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Super Value boss: VAT on January 1 is 'a joke'

Super Value’s owner has warned that the Government’s target Value-Added Tax (VAT) implementation date is becoming “a joke”, suggesting that March 1 is the earliest achievable start date.

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Convent to celebrate 75th anniversary

THE BENEDICTINE Sisters of St Martin’s de Porres convent will celebrate the 75th anniversary of the founding of their order with a Mass followed by a reception this evening at their Nassau Street monastery.

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388 new cases of COVID-19

THREE hundred and eighty-eight new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed on Thursday, Ministry of Health officials reported on Friday.

UN speaker at Hilton event

ROTARY International’s chief representative at the United Nations in New York will be the guest speaker at an event at the British Colonial Hilton on February 21 under the patronage of Governor General Sir Arthur Foulkes.

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ROLLING THE DICE WITH OUR LIVES: COVID cases leap 200% as Sands warns: we’re ‘gambling at our peril’

FORMER Health Minister Dr Duane Sands has said the country continues to “gamble” with COVID-19 “at our peril” as the Ministry of Health reported 79 new infections on Tuesday.

Red Stripe, Eudeva dominate regatta results

LUNDY Robinson, skipper of both the A Class Red Stripe and B Class Eudeva, dominated the 2013 National Family Island Regatta that was held last month in picturesque Elizabeth Harbour, George Town, Exuma.

Promotion Board president urges 30% stopover focus

The Bahamas Out Island Promotions Board president yesterday urged the nation to near-double the proportion of stopover visitors that make up its tourism base to 30 percent.

Chamber endorses CEO over 10-year securities barring

The Chamber of Commerce last night fully endorsed its chief executive’s performance and integrity after details of his ten-year securities industry ban and total $210,000 fines emerged.Michael Maura, the Chamber’s chairman, in a signed statement desc

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THE Baptist Sports Council has announced that its 2015 volleyball classic will be held at the DW Davis Gymnasium on Saturday, October 31.

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THE Baptist Sports Council has announced that its 2015 volleyball classic will be held at the DW Davis Gymnasium on Saturday, October 31.

Carnival ‘spruce up’ for 50% passenger growth

A senior Carnival executive yesterday said the cruise giant plans to “spruce up” Princess Cay, adding that the Eleuthera-based private island needs “quite a bit of love”.

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Bahamas 'rises from captives extinction'

The Bahamas has “risen from extinction” in captive insurance, a leading industry player said yesterday, with this nation’s growth rate over the past three years “exceeding any other jurisdiction”.

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Buddy ends up third in three-point shootout

Buddy Hield fell short in his bid to win the title in his debut at the MTN Dew Three Point Shootout, but was recognised among the game’s elite shooters at NBA All-Star Weekend in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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Water & Sewerage loses court ruling on ‘double dipping’

A Supreme Court judge has ruled against the Water & Sewerage Corporation’s practice of docking the salaries of union members in a bid to end “double-dipping” in relation to sickness and maternity benefit claims, ordering that the corporation reimburse and/or refund all monies taken from union members as a result of the “ultra vires” exercise.

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Telephone cables stolen during Hurricane Sandy

FREEPORT – Although the Bahamas Telecommunication Company fared well during Hurricane Sandy with minimal damage to its equipment, a large quantity of telephone cables were stolen by thieves during the storm.

Swiss Excellence in Education leaders to meet with parents, students, officials in the Bahamas

BAHAMIAN teachers, residents and students will have an opportunity to meet face to face with some of the world’s most respected educators when a contingent representing the finest schools and colleges in Switzerland arrives in Nassau tomorrow.

IDB’s 37% digital woe ‘totally different’ now

A digital payments provider yesterday said a survey that found 37 percent of Bahamian firms have challenges accessing electronic payments would have “a totally different result” if done today.

Andrew McKinney dies, aged 97

MR Andrew McKinney, 97, died at 8 o’clock yesterday morning at his Eastern Road home.

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Mountaineers rout Bahamas team by 46

Head coach Dustin Kerns likes what he saw from his Appalachian State University Mountaineers men’s basketball team in their 46-point rout over the Bahamas Select Team yesterday at the Summer of Thunder in the Imperial Ballroom of the Atlantis resort on Paradise Island.

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MLB players vote to end lockout, salvaging 162-game season

NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball's acrimonious lockout ended Thursday when a divided players' association voted to accept management's offer to salvage a 162-game season that will start April 7.