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Bahamas in modest financial centre rankings improvement

The Bahamas has improved its ranking in a key financial centre index by four spots after plummeting 26 places in 2021, it has been revealed.

Fuel cost surge to hit construction site ride

Contractors may no longer give their workers rides between home and the job site in a bid to counteract higher fuel costs, the Bahamas Society of Engineers (BSE) president has warned.

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The economic war

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RUSSIA’S invasion of Ukraine is not going as Vladimir Putin expected. After more than a month of fighting, Moscow’s ‘special operation’ has stalled. Despite almost 200,000 soldiers, supported by large numbers of armoured vehicles and sophisticated weaponry, Russian forces have been held back by poor planning and logistics, a fierce Ukrainian resistance, and an unusually united West, whose weapon supplies and intelligence sharing proved decisive in the unfolding of events on the ground.

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Multiple investors target Athol Island

Multiple Bahamian investors yesterday confirmed they are targeting Athol Island with tour and beach break destination proposals that one said could create up to 100 jobs if approved.

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Final Trials: Athletes qualify for CARIFTA

There was more than enough excitement packed in the Bahamas Association of Athletic

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Burrows and Tigers finish 5th in U Sports Men’s Basketball Final 8

SHAMAR Burrows and the Dalhousie Tigers concluded their season with a fifth place finish overall at the U Sports Men’s Basketball Final 8.

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The first BLTA Play Tennis Bahamas Festival livens up national centre

THE first Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association Play Tennis Bahamas Festival was held at the National Tennis Centre (NTC). The event marked the culmination of the first installment of the spring session of the BLTA Play Tennis Programme which was conducted in the months of February and March.

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From one winner to another

‘GOLDEN Girl’ Pauline Davis presents a copy of Running Sideways, The Olympic Champion Who Made Track and Field History, to Prime Minister Philip Davis during a ceremony at his office on March 29.

Donation to help buy septic tanks for Sweeting’s Cay

THE Grand Bahama Rotary Disaster Relief Committee received a donation from the Bahamas Real Estate Association to help acquire septic tanks for rebuilt and renovated homes on Sweeting’s Cay.

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Religion and medicine

Ancient Medicine was practised by religious and spiritual leaders throughout the history of mankind and shows a connection between mind and body.

End to inter-island COVID tests a ‘world of difference’

Hotels and airlines yesterday hailed the Government’s decision to eliminate COVID testing for inter-island travel from New Providence and Grand Bahama as “making a whole world of difference” for domestic tourism and commerce.

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DIANE PHILLIPS: Activists in the board room? Can it happen in The Bahamas?

WE may tout our advanced technology, our award-winning cloud data saving capability, our internationally acclaimed Family Island beaches, but when it comes to knowing how to make a difference in something that could save our very country, we turn our backs on today’s tools and dig out yesterday’s toys.

Health Visa and medical tests must be abolished

From all the coverage in the UK press the Royal Visit to the Bahamas has been an outstanding success. As my family are owners of travel agencies along the south coast of England and with family connections in Nassau we have always tried to promote your country to our clients.

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Accused ‘assaulted girlfriend and police officer’

A MAN was arraigned yesterday accused of assaulting his girlfriend and a police officer in two separate incidents.

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Local chess community hosting several masters of the sport, 3 grandmasters

ORJAN LINDROTH MEMORIAL OPEN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

THE local chess community is currently hosting several masters of the sport from across the globe at the Orjan Lindroth Memorial Open Chess Championship.

PwC: Governance failures will cost companies dearly

Companies could lose key staff, customers and investments if they fail to live up to environmental, social and governance (ESG) expectations, a Bahamian accountant said yesterday.

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Water Corp’s $18.8m debt paid-off come ‘early 2023’

The Water & Sewerage Corporation’s main supplier yesterday revealed that it had “received assurances from the highest level” of the Bahamian government that the multi-million sum owed to it will be brought current by “early 2023”.

A tribute to Anita Doherty

Imagine being a naïve 13-year-old new student of a new school, not knowing anyone there. That’s what I experienced on my first day at the then Freeport Anglican High School – the day I met then Vice Principal Anita Doherty.

MP’s tweet about Jada

The famed JoBeth Coleby-Davis Tweet about American actress Jada Pinkett Smith has created a ruckus among supporters of the Opposition Free National Movement (FNM). The Tweet was posted subsequent to Will Smith striking comedian Chris Rock in the face after the latter joked about Smith’s wife, Jada, looking like the fictional character GI Jane. Jada Smith suffers from alopecia, which explains her bald head.

Bahamas must take ‘aggressive steps’ over renewable energies

A Cabinet minister yesterday said current oil price volatility shows The Bahamas must take “aggressive steps” to harness renewable energy as it signed an agreement to access $9m in European Union (EU) grant funding.