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12,000 on food assistance to receive ten percent boost
SOCIAL Services Minister Obie Wilchcombe said the number of people receiving food assistance has grown by 1,000 since October, climbing to roughly 12,000 monthly, however those receiving help will get an increase of more than 10 percent beginning next week.
Jamaican firm takes 60% of food distributor
A publicly-traded Jamaican firm is "realising remarkable growth" upon entering the Bahamian food distribution market via its acquisition of a 60 percent majority stake in a local wholesaler.
Trade expert challenges FDI policies
The Bahamas’ near-exclusive focus on large-scale, multi-million dollar foreign direct investment (FDI) projects has come under fire from a trade expert.
Extra services at weekend after cable tv disruption
CABLE Bahamas announced that as of Wednesday afternoon, 97 per cent of its REVTV video services were restored across its entire national network.
Mourners say farewell to Dorothea Dupuch
DOROTHEA Jeromita Dupuch, 97, was laid to rest next to her husband in St Anne’s Cemetery yesterday following a service at St Anselm’s Catholic Church, Fox Hill.
Junior golfers take home national amateur titles
HEATHCLIFF Kane and Anne Fernandez emerged as the Bahamas Golf Federation’s 2021 National Amateur Golf Championships’ male and female champions.
'Superman' confident he will book trip to the IAAF Worlds
With this being another banner year for track and field, Bahamian athletes are fine tuning for their participation in the IAAF World Championships in Athletics.During the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations’ Aliv National Open Championships
‘No cause for celebration’ over S&P breathing room
* Bahamas ‘still has to climb out of hole’ * But Chamber chief ‘fully expects’ 2018 upgrade * Many Bahamians don’t realise reform ‘gravity’
PRIVATE sector executives yesterday said the Bahamas has “no cause for celebration yet” after Standard & Poor’s (S&P) elected not to further downgrade its sovereign creditworthiness.
Shining silver
AFTER falling short at the recent Central American and Caribbean Games, the Bahamas men’s 4 x 400 metre relay team redeemed themselves with a silver medal to join high jump bronze medalist Donald Thomas in getting on the podium at the North American
S&P gives Bahamas major post-Dorian lift
Standard & Poor’s (S&P) has given The Bahamas a much-needed post-Dorian boost by asserting that this nation is “well-positioned to handle the fall-out” from the category five storm.
Gov't admits lawyers ordered Bimini dredge permit's production
A senior official has effectively admitted that the Government was told by its attorneys to issue the contested Bimini dredging permit because it was essential to combat the legal challenge to the Resorts World cruise terminal project.
Sports in brief
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BFS may have a perspective buyer
THE Gladstone Road based food wholesaler Bahamas Food Services (BFS) may have a perspective buyer as some in the business community have suggested, although BFS manager Don Carnine told Tribune Business that he had no knowledge of such developments.
SPORTING MISCHIEF & MAYHEM: My Miami vice - reflections from a road trip
MOST of you thought I was joking when I said I was going to Miami to ensure my Cowboys beat the Dolphins.
Baha Mar liquidators seek ‘emergency’ $25m
Baha Mar’s joint provisional liquidators yesterday sought Supreme Court approval to borrow $25 million, warning they would have to shut the Melia Nassau Beach Resort if unable to meet an $8.7 million insurance payment falling due on Monday.
Wind-up delay gives Baha Mar resolution time
The Attorney General yesterday suggested the three-week delay to Baha Mar’s winding-up hearing was intended to give all parties more time to reach a “hoped for” commercial resolution to the $3.5 billion dispute.
Two sets of Baha Mar guardians just ‘crazy’
The Opposition’s deputy leader believes it “makes no sense” for there to be two different sets of receivers/liquidators looking after Baha Mar, branding the situation as “crazy”.
Data Protection chief’s 20-fold complaints rise
THE Data Protection Commissioner has seen a near 20-fold increase in the number of complaints since she took the post two years ago, with her office now preparing to investigate the hacking of a Bahamian bank’s website.
Baha Mar beat local bidding target by 68%
Baha Mar says it has “far exceeded” its commitment to provide Bahamian contractors with $400 million worth of work, beating this target by 67.8 per cent while more than 6,000 local jobs to-date.
