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Bahamas Bowl matchup all set

THE matchup is set for the 2018 Makers Wanted Bahamas Bowl and both programme’s had an opportunity to conduct a site visit ahead of the game as they begin to galvanise support for the holiday season contest.

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Sports World Ministries coming to Bahamas

SPORTS World Ministries, a nationally known non-profit organisation that sends former professional athletes across the United States to share their personal life experiences and encourage students to make positive choices with a message of hope, is coming to the Bahamas.

Economics and politics of crime

EDITOR, The Tribune.

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Bahamas to get $60m for COVID battle boost

The Government is set to borrow $60m to boost the public health sector in its fight with COVID-19 and eliminate the paper-based system it employed to manage the crisis up until August 2020.

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WEDNESDAY UPDATE: One newly confirmed case of COVID-19

The Ministry of Heath reported on Wednesday that there is one newly confirmed case of COVID-19 in The Bahamas.

Bahamas Showcase: Catamounts get 66-64 win over Norsemen

THE University of Vermont Catamounts made history, becoming the champions of the initial Bahamas Showcase with a 66-64 victory over the Northern Kentucky Norsemen.Most valuable player Trae Bell-Haynes, who finished with 19 points, canned the game-win

‘Gratified’ by Grand Lucayan bid quality

Hutchison Whampoa’s property arm should “soon” announce the Grand Lucayan’s fate, its advisers saying they were “gratified’ by the quality of bids submitted to purchase the resort.

GDP data ‘contrary’ to IMF, agency stats

The ‘negative’ real GDP growth data published by the Department of Statistics is “contrary” to previous IMF and rating agency estimates, the Chamber of Commerce’s chairman said yesterday.

The destruction of Jumbey village

"NO, I can't believe it - that can't be true!" This was Coconut Grove MP's Ed Moxey's shocked reply in May 1974 when a news reporter called to ask what he thought of a report that government had planned to build a replica of his Jumbey Village at Fort Charlotte.

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CWC: BTC ‘lags’ region despite $75m investment

The Bahamas Telecommunications Company’s (BTC) controlling owner yesterday conceded that its network quality “lags” much of the Caribbean and wider world, despite increasing its capital investment by 47 per cent last year.

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Giants, High Flyers take title

THE New Providence Basketball Association concluded its 2017-18 season with champions crowned in both divisions over the weekend.

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Bahamas in Fintech 'first for Caribbean'

Corporate loan rejection rates in The Bahamas are double those in other Caribbean countries, it has been revealed, resulting in financial technology (Fintech) being deployed to boost capital access. An Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) paper on

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Bahamas’ $3bn in Russian assets ‘under 1%’ of sector

The Central Bank’s governor yesterday said the nearly-$3bn in Russian-connected assets held by the Bahamas’ international financial services industry represents “less than 1 percent” of the sector’s total business.

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Sleep gadgets

Pillows that track your snoozing patterns? A bed that adjusts based on how much you twist and turn? Companies are adding more technology into their products, hoping to lure customers craving a better night’s sleep.

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STATESIDE: States’ rights could signal trouble ahead for Trump

America is the United States of America. The 50 states all agreed, upon gaining entry into the confederation that is the USA, to subordinate their preferences in several areas to those of the federal government in Washington, DC. Areas often cited for exercise of this federal primacy are national defence, foreign affairs and intelligence operations. Other examples are maintenance and development of transportation networks such as federal roads and waterways.

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‘Tanny’ scores 13 with three blocks in Rams’ 96-94 win

LATHANIEL Bastian had an impressive debut in his transition to NCAA Division II basketball to highlight the weekend from Bahamians at the top tier of the sport.

Bahamas Press Club announces awards ceremony plans

THE Bahamas Press Club 2014, building on the success of its inaugural Pioneer Awards last year, has promised to be “all inclusive” with several new categories when it holds its annual media awards ceremony in November.

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Bahamas sees $715m gain if ‘infrastructure gap’ closed

The Bahamas stands to gain a $715m boost if it invests just $31m to close the “digital infrastructure gap” between itself and the world’s leading economies, a multilateral lender is arguing.

Briland resort enjoys 33% revenue surge

A Harbour Island hotelier yesterday said the Christmas holidays were “bananas as usual” with December 2022’s revenues 33 percent ahead of pre-COVID comparisons for that month.