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Drivers protest at Atlantis taxi limit
DOZENS of taxicab drivers protested outside Atlantis’ Royal Towers yesterday morning after senior resort officials allegedly imposed a new rule limiting the number of drivers able to be on property to service Paradise Island guests.
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Digital transformation unit deficiencies ‘can lead to wrongdoing’
The agency responsible for the government’s digital transformation has yet to fully address admitted weaknesses in its procurement and supplier controls that “could open the door for wrongdoing”.
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Lighthouse Point reopens today
LIGHTHOUSE Point at the Grand Lucayan resort will reopen its doors today for the first time after one year since the COVID-19 pandemic began, with an initial staff complement of nearly 40 people.
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Man fined for cocaine
A 32-year-old man who claimed he used cocaine as an antibiotic to help alleviate his immune deficiency disorder has to pay $100 to avoid spending a month behind bars.
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Kai Jones declares for the NBA Draft
Kai Jones is set to take the next step on his basketball journey and attempt to fulfil a lifelong dream - the National Basketball Association.
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Battle 4 Atlantis returns this year
AFTER the COVID-19 pandemic brought an abrupt end to the NCAA basketball season and the country’s sports tourism calendar, Complete Sports Management’s Battle 4 Atlantis is set to return in 2021.
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Equestrian Marcus Davis making a name for himself
THEY say no man is an island and Marcus Davis knows that better than anyone. The 20-year-old is making a name for himself, and the nation of the Bahamas that he represents, with the help of his family and trainers as he competes for the first time at the highly competitive Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, FL.
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D’Aguilar hopeful of uptick in arrivals by end of year
TOURISM Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar says he is encouraged by recent spring break travel numbers, adding he is hopeful the country will experience a “substantial” uptick in visitor arrivals by the end of the year.
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‘Be bold’: Infrastructure spend must hit 5% GDP
The government has been urged to “be bold” with reforms to kickstart post-COVID economic recovery that include more than doubling projected annual infrastructure spending to between $600m-$700m.
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Ex-Bahamas broker in new US accusations
A former Bahamian broker/dealer, which held the Securities Commission at bay for more than a year, has been charged with making “millions of dollars” through violations of US federal law.
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Bail for break-in suspect
AN Eleuthera man who denied breaking into a man’s home on the island was yesterday granted bail ahead of his trial.
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Nassau cruise berths grow by ‘double digits’
A Cabinet minister yesterday said Nassau berthing requests from cruise ships have increased by “double digits” for the last six months of 2021 compared to pre-pandemic figures.
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Carlos Brown Jr: ‘I have to live with it because he’s gone’
Swift Athletics’ sprinter Carlos Brown Jr said one of the hardest things he has had to endure was the fatal shooting of his father Carlos ‘Bookie’ Brown Sr on Monday morning.
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Public primary schools ‘buzzing’ in golf nationals
THE Bahamas Golf Federation’s Driving Range at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex was once again buzzing with activity as 99 golfers participated in the government primary schools’ section of the National Schools Golf Championships.
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Eddie Ford: ‘We lived like brothers’
AS they began their trek towards playing professional baseball in the United States in 1967, Eddie Ford recalled how he spent a lot of time with the late Edison Armbrister.
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FACE TO FACE: City Councilwoman Lady Shannan never forgets her roots
It was Christmas night 2019 when the bass of the goatskin drums, the ringing of cowbells and the bellowing of horns reverberated straight to her soul.
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Some police saying they won’t take vaccine
SONNY Miller, executive chairman of the Police Staff Association, said some police officers, including a few on his executive team, have said they will not take the COVID-19 vaccine.
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Harbour Island’s ‘compelling case’ for no cruise tourism
Harbour Island’s tourism industry “has made a compelling case” for why it should not become a cruise destination, a Cabinet minister has admitted.
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Trio charged with armed robbery
THREE men were charged with armed robbery in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday.
