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Falling mortgage arrears improve commercial loan position
COMMERCIAL bank loan arrears improved in February by $60.2m, with the most significant decline in mortgage arrears which, according to the Central Bank of the Bahamas, contracted by $39.2m.
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Minister's $90m fish exports double 'goal'
A CABINET minister yesterday said he had set himself the “goal” of doubling the Bahamas’ annual $90 million fisheries exports.Renward Wells, minister of agriculture and marine resources, said fisheries exports - $70 million of which are spiny lobster
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VAT 'recipe for disaster' with no Contractor Bill
A Bahamian contractor said yesterday that levying 7.5 per cent Value-Added Tax (VAT) on the sector without first passing the Contractors Bill would be a “recipe for disaster”, telling Tribune Business: “We are in no manner, shape or form prepared for this.”
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BAIC: 95% OF INDUSTRIAL PARK TENANTS IN DEFAULT
By NATARIO MCKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net NINETY-FIVE per cent of tenants at the Bahamas Agriculture and Industrial Corporation's (BAIC) Soldier Road Industrial Park are delinquent on rental payments, the park's manager has
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BAIC: 95% OF INDUSTRIAL PARK TENANTS IN DEFAULT
By NATARIO MCKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net NINETY-FIVE per cent of tenants at the Bahamas Agriculture and Industrial Corporation's (BAIC) Soldier Road Industrial Park are delinquent on rental payments, the park's manager has
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BAIC: 95% OF INDUSTRIAL PARK TENANTS IN DEFAULT
By NATARIO MCKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net NINETY-FIVE per cent of tenants at the Bahamas Agriculture and Industrial Corporation's (BAIC) Soldier Road Industrial Park are delinquent on rental payments, the park's manager has
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That's a lame excuse, says union chief
BAHAMAS Union of Teachers president Belinda Wilson released a statement yesterday dismissing Education Director Marcellus Taylor’s “lame excuse” as to why 100 newly recruited teachers are still at home waiting to be employed and assigned to public sc
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Sports notes
GRAND Bahamian Jonquel Jones had another big night as the No.24 George Washington women’s basketball team picked up its 17th straight win with an 87-52 rout of Revolutionary Rival George Mason in Atlantic 10 action at the Patriot Center on Saturday.
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John Baptiste Edgar
Funeral Service for the late John Baptiste Edgar age 76 years of Edgar’s Close, Gladstone Road will be held on Saturday April 21st, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. at All Saints Anglican Church, Joan’s Height, South Beach. Officiating will be Father …
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Stefan Knowles dominates Long Island Regatta
IT was a dominating performance from Stefan Knowles over his older brother Mark Knowles as the skippers endured a dual showdown at the annual Long Island Regatta in Salt Pond, Long Island, over the Labour Day holiday weekend.To show how dominant his
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Bucks edge Suns 123-119 to take 3-2 lead in NBA Finals
PHOENIX (AP) — Jrue Holiday seized his chance to give the Milwaukee Bucks the lead in the NBA Finals.
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Ayton, Coleby share similar homecoming experiences
THE Bad Boy Mowers 2017 Battle 4 Atlantis featured its traditional field of elite NCAA Division I programmes but it also served as homecoming experiences for DeAndre Ayton and Dwight Coleby.
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Young sailors braving the waters
DESPITE the testing conditions, with winds gusting up to 20 knots, 20 brave junior sailors took to the sea as the Rotary Club of East Nassau hosted its first Fun Junior Regatta on Saturday in association with the Bahamas Sailing Association (BSA).
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Unsealed Baha Mar papers show deal done on leases
BAHAMIANS who owned and held shop leases and concessions in the Baha Mar project were permitted by the China Export Import Bank (CEXIM) and the preferred purchaser to continue to hold them under the existing terms and conditions, according to the newly unsealed heads of terms for the West Bay Street project, tabled in Parliament last night.
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High jumpers qualify for CARIFTA
WHILE the throwers didn’t get a chance to compete on the infield, three high jumpers took advantage of their opportunity to jump in the Thomas A Robinson National Stadium as they surpassed the Carifta qualifying standards at the T-Bird Flyers Track Classic.
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Road Runners shine at awards banquet
Head coach Dexter Bodie was praised for opening the door and allowing so many young track and field athletes to pursue their dreams as members of the Road Runners Track and Field Club.
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Tributes to Adderley a 'fierce Bahamian patriot'
FORMER Parliamentarian and acting Governor General, Paul Adderley, died yesterday after a lengthy illness. He was 84 years old.
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Beulah Aroline Gibson-Sands
Memorial Service for Teacher and Lay Minister Beulah Aroline Gibson-Sands, age 84 years of Lyon Road, formerly of Mason’s Bay, Acklins, will be held at the Church of God of Prophecy, Shirley Street on Thursday August 13, 2015 at 7:00 …
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Colett McKenzie
Funeral service for Colett McKenzie, 84 Funeral service for Colett McKenzie, 84 yrs., a resident of Melvern Road, Yellow Elder & formerly of Knowles, Cat Island, will be held at Mission Through Faith Church of God, Soldier Road, on Saturday, …
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Maudlean Josey
Memorial Service for the Late Mother Maudlean Josey aged 84 of Blue Hill Road will be held on Friday at 7:00 P.M. at Church of God Temple, Coconut Grove and K.D. Josey Way. Officiating will be Bishop Robert Patton. Last …