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Rival operators 'clamouring' for Baha Mar chance

A key Cabinet minister said yesterday that Morgans Hotel Group’s move to terminate its management agreement with Baha Mar was not “overly concerning”, suggesting that other brands would be “clamouring” to get on-board with the $2.6 billion development.

Exuma Sailing Club wins Junior Sailing Overall Title

THE Sir Durward Knowles National Junior Sailing Championships returned for the first time since 2018 over the weekend at Montagu Bay and did not disappoint.

Picking up the pieces after storm

By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Staff Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net AFTER losing everything she owned to Hurricane Dorian last year, Abaco resident Stacey-Anderson Pierre is thankful that her life is returning to some level of normalcy. She and her

Smith: BTC is raping the Bahamas

Smith: BTC is raping the Bahamas By KHRISNA VIRGIL kvirgil@tribunemedia.net PLP Senator Frank Smith yesterday accused the Bahamas Telecommunications Company of "financially raping the Bahamian people". Mr Smith made the remarks to members of the Upper C

Restaurants in sales declines of up to 95%

One restaurant yesterday said sales were down 95 percent as the government reimposed restrictions that bar indoor and outdoor dining in a bid to curb the latest COVID-19 outbreak. Christopher Robertson, owner/operator of the Cricket Club, told Tribu

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Penn Relays: Cleare and Rolle to serve as head coach, relay coordinator respectively

COLLEGIATE assistant coaches George Cleare and Henry Rolle will get a chance to put their collective minds together for the team that will represent the Bahamas at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Moscow, Russia.

None of my business . . .

We have a brand new airport. It is beautiful and will open the door to more tourist dollars if properly directed. But we are told that the government barely has the money to keep its bathrooms stocked with toilet paper. Yet they found $3 million somewhere to build a brand new freight and office building?

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Richardson, Cartwright to continue MLB quest

THEY spent the past four months here at home working out and helping to develop some of the up and coming baseball players. Now Antoan Richardson and Albert Cartwright are preparing to return to Florida to continue their quest to play in the Major League.

'We definitely have a strong team and I think we are going to surprise some of the countries'

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net HEAD coach Andy Knowles said he's extremely pleased with the team that was selected to represent the Bahamas in this year's Carifta Games. But he noted that each member will have to be at th

'We definitely have a strong team and I think we are going to surprise some of the countries'

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net HEAD coach Andy Knowles said he's extremely pleased with the team that was selected to represent the Bahamas in this year's Carifta Games. But he noted that each member will have to be at th

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Evans just misses out on medal in 400m freestyle final

GOLD Coast, Australia: Joanna Evans just missed getting on the podium with a fourth place in the women's 400 metre freestyle on Tuesday night at the Optus Aquatic Centre at the Commonwealth Games.

"Don't take this thing to heart"

By Rev Angela C Bosfield Palacious

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Amid travel concerns over coronavirus, BLTA completes final trials for Fed, Davis Cup teams

VETERAN player/captain Marvin Rolle has secured the fourth and final spot on the Bahamas Davis Cup team, while Larikah Russell and Simone Pratt earned the third and fourth spots on the Fed Cup team. But there’s still some concern about whether or not

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Anthonique and Shaunae in the Olympic spotlight

LONDON, England — Quarter miler Shaunae Miller and sprinter Anthonique Strachan have been on a world junior course that has them both now stepping out to achieve even greater feats on the senior level.

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Ingraham has the last laugh over referendum

FORMER Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham insisted that he is not responsible for the numbers referendum becoming a political issue.

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Sculling - it's 'a Bahamian thing'

JOSH Green showed why he is considered one of the top sailors in the country.

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New Texaco owner'like night and day'

TEXACO retailers yesterday expressed optimism over the way forward with their new wholesale distributor, one telling Tribune Business: "In ter

Tourism minister: 'We'll show Americans Fish Fry is safe'

THE Minister of Tourism yesterday pledged to “impress upon the Americans” that Arawak Cay’s Fish Fry is safe, describing Washington D.C’s travel advisory as “much ado about nothing”.A day after expressing concern over the warning not to visit Arawak

Over 100 Bahamians are introduced to Baha Mar

Baha Mar executives said the two-hour Atlanta Discovery Day Mixer, at which the $2.6 billion project was introduced to more than 100 Bahamians, exceeded their expectations.

Gas station hours cut forces lay-offs

Some Bahamian gas stations have been forced to temporarily lay-off workers due to their opening hours being slashed to just 1pm amid the COVID-19 lockdown. Ethan Moss, managing director of JMEL Enterprises, which operates six Rubis gas stations thro