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BEC: Over 60% of clients were 'non-performing'
MORE than 60 per cent of the Bahamas Electricity Corporation's (BEC) 102,444 customers were over 90 days past due in paying their bills at the recession's peak, it has been revealed, with the monopoly power provider seeing a major decrease in its current solvency deficiency to $17.75 million at the end of its 2010 financial year.
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Don't wait 90 days to hire, then fire
Most people would agree that hiring is one of the more challenging parts of running a business. Hiring a sales team member is even more challenging because you are interviewing people who are supposedly good at selling.
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Realtors confident of beating 2017's 40-90% sales rise
Top realtors yesterday expressed confidence they will this year beat a 2017 sales performance that exceeded prior year comparatives by between 40 to 90 per cent.John Christie, H. G. Christie Ltd’s chief executive, told Tribune Business that the secto
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Tax amnesty yields $9.1m
The Government’s real property tax amnesty has yielded $9.1 million in extra revenues during its first three months, a Cabinet Minister said yesterday, with more than 1,000 taxpayers “settling” their outstanding bills.
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Nassau’s air arrivals off 16.5% in October
Visitor arrivals through Lynden Pindling International Airport (LPIA) were slightly ahead of last year for the first 10 months of 2016, despite a 16.5 per cent October drop-off due to Hurricane Matthew.
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Gov't developing system for '90% of investor needs'
The Government is aiming to “instutionalise” an approvals process that “meets 90 per cent of the needs of investors” coming into the Bahamas, a Cabinet minister telling Tribune Business that “hundreds” of proposals were before it.
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Govt getting just 15% of foreign yacht fees
The Port Department is seeking to outsource foreign yacht fee collections, telling Tribune Business yesterday that just 15-20 per cent of due revenue is currently being obtained.
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Jones and Liberty topple defending champions in 38-point blowout win
JONQUEL Jones and the New York Liberty routed the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) defending champions, the Las Vegas Aces, in a 38-point blowout win.
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Slow down and live
EDITOR, The Tribune. The commissioner of police recently presented his yearly report to the press. The report stated that there have been 276 traffic fatalities in the Bahamas over the last six years. This is an average of 46 fatalities per year. This is
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Slow down and live
EDITOR, The Tribune. The commissioner of police recently presented his yearly report to the press. The report stated that there have been 276 traffic fatalities in the Bahamas over the last six years. This is an average of 46 fatalities per year. This is
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BPL switches billing dates to help customers
BPL has modified its billing dates to allow customers to receive bills by the 20th of each month.
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Courts need to show the way
In the last fortnight, social media has been obsessed by the PM’s silly remarks about Bahamians having lost their fear of crime under his watch. While foolish remarks by our prime minister have long since become as newsworthy as the sunrise, it is sad to see the focus of the discussion about crime once again misdirecting itself: this time onto the absurd distinction of whether 90 or 110 Bahamians were slaughtered with illegal guns in a given year.
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Sir Geoffrey Johnstone remembered
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis, other dignitaries and relatives paid tribute to Sir Geoffrey Johnstone at the former politician and lawyer’s funeral on Saturday.Sir Geoffrey died in Doctors Hospital on Friday, August 4. He would have turned 90 years
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Spartans win Baha Mar Hoops crown
University of North Carolina at Greensboro Spartans’ forward Mikeal Brown-Jones called the Baha Mar Hoops Nassau Championships one of the greatest tournaments he’s ever played in.
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Giants, High Flyers take title
THE New Providence Basketball Association concluded its 2017-18 season with champions crowned in both divisions over the weekend.
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Pair accused of shooting face court
TWO men from Marathon Estates are now behind bars after being arraigned yesterday in connection with a shooting death that occurred last week.
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Cynthia Arlena Miller
Final Rites and Burial for the late Mrs. Cynthia Arlena Miller Age 74yrs, a resident of Hatchet Bay, Eleuthera will be held on Saturday December 22nd 2018, at 10.30 am. at St. Catherine’ of Sienna, Roman Catholic Church, Hatchet Bay …
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Jacques Pierre
Funeral Service for Jacques Pierre age 84 of Butler’s Way off Carmichael Road and formerly of La Tortue, Haiti will be held on Saturday May 21, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. at Ebenezer Baptist Church, Carmichael and Lazaretto Roads. Officiating will …
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Nortral Rolle
Funeral service for Bro. Nortral Rolle, 84 yrs., a resident of Rolleville, Exuma, will be held at Zion South Beach Baptist Church, Zion Blvd., on Saturday at 11:00 a.m. Officiating will be Rev. Dr. Adam J. Brown & Bishop B. …
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Woman charged with killing boy she said was robbing her
A WOMAN is on remand at Her Majesty’s Prison after being arraigned in Magistrates Court yesterday in connection with the country’s 56th murder for 2014.
