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FACE TO FACE: From ‘playing doctor’ as a child, Theresa’s now in the frontline of our battle with COVID

If all is well the latest national lockdown will lift next week. For that to happen experience tells us we will need to have seen a period when there were no new cases. This is what allowed our southern islands to be taken out of lockdown on Sunday.

Gov’t, web shops at odds on ‘back taxes’

The Government and web shop industry are at odds over how the sector’s ‘retroactive taxes’ are to be calculated, with the proposed method seen as “inconsistent” with both the Gaming Act and international norms.

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Small business faces $748m 'financing gap'

Bahamian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) face a “financing gap” that could be as large as $748m, the Bahamas Development Bank’s (BDB) transformation plan estimates. The report, a copy of which has been seen by Tribune Business , suggests t

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Bahamians must 'mobilise corruption outrage to action'

Bahamians must “mobilise their outrage into action” if this nation is to defeat both real and perceived corruption plaguing society, governance reformers urged yesterday.Matt Aubry, the Organisation for Responsible Governance’s (ORG) executive direct

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Giants take 1-0 leads in NPBA best-of-7 series

THE New Providence Basketball Association got its best-of-seven championship series started on Wednesday night at the AF Adderley Gymnasium with the Giants winning the double header.

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'Outstanding women' honoured

SCORES of Bahamian women were honoured yesterday for being “outstanding women of the Bahamas” during Celebrating Woman International’s inaugural event for its Women of Distinction & Women of Excellence awards.

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‘More than 20,000 extra jobs since 2012 election’

PRIME Minister Perry Christie said yesterday despite repeated claims from Official Opposition members that his administration has not spurred growth in employment, his government has created over 20,000 jobs since taking office in 2012.

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9,208 work permits issued in 2015 - 36 per cent to Haitian nationals

OVER 9,000 work permits were issued by the government in 2015, more than 30 per cent of which were issued to Haitian nationals, according to the latest immigration statistics. 

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PLP defiant over cut in Urban Renewal employees

THE governing Progressive Liberal Party has responded to the outrage over its decision not to renew the contracts of 80 Urban Renewal employees, by declaring the party has a mandate to organise the scheme as it sees fit.

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Why it's important to keep the books in order

William of Wykeham, in Hampshire, England, was born of peasant stock in 1324. When he died 80 years later he was one of the richest men in England, despite some business ups and down.

Insurance regulator in blacklist ‘what if’ look

The Insurance Commission was yesterday said to be looking at “what if” scenarios to ensure insurers have access to sufficient reinsurance capacity if The Bahamas stays on Europe’s tax blacklist.

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Bannister hails housing community as a sign of growing confidence

WORKS Minister Desmond Bannister yesterday hailed the development of an upscale housing community in western New Providence as a sign of the growing investor-confidence in the Bahamian economy.

Event to put Bahamas 'on the yachting map'

The first Bahamas Charter Show is aiming to “put this nation on the yachting map”, it was revealed yesterday, with more 20 boats and 80 registered brokers already registered to attend. Dr Kenneth Romer, the Ministry of Tourism’s executive director o

Top official hopes surge is slowing down

THE country recorded 2,489 cases of COVID-19 in the first clinically monitored week of 2022, according to Acting Chief Medical Officer Dr Phillip Swann.

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Jones, Munnings shine bright in NBA Summer League

BOTH Bahamian participants concluded their respective runs in the NBA’s Las Vegas Summer League and while Kai Jones prepares for the preseason, Travis Munnings hopes to have made an impact on an organisation for the next step in his pro career.

IAN FERGUSON: Addressing key workplace woes

More than 80 percent of Bahamian businesses do not have the benefit of on-staff human resources professionals.

BPL boss details strategy to drive down consumer bills

Bahamas Power & Light’s (BPL) chief executive Pam Hill said yesterday the company is aiming to improve efficiency at its plants and is also pursuing a fuel hedging strategy as a means to provide lower electricity costs to consumers.

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Homes destroyed in shanty town fire

RESIDENTS jumped from burning homes into a nearby creek to escape the flames that devastated an Abaco shanty town early yesterday morning. More than 70 homes were wiped out in the blaze that consumed the Sand Banks area, although no one is thought to have been injured in the fire, which police believe was arson.

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Symonette declares interest in Town Centre Mall

BRENT Symonette, minister of trade, financial services and immigration declared his interest in Town Centre Mall in Parliament yesterday.He stood to declare his interest in the mall and a company called BHRSC Holding Ltd after Official Opposition Lea

‘Pie in the sky’: Gov’t slammed on Freeport regulation claw back

Calls for the Government to reclaim regulatory authority over Freeport have been branded “a pie in the sky idea”, given the existing legal barriers to such a move.