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Bahamian NFL icon Ed Smith welcomes Mike Strachan into American football fraternity
IT was 48 years ago that Ed Smith broke the barrier to become the first Bahamian drafted into the National Football League.
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D’Aguilar: More visitors every month
TOURISM Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar said yesterday that visitor arrivals to The Bahamas are increasing “every month” after 64,047 non-residents bought travel health visas to the country in April.
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‘All for nought’ if COVID outbreak not contained
The recent easing of COVID-19 travel restrictions and other moves to revive the tourism economy will “all be for nought” unless the current case surge is contained, a top hotel executive is warning.
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Weather to blame for conch cases
INFECTIOUS disease expert Dr Nikkiah Forbes said warm weather is to blame for the bacteria causing conch poisoning in the country, not the sanitary practices of vendors.
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Doctors chief: We can’t sit and do nothing
WITH COVID-19 cases and deaths growing, the president of the Consultant Physicians Staff Association says modified restrictive measures may work, but “sitting around doing nothing is irresponsible”.
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Stopover tourists 40% below pre-COVID level
A Cabinet minister yesterday said that while monthly stopover tourist arrivals are steadily increasing their numbers are still less than 40 percent of pre-COVID-19 levels.
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59-year-old man dies from COVID-19
ANOTHER COVID-19 death has been recorded, according to the Ministry of Health yesterday.
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Bimini’s top investor in $40m airport proposal
Bimini’s largest investor has submitted a $40m proposal that would see it transform and take over the management of that island’s airport, a senior government official revealed yesterday.
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Loan approvals hit six-year low
Bank loan approvals fell to their lowest level for six years in the 2020 second half, it was revealed yesterday, with just two-thirds of applicants approved compared to 80 percent in the prior year.
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‘We’ve lost everything’
STEPHEN Swaby stood gazing at the charred rubble that was once his 96-year-old grandmother’s home at Jennie Street, in disbelief that his family has lost everything.
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Instructor training held
MORE than 80 people participated in a certified craft instructor training course yesterday.
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INSIGHT: Tunnel vision and myopia are too heavily guiding decision on vaccinations for travellers
THIS past weekend, the requirements for fully-vaccinated travellers to provide evidence of a negative COVID-19 RT-PCR test before being permitted into the country were officially dropped.
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Nassau and Freeport top port ‘scrubbers’
Nassau Cruise Port’s top executive yesterday said “more work is definitely needed” after the Bahamian capital and Freeport were ranked in the world’s top five ports for “washwater pollution” discharges.
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COVID death toll increases by 10
TEN new COVID-19 deaths were reported over the weekend, taking the number of virus-related fatalities to 209.
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Bahamas can ‘set global digital currency standard’
THE Bahamas can “set the global standard” for digital currencies if it can get more businesses and consumers “on board” with its use, a Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) executive is arguing.
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NFL Draft: The Colts select Mike Strachan
Mike Strachan’s lifelong pro football dreams became a reality when he heard his name called on night three of the 2021 National Football League Draft.
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April sees huge spike in cases compared to previous month
MORE THAN 1,100 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in the country this month alone, representing a tremendous spike when compared with the previous month.
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Mandatory testing not on our menu
A MANAGER of a local restaurant has denied claims that staff of the well-known eatery will be terminated if they do not receive a COVID-19 vaccine.
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STATESIDE: Times they are a changing
PRELIMINARY results of the once-a-decade American census were revealed this week, and they largely confirm what we have been hearing for years.
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GB airport take-off targeted for June 1
The government will take full control of Grand Bahama International Airport’s operations by June 1 following today’s handover of the facility’s ownership by Freeport Harbour Company.
