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‘Buddy’ Hield embracing new role, fresh start with the Pacers
AFTER being involved in a trade for the second time in his NBA career, Chavano “Buddy” Hield has appeared ready to embrace a new role and a fresh start with the Indiana Pacers.
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FUN TIME: BLTA ‘Play Tennis Bahamas’ springs into action
THE Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association (BLTA) “Play Tennis Bahamas Programme” Spring Session opened to a strong start. Young children ages 5-16 enter this introductory session with a goal to learn tennis and have some fun.
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Jonquel Jones leads BIH to FIBA World Cup qualification
JONQUEL Jones was a one-woman wrecking crew en route to leading her Bosnia and Herzegovina programme to a FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup 2022 qualification.
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Price controls useless to fight ‘staggering’ inflation
Price controls will “do nothing” and prove useless against the “staggering” cost increases facing all Bahamians after US inflation yesterday surged to a 40-year high, a businessman is warning.
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Money lenders facing regulatory crackdown
A crackdown that aims to reverse “non-existent” consumer protection from unregulated money lenders will take effect in the 2022 second quarter, the Securities Commission’s top executive says.
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Bahamas needs ‘total energy transformation’
The Bahamas’ requires “nothing short of a total energy sector transformation” to revive its economy post-COVID but faces massive “barriers” to achieving this, a multilateral lender has warned.
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Baha Mar supervisor loses dismissal fight involving drunk guest
A Baha Mar security supervisor lost his claim for wrongful and unfair dismissal against the mega resort after he videoed efforts to subdue a violent, drunken guest.
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IDB’s 37% digital woe ‘totally different’ now
A digital payments provider yesterday said a survey that found 37 percent of Bahamian firms have challenges accessing electronic payments would have “a totally different result” if done today.
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Small business board announced at ‘crucial time in our economic life’
THE new board of directors of the Access Accelerator, Small Business Development Centre were announced yesterday.
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Sir Godfrey Kelly dies age 93
SIR Godfrey Kelly, KCMG, 93, died at his Eastern Road home at about 10.30am yesterday shortly after eating breakfast.
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‘I’ve nothing to fear from DRA auditors’
TYCOON Waste Management Company’s Ed Curling was on the defensive yesterday as he issued a full-throated rejection of claims that the work he did to clean up portions of Grand Bahama was overpriced and not up to standard.
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DAVIS TELLS NEW COPS - BE CAREFUL: PM reminds officers of duty not to harm force’s reputation
PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis advised new Royal Bahamas Police Force officers to “be careful” of their actions, adding that they had a duty to keep the force’s reputation intact.
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University partnership with Saylor Academy
UNIVERSITY of The Bahamas has forged a partnership with Saylor Academy, an open access education provider, to increase pathways to higher learning and professional development.
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NFL wide receiver Mike Strachan returns home
Mike Strachan is spending a part of his offseason back home and is optimistic about both his role in the NFL and his future impact on the development of football in The Bahamas.
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Funeral industry fears on new entrant influx
The Government was yesterday again urged to properly regulate the funeral industry amid fears that untrained persons are being licensed to offer mortuary services.
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Disaster Authority gets ‘big punch list’
The Abaco Chamber of Commerce’s president yesterday said the newly-appointed Disaster Reconstruction Authority (DRA) board has been given a “big punch list” of issues to take care of.
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STATESIDE: There’s a major win here for Biden if he can put Putin back in his box
AS the massive Russian armed threat intensified against Ukraine this week, Tuesday morning’s press headlined President Joe Biden’s resolve to sanction the important new undersea natural gas pipeline Nord Stream 2 linking Germany and energy-hungry Western Europe with Russia’s natural resource riches.
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Woman savaged by Pit Bulls to sue after no one charged
ALICIA Barton, the woman severely injured in a Pit bull attack two weeks ago, has retained legal counsel for a civil suit against the dogs’ owner amid her disappointment in the way her incident has been handled by authorities and the justice system.
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New US Embassy ‘about 60 percent’ to completion
THE new United States Embassy compound on Shirley Street is about 60 percent complete, according to project director Stephen Ziegenfuss.
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Commercial properties: 70% behind on taxes
Some 70 percent of commercial properties are in arrears on their real property tax payments, it was revealed yesterday, although a “high proportion” of Bahamian homeowners are compliant.