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CARIFTA GAMES: Bahamas finishes third, will be hosts in 2018

ST. George's, Grenada: The BTC Bahamas team will be returning from the 45th Carifta Games with a third place finish and the bid to host the 47th version in 2018.

Super Value to collect $20-$25m VAT for Gov’t

Super Value’s owner yesterday said he expects to collect $20-$25 million in Value-Added Tax (VAT) for the Government this year, while warning that much more consumer education is required.

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$20m dividend to double Gov’t’s BTC return in 12 months

THE Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) has almost doubled the Government’s return on its 49 per cent minority stake in 12 months, its chief executive yesterday saying the company was forecast to pay the Christie administration a further $20 million in dividends this year.

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Lot prices 'prohibitive' via 20-30% infrastructure costs

INFRASTRUCTURE prices related to housing developments must be addressed, a well-known contractor telling Tribune Business y

Investor group eyeing $20-$30m water sales

Investor group eyeing $20-$30m water sales By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor The investor group that acquired the former Bacardi plant believes its ECH2O bottled water brand can generate $20-$30 million in annual sales in five to six years time,

Don't talk about crime – you will never win

If I held either the position of Minister for National Security or Commissioner of Police I would be exceptionally careful when and if I made public comments on crime…you never win.

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Swimmer Davante Carey and Bearcats improve to 7-0

DAVANTE Carey had an active weekend for the McKendree Bearcats Swimming as the No.4 ranked team improved to 7-0 in dual meets this season.

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Rolle secures Bahamas’ berth in Pure Silk LPGA Classic

DESPITE the adverse weather conditions that “made it feel like a boxing match,” Georgette Rolle was able to out-distance Raquel Riley by five strokes to secure the Bahamas’ berth in the 2016 Pure Silk Bahamas LPGA Golf Tournament.

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Upgrade for San Salvador airport

SAN Salvador’s tourism industry is expected to get a major boost with the expansion and upgrade of the island’s international airport.

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REGULATORS TAKE 3-2 LEAD IN THE NPBA

THE Mr Ship It Freight Regulators took control of the NPBA Division I series with a dominant performance on Monday night and are now a game away from the 2017 title.

North Abaco’s resorts ‘in crisis’ on airlift

North Abaco tourism is “in crisis and danger of collapse” over the lack of affordable airlift, one resort operator yesterday telling Tribune Business: “We’re running at 20 per cent occupancy right now due to the lack of available airlift”.

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'We don't know where the next dollar is coming from'

An ex-Cabinet minister says his family's business "doesn't know where the next dollar is coming from" as losses hit $150,000 per month due to COVID-19's devastating impact on the entertainment sector.

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Eric Wiberg – 20 accidents at sea off New Providence

NEW Providence saw over 20 World War II aircraft ditch, crash, and explode into its adjacent waters. Most of these were to the south of the island, east, and north, and depended on direction of the winds, which air field was used, and complex night-time exercises using extremely bright Leigh Lights, and flying in formation. Mechanical failures from aircraft just delivered from American factories played a role as well.

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BID to inject robo-cat with AI to help seniors

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Imagine a cat that can keep a person company, doesn’t need a litter box and can remind an aging relative to take her medicine or help find her eyeglasses.

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Former PM pays tribute to Sir Godfrey Kelly

FORMER Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham is among those offering condolences to the family of Sir Godfrey Kelly in the wake of his death last week, remembering the former politician as a man of “dignity and good humour”.

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Manslaughter by negligence charge in infants death

A 23-year-old man and a 20-year-old woman were arrested and accused of manslaughter by negligence in the case of their two-year-old son, who died on Saturday.

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Man questioned over latest murder

POLICE are questioning a 20-year-old man in connection with the country's latest murder.

SPORTS NOTE

Charles W Saunders Cougars pulled off a pair of victories Thursday as the Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools continued its regular season. In the junior girls’ division, the Cougars marched past the Kingsway Academy Saints 20-5 as S

Tobacco toxin

THERE can be little doubt that the great benefit to 20/50 being employed by Wind River Tobacco Company far outweighs the damage done to hundreds of thousands of people whose life will be forever changed by their product.

Clarification

A FRONT page article in yesterday’s Tribune revealing that only one in 20 murders ends in conviction contained the subtitle: “Report contradicts police claims on ‘solved’ crimes”.