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Knights, Raptors take early lead
THE 26th Annual GSSSA Track and Field Championships got underway yesterday and continued its format with both junior schools and senior schools competing simultaneously.
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Bahamas gets 80-68 victory over Cuba
Coach Larry Brown liked what he saw in the men's national basketball team's gallant 80-68 victory over Cuba on day one of the CentroBasket Tournament in
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Civil service pension deficit may 'explode'
The Government’s unfunded civil service pension liabilities will “explode” unless urgent reform action is taken, a senior accountant suggesting these could mean the national debt is really as high as $6.5 billion.
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$100m Cable offer oversubscribed on its launch day
Cable Bahamas’s $100 million preference share issue was oversubscribed on its first day, but Bahamian institutional investors were yesterday urged to continue buying in as the company will “take what it can get”.
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Sunland Baptist takes title to Grand Bahama
36TH HUGH CAMPBELL BASKETBALL CLASSIC
The curtains came down on the 39th edition of the prestigious Hugh Campbell Classic on Monday night with the Sunland Baptist Stingers emerging as the back-to-back champions.
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Export ban will not ‘collapse’ 1.6m Ilb sector
A BAN on conch exports will not “collapse” the fishing industry, the Bahamas Commercial Fishers Alliance (BCFA) president said yesterday, adding that the organisation backed efforts to preserve a population that generated 1.6 million pounds in recorded landings last year.
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Retired Nurse Valerie Virginia Saunders Wells Duncanson
Funeral Service for Retired Nurse Valerie Virginia Saunders Wells Duncanson 91 of Lincoln Blvd. And formerly of Alice Town, Bimini who died on October 8, 2018 will be held on Saturday October 20, 2018 at 11:00 a.m at Grace Community …
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Buddy grabs career high 11 rebounds for first double
BUDDY Hield has been on a torrid stretch during the final week of October and his latest performance produced one of the best all-around games of his career and a fourth win for his Sacramento Kings.Hield finished with a season high 25 points and a c
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Billionaire US family to buy Roberts’ hotel
A billionaire US family has been confirmed as the purchaser-in-waiting for Rupert Roberts’ Bimini Sands resort, Tribune Business can reveal.
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Court upholds order to pay former NIB director benefits
An Appeal Court Justice yesterday upheld an order for the National Insurance Board (NIB) to pay a former director pension benefits after losing a legal battle over her due retirement entitlement.
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Gov’t ‘missing forest for trees’ over work permits
The private sector yesterday reiterated its desire to establish a public-private partnership (PPP) with the Immigration Department to assist its work permit policy, amid warnings the Bahamas was “missing the forest for the tree”.
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Lyford Cay financier 'vanishes' in $22m battle
Controversial Lyford Cay financier, Viktor Kozeny, has responded to attempts by the Czech authorities to seize $22 million of his alleged assets by seemingly ‘vanishing’, attorneys denying he has any ownership interest in the company to which the funds belong.
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Bahamas First suffers $6.5m bottom line hit
BAHAMAS First Holdings' (BFH) chief executive yesterday expressed concern about the "unprecedented" level of fire claims the general insurance group incurred in 2011, telling Tribune Business that together with Hurricane Irene-related losses these produced a collective $6.5 million bottom line hit.
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THE PRESS BOX: My Super Bowl 52 in the 'bold north'
I LOVE it when a plan comes together. My trek to the “Bold North” frozen Minnesota, for Super Bowl LII (52) as the Bud Light and Bud Light Caribbean brand ambassador was an awesome experience, from start to finish. The game between the Eagles and P
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'Brave' upholds 'Bahamas first' over $50m tax battle
The PLP’s leadership front-runner is battling on behalf of a once-jailed gaming kingpin’s family trust to uphold Bahamian law’s supremacy against a $50 million US tax claim.Court documents obtained by Tribune Business reveal that a Supreme Court Orde
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Port to be Bahamas’ ‘Sydney Opera House’
The winning Nassau cruise port bidder yesterday said it aims to increase passenger spending by more than 100 percent and transform the entire city into a “worldwide brand”.
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'Across the board' impact fear from air safety woes
The Bahamian economy will be impacted “across the board” if deficiencies in its aviation safety regime are not rapidly addressed, top industry executives warned yesterday, with airline expansion plans and a proposed Aircraft Registry having to be placed on hold.
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Maretta Albury
Death Notice For Matriarch Maretta Albury, 87 a resident of Graham Drive, Yellow Elder & formerly of Chester’s, Acklins, died at her residence on 10th October, 2017. She is survived by her 4 sons: Robert Gilbert, George, Stephen & Dennis …
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Bahamas’ ‘first class fills before economy’
The Bahamas’ tourism rebound is seeing “first class fill up before economy class”, a Cabinet minister said yesterday, estimating that as much as 80 percent of the industry’s economic impact has returned.
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Atlantis targeting $130m investment by end-2018
Atlantis’s top executive yesterday revealed that the Paradise Island destination resort is likely to invest a further $130 million to upgrade its amenities by 2018 year-end.Howard Karawan, its president and managing director, said “north of $80 milli
