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Bahamas suffers ‘largest’ debt growth in Caribbean

The Bahamas has suffered “the largest relative increase in government debt levels” in the Caribbean over the past five years, with a Wall Street rating agency predicting central government debt will hit 60 per cent of GDP by 2015.

$10M estimate for BEC’s environmental costs ‘conservative’

Valuing the Bahamas Electricity Corporation’s (BEC) environmental liabilities at $100 million is a “conservative” estimate, a well-known attorney warning it was a “pipe dream” to believe the Government would realise top price from its partial privatisation.

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THE first leg of the new International High Jump Tour in Banska Bystrica, scheduled for February 4, will have all three top Italians jumping and two Bahamians.

McCartney: ‘I’m still trying to get more linebacker reps and go after that spot’

NOW one of the veteran leaders on the defending Grey Cup champion Calgary Stampeders, special-teams ace Bahamian Karl McCartney reflected on his time with the club thus far and his plans for the immediate future.

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NPSA All-Stars: Moss named MVP

ANTHONY Moss couldn’t ask for a better transition from the basketball court to the softball playing field.

Arsenal recovers 2-0 deficit to advance in FA Cup

LONDON (AP) -- Arsenal kept its bid to end a seven-year trophy drought on track Sunday, scoring three times in eight second-half minutes to beat Aston Villa 3-2 and reach the fifth round of the FA Cup. Villa led 2-0 at halftime on goals by Richard Dunne an

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Strikers pack a punch

COACH Ronn Rodgers was quite pleased with the performances of his Strikers Boxing Club as they won two of their three matches against the visiting team of boxers from New York at the Enoch Backford Auditorium on Saturday.

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Farm eviction exposes Schooner Bay bust-up

An Abaco couple have slammed Schooner Bay’s “arrogance” in evicting them from their farm in a dispute stemming from the controversial licencing of 100 Crown Land acres to a foreign developer.Glen Kelly told Tribune Business that agents for the south

SKYGuard | Bahamas Dept of Meteorology projected track of Invest 98(L)

8 AM SKYGuard | Bahamas Dept of Meteorology long range projected track of future tropical cyclone Invest 98(L)

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Coaches Hall of Fame: Greene to be inducted

There’s a saying that it’s better late than never. For Bahamian Rolando “Lonnie” Greene, it couldn’t be any better as he looks forward to his induction into the Drake Relays Coaches Hall of Fame.

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Bain, Lumberjacks’ season marred by NCAA violations

A season of historic milestones for Nathan Bain and the Stephen F Austin Lumberjacks will be marred by NCAA violations centred around improprieties in the academic certification process for several student athletes.

Happy Platinum Jubilee

What an achievement. Something most of us can only aspire to and look on in awe. Her Majesty The Queen is celebrating a Platinum Jubilee, marking 70 years of service to the people of the United Kingdom, the Realms and the Commonwealth.

Bahamas police call in New York supercop

Bahamas police call in New York supercop THE man credited with breaking the back of New York City's criminal underworld has been invited to advise Bahamian police as the government steps up its zero tolerance campaign against all forms of criminality. Wi

China donates $78,000 worth of medical supplies

THE Bahamas received a donation of $78,000 worth of medical supplies from the Chinese government yesterday, the sixth such batch of donations since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

How to get out of pain

ACCORDING to a recent survey, individuals suffering from severe back pain or muscle pain are reportedly getting little relief from the drugs they take and are dissatisfied with the medical attention that they get.

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Cold storage facility to help immunisation programme

PUBLIC Health officials yesterday commissioned a newly constructed vaccine cold storage facility as a part of the country’s Expanded Programme on Immunisation.

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Shamar Burrows and Tigers nationally ranked at No. 10

AFTER the first two weeks of the season, Shamar Burrows and the Dalhousie Tigers are nationally ranked at no.10 in Canada’s U Sports men’s basketball power rankings.

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First cruise back hit by virus

One of the first cruise ships to ply through Caribbean waters since the pandemic began ended its trip early after at least five passengers tested positive for COVID-19, officials said yesterday.

Port Lucaya in fifth month of rent discounts

Port Lucaya Marketplace has entered the fifth month of a ‘rent discount’ initiative to ease a post-Hurricane Matthew burden for tenants that has now been exacerbated by Memories’ pull-out.

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Jean Rony case adjourned again

THE Jean Rony Jean-Charles case was adjourned again on Friday as lawyers for the Bahamas-born man and the Office of the Attorney General were unable to agree to terms that would fast-track the case to the Court of Appeal.