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Baha Mar eyes 90% Easter occupancies

BAHA MAR yesterday said bookings across its three properties continue to “exceed our expectations”, as it heads into the Easter holiday weekend with occupancies in the “90 percent range”.

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INSIGHT: The real reasons behind ‘passports for sale’

On January 1, “60 minutes”, an investigative programme aired by the US television company, CBS Corporation, ran a segment on “Citizenship by Investment Programmes” (CIP) that are operated by several countries around the world.

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Have business owners lost confidence?

LOCAL and foreign investors are probably having more board room sessions about whether this is the right time to invest in this country. So far, the Christie government has done nothing to assure the private sector that they know the direction in which their government’s sails are set.

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Oil explorer told: 'Come clean' over unpaid fees

Oil exploration opponents yesterday urged the Government and Bahamas Petroleum Company (BPC) to "come clean" on all their commercial agreements including the latter's unpaid licence fees.

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Tank says judges' unanimous decision 'ridiculous'

SHERMAN ‘The Tank’ Williams said he threw enough “conch punches,” but was highly disappointed in the judges, calling it “ridiculous” after he suffered an unanimous 10-round decision to hometown favourite Joseph Parker at The Trusts Stadium in Auckland, New Zealand, on Thursday night.

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Welcome fit for a prince

Welcome fit for a prince DELIGHTED spectators gathered at Rawson Square yesterday to greet Prince Harry as he toured the Queen's Jubilee Exhibition in Rawson and Parliament Squares. Representing his grandmother Queen Elizabeth II for the first time, the

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Welcome fit for a prince

Welcome fit for a prince DELIGHTED spectators gathered at Rawson Square yesterday to greet Prince Harry as he toured the Queen's Jubilee Exhibition in Rawson and Parliament Squares. Representing his grandmother Queen Elizabeth II for the first time, the

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Welcome fit for a prince

Welcome fit for a prince DELIGHTED spectators gathered at Rawson Square yesterday to greet Prince Harry as he toured the Queen's Jubilee Exhibition in Rawson and Parliament Squares. Representing his grandmother Queen Elizabeth II for the first time, the

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Welcome fit for a prince

Welcome fit for a prince DELIGHTED spectators gathered at Rawson Square yesterday to greet Prince Harry as he toured the Queen's Jubilee Exhibition in Rawson and Parliament Squares. Representing his grandmother Queen Elizabeth II for the first time, the

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Welcome fit for a prince

Welcome fit for a prince DELIGHTED spectators gathered at Rawson Square yesterday to greet Prince Harry as he toured the Queen's Jubilee Exhibition in Rawson and Parliament Squares. Representing his grandmother Queen Elizabeth II for the first time, the

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Overall crime shows 7% decline

CRIME declined by seven percent in 2019 despite a four percent uptick in murders and a 12 percent increase in armed robberies, according to police statistics. Police Commissioner Anthony Ferguson, as he released the statistics, cited Hurricane Dorian for the murder increase from 91 in 2018 to 95 in 2019, saying law enforcement will learn from having its resources stretched to respond to a natural disaster.

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Tida Wave, New Susan Chase, Whitty K and Judgment D crowned champions

THE Tida Wave, New Susan Chase, Whitty K and Judgment D all took the spotlight in the 62nd National Family Island Regatta in Georgetown, Exuma, over the weekend.

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Offshore sector 72 times larger than Bahamas GDP

The Bahamian international financial services industry is 72 times larger than this country’s gross domestic product (GDP), an International Monetary Fund (IMF) study has estimated.

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Vivian Loreen Pinder

A memorial service for Mrs. Vivian Loreen Pinder, age 96, of Nassau, The Bahamas, who died at her residence, on Wednesday, 5th April, 2017, will be held at Jehovah's Witnesses Kingdom Hall, Dolphin Drive, Nassau, on Saturday, 15th April, 2017 …

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Eloise Ulrica Bethel

Memorial Service for the Late Eloise Ulrica Bethel, 96 years of #10 Yonder Road, will be held Friday November 29th, 2013, 11:00 a.m. at St. Anne’s Anglican Church, Fox Hill Road. Rev’d. Fr. Hugh Bartlett will officiate. Pre-Cremation was held. …

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Team Vitamalt land the Bahamas’ first Flag Football title

THEIR defence came through when it mattered most and Team Vitamalt claimed the first international flag football tournament title for a Bahamian team with victory at the Cayman Islands Flag Football Association (CIFFA) Invitational I-Cup title on Sunday.

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Sarkis suffers crushing blow

Sarkis Izmirlian’s already-tenuous control of the $3.5 billion Baha Mar project was effectively terminated yesterday by the Delaware Bankruptcy Court, which ruled that “no greater good” can be achieved by continuing with the Chapter 11 cases.

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Which way will Britain swing politically?

Peter Young sets out what is at stake and why in the closest-fought British General Election for decades.

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‘Proof in pudding’ that Baha Mar wind up strategy failing

A Baha Mar director believes Friday’s Supreme Court ruling is “proof in the pudding” that the Government’s winding-up strategy has failed to achieve its goals, and has only created “more confusion and uncertainty”.

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‘BUDDY’ ON TOP: Chavano Hield The Tribune’s Male Athlete of the Year 2022

In what was an unusual year for Bahamas sports, for the first time there were no nominees for the top five spots from track and field.