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Manufacturer denies ‘untoward’ behaviour on cigarette stamps
A Bahamian cigarette manufacturer yesterday denied it had done anything “untoward” over its alleged failure to place Excise Stamps on its product, adding it had been led to believe it be exempt from the tax on domestic sales.
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Second Baha Mar SPV asset transfer
Baha Mar’s receivers and liquidators have left “no stone unturned” in their hunt for assets, quietly transferring a second tranche to the project’s secured creditor in December 2016.
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NPBA: Giants, Mingoes in win column
THE Commonwealth Bank Giants and the University of the Bahamas Mingoes won the New Providence Basketball Association men’s division one double header played at the AF Adderley Gymnasium on Monday night.In the opener, the Giants routed the Caro Contra
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Out Island resorts 10% above Christmas 2019
Family Island resorts are “expecting” business for the November-December period to be 10 percent above 2019 levels, an industry executive saying: “The needle is moving in the right direction.”
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Almost 1m referrals to Nassau/PI hotels
A senior Bahamian tourism executive yesterday said Nassau/Paradise Island has recovered to 97 percent of pre-COVID business volumes by March 2023 with airlift capacity up by double digits for the year-to-date.
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Sherlin Jeffrey Bannister
Rev. Sherlin Jeffrey Bannister, age 74 years of Garden Hills II, and formerly of Victoria Point, Mangrove Cay, Andros, died at The Princess Margaret Hospital on Tuesday, August 5th, 2014. He is survived by his Wife: Latania Bannister; Three (3) …
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Bastian records 4th double double of season
BAHAMIAN student athletes at various levels of NCAA basketball opened their conference schedules following a series of COVID-19 related postponements.
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‘WE’RE COMING FOR OUR MONEY’: $100m student loan debt forces hiring of collection agency
The Education Loan Authority's (ELA) delinquency recovery rate needs to increase seven-fold, a Cabinet Minister admitted yesterday, with Bahamian taxpayers "on the hook for $100m".
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Amalia Calixte
Funeral Service for (Abaco) Amalia Calixte, 88 of Abaco will be held at Believers Worship Center Church of God in Christ on Mt. Rose Avenue at 10 am. Officiating will be Supt. Sr. Pastor Doctor Alfredo Burrows. Cremation will follow. …
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Florabelle Cooper
Funeral Service for Florabelle Cooper, 88 of Marsh Harbour, Abaco, The Bahamas, died on Tuesday, 10th December, 2019 at her sisters residence in Nassau, will be held at Bible Truth Fellowship, West Avenue, Nassau, on Saturday, 14th December, 2019 at …
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Swim Nationals: Swift dominates to take title for 5th straight year
SWIFT Swimming dominated the Bahamas Swimming Federation’s 2015 Royal Bank of Canada National Swimming Championships by winning the title for the fifth consecutive year at the Betty Kelly Kenning National Swim Complex over the weekend.
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Rate of murders classes nation as conflict zone
THE Bahamas qualified as an “armed conflict zone” with high rates of gun violence according to findings from the United Nations’ and the World Health Organization’s 2014 Global Status Report on Violence Prevention.
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Nesbitt, Miller key contributors in late season playoff race
WITH their respective teams in late season playoff races, David Nesbitt and Tavario Miller con-tinue to provide key contributions for their clubs as they conclude the regular season.
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Oil explorer plans no Bahamas work in ‘22
The former Bahamas Petroleum Company (BPC) yesterday said it will undertake “no material work” in this nation during 2022 other than maintaining its rights to renew four exploration licences.
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Tourism ‘subdued’; LPIA departures decline 3.6%
The Central Bank yesterday identified a mixed outlook for the Bahamian economy, with increased domestic demand offset by a “subdued” tourism performance that saw air departures shrink by 3.6 per cent.
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Team Bahamas wins Co-Ed Slow Pitch World Cup
THEY had some distractions before they left and they almost completed a perfect trip through the tournament. But nobody can argue that the Bahamas Government Departmental Softball Association’s 25-member team will be returning home today as the champions of the 2015 WBSC Co-Ed Slow Pitch Cup in Plant City, Florida.
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Golden Gates men take game one of BSC best-of-3 softball championships
JEFFERY Woodside cracked a three-run home run Tuesday night as Golden Gates rebounded for a 13-12 come-from-behind walk-off-the-field victory over Charles W Saunders to snatch game one of the Baptist Sports Council men’s best-of-three championship series.
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$300m stocking island project to bring 200 permanent jobs
PRIME Minister Perry Christie yesterday announced the government’s approval of an application for the sale of 70 acres of land on Stocking Island, off Exuma, where a $300m five star development will be constructed.
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Oil explorer in total certainty on $25m well
The Bahamas Petroleum Company’s (BPC) top executive has acknowledged it is now better placed than ever before to deliver a first exploratory well in this nation’s waters by mid-2020.Simon Potter told Tribune Business that shareholder approvals at BPC
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Family Islands: Half beat 110% pre-COVID target
Half the Family Islands boast hotels already beating forecasts that they will post room revenues equivalent to 110 percent of pre-COVID levels in 2023, it was revealed yesterday.