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Small business faces $180m 'finance gap'
The Bahamas faces a $180m “finance gap” in providing capital to small businesses, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has revealed, as its project covers just 17 percent of demand. The multilateral lender, in documents detailing its $25m initi
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Dorian 'totally destroys' 80% of fishing industry
Fishermen yesterday said Hurricane Dorian had “totally destroyed” 80 percent of the industry in Abaco and Grand Bahama amid uncertainty over how the government will aid recovery.“Eighty percent of the fisheries sector in Grand Bahama and Abaco is tot
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Abaco can be 'model rebuild for Caribbean'
Abaco can become “uniquely distinct” as the Caribbean “model” for how storm-ravaged communities are rebuilt, the Chamber of Commerce’s chief executive argued yesterday. Jeffrey Beckles told Tribune Business that Hurricane Dorian’s devastation had “p
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Basketball Smiles and Kelly's team up to buy school supplies
WITH two decades of service in the Bahamas with his series of basketball camps, Sam Nichols looks to use his platform to help students displaced by Hurricane Dorian. Nichols and his Basketball Smiles programme has partnered with Kelly’s Home Centre
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Seawolves to help Cornish and his family
JARON Cornish left an indelible mark on Stony Brook men’s basketball during his tenure and the programme looks to give back to the Abaco native. The Seawolves established several initiatives to target the recovery efforts for Cornish and his family
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Jones: 'We move the ball really well'
Already the most successful postseason run of her WNBA career after a single series, Jonquel Jones and the Connecticut Sun took game one of their semi-finals matchup.The Sun have been on the losing end of single game elimination scenarios at the hand
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'Buddy' and Kings to face pacers in 1st ever NBA game in Mumbai
CHAVANO “Buddy” Hield and the Sacramento Kings will begin their preseason making NBA history, participating in the league’s first game ever in India. The Kings will face the Indiana Pacers in a pair of games October 4-5 at the NCSI, SVP Stadium in M
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Tropical Storm Jerry update
Tropical Storm Jerry is about 715 miles (1,150 kilometres) east of the Leeward Islands and moving west-northwest at 15 mph (nearly 25 kph).
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Grand Bahama Power Company reconnects 9,000 accounts
OF its 19,000 customers, Grand Bahama Power Company has reconnected some 9,000 accounts, representing 47 percent of its customer base, since Hurricane Dorian pummeled the island. Dave McGregor, CEO, said the company is making progress in getting pow
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Equinor doing 'all they can' in oil spill recovery effort
RECOVERY efforts to contain the oil spill at Equinor’s facility in Grand Bahama are now “in full swing,” Environment Minister Romauld Ferreira said yesterday.“The relief boat has arrived in Grand Bahama. The clean-up crew has arrived. They have dispa
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One-cent coin use to cease by end-2020
The Central Bank yesterday said its plan to end the Bahamian one-cent coin’s use as legal tender by end-2020 will save itself and the banking system $7m over a ten-year period.The regulator, unveiling its rationale for ending the coin’s 54-year histo
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Chaos for the refugees
RESPONDING to the chaos Hurricane Dorian left behind continued to strain government offices yesterday, producing long lines and rowdy crowds of people desperate for help.
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Jones and Sun top Sparks 84-75 in Game 1 of WNBA semi-finals
UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Alyssa Thomas had 22 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead a balanced Connecticut offence and the Sun opened the WNBA semi-finals with an 84-75 win over the Los Angeles Sparks last night.
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Activists: We must learn from oil spill
THE impact of Hurricane Dorian on Grand Bahama, which caused an oil spill from the South Riding Point storage facility, should teach the government a lesson and lead to a definitive rejection of the Oban refinery proposal, according to one environmen
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Romad Dean to join Lions this fall
ROMAD Dean will continue his prep basketball career in Toronto, Canada.The former Tabernacle Baptist Falcon will join the Crestwood Prep Academy Lions this fall.Crestwood has competed in Canada’s National Preparatory Association since the 2017-18 sea
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Nurses trained to help save limbs
With 13.6 percent of the population of the Bahamas suffering from diabetes, the country is at an epidemic status. Each year, more than more one million diabetics around the world lose at least a leg. Research has shown that 85 percent of all amputations are preceded by an ulcer and can be prevented.
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Building to resist category five 'too expensive'
MOST Bahamians would be priced out of the real estate market if the building code were changed so residential homes and businesses could withstand a Category Five hurricane, former Bahamas Contractor’s Association President Leonard Sands said yesterd
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BUSINESS BITES: Joplin recovered from tornado - so can we from 2019 Dorian?
In the Tornado Alley states of the USA, tornadoes, large and small, are too frequent to be named. Only the worst are identified for the official records — like Joplin in 2011.
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Cleanup resumes in Bahamas as Humberto swirls away
MCLEAN'S TOWN, Bahamas (AP) — Jeffrey Roberts lifted a mustard-yellow curtain from the ground to hunt for passports and other documents at the place where his family's home stood before Hurricane Dorian blasted into Grand Bahama Island.
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Tropical storm warning discontinued
The government has discontinued a tropical storm warning as Humberto moves away from the Bahamas. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Humberto is expected to become a hurricane by Sunday night or early Monday, but it won't threaten land by the time it intensifies to that strength.