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Grand Bahama numbers for sexually transmitted infections see increase
GRAND Bahama is on track to record more sexually transmitted infections this year than in 2022.
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As illicit fentanyl is rising experts hope to prevent a crisis in The Bahamas
AS illicit fentanyl use rises in The Bahamas, experts hope to prevent a crisis.
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Goombay Summer Festival returns
AFTER a decade-plus hiatus, the Goombay Summer Festival is returning to New Providence.
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Fund ‘first’ targeting $100m in five years
A Bahamian investment bank yesterday unveiled ambitions to “make a massive difference” for the economy by growing the country’s ‘first-ever’ private equity fund to $100m within five years.
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Food prices to ‘never return to pre-COVID’
The Retail Grocers Association’s president yesterday warned Bahamians that food prices will not return to pre-COVID levels and said: “The cost of operations is increasing all over the world.”
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Otto Laing going to Howard University
Carifta gold medallist Otto Laing will be headed to Washington DC to commence his studies and collegiate track career at Howard University.
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CFL summer soccer returns every Sunday
THE Capital Football Label (CFL) Summer Soccer Championships are back at the Roscow A L Davies soccer field every Sunday until August 20.
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BPL hikes ‘blow up’ Abaco living costs
Abaco business owners yesterday revealed their electricity costs more than doubled in just one month as Bahamas Power & Light’s (BPL) fuel cost recovery strategy consumes an ever-increasing share of corporate cash flows.
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Authentic Bahamian goods sales struggle
VENDORS at the Nassau Cruise Port have been having difficulty in promoting and selling authentically Bahamian products, it was asserted during a press conference held by the Trade Union Congress (TUC) yesterday.
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Lobster season fears over boat registration fee reform
Bahamian fishermen were yesterday “eagerly awaiting” promised revisions to the over “ten-fold” increases in annual boat registration fees amid fears the reforms will not take effect before lobster season’s August 1 start.
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Opposition ‘to hammer’ Gov’t on BPL’s $110m
The Opposition’s leader has pledged to “continue to hammer” the Government over the accounting treatment it is using for the $110m loan advanced to Bahamas Power & Light (BPL) to pay off its fuel arrears.
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Bahamas bank’s account seized over $58.5m ‘pig butcher’ scam
A Bahamian financial institution yesterday asserted it “has been proactively co-operating” with a US Secret Service probe that seized its bank account on the basis that $58.465m in fraud proceeds were laundered through it.
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$15,000 reward offered to find missing Kyle
TWO months after 20-year-old Kyle Carey went missing, his family still hope for his return.
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GARDINER PRODUCES WORLD-LEADING TIME: Wins 400 metre race in Hungary
Steven Gardiner produced the world’s fastest time and lowered his meet record in the process to win the men’s 400 metres at the Gyulai Istvan Memorial in Szekesfehervar, Hungary.
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Deandre Ayton ‘thinking about’ playing for the national team
BAHAMIAN professional National Basketball Association (NBA) player Deandre Ayton remains undecided on his decision to play with Team Bahamas at the FIBA Olympic Pre-Qualifying tournament in Argentina.
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Anthaya Charlton transfers to Florida
AFTER producing a stellar freshman season for the University of Kentucky Wildcats track and field team, sprinter/long jumper Anthaya Charlton has moved on to the Florida Gators.
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Man accused of killing his brother’s murderer denied bail
THE Court of Appeal denied bail to a man accused of killing his brother’s alleged murderer in Exuma last year.
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Possession of drugs and guns gets man over two years jail
A MAN was sentenced to two and half years in prison after admitting to owning two guns recovered when police raided his house last weekend.
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Man accused of failing to charge monitoring device
A MAN on bail for murder was remanded in custody after allegedly failing to charge his electronic monitoring device (EMD).
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Security guard charged for possession of ammunition
A SECURITY officer was granted bail after he was accused of having almost 100 rounds of rifle ammunition in his home last weekend.