsequent plans for a retroactive shuffling of a station’s position on the FM (frequency modulation) dial as an “outrageous and irrational abuse of power”.
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A COMIC'S VIEW: Christie’s Baha Mar deal leaves a sour taste in the mouth
To the average Bahamian who follows major events in the country, this was a confusing week.
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Businesses braced for stormy weather
Businesses and residents in the southern Bahamas are bracing themselves for the possibility that a strong tropical wave expected to pass over The Bahamas becomes a serious threat, with one private sector representative telling this newspaper: “We don’t want to find ourselves in a situation as with Joaquin”.
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Edric Garfield Sturrup
Funeral Service for the late Edric Garfield Sturrup age 91 years of Spoon Bill, Nassau East and formerly of George Town, Exuma will be held on Saturday, August 27th, 2016 at 2:00 pm at St. Barnabas Anglican Church, Baillou Hill …
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Lenora Nixon
Funeral Services for Elder Lenora Nixon, age 91 of Flamingo Gardens and formerly of Wemyss’ Bight, Eleuthera who died on August 11th 2016 will be held on Sunday at 3 p.m. at Golden Gates World Outreach Ministries, Carmichael Road. Officiating …
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Charles Daniel Cooper
Funeral service for Rev. Charles (Charlie) Daniel Cooper, 82 yrs., a resident of North Palmetto Point, Eleuthera, will be held at Mother Bethel A.M.E., Savannah Sound, Eleuthera, on Saturday 27th August, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. Officiating will be Presiding Elder …
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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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Buffalo Bulls run over COB Caribs, 81-67
AFTER two victories in Canada over the weekend, the University at Buffalo men’s basketball team moved its foreign tour south to the Bahamas.
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Southern Bahamas islands warned weather system will bring flooding
TRANSPORT and Aviation Minister Glenys Hanna Martin has urged residents living in areas affected by Hurricane Joaquin last year to pay attention to weather warnings, as severe flooding is expected in those islands from Thursday morning.
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Moody’s backs IMF over $100m fiscal deficit overshoot
Moody’s yesterday backed the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) prediction that the Bahamas’ 2015-2016 fiscal deficit is set to overshoot the Government’s estimate by around $100 million.
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‘Wells was sacrificed in letter of intent row’
FORT Charlotte MP Dr Andre Rollins went back on the offensive yesterday accusing the Christie administration of sacrificing Bamboo Town MP Renward Wells in the letter of intent controversy in a bid to protect senior party members who orchestrated the signing.
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UPDATED: Four confirmed Zika cases in New Providence
THE number of confirmed Zika cases in New Providence has increased to four, officials announced yesterday during a press conference at the Ministry of Health.
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‘There was more testing done on athletes this year than ever before’
RIO de Janeiro, Brazil — She has been a long time advocate for anti-doping in the Bahamas. So it was no surprise to see Dr Pattie Symonette helping out in some capacity at the 2016 Olymic Games.
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Call for full answers in letter of intent row
FREE National Movement Deputy Leader Peter Turnquest renewed calls yesterday for the Christie administration to fully disclose the letter of intent controversy that ensnared Bamboo Town MP Renward Wells and contributed to his decision to leave the Progressive Liberal Party.
