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EDITORIAL: Delta is here - so what can you do about it?
THE Delta variant is here.
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‘Agreements finalised’ on heritage sites deal
The Bahamian investor group aiming to transform Nassau’s key historic sites was yesterday said by senior officials to have “finalised all agreements” and is now moving to take over their management.
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DELTA VARIANT NOW AT LARGE: Health officials confirm feared version of virus has been detected here
THE highly contagious Delta variant is the predominant strain in The Bahamas, the Ministry of Health confirmed yesterday, after getting back genomic sequencing results from samples sent to a laboratory in Brazil.
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Taxis suffer 80% business fall-off
Taxi drivers have seen an 80 percent fall in business as they enter the traditionally slow September period, their union head said yesterday, adding that COVID testing and changed protocols are also to blame.
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Another award win for Jonquel
Jonquel Jones claimed another league wide award and her Connecticut Sun won their 10th consecutive game to improve their league leading record to 22-6.
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WORLD VIEW: Kenya’s President wants ‘steadfast leadership’ by Commonwealth Secretariat
IT is good to see the President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta, has nominated his Cabinet Secretary for Defence, Monica Juma, for the post of Commonwealth Secretary-General.
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Bahamasair off 35% against pre-COVID
Bahamasair’s peak summer revenues were down by 35 percent compared to pre-COVID19 figures, its chairman has revealed, although passenger occupancy on its US routes averaged around 80 percent.
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How long will the airline crisis last?
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COVID has hit the aviation industry hard. but with vaccinations progressing, airlines are optimistic and hoping for a quick recovery. That could be premature.
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Jones named Kia Eastern Conference Player of Month
For the second time this season, Jonquel Jones has been named the WNBA’s Kia Eastern Conference Player of Month.
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Tourism: 14% gap ‘very impressive’
Tourism is “in the best possible position it could be” given COVID-19 uncertainties with July’s stopover visitors just 14 percent down on pre-pandemic comparisons, a Cabinet minister revealed yesterday.
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Bahamas to face Canada, US Virgin Islands and DR
TEAM Bahamas will face Canada, The Dominican Republic, and The US Virgin Islands in the first round of qualifying for the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023.
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‘Final approvals’ near for Disney cruise project in Eleuthera
DISNEY Cruise Line’s Eleuthera project is in the final approval stages, Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis announced last night, adding its Environmental Impact Assessment is under review.
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Nassau targets 62.5% increase in cruise calls
Nassau Cruise Port is projecting a 62.5 percent in monthly cruise ship calls between September and December 2021, it was revealed yesterday, with demand exceeding available berths in the Christmas run-up.
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25 more deaths as surge powers on
THE country’s top infectious diseases expert has warned The Bahamas needs “to get a handle” on a worsening COVID-19 situation, as officials confirmed 25 new COVID-19 deaths and 196 new cases over the past two days.
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Confident in BPL $535m refinance despite election
Bahamas Power & Light’s (BPL) chairman yesterday voiced confidence that the utility’s mammoth $535m refinancing will be executed by year-end 2021 despite the potential general election interruption
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Death toll soars by 27 as Grand Bahama cases confirmed
MORE than 3,200 COVID-19 cases were recorded in August as a surge in new infections continues to plague the country.
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Peter Galanos dies, aged 80
FORMER parliamentarian and insurance businessman Peter Galanos died at his home early yesterday morning at the age of 80.
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Navigating the grim
Access to medicine and health care should be a basic human right but with our hospitals beyond capacity who will take precedence?
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Bahamas on path to possible FIBA Basketball WCup 2023 qualification
THE Bahamas will learn its path toward a possible FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 qualification today when the organisation hosts the Official Draw Ceremony.
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LW Young and broke candidates
Leon Walter Young, better known to us as L W Young, was first elected to the House of Assembly in 1912, during the governorship of either Sir Gilbert Thomas Carter or Sir William Grey-Wilson. A carpenter and building contractor by profession, Young would serve in Parliament for the Eastern District of New Providence, from the aforementioned 1912 to 1942 – the year of the Burma Road Riots.
