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Barbers and beauty salons ‘rebound well’ from COVID
BARBERS and beauty salons were yesterday said to be “rebounding very strongly” from previous COVID-19 restrictions as more professionals return to work in the sector.
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Bahamas and region urged to reduce bandwidth costs
A BAHAMAS-BASED cloud services provider yesterday said Caribbean regulators must focus on reducing Internet bandwidth costs across the region.
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80 Haitian migrants held after vessel intercepted
EIGHTY Haitian migrants were apprehended when their vessel was intercepted in the Ragged Island chain on Sunday. Royal Bahamas Defence Force Commodore Raymond King said the group will be taken to Nassau.
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Gibbs and Forbes reach semi-finals at FINA World Juniors
TEAM Bahamas concluded competition at the FINA World Junior Championships in Lima, Peru with a pair of semifinalists over the weekend.
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UB Mingoes upset NPSA defending champions Sunshine Auto Wildcats
THE University of The Bahamas Mingoes women’s softball team defeated the defending New Providence Softball champions Sunshine Auto Wildcats 10-9 on the last play of the game on Sunday at The Bankers’ softball field.
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WORLD VIEW: COP-27 failing before it begins
THE most ominous sign of what the forthcoming COP-27 meeting on climate change portends for small states is that officials from a Group of 20 (G20) major economies, who met on August 31, failed to agree a joint statement at the conclusion of the meeting.
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THE KDK REPORT: Above all else – PART 2
THERE are certain definitive sink or swim moments throughout our lives that define each and every one of us. Those moments, while outwardly silent but internally screaming, require hope, stamina and strength of character to survive. This necessary strength is bolstered by knowing that someday, over time and as the seasons change, life will once again become bearable and if fortunate enough, happy and fulfilled.
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EDITORIAL: The long battle to defeat HIV/AIDS
THE end of the AIDS epidemic is in sight?
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BPL or roadworks? Bran’s $100k IT ‘hell’
A former Democratic National Alliance (DNA) leader says his law firm is trying to determine whether BPL or the Village Road roadworks is to blame for an incident that “fried” its IT servers, computers, Internet and cable TV services.
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‘Not claiming victory’: Yet deficit is beaten by $70m
The Ministry of Finance’s top official yesterday said he “won’t claim that victory yet” despite the prior fiscal year’s $689.5m deficit coming in almost $70m below the final projection outlined in May’s Budget.
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NAGICO mulls exit after $6m losses
A property and casualty insurer is mulling whether to exit the Bahamian market by seeking a buyer for its existing portfolio almost a decade after being licensed by the Insurance Commission.
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Stop ‘getting every dollar’ out of Abaco
A prominent Abaconian has blasted the “bureaucratic red tape” that is preventing the island from making further progress on a post-Dorian economic recovery that he estimates its 60-65 percent complete.
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Bitcoin: The Story So Far
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BITCOIN is the original cryptocurrency, created in the aftermath of the 2008 global financial crisis when someone known as Satoshi Nakamoto (their real identity is unknown) published the blueprint. The aim was to bypass traditional financial intermediaries and end central banks’ control over money, relying instead on a peer-to-peer system supported by blockchain, which is the name given to cryptographic information distributed across a decentralised network.
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Sporting community shocked by Shavez Hart death
ABACO Olympian Shavez Hart, one of the country’s top male sprinters, was killed on Saturday morning in his hometown, sending shock waves through the sporting community, in particular track and field.
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Minister: End of AIDS epidemic in sight
HEALTH and Wellness Minister Dr Michael Darville said The Bahamas has reached the moment where “tremendous progress is being made” and that the “end of the AIDS epidemic is in sight.”.
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‘No warning shots’ for police says Fernander
POLICE Commissioner Clayton Fernander said officers have “the right to do what they have to do” when confronted with armed people who put their lives in danger.
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Embassy worker in Haiti kidnapped
AFTER the reported kidnapping of a local staff member of the Bahamas embassy in Haiti, former Foreign Affairs Minister Darren Henfield expressed confidence in the ministry, but stressed that there should be short notice to repatriate Bahamians home if things get to the point where the embassy staff determine they are unsafe.
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OLYMPIAN WAS KILLED ‘TRYING TO STOP FIGHT’: Police say gunman shot athlete dead outside nightclub
THE family of Olympian Shavez Hart said in the final moments of the athlete’s life he was trying to be a “peacemaker” in a fight, but unfortunately was killed in the process.
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‘Chickens home to roost’ on construction financing
THE Bahamian Contractors Association’s (BCA) president says “the chickens have come home to roost” with post COVID- 19 inflation presenting a “huge challenge” for banks in financing residential and commercial construction.
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Council sets deadline for property tax legal action
AN ABACO district council will later this month decide whether to initiate legal action against the Government over its alleged failure to rebate to it up to $60,000 in collected real property tax revenues.
