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PETER YOUNG: Sorry Harry, your attack on the Commonwealth was ill-informed and inaccurate
It was wholly predictable that the content of remarks by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex at a recent discussion with young leaders from the Queen’s Commonwealth Trust would cause controversy. In a video released last week and distributed around the world, Harry and Meghan - who are respectively president and vice president of this Trust - were seen talking about the Commonwealth in a way many people consider could undermine it.
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Leonard ‘Boston Blackie’ Miller, 82, laid to rest
IT’S a pity that after all Leonard ‘Boston Blackie’ Miller did for the Bahamas as a national and international sporting icon in boxing and cycling and as a respected mentor, coach and philanthropist, he didn’t get what he deserved.
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35 doctors get warm welcome into their new lives
ELIZABETH Turner, daughter of attorney Edward Turner and former leader of the opposition Loretta Butler-Turner, has successfully completed her course of study in medicine. She graduated this past weekend from the University of the West Indies School
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Police chief aiming to improve discipline
COMMISSIONER of Police Paul Rolle admitted the force has seen the level of discipline reduce over the years, something he wants to restore to higher levels. “The discipline over the years we’ve seen a reduction simply because I think we should have
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Laying out the road map for economic resilience
The newspaper headlines reporting on a presentation given by the deputy prime minister (DPM) were very similar. One read: Government wants Economic Recovery Committee to assist in finding solutions to supplement economic growth , while the other simp
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Witness heard shots and says he saw the accused with a gun
A JURY yesterday listened to the closing arguments from Crown and defence counsel on whether an accused man shot and killed another man who was found in a shallow grave on an undeveloped plot of land in 2018. The panel is expected to decide the fate
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GBPA welcomes govt help for small business
THE Grand Bahama Port Authority’s small business recovery grant programme will receive matching grant funding of $100,000 from the government’s Small Business Development Centre to assist small businesses. GBPA President Ian Rolle “welcomed” the par
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‘Kino’ Burrows retires from national basketball team play
Jaraun “Kino” Burrows has suited up in the black, aquamarine and gold on the court as a member of The Bahamas’ men’s national basketball team for the last time.
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'Why aren't we being put first?'
The Government’s decision to permit a major Abaco resort to bring in more than 100 Mexican construction workers was yesterday branded as “beyond egregious”.
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Dollar collapse
The United States (US) national debt has reached 26 trillion and is expected to reach 30 trillion in 2021.
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Brave warns - we’re taking risks
PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party leader Philip “Brave” Davis slammed the Minnis administration’s COVID-19 plans yesterday, saying the government is not doing enough to protect residents as the borders reopen.
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New baseball stadium ‘will be very live with events’
The proposed plan for the development of the new Andre Rodgers National Baseball Complex will feature a stadium that includes opportunities for local baseball to take advantage of the stadium’s amenities.
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Biodiesel firm is 'coiled spring ready to explode'
A Bahamian biofuel producer yesterday described itself as “a coiled spring ready to explode” with ramped-up sales after four painstaking years of perfecting its product. Scott Metcalf, Bahamas Sustainable Fuels’ general manager, told Tribune Busines
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Bahamians explore the world of online dating
It comes as no surprise that online dating activity has seen a massive surge since the COVID-19 pandemic forced countries to lock down public life and order its citizens to stay at home.
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Moody’s warn COVID impact will remain beyond 2024
Bahamian economic output will not recover to pre-COVID-19 levels "until after 2024", Moody's has warned, in a stark illustration of the economic devastation unleashed by the pandemic.
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DIANE PHILLIPS: It’s not COVID that’s the killer, it’s poverty
It’s no wonder we can’t wrap our heads around the COVID crisis. First of all, it came out of nowhere.
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DOUBLE DIP: COVID fallout sees two-point downgrade
The “extraordinary beating” inflicted upon the tourism industry by COVID-19 was critical in Moody’s decision yesterday to strip The Bahamas of its ‘investment grade’ credit rating, the deputy prime minister says.
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DPM confident over beating $1.3bn deficit
The deputy prime minister yesterday voiced optimism that the government will beat its $1.327bn fiscal target for the upcoming 2020-2021 fiscal year as he reassured that The Bahamas’ debt burden is not yet “unbearable”.
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STATESIDE: Love him or loathe him, Trump’s far from beaten and could easily win a second term
What a mess. We’re just over four months away from a pivotal presidential election in the US - and what do we see?
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More travel restrictions lifted
TRAVEL restrictions from China, Europe, South Korea and Iran will be lifted on July 1 when international commercial flights to The Bahamas resumes, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced yesterday. Residents and visitors coming to this country wi