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Resorts seek Memorial Day business boost
MAJOR resorts on New Providence are looking to capitalise on a “busy” US Memorial Day weekend, one resort manager telling Tribune Business yesterday that occupancy levels would be in the mid-80 per cent range.
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Resorts 'solidly booked' for Easter
SEVERAL major Nassau-based hotels are anticipating high occupancies for the Easter period, one senior executive telling Tribune Business: “We are absolutely solidly booked”.
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‘UP WAGE TO $350 - OR RISK STRIKES’: Unions agree to take vote as the call for minimum pay raise
A labour leader yesterday called for a further minimum wage hike to $350 per week by June 2024 as he revealed that multiple trade unions have agreed to each “take a strike vote”.
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PI residents reclaim condo before $22m fraud ruling
Two Bahamas residents have been allowed by the Supreme Court to reclaim - for the moment - their multi-million Ocean Club condo on Paradise Island, despite a Ca
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Parole committee to deliver recommendations
THE government’s commitment to effective rehabilitation and public safety will be put to the test when the Parole Re-entry Steering Committee delivers its recommendations for a parole system and the reintegration of past offenders into Bahamian society, according to committee Co-chair retired Anglican Archbishop Drexel Gomez.
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Regional investment summit eyes Bahamas as location
THE CARIBBEAN Export Development Agency (CEDA) wants to bring the Caribbean Investment Forum (CIF) to The Bahamas following this year’s successful staging in Trinidad and Tobago this November.
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Minister: No WTO membership 'for at least five years'
A Cabinet minister yesterday said full Bahamian membership of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) “cannot happen for at least within the next five years”.Elsworth Johnson, minister of financial services, trade and industry and immigration, told the Ho
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Auto dealers ‘take a bath’ from Matthew
New car dealers yesterday told Tribune Business they “really took a bath” in October, with sales “the worst” in recent memory due to Hurricane Matthew and the struggling economy.
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PM hails good first day of negotiations in China
PRIME Minister Perry Christie yesterday said the first day of Baha Mar meetings in China were “good” but warned that a “very, very serious situation” would result if the relevant parties cannot secure an agreement today.
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Nora Louise Dean Dorsett
Memorial Service for the late Nora Louise Dean Dorsett will be held at The East Street Gospel Chapel on Thursday, January 19th, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. Funeral Service for the late Nora Louise Dean Dorsett, aged 94 years of #6 …
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Public demand for vaccine ‘flattened’
DEMAND for the COVID-19 vaccine has flattened in The Bahamas even as more doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab could arrive in the country as early as today, according to Ed Fields, deputy chair of the National COVID-19 Vaccine Consultative Committee.
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Salem Union in 12-10 victory over Golden Gates Native
SALEM Union pulled off the biggest upset so far in the Baptist Sports Council’s 2013 Coca-Cola Softball Classic, securing a 12-10 walk-off victory over the defending champions Golden Gates Native at the Banker’s Field at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex on Saturday.
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'Call for PM's resignation for ignoring people's voice'
THE decision by the government to disregard the vote against legalising the numbers industry in The Bahamas sets a dangerous precedent and is a move that can ultimately imperil our democracy, Majority Rule era MP Ed Moxey told The Tribune.
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Body cams by August - Dames
THE long-awaited body cams for law enforcement officers are now in the country and are expected to be officially rolled out by August, National Security Minister Marvin Dames revealed in the House of Assembly yesterday. In the meantime, the minister
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Happy Platinum Jubilee
What an achievement. Something most of us can only aspire to and look on in awe. Her Majesty The Queen is celebrating a Platinum Jubilee, marking 70 years of service to the people of the United Kingdom, the Realms and the Commonwealth.
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Dwayne Demarkley Sturrup
Funeral Service for the late Mr. Dwayne Demarkley Sturrup, 39 years, a resident of Union Village, off Wulff Road will be held 10:00 a.m., Saturday 3rd November, 2018, at St. Barnabas Anglican Church, Balliou Hill and Wulff Road. Officiating will …
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Raymond Mackey
Funeral service for the late Raymond Mackey age 96 years of Buttonwood Ave will be held on Saturday at Southland Church of God Soldier Road at 10:00a.m. Officiating will be Chief Apostle Leon Wallace, assisted by other ministers of the …
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Beatrice Clarke
Funeral Service for the late Beatrice Clarke age 96 years of Rock Crusher Road and formerly of Rolleville Exuma, will be on Saturday at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Boyd Road at 2:00p.m.. Officiating will be assisted by Monsignor Alfred Culmer. …
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Bahamas police call in New York supercop
Bahamas police call in New York supercop THE man credited with breaking the back of New York City's criminal underworld has been invited to advise Bahamian police as the government steps up its zero tolerance campaign against all forms of criminality. Wi
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China donates $78,000 worth of medical supplies
THE Bahamas received a donation of $78,000 worth of medical supplies from the Chinese government yesterday, the sixth such batch of donations since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
