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‘This coronavirus ain’t nothing to play with’
AFTER his freshman year ended without a trip to the prestigious NCAA Basketball Tournament, Sammy Hunter is looking forward to returning to help the Ole Mississippi University Rebels regain its prominence during his sophomore year.
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STATESIDE: ‘Subtext’ in the crisis in Ukraine
ELAINE is a New Yorker who has travelled extensively and worked overseas, including in the Caribbean where she fell in love with The Bahamas. She is definitely “woke.” To describe her as a fervently liberal anti-Trumper is a huge understatement.
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Coach Ronald Cartwright honoured
OVER the span of his 45-year career, Ronald Cartwright has coached athletes who went on to excel as medallists at the CARIFTA, Central American and Caribbean, Pan American, Commonwealth Games, World Championships and Olympic Games.On Friday as the Ba
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Top swimmers to represent Bahamas in Glasgow
When the Bahamas Olympic Committee ratifies the team for the Commonwealth Games next month in Glasgow, Scotland, the Bahamas Swimming Federation is hoping to have five swimmers included.
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Formal economy 'overpaying' its share of taxes
Poor compliance, caused by corruption, limited accountability and a lack of enforcement, has resulted in the Bahamian formal economy paying a disproportionate share of this nation’s taxes.
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Ras Delancy named Player of the Year
Ras Jesse Delancy, in completing his sophomore year at Benedict College, added another feather to his cap when he was selected last week as the 2023 Division II National Player of the Year.
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Ex-MP denies BPL protest is 'political'
A former FNM MP for North Andros yesterday denied that Wednesday's protest over Bahamas Power & Light's (BPL) woes was political, asserting: "I live here too."
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‘No disconnect’ despite $200m surplus increase
The Bahamian economy’s “exceptional” post-COVID rebound justifies revisions of more than $200m in key Budget projections, top officials asserted yesterday, despite Opposition fears of a “disconnect” that will undermine fiscal credibility.
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Baha Mar plant eyes $13m from local investors
THE developer of Baha Mar's proposed renewable energy plant is seeking to part-finance the project through raising $13 million in capital from Bahamian investors via a preference share issue, Tribune Business can reveal.
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Cruise line bid slams port rivals
The Nassau port bid allied with the cruise lines yesterday slammed its rivals for offering “unnecessary” extras that will undermine Prince George Wharf’s “long-term viability”.
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Court quashes Voluntary Bill of Indictment against man accused of BAMSI fire
A SUPREME Court judge yesterday quashed a Voluntary Bill of Indictment against the man allegedly behind the fire at the Bahamas Agriculture and Marine Science Institute (BAMSI) citing inconsistencies contained in the Bill, and remitted the matter to the Magistrates Court to have the errors corrected.
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20-member Team Bahamas named for Pan Am Games
TWENTY participants will represent The Bahamas at the Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile following the selection made by the Bahamas Olympic Committee (BOC).
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Non-performing loans breach $1bn barrier
Total tourist arrivals to the Bahamas for the 2014 first half increased by 2.8 per cent to 3.3 million, with higher-yielding stopovers recovering some of 2013’s decline.
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$30m Old Fort Town Centre 90% leased
THE New Providence Development Company (NPDco) has leased out 90 per cent of the retail space in its $30 million Old Fort Bay Town Centre, Tribune Business was told yesterday, as it moves to finalise arrangements for a second anchor tenant.
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FamGuard to make agent acquisition
FamGuard Corporation’s insurance agency subsidiary is expanding via the acquisition of a rival Nassau-based agent, Tribune Business has been told, with the BISX-listed insurer shrugging off a sharp 64.8 per cent annuity decline to post a slight half-year profit increase.
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30% auto sales boost if taxes back to 2010
A return to pre-2010 import duty rates would likely boost new car sales by “about 30 per cent”, dealers said yesterday, while calling on the Government to give them up to six months’ warning of planned import tariff changes.
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Joseph Thurston
Funeral service for Joseph Thurston age 86 years and a resident of #82 Lunar Boulevard Freeport, Grand Bahama will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday 26th, January 2019 at Agape House Pioneers Loop Freeport, Grand Bahama. Officiating will be …
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Gertrude Gaitor
Funeral service for Gertrude Gaitor, 86 yrs., a resident of Robinson Road & formerly of Mastic Point, Andros, will be held at Holy Cross Anglican Church, Soldier Road, on Saturday, February 9, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. Officiating will be Canon …
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70 Haitians held after boat stopped
ANOTHER vessel was intercepted where 70 Haitian migrants were apprehended in the southern Bahamas by members of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force yesterday afternoon.
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Baha Mar: Chapter 11 end undermines ‘commercial viability’
A Baha Mar director yesterday warned that the termination of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection had undermined the $3.5 billion project’s “commercial viability”.