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Domestic banks in 10% cost increase
Domestic banks and trust companies endured a near-ten percent operating cost increase in 2018 amid continued expense and regulatory pressures on the wider financial services industry. The Central Bank’s survey of the sector’s 2018 contribution to Ba
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Hotels strike ‘glass ceiling’ on 15-20% room shortage
The Bahamas may be unable to fully meet tourism demand for 12-18 months due to a room shortage caused by up to 15-20 percent of available inventory being taken offline, a senior hotelier has revealed.
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Don’t gamble away the legal profession
Do you consider yourself a gambler? Opening the Bahamian legal system to foreign law firms is just that: A gamble. There is only a small chance (20 per cent, give or take) that opening the legal system to foreign law firms will drastically increase offshore financial services bsiness for the Bahamas.
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Team Unlock-Jailbreak was created few years ago, combines some of the jailbreak and unlock community’s most talented developers all known …
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Edward Christopher Edgecombe
Funeral service for Edward Christopher Edgecombe, 99 yrs., formerly of Vesey Street, will be Salem Union Baptist Church, Taylor Street, on Friday, November, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. Officiating: Rev. Heuter B. Rolle. Interment follows in Lakeview Memorial Gardens, John F. …
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Munroe left ‘disappointed’ by increased murder tally
NATIONAL Security Minister Wayne Munroe expressed disappointment yesterday in the country’s murder toll which is the highest since 2017, saying “if one person is murdered, I am disappointed.”
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Superhuman effort as Roker leads his X-Men to victory
Azaro Roker continues to post conference leading numbers in the Atlantic University Sport and led his St Francis Xavier X-Men to a crucial win to move into second place as the regular season winds down.
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Bastian to continue career with the Angelo State Rams
Lathaniel Bastian will continue his athletic and academic collegiate career at the NCAA Division II level with the Angelo State Rams.
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Watch Teen Titans Go! online Season 1 Episode 26When Robin starts doing power moves with Cyborg, Beast Boy gets very …
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Roslyn Laurie Ritchie
Funeral Service for Roslyn Laurie Ritchie age 79 of Taylor Street will be held on Saturday 15th December at 2.30 p.m. at Bethel Baptist Church, Meeting Street. Officiating will be Reverend Timothy Stuart and other Ministers of the Gospel. Interment …
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Hector Smith
Funeral service for the late Captain Hector Smith age 54 years of Armbrister Street, Fox Hill will be held on Friday, February 13th, 2015 at 11:00am at St. Anne’s Anglican Church, Fox Hill Road. Officiating will be Father Hugh Bartlett …
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Tazzio Bethell
Memorial Service for Tazzio Bethell aged 31 of High Point Estates will be held on Saturday at 10:00 A.M. at Trinity City of Praise, Tonique Williams Darling Highway. Officiating will be Apostle Edward and Prophetess Merilee Watson assisted by Pastor …
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sports inbrief
TENNIS 2012 BRAJAXBA WINTER CLASSIC 11 Here's a look at the winners in the 2012 Brajaxba Winter Classic Tournament held at the National Tennis Centre over the weekend: MINI-TENNIS A GROUP CHAMPION - Dentry Mortimer RUNNER-UP - Nia Richardson MIN
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Edward Lightbourn
Memorial Service for Edward Lightbourn age 64 affectionately called “Ed” a resident of Augusta Street Bain Town and formerly of Freeport Grand Bahama, who died at his residence Friday February 22nd, 2019 will be held 10:00 a.m. Friday March 8th, …
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Beach access may reopen 'within two weeks'
THE collapsed stairway which forced the “temporary closure” of a public access path to Cabbage Beach could reopen within the next two weeks, according to officials at Atlantis who yesterday said repairs are now 75 percent completed. In an update on
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CARTOON THAT SENT A SIGNAL
THIS cartoon was taken from a pre-majority rule edition of The Herald, a newspaper that would become a mouthpiece for the governing PLP. This cartoon was part of the party’s strategy to encourage the black electorate to vote out the white oligarchs of the UBP.
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$45,000 presented to Governor General’s Youth Awards
NINETY-two players took part in the 14th Annual Duke of Edinburgh Semi-Finals Charity Golf Tournament at Ocean Club Golf Course on Sunday morning in support of the Governor General’s Youth Awards programme.
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Freeport firm to quadruple ships’ waste reprocessing
A Freeport-based processor of oil and other ships’ waste plans to quadruple its capacity after being selected for financial and technical assistance by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
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Flu forces Bennett to cancel London show with Gaga
TONY Bennett cancelled his London show with Lady Gaga last night because of a flu virus, four days before they are due to perform in the Bahamas.
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Violet Harriet Bonaby
Funeral service for Violet Harriet Bonaby, 88 yrs., a resident of The Persis Rodgers Home for the Aged, will be held at St. Barnabas Anglican Church, Baillou Hill & Wulff Roads, on Saturday, November 3, 2018 at 2:30 p.m. Officiating …