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‘Absolutely not worried’ by Royal Caribbean’s PI plan

Nassau Cruise Port’s top executive says he is “absolutely not worried” about Royal Caribbean’s $100m Paradise Island project sucking away passengers to the detriment of his facility and other Bahamian-owned businesses.

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Gas retailers plea for govt change of heart

THE vice president of the Bahamas Petroleum Dealers Association is pleading with  government to reconsider its position on not granting retailers a margin increase, calling on Economic Affairs Minister Michael Halkitis to have a “change of heart”.

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ACTIVIST QUESTIONS IMPACT OF RCI DEAL: Darville says PI is back to being ‘hog’ island with profits put first

FOLLOWING the approval of Royal Caribbean International’s $110m beach club project on Paradise Island, a local activist has questioned the environmental impacts the development will have.

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CR Walker Knights win seventh straight GSSSA championship

The C.R. Walker Knights brought home their seventh straight Government Secondary Schools Sports Association (GSSSA) track and field championship.

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Emmanuel Baptist Church opens new computer lab and afterschool programme

A NEW computer lab and after school learning programme was officially opened at the Emmanuel Baptist Church in East End, Grand Bahama on Saturday.

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Athletes on track overseas

THE National Collegiate Athletic Association’s 2023 Indoor Track and Field Championship in Albuquerque, Minnesota over the weekend turned out to be a specular show for Grand Bahamian sprinter Terrance Jones and versatile Charisma Taylor from New Providence.

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Bahamian players suit up for Great Britain, suffer two losses in World Baseball Classic

GREAT Britain, stacked with a group of Bahamian coaches and players, suffered their first two losses over the weekend in Pool C of the World Baseball Softball Confederation’s 2023 World Baseball Classic at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona.

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NPBA playoffs start today

THE New Providence Basketball Association (NPBA) playoffs is set to commence 7pm tonight at the A.F. Adderley Gymnasium between the division one and two teams.

Bahamas ‘on track’ for October EU delisting

The Attorney General says The Bahamas is “on track” to address the deficiencies that led to its renewed blacklisting by the European Union (EU) with the 27-country bloc set to “review” this nation’s progress in August.

Online civil registry disabled to help ‘protect data integrity’

The Attorney General has revealed online access to the civil registry at the Registrar General’s Department was shut down “to preserve the integrity of the data” that it holds.

Capacity concerns driving 14 Out Island airport bids

Many Family Island airports “no longer meet” growing tourist and airline demands, the Government’s top aviation official said yesterday, as he justified the rationale for putting 14 locations out to bid.

Air arrivals 100,000 off pre-COVID in ‘22

Air arrivals to The Bahamas in 2022 fell just 100,000 short of the 1.6m received in 2019 prior to the COVID-19 pandemic that shut tourism down for much of 2020 and 2021, it was revealed yesterday.

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Donna Vasyli 'plans to spend time with her family' after acquittal

AFTER being acquitted of the murder of her husband after a more than five-year long court battle, Donna Vasyli plans to spend time with her family before deciding what she wants to do with her life, according to one of her attorneys.

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Police investigate after man found dead on Faith Avenue South

POLICE are investigating after a man was found dead on Faith Avenue south on Friday.

Bahamas Red Cross Society looking ahead to 79th annual fair

THE Bahamas Red Cross Society is on the road to celebrate its 79th annual Red Cross Fair, and the organisation is encouraging the public to support the cultural event.

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DIANE PHILLIPS: The mystery of the missing medical test

THERE must be a million medical tests out there. You can check your blood type, heart rate, hearing loss, even your vestibular, whatever that is.

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The story of the aircraft lost in The Bahamas

TRIBUNE readers may recall fifteen articles about Mailboats of the Bahamas in 2016. This new series about World War Two aircraft discoveries in our archipelago is similar, except the history is less static and more tactile.

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Room capacity challenges as tourism numbers grow

TOURISM numbers are looking very promising ahead of spring break, according to Ministry of Tourism deputy director general Dr Kenneth Romer, who cited room capacity as a major challenge because of high hotel occupancy levels.

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Govt ‘sympathetic’ to gas retailers plight but not minded to grant margin increase

ECONOMIC Affairs Minister Michael Halkitis yesterday said the government is “not minded” to do anything that will increase the cost of fuel at the pump, but added that the Davis administration is “sympathetic” to the concerns raised by members of the Bahamas Petroleum Retailers Association.

Report: Dire warning for The Bahamas if temps rise by 1.5 degrees celsius

THE country faces the threat of intensified tropical cyclones, sea level rise and declining freshwater resources if global temperatures exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius, a new report has warned.