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Melia demolition finish ‘before winter season’

Baha Mar’s owner is seeking to completely demolish the former Melia Nassau Beach Resort before the 2023 winter tourism season starts, it was revealed yesterday, although it has not determined what will replace the hotel.

US: Gov’t ‘stalling’ on anti-corruption fight

The US State Department yesterday accused the Government of “stalling full implementation of anti-corruption legislation that would promote transparency and good governance” such as the Freedom of Information Act.

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ITF/COTECC U-12 tennis: Inclement weather halts play for Team Bahamas

TEAM Bahamas had a busy day yesterday in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The tennis players competed in the beginning of the Billie Jean King Cup Americas Group ll tournament, and day three of the ITF/ COTECC U-12 Sub Region 3 competition.

Gas dealer deal likely ‘by end of summer’

Financial Secretary Simon Wilson indicated on Tuesday that negotiations for a price margin increase with the gas retailers are progressing well and an agreement should be finalised by the end of summer.

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Payroll errors costing taxpayers near $120m

Salary and payroll errors are costing Bahamian taxpayers around $120m per year, the Government’s top finance official disclosed yesterday, as he blamed the wastage on too many systems that are not linked to each other.

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THE Royal Bahamas Defence Force, through its title sponsor Fidelity Bank, will hold its annual Fun Run/Walk Race on Saturday, starting at 6am from Goodman’s Bay.

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Roadrunners Track & Field blaze through an epic AAU

ANOTHER track and field season has come to an end with the Roadrunners Track & Field Club blazing their way through an epic performance at the annual AAU Club Championship in Orlando, Florida.

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Aruba goes home with the gold

ARUBA blanked Puerto Rico 11-0 to win the 12-and-under division of the Babe Ruth Caribbean Championship yesterday at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex.

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Star rower: Sports can help young bridge the gap

AMERICAN rower Arshay Cooper is spreading the message about opportunities available to young people through sports like rowing.

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Bank stability at 7-year high on $400m profits

The Bahamian commercial banking sector’s stability hit a seven-year high in 2022, the industry’s regulator has revealed, as combined profits soared nearly 59 percent to just shy of $400m.

Reforms to boost financial services industry flexibility

Reforms to two key corporate products will boost the Bahamian financial services industry’s competitiveness by enabling it to provide more flexible structures to clients, the Attorney General has charged.

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BPL: From ‘dramatic savings’ to sky-high bills in three years

Bahamas Power & Light (BPL) has gone from “dramatic savings” on its fuel costs that have been hailed by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to sky-high electricity bills in just three years.

AC challenges at Justice Centre ‘being addressed’

SUPREME Court Deputy Registrar Renaldo Toote said the air-conditioning challenges that prompted workers to walk out of the Garnet Levarity Justice Centre in Grand Bahama are being addressed.

Temperature rise poses additional threat to sensitive coral reefs

CLIMATE change is causing heat that threatens the existence of coral reefs in the Bahamas.

Food prices to ‘never return to pre-COVID’

The Retail Grocers Association’s president yesterday warned Bahamians that food prices will not return to pre-COVID levels and said: “The cost of operations is increasing all over the world.”

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Opposition ‘to hammer’ Gov’t on BPL’s $110m

The Opposition’s leader has pledged to “continue to hammer” the Government over the accounting treatment it is using for the $110m loan advanced to Bahamas Power & Light (BPL) to pay off its fuel arrears.

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Security guard charged for possession of ammunition

A SECURITY officer was granted bail after he was accused of having almost 100 rounds of rifle ammunition in his home last weekend.

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BPL’s 71% cost hike branded ‘outrageous’

Private sector executives yesterday branded the 71 percent hike in Bahamas Power & Light’s (BPL) total energy costs as “outrageous” and “brutal”, with one saying: “I don’t know how businesses are surviving.”

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INSIGHT: Sound policy decisions over soundbites to tackle crime

A RECENT spate of shocking crimes – including sex attacks against elderly women – has prompted some familiar talk. We must be tougher on crime, tougher on criminals. Perhaps so – but in our reaction, we appear to be falling into an old trap of seeking to carry out action, any action, without regard to whether or not it really works.

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Andros Chickcharnies take home gold in golf

Grand Bahama Lucayans secure silver, NP Buccaneers win bronze

THE Chickcharnies will carry the sixth Bahamas Games team gold medal home to Andros.