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Revamped Employment Exchange to launch July 1

The Department of Labour’s revamped and modernised Employment Exchange is expected to go live on July 1, its director said yesterday.

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Govt urged: 'Get a move on' over post-Dorian plan

The Abaco Chamber of Commerce’s president yesterday urged the government to “get a move on” in developing a comprehensive plan for the island’s post-Hurricane Dorian revival. Ken Hutton reiterated to Tribune Business that there will be no major impr

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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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Hazel Winifred Fisher

Funeral Service for Hazel Winifred Fisher age 93 years will be held on Saturday November 16, 2019 at 10:00a.m. at St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church, Boyd Road, Nassau, The Bahamas. Officiating will be Rev’d Fr. Jay Cartwright assisted by Deacon …

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Otabor named senior female athlete of 2023

With a strong showing in her first transfer collegiate season and a breakout year on the senior international scene, javelin thrower Rhema Otabor has emerged as The Tribune’s Female Athlete of the Year (2023).

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NPBA: Giants close out the regular season undefeated

THE Commonwealth Bank Giants closed out the New Providence Basketball Association regular season play for the year as the only undefeated team remaining in the team standings.

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Catherine Ferguson

Funeral service for the late Catherine Ferguson affectionately “Sister K” age 98 years of #42 Taylor Street, Nassau Village and formerly of Forest Town, Exuma will be held on Saturday, December 21st, 2019 at 10:00 A.M Holy Cross Anglican Church, …

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Todd Isaacs Jr called up to Isotopes in Triple-A

TODD Isaacs Jr received the highest minor league promotion of his career after just two months within the Colorado Rockies organisation.

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‘Taking Over-the-Hill projects to new level’

A prominent doctor is asserting that his planned 15-storey parking garage and residential condo complex on Collins Avenue will “take Over-the-Hill developments by Bahamians to another level” if approved.

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Businesses wait over two months for bank account

BAHAMIAN businesses face an average wait of more than two months to open a bank account with almost 80 percent asserting that the process “took longer than expected”.

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Digital building permits hailed as ‘long overdue’

The Bahamas Society of Engineers (BSE) president yesterday hailed as “long overdue” plans to slash building permit turnaround times by going digital, branding the 60-80 percent reduction target as “achievable”.

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Insurance cuts Aliv's Dorian cost to $2.5m

Aliv’s subscriber base grew by 20 percent during the final six months of 2019, its top executive revealed yesterday, after the mobile operator shrugged off $2.5m in one-off net Dorian costs. Damian Blackburn told Tribune Business it had “recovered a

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'Punished for being a bold, independent thinker'

MARVA Moxey, third child of Ed Moxey, creator of Jumbey Village, told those gathered to pay tribute to her 80-year-old father Friday night of the hardships the family suffered because they were Moxeys – particularly the children of the former PLP parliamentarian.

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Bahamas' corporate tax world's most 'corrosive'

The Bahamas yesterday received no credit for laws said to have raised compliance costs by 75-80 percent after its corporate tax policies were rated as the world’s most “corrosive”.

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City Markets staff fight' must not happen again'

The City Markets debacle “must never, ever happen in this country again”, a representative for 350-400 of its former employees yesterday saying they would not accept “less than 80 per cent” of the severance pay due to them.

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Fire mostly extinguished, Miller tells Jubilee Garden residents

THE FIRE at the city dump is about 90 to 95 per cent extinguished, Tall Pines MP Leslie Miller said yesterday, adding that 95 per cent of Jubilee Gardens residents are back in their homes.

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‘JJ’ cans season high 28pts

JONQUEL Jones celebrated Tuesday’s new contract announcement with the Connecticut Sun with her most dominant performance on the FIBA EuroLeague Women’s circuit.

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Dwight Coleby signs ‘grant-in-aid agreement’ to join Kansas Jayhawks

ALMOST two weeks after he announced his decision to transfer, Dwight Coleby has revealed where he could continue his NCAA basketball career in the Fall 2016 season.