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MEDIUM HOTELS ENJOY 4-7% OCCUPANCY RISE
By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net MEDIUM-sized Nassau hotels have seen business levels exceed expectations, with occupancies up between 4-7 percentage points, and exclusive properties such as Graycliff and the Parad
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MEDIUM HOTELS ENJOY 4-7% OCCUPANCY RISE
By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net MEDIUM-sized Nassau hotels have seen business levels exceed expectations, with occupancies up between 4-7 percentage points, and exclusive properties such as Graycliff and the Parad
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Ocean Club at ‘full pace’ for its re-opening
The One & Only Ocean Club invested “almost $30 million” in today’s re-opening, with the high-end resort set to hit “full pace” immediately via 85-90 per cent occupancies.
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AIRLINE '90 PER CENT COMPLETE' ON $4.5-$5 MILLION PROJECT
By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net WESTERN Air chief executive, Rex Rolle, said yesterday that construction on the airline's new terminal and maintenance facility in Freeport is "about 90 per cent" complete, telling
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Airline's bookings in promotion spike
A LEADING Bahamian airline executive has seen a major spike in bookings due to a special rate offering on its Freeport/Fort Lauderdale route, with those for its Nassau/Fort Lauderdale route hitting a 90 per cent high.
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Florida ferry captures 50% of Big Game guests
THE Bimini Big Game Resort & Marina has been reaping the benefits of ferry service from Florida, its general manager yesterday crediting this with producing “50 per cent or more” of its weekend occupancies.
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URCA boosts BTC with promotion 'cool-off' slash
Regulators have reduced the time span between when communications providers can launch ‘similar promotions’ from 120 to 90 days, after the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) complained existing restrictions were harming consumer welfare and its ability to fight competitors.
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Ya Hear
Ya Hear Rick Ross and Young Jeezy had a scuffle?
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Samuel Paul Rolle
Funeral Service for the late SAMUEL PAUL ROLLE age 37 years of Adderley Street, Fox Hill will be held on Saturday, July 2nd, 2016 at 10:00 am at St. Paul’s Baptist Church, Bernard Road, Fox Hill. Officiating will be Rev …
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FNM play down exit poll result
FNM insiders have criticised The Tribune's exit polling yesterday stressing that exit polling, like advancing polling, can both be manipulated - particularly when voters may not in fact be telling the truth about how they h
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Focus on fixing potholes
I would be grateful if I might pass a little suggestion on to Minister Sweeting to say that although $98,000,000.00 is an impressive amount of money, we don’t need to repave all of the roads in New Providence, but we do need to repair the 98,000,000 pot holes that are in those roads.
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Holowesko victorious
YOUNG Bahamian riders Ella Holowesko, Siena Holowesko, and Tamsin Nottage travelled to Saugerties, New York, with their trainer Mrs Erika Adderley-Coello of Mariposa Stables, to compete at the Marshall & Sterling Insurance League 2016 National Finals this past weekend.
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Gladys Janet Gray
Gladys Janet Gray, age 90 of Good Samaritan Home and formerly of Miller’s, Long Island, died on Sunday, February 25th, 2018. She is survived by her Brother: Melvin Miller Sr.; 10 Nieces: Dorothy & Daisy Knowles, Lucille Flowers, Rosamond Wells, …
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Sidney Ely Albury
Mr. Sidney Ely Albury, age 90, died at Dunmore Town, Harbour Island, The Bahamas on Thursday, 1st March, 2018 following a long illness. He was born in Harbour Island in 1927 and from the age of fourteen (14) years, lived …
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Myrtis Rebecca Bain-Lewis
Myrtis Rebecca Bain-Lewis age 90 years old of Wingate Drive Golden Gates and formerly of Mangrove Cay, Andros died at her daughter’s residence on Friday, November 23rd, 2012. Loving Memories will linger in the hearts of her children: Willamae Curry, …
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‘Wholesome Mommy’ seminar promotes healthy living
MOMS will be inspired to embrace a life of health and wellness during a free, 90-minute seminar set to take place on August 8 at Solomon’s Fresh Market in the Harbour Bay Shopping Plaza. The event is a part of the store’s Eye On Health series designed to educate customers.
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Jonquel Jones scores 23 in return from EuroBasket tournament
WASHINGTON (AP) — Jonquel Jones scored 23 points and grabbed 16 rebounds in her return from the EuroBasket tournament, and the Connecticut Sun beat the short-handed Washington Mystics 90-71 last night.
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Evacuees moving to 90-day hotel
FIFTY rooms at the Poinciana Inn will temporarily shelter Hurricane Dorian victims in an agreement between the government and the hotel, the Ministry of Social Services announced yesterday.
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Lowering the prostate cancer risk
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has registered that 200 Bahamian men were diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2018, and that number is likely underestimated, as several Bahamian men seek prostate cancer screening and treatment abroad and they are often not captured in local statistics. WHO data showed that 249 men died of cancer in the Bahamas in 2018 and 80 of those men died of prostate cancer.
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Lowering the prostate cancer risk
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has registered that 200 Bahamian men were diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2018, and that number is likely underestimated, as several Bahamian men seek prostate cancer screening and treatment abroad and they are often not captured in local statistics. WHO data showed that 249 men died of cancer in the Bahamas in 2018 and 80 of those men died of prostate cancer.
