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URCA proposes 20% expansion in budget

The Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) is for the second consecutive year proposing a major hike in its operating budget via a near-20 percent increase for 2024.

CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: Atlantis Toastmasters head to Miami

Atlantis Toastmasters. - The Great Persuaders of Atlantis Toastmasters Club 8720 has the honour of representing The Bahamas and Atlantis, Paradise Island at the upcoming District 47 competitions set for April 25-27 in Miami, Florida.

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Men’s national beach soccer team set for CAC Sea and Beach Games

WINNER of the Bahamas Football Association’s Beach Soccer Cup in October, the Bahamas men’s national beach soccer team is headed to Santa Marta, Colombia, to compete in the Juegos Centroamericanos y Del Caribe Mar Y Playa (Central American and Caribbean Sea and Beach Games) November 19-26.

NewCo2015 seeks 25% higher charges for call termination

The Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) has begun battle with its new mobile rival more than a month before the latter launches, with the two differing sharply over its initial termination rates.

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Spectacular debut for Red-Line Athletics in Texas

THE Red-Line Athletics’ 20-plus member team made a spectacular debut at the Texas Tech High School over the weekend in Texas.

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Shaunae Miller-Uibo Bay Street Mile on Saturday

IN between the announcement of major off-the-track awards for her performances this year, ‘Golden Girl’ Shaunae Miller-Uibo will be back home this weekend to stage her second annual Bay Street Mile.The Shaunae Miller-Uibo Bay Street Mile is all slate

'We need to make changes to protect lobster population'

VETERAN spearfisherman David Rose believes the Bahamas’ declining lobster population can be reversed if the country reverts to when live catch are brought to market.

Johnny Canoe chief creates 20 jobs through new eatery

Johnny Canoe’s principal has returned to the restaurant business with venture that has created 20 jobs, telling Tribune Business he aimed to make it “just as good and hopefully better” than the well-known eatery where he made his name.

$20m construction furore shows Contractor Bill need

THE Government was yesterday urged to implement procurement policies consistent with best international practices, a leading contractor charging that there was absolutely nothing in place to protect the public’s investment.

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Use Disney to 'rewrite our old cruise model'

The “largest investment in South Eleuthera for generations” could give The Bahamas a chance to “rewrite an outdated 20 year-old cruise model”, a prominent businessman believes.Thomas Sands, emphasising that he was speaking as a private citizen, and n

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‘Promotions give me manpower we need’

NEW Police Commissioner Paul Rolle has defended the promotion of 68 senior officers this week, telling The Tribune his decision was part of a succession plan to have the best officers in place long after he retires in May 2023.

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Cruise tourists: 98% to endorse Nassau vacation

Some 98 per cent of cruise passengers who came ashore in Nassau/Paradise Island said they would recommend the Bahamas to friends and relatives, a Ministry of Tourism survey finding that those on Disney vessels spent an average $20 more than those travelling with rival lines.

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Visiting teams start to show up for Optimist Championships

THE visiting teams from the 20 participating countries are starting to show up for the 2019 Optimist North American Championships that is being staged at the Nassau Yacht Club this weekend.

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‘Coach Yo’ and Ole Miss Lady Rebels two conference wins away from making history

GRAND Bahama native coach Yolett McPhee- McCuin and the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) Rebels are just two wins away from earning the most Southeastern Conference victories in the programme’s history.

Contractors: Over 50% hit by lack of work

Some 52 per cent of Bahamian contractors are suffering from a lack of private sector and government projects, the issue being cited as one of the greatest challenges to their “survivability”.

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STUBBS OPINION: Getting swim complex ready for nationals

The Bahamas Swimming Federation is all set to host its National Swimming Championships at the Betty Kelly Kenning National Swim Complex June 20-23. And once again, the championships will be sponsored by the Royal Bank of Canada.

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Going for gold x3

SHAUNAE Miller put her exclamation mark on her final appearance at the BTC Carifta Games by smashing the one-year-old record by Anthonique Strachan to clinch the under-20 girls 200 metres in dramatic fashion.

Development Plan’s ‘final 20%’ target year-end for completion

The final “20 percent” of The Bahamas’ National Development Plan (NDP) is being targeted for completion before year-end, it was revealed yesterday, as the Davis administration moves to give it the full force of statute law.

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MAKING HISTORY: 80-member team named for the CARIFTA Games

The Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations (BAAA) announced an historic 80 member 2023 CARIFTA team Tuesday at the Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium.