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Crypto revival

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The current plight of the banks brings back memories of the 2008 financial crisis. Calls for alternatives are getting louder. Bitcoin supporters are feeling encouraged.

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$350 fine for stealing sound bar

A MAN was fined $350 in court on Friday after he admitted to trying to steal a $76 sound bar while working at Kelly’s House and Home earlier this month.

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Man charged with murder of Leon Griffin

A MAN denied the 2021 killing of former Taxi Cab Union President Leon Griffin outside his home in court on Friday.

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DIANE PHILLIPS: Curing PMH’s ills one blanket at a time

How do you fix a problem that costs 20 times more to run than the revenue it generates?

PRINCESS Margaret Hospital is in poor financial health. And that is being kind.

EDITORIAL: Is taxation the solution to our sins?

IT appears the government plans to make us pay for our sins – literally.

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GB Power secures ‘best solar rate in Caribbean’

Grand Bahama Power Company believes it has obtained “the best rate in the Caribbean” with its first solar energy deal with an independent provider, its top executive has revealed.

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$1BN PLAN ‘BIGGER THAN BAKER’S BAY’: Former NFL star part of ten-hotel, 10,000-acre San Salvador scheme

A developer yesterday disclosed it is seeking to develop a “bigger and more exclusive” version of Baker’s Bay on 10,000 acres of San Salvador land through a $1bn investment over the next five years.

Hinduism encroaching Bahamian life

The Bahamas is considered a Caribbean country, although it is really located in the Atlantic Ocean. The Caribbean is a religious and cultural melting pot, according to sociologists from the United States.

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Trinidad ready to face The Bahamas

Trinidad & Tobago, coming off their training camp in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, are looking forward to their rematch against the Bahamas at 4pm today in the Concacaf Nations League match at the Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium.

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CARIFTA ticket sales going well

TICKETS and merchandise sales for the Oaktree Medical Center’s 50th CARIFTA Games are going quite well, according to director of sales Patrice Ferguson.

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Starting blocks session helps athletes trying to make CARIFTA track team

HE didn’t have sufficient time, but former sprinter turned coach Andrew Tynes said he was glad to once again offer a starting blocks session for athletes trying out for this year’s CARIFTA track team.

Youth league to host first high school flag football tournament

THE Bahamas Youth Flag Football League (BYFFL) will host the country’s first high school flag football tournament at the Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium April 1.

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Immigration repatriated 1,100 in the last two months and numbers could exceed last year

IMMIGRATION Minister Keith Bell said 1100 people have been repatriated so far this year.

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Bahamian whistleblower accused of ‘fabrication’

A Bahamian whistleblower has this week been accused of “fabricating” evidence critical to a case brought by US federal regulators against a former Nassau-based broker/dealer.

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Airlines dispute threatened ‘huge’ $43m consequences

The US airline industry’s challenge to The Bahamas’ air navigation services fee regime had potentially “huge consequences” by putting close to $43m in annual revenues at risk, it was revealed yesterday.

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FTX chief’s $460m deal with Bahamas fund firm

FTX’s US chief yesterday unveiled a $460m settlement with a Bahamas-based fund manager that received hundreds of millions of dollars in the months leading up to the crypto currency exchange’s collapse.

Six pit bull attack ends with two euthanised

TWO pit bulls will be euthanised after attacking a woman, leaving her hospitalised with severe injuries.

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Davis says uphill battle on US gun makers case

PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis said although it will be difficult for Mexico to win a case seeking to hold US gun traffickers accountable for the spread of guns in the region, The Bahamas needed to support the action to send a strong message to US lawmakers.

Home rental regulation

Permit me space in your newspaper to comment on the proposed Tourism Development Corporation of the Bahamas Bill which I understand was pulled from the House today.

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MAN ON BAIL ON MURDER CHARGE GRANTED $8,000 BAIL

A MAN facing a pending murder charge was accused of breaching his bail conditions in court yesterday - and was again granted bail.