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Bahamasair raises fares on $100k weekly fuel cost rise
Bahamasair has increased ticket prices on all domestic and international routes with effect from early April after its fuel costs soared by an “extra $100,000 per week”, its managing director revealed yesterday.
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A dream come true for Lucius Fox
IT’S a dream come true for Lucius Fox as he prepares to become only the eighth Bahamian to play in Major League Baseball.
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NPBA sets the stage for championship
WITH all two game sweeps of their best-of-three semifinal series over the weekend at the AF Adderley Gymnasium, the stage is now set for the New Providence Basketball Association’s best-of-five championship series in both the men’s division one and II.
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King Jr decommits from Cardinals
NCAA Division I basketball prospect Fredrick King Jr has reopened his recruiting process and will be a highly sought after prospect of the late signing period.
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Sands urges caution over lifting COVID restrictions
WITH the emergence of new and more infectious COVID-19 strains, Free National Movement Chairman Dr Duane Sands says the government must not become overly eager when easing additional restrictions and instead take a more cautious approach.
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Fuel cost surge to hit construction site ride
Contractors may no longer give their workers rides between home and the job site in a bid to counteract higher fuel costs, the Bahamas Society of Engineers (BSE) president has warned.
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Burrows and Tigers finish 5th in U Sports Men’s Basketball Final 8
SHAMAR Burrows and the Dalhousie Tigers concluded their season with a fifth place finish overall at the U Sports Men’s Basketball Final 8.
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The first BLTA Play Tennis Bahamas Festival livens up national centre
THE first Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association Play Tennis Bahamas Festival was held at the National Tennis Centre (NTC). The event marked the culmination of the first installment of the spring session of the BLTA Play Tennis Programme which was conducted in the months of February and March.
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DIANE PHILLIPS: Activists in the board room? Can it happen in The Bahamas?
WE may tout our advanced technology, our award-winning cloud data saving capability, our internationally acclaimed Family Island beaches, but when it comes to knowing how to make a difference in something that could save our very country, we turn our backs on today’s tools and dig out yesterday’s toys.
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Inter-island travel to be test-free
PERSONS travelling from New Providence and Grand Bahama will no longer be required to take a COVID-19 test for inter-island travel, press secretary Clint Watson announced yesterday.
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Local chess community hosting several masters of the sport, 3 grandmasters
ORJAN LINDROTH MEMORIAL OPEN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP
THE local chess community is currently hosting several masters of the sport from across the globe at the Orjan Lindroth Memorial Open Chess Championship.
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PwC: Governance failures will cost companies dearly
Companies could lose key staff, customers and investments if they fail to live up to environmental, social and governance (ESG) expectations, a Bahamian accountant said yesterday.
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Water Corp’s $18.8m debt paid-off come ‘early 2023’
The Water & Sewerage Corporation’s main supplier yesterday revealed that it had “received assurances from the highest level” of the Bahamian government that the multi-million sum owed to it will be brought current by “early 2023”.
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A tribute to Anita Doherty
Imagine being a naïve 13-year-old new student of a new school, not knowing anyone there. That’s what I experienced on my first day at the then Freeport Anglican High School – the day I met then Vice Principal Anita Doherty.
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Burrows and Tigers to face No. 5 Queen’s Gaels in the quarterfinals
SHAMAR Burrows and the Dalhousie Tigers learned their possible path toward a championship in the upcoming U Sports Men’s Final 8.
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Bahamas must take ‘aggressive steps’ over renewable energies
A Cabinet minister yesterday said current oil price volatility shows The Bahamas must take “aggressive steps” to harness renewable energy as it signed an agreement to access $9m in European Union (EU) grant funding.
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Water Corp’s record $26.4m debt set to become ‘current’
The Government has pledged to bring the Water & Sewerage Corporation’s record $26.4m debt owed to its main BISX-listed supplier “current”, it was revealed last night.
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High oil prices may force Gov’t roads ‘scale back’
The Bahamian Contractors Association’s (BCA) interim president yesterday said high oil and construction material prices may force the Government to “scale back” on its capital works budget for this and the upcoming fiscal year.
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Athletes get set for CARIFTA trials starting Friday
IN anticipation of the finals trials this weekend and subsequently the CARIFTA Games over the Easter holiday weekend, the top sprinters eligible for Team Bahamas got a chance to go through a block start session.
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Cruise port’s $300m finish moved back to early 2023
The completion of Nassau Cruise Port’s $300m transformation has been pushed back to early 2023, its top executive has revealed, with $110m worth of landside and buildings construction now set to move into high gear.
