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'Deer in headlights' on $1.5bn debt increase
Fiscal watchdogs yesterday warned The Bahamas' debt-to-GDP ratio must "be upwards of 90 percent" after Central Bank data revealed the Government's direct debt rose by $1.5bn in just 12 months.
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Read it before you eat it
When you are considering the purchase of a new appliance or new car, do you just pick one off the shelf or from the car lot and buy it? Most likely not.Typically, consumers want to know what is the best appliance or vehicle to suit their needs. For e
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Ayton posts double double in loss to Pelicans
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Deandre Ayton scored 20 points and led the Phoenix Suns with 12 rebounds on Saturday night. But they were defeated by the New Orleans Pelicans 119-99. It was the eighth double-double for the rookie No. 1 draft choice. He shot 9-12
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Man fights for life after stabbing
A 24-year-old man is fighting for his life in hospital after being repeatedly stabbed.
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Bethsheba Seymour
Funeral service for Bethsheba Seymour, 95 a resident of Cowpen Road & formerly of Smith Bay, Cat Island, will be held at Church of God of Prophecy, East Street, on Saturday, November 25, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. Officiating will be …
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‘This year’s carnival will look less like Junkanoo’
COSTUMES for Bahamas Carnival 2024 will look less like the Junkanoo-themed costumes of years past, according to Bahamas Carnival Association (BCA) president Dario Tirelli.
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Fined $200 for cocaine possession
A 26-year-old man who was caught with three grams of cocaine was fined $200 in Magistrates Court yesterday.
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Cardboard recycling a weekly waste saver
Bahamas Waste says it is saving 180 cubic yards of landfill space per week via the 20 tonnes of cardboard waste it is recycling.
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Headaches
A significant health problem in today’s society is headaches. Not only are they painful and debilitation to the people who have them, they cause lost productivity, which can cost in the millions of dollars.Headaches are one of the most common reasons
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Relief for headaches
A significant health problem in today’s society is headaches. Not only are they painful and debilitating to the people who have them, they cause lost productivity, which can cost in the millions of dollars.
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Controlling headaches
A significant health problem in today’s society is headaches. Not only are they painful and debilitating to the people who have them, they cause lost productivity, which can cost millions of dollars in inefficiency.
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Shockers top Pros, Rockets nip Regulators in NPBA
REAL Deal Shockers and Pyramid Food Rockets pulled off victories as the New Providence Basketball Association continued its regular season at the AF Adderley Gymnasium on Wednesday night.
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Airport gateway is 99% complete
The Airport Gateway Project is 99 per cent complete, the Minister of Works said yesterday, with more than $69 million of its $71 million budget having been spent to date.
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Isnord takes Prague chance
Wilkenson “Kenny” Isnord is set for a new opportunity to continue his basketball career in Europe through the Raw Talent Elite organisation.
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Freeport Harbour in major redevelopment
A proposed oil recovery plant has agreed to expand its footprint by 20 per cent as part of a major redevelopment of Freeport Harbour, Tribune Business can reveal.
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Briland resort enjoys 33% revenue surge
A Harbour Island hotelier yesterday said the Christmas holidays were “bananas as usual” with December 2022’s revenues 33 percent ahead of pre-COVID comparisons for that month.
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'Madness': 90% of loan requests are consumer
The Bahamas' consumer loan "madness" is making sustainable economic development impossible, as more than nine out of every 10 credit applications fall into this category.
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Tributes paid to Doris Bullard at funeral
THE funeral of Doris Bullard, the oldest member of St Joseph’s Catholic Church on Boyd Road, took place yesterday, eight days after she died aged 99.
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STATESIDE – Halfway through his first term: Biden and the immigration issue
US President Joe Biden is halfway through his first term in the nation’s top job. After an initial boost in favourable poll ratings and with TV and other media pundits, Biden began to slip, until earlier this year he achieved a dubious distinction when he sank “under water” with less than 50 percent approval ratings in the polls. Oddly, Donald Trump and “his” Supreme Court have rescued Biden twice.
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STATESIDE: Watching the election
FOR months, headlines have screamed out warnings that the future of American democracy was at stake in Tuesday’s elections.