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Butterfield names top Bahamas executive

BUTTERFIELD Trust (Bahamas) has named Craig Barley as its managing director, with overall responsibility for the management and development of its business in this jurisdiction.Originally from the UK, Mr Barley was most recently chief executive of La

BPL tender issue

Absolutely no apology! I return to the BP&L RFP/tender issue as there has been no resolution to correct malpractice and breach of the Electricity Act 2015. Your Editorial position believing the opinion of BP&L is wrong - you have not spoken to URCA who controls the practice of BP&L who are not lords unto themselves.

Stop the Bank Lane shuffle

Under both the Constitution of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas and the common law, a person who is accused of a criminal offence is entitled to the presumption of innocence unless and until that person is lawfully convicted of a crime.

Recreational marijuana and medicinal marijuana

WAS anyone else around here and the Islands during the early 1980’s with the Drug Scourge through those long days, months, years to recover?

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It's time for Jollification

“IT’S beginning to look a lot like Jollification” and that is the theme for the Bahamas National Trust’s very popular Christmas fundraiser being held November 18 and 19 at the Retreat Gardens on Village Road.“The Christmas Jollification is an importa

Recall of antihypertensive drug Valsartan

PUBLIC health patients who filled prescriptions for antihypertensive drug Valsartan have been asked to return their medication for a replacement following an international recall.

We owe Dr Sands a huge debt of thanks

Regardless of the COVID-19 related quagmire that led to his resignation, the former Minister of Health Dr. Duane Sands deserves our appreciation for his historic, frank and passionate plea to make the nation’s wellness a serious and singularly important goal.

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Man admits forging U.S. currency

A 25-year-old man was fined $6,000 for forging Bahamian and American dollar bills to purchase items from two businesses last week.

My thanks to an inspiring Knight

Bastian pays tribute to Mr Denis Knight.

Tourism statisics

TOURISM - past experience with Ministry of Tourism giving accurate statistics is certainly questionable.

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Postal service issues new stamps for Christmas

THE Bahamas Postal Service will release a set of stamps entitled Christmas 2013 – The Nativity today.

Sports in brief

THE fourth annual Georgette Rolle Junior Golf Camp is slated to get underway 9am to 2pm today in the Golf Driving Range at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex.

8th annual Providence Holiday Basketball Classic individual winners

8th annual Providence Holiday Basketball Classic individual winners THE 8th annual Providence Holiday Basketball Classic came to a close on Friday night at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium. The week-long tournament saw the host CI Gibson Rattlers reclaimed th

Island Luck names Board of directors

Playtech Systems, trading as Island Luck, has announced the appointment of its Board of Directors.

Delighted with baseball in the curriculum

I was elated to read in the papers that baseball will be officially introduced into the curriculum for the GSSSA this fall.
This has been a long time coming, and those responsible should be commended.

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Sky to host winner-take-all game 5 tonight

THE ninth meeting between Jonquel Jones’ Connecticut Sun and Chicago Sky will determine which team will advance to the WNBA Finals and which team will see its 2022 season come to an end.

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14-game win streak to end season for Jones

JONQUEL Jones and the Connecticut Sun had a historic finish to the 2021 WNBA regular season and now set their sights on the postseason as the No 1 overall seed.

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Gov't targeting $660m revenue rise in 4 years

The Government is targeting improved revenue yields equivalent to 4 per cent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as the centrepiece of its plan to generate a recurrent Budget surplus within three years, it was disclosed yesterday.

S&P goes ‘negative’ on Bahamas as debt ratio rises 11% pts

Wall Street last night forecast that the Bahamas’ net government debt would hit 45-47 per cent of GDP by 2013-2014, a double digit rise in three years, as one rating agency slashed its economic outlook on this nation to ‘negative’.

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Safe haven for cancer patients hailed as a ‘godsend’

“A godsend” is what Francis Friends calls the assistance of the Cancer Society of the Bahamas, whom she credits with making her husband’s treatment and recovery process as comfortable as possible.