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Gov't financial systems 80% below maximum

The government’s financial management systems remain “below global standard” and have seen “limited improvement”, scoring 80 percent below maximum in their last assessment.An Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) report on The Bahamas’ “fiduciary sys

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DPM: Crime coverage woe ‘losing momentum’

THE Deputy Prime Minister yesterday voiced optimism that damaging media coverage of The Bahamas is “losing momentum” with major resorts reporting peak winter occupancies “in excess of 80 percent”.

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NCAA: Hield, Knowles shoot up scoring charts

IT was shooting for Bahamian players virtually across the board in NCAA Division I basketball play this weekend with career high numbers and record-setting performances in their respective divisions.

Does Junkanoo attract tourists?

Seemingly the new Port folks thought that by having a junkanoo scrap gang to welcome the cruise ship passengers, New Year’s would be a great promotional concept…video on-line is very interesting forget the Junkanoo watch the majority of the cruise passengers walk right past the group performing totally oblivious to them – totally disinterested.

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Sports in brief

THE New Providence Volleyball Association’s best-of-three playoffs got started at the DW Davis Gymnasium Wednesday night.

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Jonquel Jones has double double, Foxes 11-0 in Euro League

JONQUEL Jones and her UMMC Ekaterinburg Foxes returned to FIBA Women’s EuroLeague play for the first time in nearly a month and remained just as dominant as the last time they took the floor.

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Munroe, Isaacs Jr latest call-ups for spring training

WITH the latest call-ups, a total of seven Bahamian minor league prospects have now participated in spring training with their respective Major League Baseball organisations.

Fund manager to be ‘little more defensive’

A Bahamian investment bank plans to be “a little more defensive” in 2024 with its stock picks as it targets close to $20m annual asset growth in its main equities investment fund.

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‘It seems the Zika virus won’t derail Rio 2016’

(CNN) — The Olympic Games arrive in Brazil at a time when the country is ravaged by crises. With two months to go until the cauldron is lit in Rio de Janeiro,  the host of South America’s first Games is grappling with a public health emergency, a governmental meltdown and economic woes.

Prayer Grotto celebrates 20 years of being ‘a monument of hope’

The Trinity City of Praise is celebrating 20 years of leading nation-wide prayers to save The Bahamas and its people. The anniversary event for Trinity City’s Prayer Grotto takes place this Friday at 7.30 pm at the sanctuary on Tonique Williams-Darling Highway.

Tahnaj into the play-offs

TAHNAJ Thomas and his Greensboro Grasshoppers are headed to the championship series in Minor League Baseball’s High-A East League.

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‘Headroom for growth’: Tourism forecast to hit regional average

A senior hotelier yesterday said The Bahamas “still has some headroom for tourism growth” post-COVID amid forecasts its annual expansion rate will merely match the Caribbean average for the next decade.

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Another banner year for sports in The Bahamas

IT HAS been another banner year for sports in the country and one of those that stood out in the foreground were the performances of our various teams that competed both locally and on the international scene.

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INSIGHT: Saints or sinners? The real story of caring for HIV and AIDS patients

After the US State Department’s report last week accused a Bahamian care institution of neglect and inadequate medical provision, Ava Turnquest, Tribune Chief Reporter, paid a visit. She gained a very different impression.

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McPhee-McCuin, Rebels win Raising the BAR Invitational

YOLETT McPhee- McCuin has led Ole Miss Rebels to a six-game winning streak and their first in-season tournament since 2014.

‘We’re no longer the best owner’ for Bahamian bank

A Swiss financial group has sold its 85 per cent majority stake in Nassau-based Private Investment Bank (PIB), conceding that it “might no longer be the best owner” for the institution.

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PM: Crime fight must be redoubled

WITH the murder count up to 85 and a recent string of home robberies, Prime Minister Perry Christie said the effort to combat crime must be redoubled.

EDITORIAL: Murder count tops 100 again, despite COP’s promise

IN August of last year, Police Commissioner Clayton Fernander was insistent that the country would not pass a total of 100 murders. He was wrong.

‘Caribbean’s lowest’ from BPL Shell deal

A Cabinet Minister yesterday pledged the Bahamas will have “the most competitive energy prices in the region” through selecting Shell as Bahamas Power & Light’s (BPL) generation partner.

Physicians urged: ‘Target 2o% of $2bn health care spend’

Physicians were yesterday urged to “take over the industry of medicine” and target 20 per cent of the $2 billion spent annually by Bahamians on health care.