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Bridge toll doubles to $2
THE Bridge Authority plans to double toll rates for private vehicles crossing the Sir Sidney Poitier Bridge from $1 to $2 per passage effective from March 1.
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Former Speaker raises concerns about Major comments
FORMER House Speaker Alvin Smith said the recent public comments by House Speaker Dr Kendal Major that he was not one of the young parliamentarians who asked the prime minister to remain leader of the Progressive Liberal Party should not have been made public, despite the assertion the remarks were his personal views.
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Bains & Grants Town Summer Games July 24 to August 12
FOLLOWING a successful trial run last year, Member of Parliament Wayde Watson and his committee are looking forward to the hosting of their second annual Bains & Grants Town Summer Games.
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Junior Baseball Nationals to christen Baillou Hills complex this weekend
THE Bahamas Baseball Association is expected to christen the refurbished Balliou Hills Sporting Complex this weekend with the return of the Junior National Baseball Championships.
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PM’s Baha Mar meetings were ‘a PR exercise’
Prime Minister Perry Christie’s recent meetings with the parties to the $3.5 billion Baha Mar dispute were yesterday branded “a public relations exercise” by the Democratic National Alliance’s (DNA) leader, who agreed it amounted to “interference” with the project’s provisional liquidators.
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STRONG FIELD AT BATTLE 4 ATLANTIS
THE Battle 4 Atlantis traditionally gives Bahamians an early look at some of the top incoming freshman classes in all of NCAA Division I basketball and the 2015 tournament later this month looks to continue that trend.
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Liquidators silent over $5.5m Baha Mar salary source
Baha Mar’s joint provisional liquidators last night confirmed they had secured funding to pay the September salaries for the 2,400 non-Melia staff, while also pledging to meet all employee benefits due since their September 4 appointment.
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‘B.P.L. management failed to anticipate summer demand’
AS Bahamians rage over power cuts during this hot summer, Prime Minister Perry Christie admitted yesterday that the management of Bahamas Power & Light failed to adequately anticipate the challenge of generating electricity during the summer months and prepare for it.
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Government hopes Baha Mar workers will be paid by end of September
THE government yesterday expressed “hope” that the claims of former Bahamian workers at Baha Mar will be settled by the end of next month, with all other claims to be dealt with by year-end.
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YOUR SAY: Clarification on the renaming of PI bridge
I COMMEND Sharon Turner on making her discontent with the proposed event honouring Sir Sidney Poitier known.
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EDITORIAL: Time to breathe life into Downtown
WE don’t need to tell you about the number of rundown buildings in Downtown Nassau.
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US, Caricom to monitor election
THE Bahamas government has received confirmation from two of four international organisations invited to send electoral observers for the upcoming general election.
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Lady Nathalie wins
AFTER hosting a successful memorial St Valentine’s Day Massacre in Montagu Bay over the weekend, Trevor Johnson said they were delighted to see their father, Eleazor ‘the Sailing Barber’ Johnson, get his win.
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DNA PREDICTS ATLANTIS JOB CUTS
By CELESTE NIXON Tribune Staff Reporter cnixon@tribunemedia.net DNA leader Branville McCartney is predicting employees at Atlantis will be laid off within the next six months. Almost 8,000 Bahamians depend upon the resort and the One&Only Ocean Club for
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Insurers fearing 'flood of claims'
By NEIL HARTNELL
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Answer to our rate of murders
Please publish this follow-up to my two earlier letters, in which I pointed out the obvious and insidious connection between the levels of violence in the Bahamas today and the ineptitude of a Judiciary that continues to release violent criminals to reoffend while on bail.
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Basketball Smiles camp returns for 24th year
BASKETBALL Smiles, one of the most successful Summer Basketball Camps to come out of the United States, will be returning for its 24th year next week.
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Top sailor Spencer making some waves
Cartwright joins coaching staff at Brown University
Top sailor Spencer Cartwright has made a name for himself on the waters and will now look to make his mark as an assistant coach for the Brown University sailing team.
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Golden Gates rout Macedonia with 10-run rule
WHAT a way to come back. After watching Salem Union celebrate with a big walk-off victory on a three-run homer from JeVaughn Saunders on Saturday, Golden Gates men came back on Tuesday night as the Baptist Sports Council continued its 2013 Coca-Cola Softball Classic, taking their frustration out on Macedonia.
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Olive Louise Pratt
Olive Louise Pratt, 85 a resident of #26 Gibbs Lane off Nassau Street & formerly of Blue Hills, Turks Island, died at PMH on April 10, 2018. She is received by her 4 daughters: Sybil Johnson, Angela Bain, Anita Francis …
