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'Buddy' and Kings to face pacers in 1st ever NBA game in Mumbai

CHAVANO “Buddy” Hield and the Sacramento Kings will begin their preseason making NBA history, participating in the league’s first game ever in India. The Kings will face the Indiana Pacers in a pair of games October 4-5 at the NCSI, SVP Stadium in M

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Easy Car Sales appointed BYD electric vehicle distributor for The Bahamas

A revolution in transportation is taking place around the world – and now The Bahamas can join in by switching to more cost-effective, efficient and sustainable 100% electric vehicles (EVs) thanks to a partnership between an established local car dealership and a global distributor.

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Equinor doing 'all they can' in oil spill recovery effort

RECOVERY efforts to contain the oil spill at Equinor’s facility in Grand Bahama are now “in full swing,” Environment Minister Romauld Ferreira said yesterday.“The relief boat has arrived in Grand Bahama. The clean-up crew has arrived. They have dispa

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Florida officials speak up amid Dorian relief efforts

HURRICANE Dorian’s devastation and aftermath has drawn the attention of some of the top US government officials in Florida. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said on Thursday that his state’s businesses and citizens are prepared to help Bahamians affect

Ex-BCA chief warns over Dorian rebuild 'recipe for disaster'

A former Bahamian Contractors Association (BCA) president yesterday warned against “draconian measures” post-Dorian that could increase building costs by between ten to 20 percent. Stephen Wrinkle told Tribune Business that the government should ins

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Contractors registrar attacks own minister

The contractors registrar yesterday launched an astonishing attack on his minister by accusing him of “procrastination” and “inaction” over implementing the sector’s self-regulation.Omar Archer told Tribune Business that contractors were asking why D

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Tent cities for GB and Abaco

THE government may create a memorial site where The Mudd and Pigeon Peas once stood as the country’s largest shanty town communities - and is also considering tent cities to get people back to Grand Bahama and Abaco, Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis said yesterday.

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$1m donation from India

PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis accepted a $1m contribution from the government of India that will go towards Hurricane Dorian relief efforts. India High Commissioner M Sevala Naik presented the donation to Dr Minnis and NEMA Director Captain Stephen

Inadequacy of the GDP measure

Throughout the world the Gross Domestic product of a country is used as the most important indicator of a country’s economic progress. One shortcoming of GDP is that it uses activities that are detrimental to the longterm economy like over fishing, deforestation, strip mining, and murders. GDP inventor Simon Kuznets was adamant that his measure had nothing to do with well being.

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WBA eliminator: Johnson to square off with Madiev

TUREANO Johnson is set to get back in the ring in short order and compete in the WBA eliminator for the middleweight title. According to Golden Boy Promotions officials, Johnson (21-2-1, 14 KOs) is scheduled to face Magomed Madiev (13-0-1, 4 KOs) wi

AML donates $275k to aid staff, Dorian relief

AML Foods yesterday said it has donated more than $275,000 to support both Hurricane Dorian relief efforts and its 275 impacted employees in Grand Bahama.The BISX-listed food retail and franchise group said some $200,000 had been allocated to support

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'Ingraham is welcome - but we don't need egos'

SOME residents of hurricane ravaged Abaco yesterday welcomed assistance from former Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham, but stressed egos need to be put aside in the best interests of storm victims. Victor Patterson, chairman of the Free National Moveme

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Abaco Chamber eyes 'amazing opportunity' via Project Resurrect

The Abaco Chamber of Commerce’s president yesterday hailed “an amazing opportunity to rebuild the entire island” following the “overwhelming” response to its Project Resurrect initiative. Speaking after the project’s Friday’s unveiling, Ken Hutton s

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Gardiner wins 400, clocks season's best

After watching the destruction left behind by Hurricane Dorian on his homeland of Abaco, birthday boy Steven Gardiner was eager to get back on the track to refocus for the IAAF World Championships at the end of the month in Doha, Qatar.In his first r

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BUSINESS BITES: Joplin recovered from tornado - so can we from 2019 Dorian?

In the Tornado Alley states of the USA, tornadoes, large and small, are too frequent to be named. Only the worst are identified for the official records — like Joplin in 2011.

Realtors hail 'awesome' exchange control relax

Realtors yesterday hailed as “awesome” the Central Bank’s proposal to relax exchange controls on residential property deals involving foreign buyers and sellers with effect from October 1. The regulator, in a four-page document outlining its liberal

Bahamians trying to enter US turned away at airport

SCORES of Bahamian storm victims trying to enter the United States have reportedly been turned away at the Lynden Pindling International Airport. According to The Miami Herald, there is confusion over whether requirements for US travel have also bee

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Dorian likely to wipe out 2019 GDP growth

Hurricane Dorian’s “considerable hit to GDP” will likely cause the Bahamian economy to contract in 2019, a former finance minister saying: “We took a real beating squarely on the chin.”James Smith, who held the post during the 2002-2007 Christie admi

Warning as new tropical storm likely to form

PARTS of the country recently devastated by Hurricane Dorian are at risk for more bad weather, as a tropical storm warning was in effect last night for the northwest Bahamas. Yesterday, Chief Meteorological Officer Arnold King said the heavy showers