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Adults the cause of society’s decay
The Bahamas has come full circle. We have seen all of what we have been doing ourselves come back in “full colour”.
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Fat melting fruit - a help to weight loss
THERE are countless weight loss products, systems and fad diets on the market, making the one claim boasting quick weight loss.
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Day three with no new cases
DESPITE increased testing for COVID-19, the country has not recorded new cases of the disease for three days in a row.
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‘SIGNIFICANT’ RISE IN SYPHILIS CASES
THE number of syphilis cases among other reported instances of Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) is on the rise in the Bahamas, said Ministry of Health officials yesterday.
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Bahamas downgraded by Standard & Poor's
Standard & Poor’s (S&P) today downgraded The Bahamas’ sovereign creditworthiness citing “the failure of successive governments to implement timely and effective” fiscal reforms even prior to COVID-19.
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Saunders gets chance to earn roster spot in NFL
Mavin Saunders will have his first opportunity to earn a roster spot in the National Football League with the franchise that has made some of this year’s most high profile acquisitions in the offseason.
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‘Caribbean’s lowest’ from BPL Shell deal
A Cabinet Minister yesterday pledged the Bahamas will have “the most competitive energy prices in the region” through selecting Shell as Bahamas Power & Light’s (BPL) generation partner.
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Ermyntrude Miller
Ermyntrude ”Trudy” Miller 90, of Warren Street , Oakes Field and formally of Ragged Island , died who on Friday February 1st,2019. She is survived by her children: Altheamease Richardson, Judy Miller, Rudolph Miller (pre-deceased), Ava Armstrong, Michael Ramsey, Berkely …
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Ruth Pauline Higgs
A Celebration of the life of Ruth Pauline Higgs, 90 of Marsh Harbour, Abaco, The Bahamas, will be held (TODAY) Thursday, 12th December, 2019 at Ebenezer Methodist Church, East Shirley Street, Nassau at 4:00 p.m. Officiating will be Reverend Milton …
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Man gets 10 years for sex with 14-year-old
A Supreme Court judge has sentenced 32-year-old Alban Johnson to 10 years in jail for the statutory rape of a 14-year-old in May 2013.
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‘They wanted Gov’t to buy the Grand Lucayan twice’
The Grand Lucayan’s ex-chairman yesterday said the Government would “effectively have been buying the hotel a second time” had it agreed to Royal Caribbean and ITM Group’s demand it finance 95 percent of the $50m purchase price.
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Nassau/PI hotels ‘soon can’t take anyone else’
Nassau and Paradise Island hotels will “soon reach the point where we can’t take anyone else”, a senior tourism executive has warned, with room shortages driving “unheard of” March occupancies.
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Realtor fear on 50% permanent residency rise
Realtors last night described the Government’s revised plans to increase the permanent residency threshold by 50 per cent, from $500,000 to $750,000, as “bad news” and something to “head off”.Brent Symonette, minister of financial services, yesterday
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Family Guardian: Mortgages outperforming market by 33%
Family Guardian believes its mortgage portfolio is outperforming the Bahamian market by “about 33 per cent”, with the value of delinquent properties also recovering in the past 10 months.
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‘Why up to 163% BPL fuel price hike as oil costs fall?’
Questions were raised yesterday as to why Bahamas Power & Light (BPL) is proposing to increase its fuel charge by up to 163 percent at a time when global oil prices are starting to decline from their March 2022 peak.
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Passion shrunk at Love Beach
Love Beach residents last night hailed the planning authorities for “hearing our voices” after they imposed restrictions that cut three storeys off a prominent Bahamian developer’s project.
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BPL's Shell MoU hits its expiry date
Bahamas Power & Light's (BPL) chairman yesterday confirmed a key agreement with Shell for New Providence's new power plant has expired amid suggestions the Government may approach "other parties".
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Fidelity: ‘We’ll recapture $10m COVID provisions’
A BISX-listed bank yesterday said it ultimately expects to recover two-thirds of last year’s $15m loan loss provision increase as it bids to shrug-off COVID-19 by more than doubling profits in 2021.
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'Very confident' on Nassau handling Customs reforms
The Ministry of Finance’s top official is “very confident” that next month’s roll-out of Customs’ new system on New Providence will be “manageable” despite concerns voiced elsewhere.Marlon Johnson, acting financial secretary, told Tribune Business th
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Hotelier urges ‘shelving’ of all COVID restrictions
A top hotelier yesterday said he is “praying daily” for the US health authorities to upgrade The Bahamas’ COVID ranking amid calls from some in the industry to “shelve” all pandemic restrictions,.
