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Eviction notices placed on 95 shanty structures in Abaco
EVICTION notices were posted on 95 structures in an unregulated community in Abaco on Wednesday as the government ramps up efforts to eliminate shanty towns on that island.
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Survival weekend returns for road parade
SURVIVAL Weekend is back and set for May 20-22, featuring a road parade and a mega concert with big names in Soca music, including Allison Hinds, Destra Garcia and Patrice Roberts.
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PM targets Home Owner Protection Bill before election
Prime Minister Perry Christie promised yesterday to introduce more relief for struggling Bahamian homeowners before his administration’s term in office expires, as he touted the revised Mortgage Relief Plan for assisting 350 borrowers to-date.
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Tourism losing $8.5m yearly to plastic pollution
The Bahamian tourism industry is losing up to $8.5m annually to plastic beach pollution, an Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) report has revealed, undermining the sector's key attraction.
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Trading inflation
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THE acceleration in the rise of consumer prices of the last 8 months continues to spread.
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BTC targeting global dropped call standard
Newly-appointed Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) chief executive, Leon Williams, is aiming to reduce the carrier’s dropped call levels to below the international standard of 1.8 per cent.
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NCAA: Michael Carey Jr signs national letter of intent to join Wagner University Seahawks programme in fall
IT HAS been a long, winding road toward his opportunity to make his break into NCAA Division I basketball, but that dream recently came to fruition for one Bahamian player. Michael Carey Jr signed his national letter of intent last week to join the Wagner University Seahawks programme for the Fall 2015 semester.
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Puerto Rico routs Bahamas 88-71
After getting off to an impressive start in an historic win over Cuba in their opener on Monday, the men's national basketball team found the going rather to
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'The Promise' prevails
A matchup between two of the top big men in all of NCAA Division I basketball - Arizona’s DeAndre Ayton and UNLV’s Brand McCoy produced in an overtime thriller.In the end, Ayton and the Wildcats scored a 91-88 win over the UNLV Runnin’ Rebels Saturda
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Epic matchup in Battle 4 Atlantis
The inaugural Bad Boy Mowers’ Battle 4 Atlantis Women’s Tournament will conclude with an epic matchup between the top two teams in all of college basketball.
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Get your tickets for Commonwealth Youth Games
Ticket sales were officially launched yesterday for the Commonwealth Youth Games and the Local Organising Committee looks to galvanise support in its final month of preparation.During yesterday’s press conference at the Thomas A Robinson Stadium, Bah
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Pension providers enjoy ‘significant’ 100% inquiry rise
Pension plan administrators yesterday said they had seen a 100 per cent increase in employer inquiries over the past 12 months, describing the surge as “significant” given existing low participation levels.
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Gertrude Irene McKinney
Gertrude Irene McKinney, 88 a resident of Rock Sound, Eleuthera, deid at her residence on Monday 5th May, 2014. She is survived by a host of family & friends. Graveside service will be held at the Rock Sound Cemetery on …
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Prudence Hazel McKinney Johnson
Prudence Hazel McKinney Johnson, 99 a resident of Prison Lane, Fort Fincastle & formerly of South Andros, died at PMH on 13th September, 2015. She is survived by her daughters: Gertrude Ferguson, Erma Maria Minns, Olgamae & Dellerine Johnson; sons: …
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Rosanna Adderley
Rosanna Adderley age 99 of Burnt Ground, Long Island, Died at her granddaughter’s residence in Nassau on Saturday May 27th, 2017. She is survived by her sons: Alfred & Vernal Adderley; daughters, Lulamae Adderley, Ellen Emmie Adderley, Ruth Smith; Adopted …
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LOLETA SWEETING
Death Notice LOLETA SWEETING, 99 affectionately called “Mama” of Bay Cedar Ave. and formerly of Fairfield, Crooked Island, died at her residence on Tuesday, June 13th, 2017. She is survived by her son: Joseph Smith; daughters: Marjorie, Queenie, Rosemary and …
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S&P’s higher deficits on VAT ‘uncertainties’
Standard & Poor’s (S&P) has agreed that there are “indeed uncertainties” surrounding Value-Added Tax (VAT) implementation, and is less optimistic than the Government in projecting a 3 per cent fiscal deficit for 2015-2016.
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CFL: Enrico Forbes joins Stampeders in training camp
THE NEXT step on the path to professional football for one Bahamian gridiron star will be another attempt to find a place on a Canadian Football League roster.
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Tired of the nonsense
EDITOR, The Tribune.
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SEC charges Bahamian broker/dealer for facilitating multi-million fraud scheme
THE United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Bahamas-based brokerage firm Alliance Investment Management (AIM) and its president Julian Brown for facilitating a multi-million dollar international ‘Ponzi scheme’.
