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‘Let businesses set own rules over mask rules for customers’
GROCERY store managers said yesterday that while they support the lifting of the country’s mask mandate, they also believe businesses should be allowed to set their own mask wearing rules for customers.
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3PM SKYGuard | Bahamas Dept of Meteorology projected track of Invest 98 (L)
3PM SKYGuard | Bahamas Dept of Meteorology Real-Time satellite long range projected track of future tropical cyclone Invest 98 (L)
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Adelaide developer: Don’t ‘drop bomb’ on our costs
A Bahamian businessman yesterday warned he and his partners might have to “shelve” a $63m New Providence project if “prohibitively expensive” changes and conditions were imposed after Wednesday’s planning consultation.
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SKYGuard | Bahamas Dept of Meteorology projected track of Invest 98(L)
8 AM SKYGuard | Bahamas Dept of Meteorology long range projected track of future tropical cyclone Invest 98(L)
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Second murder in two days
POLICE are investigating a second homicide in as many days after a man was shot dead yesterday morning off Hamster Road.
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PART I: Small island, huge impact - historical facts and truths about Taiwan
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s recent visit to Taiwan was provocative, reckless and dangerous. The visit, which was the culmination of misguided US moves to challenge China’s core national interests, left the political foundations of China-US relations shaken and drew an expectedly strong reaction from China.
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STATESIDE: Biden’s age, inflation and immigration record to be tested
POLITICIANS are quite comfortable lobbing verbal grenades at an incumbent president of the opposing party, and the current crop of Republican office holders and job seekers is no different. In the steady, numbing drumbeat of GOP criticisms of Joe Biden and his administration, the loudest seems to be about his age.
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Bahamas among countries at risk of polio outbreak
THE PAN American Health Organization has warned that 12 countries in the region, including The Bahamas, are considered to be at high or very high risk of experiencing a polio outbreak.
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54 records expunged by rehabilitation committee
THE Rehabilitation of Offenders Committee has received 112 applications from people seeking to have their records wiped clean between January and June of this year, with 54 of those applicants said to have already had their records expunged.
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‘Best bang for dollar’ to counter rate hikes
The Bahamas must give all visitors “the best bang for their dollar and ‘A’-plus customer service” as the most effective counter to inflation and continuing US interest rate hikes, a senior tourism official said yesterday.
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‘Stars are aligning’ over $3m Nassau Gas raise
A Bahamian propane gas (LPG) dealer yesterday said “the stars are aligning” as it seeks up to $3m from Bahamian investors to finance its ambitious growth strategy throughout the country.
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Two accused of burglary
TWO men appeared in Magistrate’s Court yesterday on separate charges of housebreaking and burglary.
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Jonquel Jones leads her team at FIBA World Cup
Just days after her WNBA season came to an end, Jonquel Jones returns to international play with Bosnia and Herzegovina at the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup.
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HUBERT EDWARDS: Governance of SOEs critical to ‘end game’
I have consistently argued that Bahamian policymakers must move urgently to implement structural reforms so as to influence the country’s economic fortunes.
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‘Sooner the better’ for end to mask mandate
A top hotelier yesterday asserted that the Government will “secure tourism’s continued upward momentum” if it eliminates the remaining COVID travel restrictions, adding: “The sooner we do it the better off we will be.”
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38 charged over breach of bail conditions
POLICE Commissioner Clayton Fernander said police recently charged 38 men who were on bail for serious crimes and were being monitored for breaching their bail conditions.
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‘Polluters must pay climate costs’
PRIME Minister Phillip “Brave” Davis has called on industrialised nations who contribute heavily to climate change to pay for the hardships brought on by the phenomenon.
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Equestrian athletes take the spotlight at Marshall & Sterling Insurance League Finals
EQUESTRIAN athletes Hannah D’Aguilar, Isabella Coello and Ella Saidi may ride at different barns at home in Nassau, but they were a united and formidable presence this past weekend at the 2022 Marshall & Sterling Insurance League Finals.