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Jazz Chisholm named to All-Star team

JAZZ Chisholm’s advancement to Double-A baseball has produced an All-Star nod for the highly touted prospect in the Miami Marlins organisation. The Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp shortstop was named a member of the Southern League Postseason All-Star tea

ART OF GRAPHIX: How advertising can help your business

Businesses use advertising to accomplish varied goals. Besides advertising products in traditional venues such as newspapers and general interest magazines, businesses advertise in media that reach specific markets. It can be anything from your shop

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People have to accept public services means paying taxes

BAHAMIANS must be educated on the fact they cannot demand modern infrastructure and services without paying taxes, according to a local businessman, stating: “We cannot have our cake and eat it too.”Dr Keenan Larry Carroll, owner of the Sandpiper Inn

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Get back to work: Govt wins court order forcing halt to strike action

BAHAMAS Doctors Union has been blocked from taking further industrial action against the government and ordered to return to work after an injunction was granted yesterday by Supreme Court Justice Ian Winder.

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FACE TO FACE: They said I wouldn’t last a month - I stayed 31 years

When you think of advocates for disability in The Bahamas, it’s hard not to think of Mrs. Sheila Culmer. She has been at the forefront of advocacy before I was even born. I recently sat with her and found out why she has dedicated her entire life to helping those with special needs.

Minimum wage and its effects

Recently, there has been some public discourse about poverty and the minimum wage in this country. It is impossible to exhaustively cover this topic with limited time and space, but with your permission, I would like to add a few thoughts to the ongoing conversation.

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Minnis: We're taking unions seriously

PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis has stressed the government takes the concerns of unions seriously after high-ranking officials held “frank” discussions on Saturday with the labour movement on the state of the country’s finances and the need to reduc

NPSA regular season action in high gear

THE Chances Mighty Mitts and the University of the Bahamas Mingoes took advantage of their hapless opponents, Renegades and Strikers, as the New Providence Softball Association continued its regular season action. On Saturday night at the Baillou Hi

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Sailing: 16-member team to represent Bahamas

A 16-member team will represent the Bahamas as the island nation prepares to host one of the most prestigious junior regattas in the world. The Nassau Yacht Club and Bahamas National Sailing School will host the 2019 Optimist North American Champion

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Armbrister wins the doubles title, Clarke falls short

IT wasn't what Sydney Clarke, nursing a thumb injury, anticipated after she fell short of winning another title in the finals of both singles and doubles at the International Tennis Federation's Trinidad Summer Bowl.

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Airport upgrades gain 1% of needed $200m

The government has allocated just one percent of the $200m needed to upgrade 28 Family Island airports in this year’s budget, a Cabinet minister revealed yesterday. Dionisio D’Aguilar, minister of tourism and aviation, told Tribune Business that the

Minister downplays public union unrest

The Minnis Cabinet will meet this Saturday with all the public sector unions in a bid to address the concerns that have sparked growing industrial unrest, the minister of labour said yesterday. Dion Foulkes, pictured , downplayed the strained labour

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Family shares in Marco milestone

ON the eve of what would have been Marco Archer’s 19th birthday, a $3.05m contract was signed between the government and Multimedia Technologies for the MARCO’s Alert system.National Security Minister Marvin Dames yesterday explained citizens can enr

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Police hunt for gunman after late-night shooting

POLICE are investigating after a man was injured in a shooting incident on Tuesday. According to reports, shortly before 10pm the man was at a home on Commonwealth Boulevard in Elizabeth Estates when he was approached by an armed male who shot him m

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Former NFL wide receiver no stranger to Bahamas

FORMER National Football League wide receiver Kelvin Edwards is a regular visitor to the Bahamas. But he was even more thrilled to have been in town to watch the Bahamas Basketball Federation’s Summer of Thunder games last week.Edwards, drafted by th

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Minister open to meet Compass Point's owner

A Cabinet minister yesterday said that while he is open to meeting with Compass Point’s owner over his concerns, they need to be addressed in a wider discussion with the private sector. Dionisio D’Aguilar, minister of tourism and aviation, indicated

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Minimum wage can't be raised 'in vacuum'

The minimum wage cannot be increased “in a vacuum”, the Chamber of Commerce’s chief executive warned yesterday, with the “ramifications” for the private sector requiring careful study.Jeffrey Beckles told Tribune Business that The Bahamas needed to m

Minister: Sky Bahamas woe 'has been mounting'

A Cabinet minister yesterday suggested that Sky Bahamas’ inability to secure a renewal of its air operator certificate (AOC) is not the sole factor behind its potential demise. Dionisio D’Aguilar, minister of tourism and aviation, said that “bills a

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Power cuts hit children's centre

CANCELLED therapy sessions, frustrated clients, and autistic children who have their crucial routines disrupted — these are effects of Bahamas Power and Light’s consistent load-shedding exercises that Carla Gibson experiences every day.Ms Gibson is t

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Wilson: Talks on agreement for teachers next month

BAHAMAS Union of Teachers officials are expected to resume negotiations over a new industrial agreement with the Ministry of Education next month, according to BUT President Belinda Wilson. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a Ministry of Edu