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Attorneys: Real estate legal work down 90%
Two leading attorneys yesterday said real estate-related legal work in Freeport was down by “more than 90 per cent” compared to pre-recession levels, with an Albany or Baker’s Bay-style development vital to a market turnaround.
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Atlantis eyes $500m in fresh investment
Atlantis is on target to “exceed” 90 percent of pre-COVID occupancy levels for the 2022 full year, a senior executive has revealed, as it eyes “well over $500m” in new investment for this decade.
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Atlantis beats revenue goals, targets ‘strong’ 2023 first half
Atlantis continues to beat its revenue targets and is predicting a strong 2023 first half, a senior executive has revealed, with the wider resort industry bracing for 90 percent-plus occupancies over the Christmas and New Year period.
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'Greater risk' for insurers if 90-day cover eliminated
Eliminating 90-day “cover notes” will fail to curb uninsured drivers while increasing the risk faced by insurance companies, the Bahamas Insurance Association’s (BIA) chair warned yesterday.Emmanuel Komolafe told Tribune Business there was a mistaken
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Mable Victoria Burrows
Mable Victoria Burrows age 90 years of Fire Road, Abaco died at the Cooper’s Town Clinic, Abaco on Thursday, February 22nd, 2016. She is survived by her daughters: Carla Ferguson and Jerona Burrows; son: Ivan Russell; and other relatives and …
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William Alexander Cartwright
William Alexander Cartwright, 90 a resident of #12 Melrose Ave. South Beach & formerly of Matthew Town, Inagua, died on 25th March, 2016. He is survived by his daughter: Sharon Cartwright Capron; 1 sister: Valarie Cartwright Stubbs; 1 brother: Thomas …
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MANDRIELL DARIO ADDERLEY
Funeral Service MANDRIELL DARIO ADDERLEY, 36 affectionately called “Cowboy” of Bimini Ave., will be held on Saturday, July 8th, 2017 at 11:00 am at Prayer and Praise Assembly, Ragged Island Street. Officiating will be Bishop Hubert Kemp, assisted by Pastor …
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Rebecca Jane Rolle-Bain
DEATH NOTICE Rebecca Jane Rolle-Bain, 78, of #97 Lincoln Blvd died at her residence on Thursday August 9th , 2012. Loving Memories will be cherished by her Children: Sarah Dames (Kenneth Sr.), Louise Dawkins, Sheila McKenzie, Patricia Strachan, Noel Strachan, …
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Josephine Louise Major
Funeral service for Josephine Louise Major, affectionately called ‘Fene’, aged 97 of Avocado Street, Pinewood Gardens and formerly of Taits, Long Island, who died on 5th December, 2012, will be held on Saturday, 15th December, 2012, at 10:00 a.m., at …
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Butler-Turner insists that Long Island will recover
AS REBUILDING efforts begin to take shape in Long Island, area representative Loretta Butler-Turner held the second in a series of town meetings, working to ensure that all concerns raised by residents are heard.
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Cruise port 90 percent completed and expected to be ready for May completion
THE new Nassau Cruise Port is more than 90 percent completed, according to its chief executive officer Michael Maura who said the port’s opening remains on schedule for the last week of May.
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New Year's occupancies at 90-100% in Out Islands
Boating traffic drove New Year's occupancies at Family Island resorts as high as 90-100 percent, hotel managers said yesterday, but New Providence properties did not fare as well.
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90 days more for Ragged Island water
RAGGED Island residents will have to wait another 90 days before water supply on the island is back to normal, Water and Sewerage Corporation Assistant General Manager of Family Island Operations Cyprian Gibson told The Tribune yesterday.
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90% of taxes to go via Central Revenue Agency, Customs
THE Government is proceeding with plans to establish a Central Revenue Agency (CRA) that will collect all taxes bar Customs duties, a Cabinet Minister saying that together the two departments would receive 90 per cent of all due revenues.
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Water Corp to cut Consolidated debt to under 90 days
THE Government is aiming to reduce the Water & Sewerage Corporation’s (WSC) arrears with BISX-listed Consolidated Water, its main supplier, to just under 90 days, after approving a $20 million subsidy for the 2014/2015 fiscal year.
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$28m collected in the first month of VAT
THE government has collected nearly $28m in value added tax since the January 1 implementation date, according to Minister of State for Finance Michael Halkitis.
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Roadworks project to continue
THE government is not expected to stop or reverse current road works since the project is 90 per cent complete - but it is still under review according to the
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Hotels looking to extend lay-offs
The Bahamian resort industry is awaiting the government’s formal response to concerns that hotels will be forced to pay full termination pay to staff when the mandatory 90-day period expires. Michael Reckley, executive vice president of the Bahamas
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Atlantis: 30% spend, rate jumps ‘as good as it gets’
Atlantis yesterday said its year-to-date performance is “as good as you can get” with rates and visitor spending per occupied room both exceeding pre-COVID levels by up to 30 percent.
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The importance of understanding blood pressure - know your numbers
Are you suffering from high blood pressure? In the Bahamas, it’s an epidemic silent killer. A 2006 healthy lifestyle initiative led by the government noted that approximately 21 percent of the Bahamian populace had hypertension. And according to a 2012 PAHO report, the number one cause of death in the Bahamas between 2006 and 2009 was related to hypertensive disease with 688 deaths.
