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Giants, High Flyers take title

THE New Providence Basketball Association concluded its 2017-18 season with champions crowned in both divisions over the weekend.

Baha Mar gets $2m severance pay nod

Baha Mar yesterday obtained Bankruptcy Court authorisation to pay almost $2 million in severance monies, with July 20 now seemingly set as the date that will determine the fate of several thousand employees.

Abaco Port workforce to be 70-80% Bahamian

CHINA Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) executives estimate it has spent $1.6 million to-date on the North Abaco port facility’s construction, with Bahamians expected to make up 70-80 per cent of its workforce during peak activity.

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Bahamas hits 80% airline ‘sweet spot’

The Bahamas has hit the airline “sweet spot” with more than 80 percent of incoming seats to the destination filled during June 2021, it was revealed yesterday.

Miller brands $600m waste plant's output 'fiction'

The Bahamas Electricity Corporation’s (BEC) executive chairman has branded as “fiction” and “far-fetched” the assertion by Stellar Energy that its waste-to-energy plant could produce 75-80 Mega Watts of power daily, telling Tribune Business: “The capacity just isn’t there”.

$100m Cable offer oversubscribed on its launch day

Cable Bahamas’s $100 million preference share issue was oversubscribed on its first day, but Bahamian institutional investors were yesterday urged to continue buying in as the company will “take what it can get”.

Opponents fear ‘door’s left open’ on oil licences

Oil exploration opponents yesterday voiced fears that a Cabinet minister’s statement on outstanding fees “leaves the door open” for licence renewals if these sums are paid.

LED us realise energy savings

As I work with clients to help them save money in their homes, churches and businesses, I often get asked about lighting.

Population density is the problem

Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis’ revelation to the country that one out of 100 Nassuvians has been infected with COVID-19 is evidence that the current restrictive measures have failed miserably to curb the spread of the deadly virus, which has claimed the lives of 96 Bahamians.

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Four more COVID deaths

FOUR more COVID-19 deaths have been added to the nation’s tally, bringing the figure to 467.

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'Final touches' for Commonwealth Youth Games guests

WITH the Bahamas getting ready to host the biggest sporting event ever in just one week, Rommel Knowles, managing director of the CYG Association, said they are busy putting on the final touches for their guests.

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Atlantis gains court bar on union action

Atlantis last night obtained an emergency injunction to prevent further industrial action by the hotel union following yesterday’s picketing that hit an industry trying to rise from its “knees” post-Dorian. Tribune Business understands that the Supr

Rockets knock off Giants 87-73, Express roll past Eagles 75-53

THE Discount Distributors Liquors Rockets and the Produce Express both had a big night on Saturday at the AF Adderley Gymnasium as the New Providence Basketball Association continued its regular season.

Swift success with 14-medal haul

SWIFT Masters won 14 medals at the 2016 Spring Short Course National swimming championship in Greensboro, North Carolina last week

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'No silence' on job cuts

THE government is “not going to be silent” about the nearly 20 persons who were laid off from the Grand Bahama Power Company last week, Prime Minister Perry Christie said yesterday.

Revamped Employment Exchange to launch July 1

The Department of Labour’s revamped and modernised Employment Exchange is expected to go live on July 1, its director said yesterday.

‘Great’ if quarterly VAT filers achieve 80-90% compliance

A top Ministry of Finance official believes the compliance rate for quarterly Value-Added Tax (VAT) filers will “not be as high” as that for larger companies, suggesting an 80-90 per cent level would be “great”.

Heat dominate 2nd half, roll past Spurs 120-98

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer MIAMI (AP) -- LeBron James scored 33 points, Chris Bosh added 30 and the Miami Heat used a historic third-quarter turnaround to erase a big deficit and beat the San Antonio Spurs 120-98 on Tuesday night, snapping a three-g

Internet gives 30% boost for Bahamian tourism forecasts

The Bahamian tourism industry’s ability to accurately predict visitor arrivals trends increases by 30 percent if it incorporates Internet search data into its forecasts, an IMF paper has revealed. The report Where should we go? Internet searches and

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Bahamian on board as boat intercepted

ALMOST 100 people, mostly from Haiti but including one Bahamian, who were rescued from an overcrowded boat off the Florida coast had no food or water for two days, according to the US Coast Guard.