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Balmoral to feature $100m in real estate

The Balmoral’s developer yesterday said the project would be completed in six months, estimating that it will contain $100 million worth of real estate at full build-out.

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Load shedding continues while BPL works to restore generation in North Andros

A WEEK after a catastrophic fire damaged Bahamas Power & Light’s facilities in North Andros, electricity has not been fully restored on the island.

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Learning from the best at LPGA Classic event

AROUND 90 students took part in a Junior Golf Clinic at the 2014 PureSilk-Bahamas LPGA Classic, held at the Ocean Club Golf Course, Paradise Island yesterday.

Baha Mar accepts 300 into Gaming Academy

Baha Mar’s Gaming Academy yesterday welcomed 90 persons to its first free casino dealer training programmes.

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NPBA: Regulators and Pros tied in first place

IT’S still early in the season, but Mr Ship It Freight Regulators and Island Game Pros both won on Monday night to stay tied in first place in the Vince Ferguson Division of the New Providence Basketball Association.

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Buddy Hield scores 19 in 87-82 loss to Heat

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Bam Adebayo had 22 points and 17 rebounds and Jimmy Butler scored seven straight points late in the fourth quarter to help the Miami Heat hold off the Indiana Pacers 87-82 last night.

Bahamas '20 years behind 8-ball' on micro lending

The Bahamas is “20 years behind the eight-ball” when it comes to microfinance, a budding lender in the sector yesterday telling Tribune Business he had set the “aggressive” target of generating 1,000 such loan accounts within 21 months.

Sandyport targeting commercial expansion

Sandyport aims to “shortly” announce a further expansion of its commercial office and retail offering, as it mulls development options for the remaining 12 acres “at our very heart”.

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DIANE PHILLIPS: Swimming - when sport becomes survival

IN the darkness of pre-dawn, when most of us are pulling the covers over our heads finding a perfectly good excuse to snuggle right where we are for a few more minutes, Percy Knowles is preparing for his morning routine, the same as he has done for decades.

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Online poll voters back Miller in benefits row

Voters in The Tribune poll have backed BEC chairman Leslie Miller in the row over benefits.

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Inflation to stay ‘high’ as food costs up 11%

The Central Bank yesterday warned Bahamian consumers that inflation will remain “high” in the near-term, and decline more slowly than in other countries, with food and drink prices rising 11 percent over the year to end-June 2023.

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GDP boost from raising Bahamas' 60% net access

GDP boost from raising Bahamas' 60% Net access By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net LESS than 60 per cent of Bahamian homes have Internet access, the Bahamas Telecommunications Company's (BTC) chief executive has said

Mortgage approval rate drops to 43%

MORTGAGE loan approval rates have been slashed in half to 42.6 per cent in just two-and-a-half years, highlighting the commercial bank retreat from the vital Bahamian housing market.Data produced by the Central Bank of the Bahamas’ research departmen

IDB’s 37% digital woe ‘totally different’ now

A digital payments provider yesterday said a survey that found 37 percent of Bahamian firms have challenges accessing electronic payments would have “a totally different result” if done today.

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Sir Hartman to lead Appeal Court

CHIEF Justice Sir Hartman Longley will replace Court of Appeal President Justice Dame Anita Allen when she retires later this month, The Tribune has learned. As Sir Hartman’s appointment will then create a vacancy, Senior Justice Stephen Isaacs is s

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Ayton delivers in loss to Grizzlies

WITH lead guard Devin Booker sidelined, Deandre Ayton stepped up and delivered the best offensive performance of his young NBA career thus far.

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Buddy Hield and Sooners into 'Sweet 16'

ONE of the most popular sporting events in America, the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship tipped off with several Bahamian players figuring prominently in the first two rounds.

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Tourism rebounds to 90% pre-COVID level

Bahamian stopover arrivals rebounded to 90 percent of pre-COVID levels for July as the tourism recovery maintained its momentum by attracting some 3.677m visitors during the first seven months of 2022.

Web shops: Tax rises attempt to seize industry

The government has been accused of trying to seize control of the web shop industry through tax increases that will “decimate” all operators and 3,000 jobs in less than a year.The Bahamas Gaming Operators Association, in a furious post-budget counter

Carnival ‘spruce up’ for 50% passenger growth

A senior Carnival executive yesterday said the cruise giant plans to “spruce up” Princess Cay, adding that the Eleuthera-based private island needs “quite a bit of love”.