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‘Reimagined’ Bahama Grill to feature 102-room hotel

ERIC Gibson Jr, developer and owner of Bahama Grill on West Bay Street, is seeking approval from the Department of Physical Planning to construct a seven-storey, 102-room hotel complete with a “reimagined” Bahama Grill on the 1.39-acre plot.

Illegality of abortion is dangerous

Some 85 years ago, a doctor in England examined a 14-year-old girl and determined that she was sufficiently developed physically to carry her pregnancy to term.

Independence holiday sees Family Island visitors soar

FAMILY Islands are reporting high volumes of visitors over the Independence Day holiday weekend.

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Govt considering laws to let women with cancer gene keep insurance

HEALTH Minister Dr Duane Sands said he is looking at how best the government can draft legislation to prevent persons who test positive for the BRCA 1 and BRCA 2 gene mutations, which increase a woman’s chances of developing cancer, from being denied health insurance.

Tourism exposes travel agents to the Bahamas

The Ministry of Tourism hosted 250 travel professionals from the American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA) and The National Association of Career Travel Agents (NACTA) in the Bahamas over the past week.The ASTA/NACTA Bahamas Showcase took place at the

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‘Pokemon Go’ or no? Fans glad complaints are being addressed

Few games have enjoyed both the meteoric rise — and subsequent fall — in popularity as “Pokemon Go.”

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Promoter of failed Fyre Festival pleads guilty to fraud

NEW YORK (AP) — The promoter of the failed Fyre Festival in the Bahamas — once billed as the "cultural experience of the decade" — pleaded guilty to wire fraud charges Tuesday, agreeing to serve up to a decade in prison for lying to investors who lost over $26 million.

Eleuthera developer mulls subsidiary's IPO

An Eleuthera real estate developer is mulling an initial public offering (IPO) for one of its subsidiaries amid plans to accelerate the build-out of various assets.Erma Carey, secretary of Eleuthera Properties, the Cotton Bay and Jack’s Bay Club deve

Briland: Cruise tourism ‘disaster waiting to happen’

More than 99.4 percent of existing and potential Harbour Island visitors have made it “crystal clear cruise tourism is a disaster waiting to happen” for the destination, a hotelier warned yesterday.

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NBA Playoffs: ‘DA is playing unbelievably well’

DEANDRE Ayton’s offensive production slowed for the first time this postseason, but his Phoenix Suns had their most lopsided win en route to taking a 3-2 lead over the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA postseason.

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D’Aguilar hopeful of uptick in arrivals by end of year

TOURISM Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar says he is encouraged by recent spring break travel numbers, adding he is hopeful the country will experience a “substantial” uptick in visitor arrivals by the end of the year.

Marines get jabs

EIGHTY people were vaccinated during the three days the Royal Bahamas Defence Force’s Coral Harbour base was open as a COVID-19 inoculation site.

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The fragility of the monster

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BORN in 1460 in Sines, a small town on Portugal’s West coast, Vasco da Gama is one of the greatest explorers of all time. His journey by sea, from Western Europe to India via South Africa’s Cape of Good Hope, was an incredible feat of courage and seamanship. Sailing through seas never before navigated, Da Gama eventually reached the Indian port of Calicut on 20 May 1498, almost a year after setting off from Lisbon.

Nassau targets 62.5% increase in cruise calls

Nassau Cruise Port is projecting a 62.5 percent in monthly cruise ship calls between September and December 2021, it was revealed yesterday, with demand exceeding available berths in the Christmas run-up.

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Bahamas to face Canada, US Virgin Islands and DR

TEAM Bahamas will face Canada, The Dominican Republic, and The US Virgin Islands in the first round of qualifying for the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023.

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'New' Rand Memorial Hospital nearly complete

Minister of State for Grand Bahama Kwasi Thompson has indicated that major rebuilding of “a new Rand Memorial Hospital” is nearly completed and should “see some normalcy” by late November.

Drop in top grades as exam results are released

NATIONAL exam results worsened in 2020 compared to 2019, with fewer students achieving A, B and C grades and more students receiving D, E, F and G grades compared to the year before.

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52 samples sent to be tested for new strains

HEALTH officials are still waiting to receive the test results of 52 positive COVID-19 samples which were sent abroad to determine if any of the new coronavirus strains are present in The Bahamas.

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Brewery’s $1.331m loss exposes COVID fall-out

Commonwealth Brewery yesterday unveiled a negative $11.685m bottom line reversal as full-year 2020 revenues slumped by 28.4 percent due to COVID-19’s economic devastation.

GB Shipyard to be ‘biggest Caribbean industrial’ player in $100m investment

The Grand Bahama Shipyard will become “the biggest industrial concern in the Caribbean by far” if it proceeds with a $100m-plus investment to build the world’s largest floating dock.