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Two arrested over drugs, gun

TWO men were arrested after they were found with an illegal gun and marijuana, police said. Shortly before 11pm, officers from Operation Team, acting on information, searched a home at Lewis Street, off Market Street and found a 20 gauge shotgun wit

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20-year-old accused of armed robbery

A 20-year-old man who is accused of stealing a woman’s vehicle at gunpoint was remanded to prison yesterday.

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CARIFTA GAMES: Bahamas tops last year's medal count, finishes second behind Jamaica

THE 50th Oaktree Medical CARIFTA Games wrapped up last night at the Thomas A Robinson stadium.

Baha Mar sought deal on Chapter 11 file day

Baha Mar has revealed it made an unsuccessful last-ditch effort - on the day it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection - to persuade its contractor to make the $15 million equity investment necessary to unlock the remaining construction financing.

Ex-Cabinet minister urges: ‘Rescue financial services’

An ex-Cabinet minister yesterday urged the Bahamas to move rapidly in rescuing its financial services industry, which he warned was “under tremendous strain”.

Educators urged to ‘loosen grip’ on vocational training

A former Chamber of Commerce chairman has urged educators “to give up their grip” on vocational training, and let industry drive course content and standards.

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BAHAMAS BRINGS HOME MEDALS OF EVERY COLOUR: Pan American U20 team wins gold, silver and bronze

The Bahamas’ 19-member team to the XXI Pan American Under-20 Track and Field Championships at the Jose A. Figueroa Freyre Stadium in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico over the weekend returned home with a medal of each colour.

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GB Power ‘clawing way back’ in 25% profit rise

Grand Bahama Power Company was yesterday said to be “clawing our way” back to targeted net income after producing a 25 percent profits increase to $10m for the 2022 full-year.

Athletes qualify early for CARIFTA Games

BEFORE athletes took a break for Christmas festivities, they hit the qualifying mark for the 2024 CARIFTA Games at the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations (BAAA) Odd Distance Meet on Friday at the original Thomas A Robinson Stadium.

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IMF slashes Bahamas prospects for rebound

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) yesterday dampened The Bahamas' prospects of a swift rebound from COVID-19 by slashing this nation's projected 2021 economic growth to 4.6 per cent.

Arawak Port: Tough to match 157% profit rise

THE Nassau Container Port’s chief executive yesterday said it “will take something quite significant to repeat” 2017’s 157 per cent profits rise, which received a $1.1 million Baha Mar boost.Michael Maura told Tribune Business that Baha Mar’s remobil

BTC profits slump 75% amid 2-year owner wait

The Bahamas Telecommunications Company’s (BTC) 2017 profits plunged by around 75 per cent amid its owner’s continuing two-year wait for the Government to approve its takeover.

COVID shutdown for auto dealer’s ‘major generator’

One of an auto dealer’s “two major generators” has likely been forced to close until tomorrow after almost one-third of staff tested positive for COVID-19 amid the latest case surge.

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Shameful: Deal is essentially a giveaway, slams Hanna Martin

THE Minnis administration negotiated miserably on behalf of Bahamians, producing a “shameful” deal, Englerston MP Glenys Hanna Martin has said as she slammed the Disney Island Development agreement for South Eleuthera.

Bahamas facing $500m climate impact by 2025

Climate change impacts could cost the Bahamian economy almost $500 million annually by 2025, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has warned, with “badly designed” infrastructure and coastal erosion increasing the threat.

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Expert calls for shark dive ban after fatality

EXPERT Bahamian diver and spear-fisherman David Rose says shark diving and feeding is an “unsafe” practice and should be banned in the Bahamas.

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‘COVID SURGE HAS HIT THE BAHAMAS’: Death toll hits 800 - and 200 new cases so far this month

HEALTH officials yesterday confirmed that the country is in another surge of COVID-19 infections after more than 200 cases were confirmed so far this month.

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Bahamas crushes Nicaragua 116-62

MITCH Johnson had a monster game on Friday at the Jose Miguel Agrelot Coloseum in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico to get the Bahamas men's national basketball team back on track, but it came a little too late to get through to the playoffs of the CentroBasket Championships.

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Bahamas Bowl set to feature high-scoring teams

THE 2017 Bahamas Bowl features a matchup of high scoring teams as two of the hottest squads in their conferences get ready to set the stage for an intriguing game. The University of Ohio Bobcats and UAB Blazers will both enter the December 22 contes