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Low testosterone levels in men linked to more severe COVID-19 cases

A fourth COVID-19 surge in reported cases, hospitalisations and deaths has our small nation’s healthcare system on the brink of disaster. The more contagious Delta variant and vaccination hesitancy among young adults, in particular, has led to an increase in younger COVID-19 patients being admitted to hospital with severe cases of the virus, when compared to the three previous pandemic surges.

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Tourism ‘90% unaffected’ by COVID-19 tightening

Tourism industry executives yesterday voiced optimism that the industry’s recovery will not be impacted by the government’s tightening of COVID restrictions, with one asserting it will be “90 percent unaffected”.

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You may have heard this before from BPL . . . PLEASE BEAR WITH US

BAHAMAS Power and Light chairman Dr Donovan Moxey has called for consumers to “bear” with the company following several recent power outages in New Providence, insisting the electricity provider is doing “ everything” it can to improve service.

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BPL Abaco restoration ‘advanced’

BAHAMAS Power and Light Company is at the advanced stage of their restoration efforts in Abaco post Hurricane Dorian, according to chief operating officer Ian Pratt.

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The importance of the Olympic Games

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THE Summer Olympics finally got on the way last Friday, in Tokyo after a year’s delay caused by the pandemic.

Top restaurant’s manager laments COVID measures

An executive with a prominent restaurant says the tighter COVID restrictions “don’t make any sense” as he lamented the earlier curfew, indoor dining prohibition and discrimination in favour of hotels.

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Munroe makes debut in Dominican Summer League

KRISTIN Munroe made his professional debut in the Dominican Summer League over the weekend and gave the Los Angeles Angels an early look at the productivity he hopes to bring to the organisation.

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URCA demands Cable Bahamas pull political ad

THE Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority has ordered Cable Bahamas Limited to immediately cease and desist from broadcasting a political advertisement of Progressive Liberal Party Leader Philip “Brave” Davis that has been showing on its channels.

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Bahamas hits 80% airline ‘sweet spot’

The Bahamas has hit the airline “sweet spot” with more than 80 percent of incoming seats to the destination filled during June 2021, it was revealed yesterday.

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Tourism urged: Do more to counter COVID inaccuracy

A senior tourism official yesterday questioned what the industry is doing collectively “to counter” COVID-19 disinformation on social media as he revealed the “uneven” Family Islands recovery.

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Nassau’s airport in US PreCheck first

The Bahamas’ main aviation gateway has been selected as the first airport outside the US to run a 90-day “pilot” for fast-tracking security clearance for returning American travellers.

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‘Thousands of vaccines’ to counter near-bottom status

The Bahamas will likely receive “hundreds of thousands” of COVID-19 vaccine doses this quarter, it was revealed yesterday, amid concerns the nation is near-bottom in the Caribbean in inoculation rates.

Robotics and renewables join high school curriculum

The Ministry of Education is adding robotics and sustainable energy as topics to its high school curriculum in a bid to further reduce workforce skills gaps in industries The Bahamas wants to develop.

EDITORIAL: Cases rising and workers overwhelmed - what next?

THE surge in COVID-19 cases is hitting our health services hard.

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Forbes: Vaccine coverage must be the priority

THE country’s top infectious disease expert says vaccine coverage in the country needs to be prioritised as less than 40,000 Bahamians have been fully vaccinated and COVID-19 cases surge again.

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Willis Mackey Jr signs with Mulhouse Basket Agglomeration in France

Willis Mackey Jr has relocated to a new club in France’s Nationale Masculine 1 (NM1) League.

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Airbnbs ‘choke off’ local rental market

Exuma’s Chamber of Commerce president yesterday warned that the island’s soaring vacation property success was “choking off” Bahamian access to affordable rental units.

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Super Value fighting price hikes ‘as long as we can’

Super Value’s president yesterday pledged to hold-off food price increases as long as possible, but reiterated that eight to ten percent rises by Christmas “is not a prediction but a fact”.

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INSIGHT: He’s no longer centre stage but the bite’s still there

As far as former Cabinet Minister Loftus Roker is concerned, “anything” is better at governing The Bahamas than the current Minnis Administration.

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Man still missing despite 100-hour search by RBDF

THE Royal Bahamas Defence Force said it has spent 100 hours searching for a man missing at sea after he fell off a jet ski during a collision with a boat on July 11.