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COVID - crime and choice
There were 73 people murdered in 2020, down from 95 person in 2019. This gives a homicide rate for 2020 of 18. 6 per 100 000. This is still considered an epidemic. According to United Nation, Homicide rate of 10 per 100 0000 or above is considered an epidemic.
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US to let safety kit through
SENIOR US government officials have assured that shipments of medical supplies to The Bahamas will no longer be blocked or frozen during the COVID-19 crisis, according to Bahamas Ambassador to the United States Sidney Collie.
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BPL’s new $95m power plant needs to be built by experts
WORKS Minister Desmond Bannister said yesterday construction of Bahamas Power and Light’s new $95m power plant at Clifton Pier must utilise the professionals who know how to do it.
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Sports in brief
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SPORTING MISCHIEF & MAYHEM: Mark my words – these young Lakers herald a new era
FINALLY there is light at the end of this long, dark tunnel.
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Baha Mar wants contractor out
Resort wants local workers to finish building
DESPITE the government’s return to Beijing, Baha Mar developer Sarkis Izmirlian is seeking to strike a deal with its Chinese lender to cut the resort’s general contractor, China Construction America, out of negotiations and use Bahamian contractors to complete the project, according to a letter sent to Export-Import Bank of China obtained by The Tribune.
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Brexit creates trading nightmare for the Caribbean
THE 12 English-speaking independent countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have, at the most, two years to formulate a plan for dealing with the serious consequences of the British exit (‘Brexit’) from the European Union (EU).
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Petroleum dealers ‘won’t force Govt’s hand’ despite $100 oil
Bahamian petroleum retailers yesterday conceded their margin woes “cannot easily be fixed overnight” and promised “not to force the Government’s hand” with oil prices currently on track to reach $100 per barrel.
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Doctors: Patient days down 25% from 2010
Doctors Hospital Health Systems yesterday told Tribune Business it was “in the third year of a downward trend”, with patient days off 25 per cent compared to 2010 as it eyes “measurable growth” from its re-opening Bahamas Medical Centre.
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DEALER: CAR SHOW PROPOSALS 'DOUBLE'
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Bahamian auto dealers are nervously waiting to see whether seemingly-heightened buyer interest at last weekend's Car Show will translate into increased sales, one yesterday saying it had seen a 100 per cent year-o
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IMF WARNING TO GOVT ON DEFICIT: Spending expected to outpace income by three times forecast
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) last night blew a hole in the Government’s 2023-2024 Budget projections by warning the fiscal deficit will likely be almost three times’ higher than forecast.
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WORLD VIEW: Debt strangling a Caribbean generation
There is a real prospect that, in dealing with unsustainable debt, 11 of 13 Caribbean small states will have lost the first three decades of the 21st century and foregone opportunities for poverty reduction, transformation and growth.
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DIANE PHILLIPS: A Rose that will always bloom
THERE are photographers and then there was Roland Rose.
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CARIFTA ‘fever’ as organisers launch ticket sales
The CARIFTA fever is in the air and so is the rivalry from the participating countries, who have been described as “extended families” of the host Bahamas by Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture Michael Pintard.
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Dynasty Tip-Off Classic: Rattlers win silver title, Falcons runners-up
COACHES Kevin Clarke and Kevin ‘KJ’ Johnson said they both had no regrets their Tabernacle Baptist Falcons and CI Gibson Rattlers skipped this year’s Hugh Campbell Basketball Classic to participate in the Dynasty Tip-Off Classic. Over the weekend in
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Residents fighting govt’s eradication policy
THE applicants leading the judicial review challenge of the government’s decision to eliminate shanty towns do not have a building permit and are in violation of the Building Regulations Act, according to the affidavit of Building Controls Officer in the Ministry of Public Works Craig Delancy.
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WORLD VIEW: Caribbean lessons from Britain’s EU exit
The ‘Brexit’ chickens are coming home to roost in a troubled British economy, however much British government ministers and other English nationalistic hopefuls are trying to suggest otherwise.
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Kadeem: Everybody played their hearts out
IT was a bitter pill for centre Kadeem Coleby and his Wichita State Shockers to swallow after they had their winning streak snapped when they got eliminated in the second round of the NCAA Division 1 Men’s Basketball Tournament.
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'We left school and went to fight a war'
JOHN McPhee dropped out of school in 1942 to enlist in the British Army during the Second World War. He tells Rashad Rolle his story, as The Tribune continues its spotlight on war stories and The Bahamas in the run-up to Remembrance Sunday this weekend.
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Eight police officers recommended for dismissal - none fired
NONE of the eight officers recommended for dismissal by the police Court of Enquiry Tribunals last year have been let go, Deputy Commissioner of Police Quinn McCartney confirmed yesterday.
