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NHIA launches electronic healthcare record system

THE NATIONAL Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) is going paperless as the agency launched its Electronic Health Record (EHR) system for primary healthcare providers yesterday. The EHR system eliminates the need for paper patient health records and ac

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Teams shuffle on Classic day 2

With a last minute adjustment to the schedule and the brackets, things are starting to take shape in the 36th annual Hugh Campbell Basketball Classic.

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Coach ‘KJ’ and Rattlers off to Orlando for Tip-Off Classic

WITH a greater emphasis on exposing his players to the potential basketball scholarships, coach Kevin ‘KJ’ Johnson has decided to skip the prestigious Hugh Campbell Basketball Classic and will be going to Orlando, Florida, to participate in the Tip-off Classic (Super Regional) instead.

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Minister: No WTO membership 'for at least five years'

A Cabinet minister yesterday said full Bahamian membership of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) “cannot happen for at least within the next five years”.Elsworth Johnson, minister of financial services, trade and industry and immigration, told the Ho

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Hugh Campbell Classic tips off

Still celebrating their Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools Sports’ senior boys basketball championship victory, the Queen’s College Comets got off to a sluggish start, but poured it on down the stretch against Galilee College in one

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We've been forgotten, say the Queen's Cove residents

QUEEN’S Cove is “a forgotten community” that is still in shambles five months after Hurricane Dorian.The subdivision is vulnerable as incidents of stealing are a continuing problem for the few returning residents who are trying to rebuild.According t

36th Hugh Campbell Basketball Classic gets underway today at AF Adderley

THE 36th Hugh Campbell Basketball Classic is all set to get underway today at the AF Adderley Gymnasium, featuring 24 teams in four pools. Over 40 games over the course of the week will lead to the championship finale on Monday, February 24 to decid

Water Corp unions sent back to work

The chief justice has ordered members of both Water and Sewerage Corporation unions to return to work until there is a full Supreme Court hearing on their industrial dispute next Monday.Brian Moree QC granted a temporary injunction on Friday that eff

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600 jobs expected as Minnis signs heads of agreement for $300m Abaco project

A HEADS of Agreement was officially signed yesterday between the government and Tyrsoz Family Holdings Ltd for a $300 million residential resort and marina in South Abaco, which will allow for the creation of 600 construction jobs on the island. Not

No shame in being a 'darkie'

After reflecting on the racist gaffe committed by a Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) official at a recent rally at Columbus Primary School, I began to reflect on the PLP’s history on race relations.

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Tennis ace Justin Roberts making his presence felt

AFTER his upsetting win over the top-seeded player, Justin Roberts continues to make his presence felt at the Cancun Tennis Academy in Cancun, Mexico. Playing in his second tournament for the year, Roberts pulled off a 6-3, 7-6 (4) over Juan Alejand

Meditation: The Abundant life

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IAN FERGUSON: Are graduates ready for the world of work?

I sat silently observing an assembly of 12 grade students, and pondered how adequately we have prepared them for the global corporate environment. How focused have we been in ensuring what they receive in our schools is applicable and relevant to the

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Carnival to spend $100m on new Grand Bahama dock

MONTHS after a crane collapsed and damaged Grand Bahama Shipyard’s largest dock, Carnival Corporation is planning a $100 million investment to build a new and bigger dock. Giora Israel, senior vice president of global ports and destination developme

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Digital dollar to have 'monumental effect'

The Chamber of Commerce’s chief executive yesterday predicted that the Bahamian digital currency will “have a monumental effect” on the transparency and safety of local financial transactions. Jeffrey Beckles, speaking after the Central Bank introdu

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Greene and J Addison win OSBA Challenge Series

PAUL Greene led his J Addison Prep basketball programme to another in-season tournament title in the Ontario Scholastic Basketball Association.

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Insurance cuts Aliv's Dorian cost to $2.5m

Aliv’s subscriber base grew by 20 percent during the final six months of 2019, its top executive revealed yesterday, after the mobile operator shrugged off $2.5m in one-off net Dorian costs. Damian Blackburn told Tribune Business it had “recovered a

Probe found 'no wrong doing' on $5m water deal

A probe into complaints over a $5m contract awarded to BHM Company (Bahamas Hot Mix) found “no wrong doing”, a Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) executive said yesterday. Daniel Best, its director of projects, defended the $28.5m Water Supply Improve

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Two more guilty of Breanna murder

A young mother burst into tears and fell to the floor in court in despair yesterday after she and her friend were unanimously convicted of murdering teenage mother Breanna Mackey two years ago.