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New homes handed over to Sweeting’s Cay residents

NINE newly-built homes were turned over to residents in Sweeting’s Cay during a key handover ceremony last week.

Restaurants 'can't survive' with 60% sales devastation

Restaurants will simply be unable to survive if the loss of 60 percent of their sales persists amid continuing COVID-19 restrictions, one operator told Tribune Business . Mario Cash, the Burger King franchise’s operations manager, told this newspape

IAN FERGUSON: How to deliver quality amid COVID-19 crisis

The US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends, and governments mandate, that we wear masks and exercise social distancing in all public spaces. Engaging customers is a challenge at the best of times, and as we continue our phased

Insurer’s $5m payout to boost equity return

A Bahamian insurer will “significantly reduce our cost of capital” by redeeming $5m in preference shares as it awaits regulatory approval to acquire an agency owned by one of its main shareholders.

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Berry Islands mother lost fight against COVID-19

WHILE families were celebrating on Mother’s Day, Marissa Roberts, a mother of an adopted child, lost her life.

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THE GREEN AUTOMOBILE REVOLUTION

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NIKOLA Tesla, born in 1856 was a Serbian- American engineer who contributed to our modern alternating current electricity supply system. He became a well-known inventor and was noted for his showmanship at public lectures and his demonstrations to celebrities and wealthy patrons.

EDITORIAL: Parties should be focussing on vaccination message

IF you've been browsing on social media over the last few weeks I suspect, like us, you're getting a bit fed up with the videos from the FNM and PLP popping up every few minutes telling you how great they are and you should give them your vote.

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Strachan takes up campus president role for UB North

UNIVERSITY of The Bahamas-North has made one more step toward greater autonomy with the elevation of Dr Ian Strachan to the office of campus president, the institution said in a press release.

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‘Sorry - $20 vouchers were a mistake’

NATIONAL Food Distribution Task Force chairperson Susan Larson said miscommunication caused 1,500 food assistance recipients in parts of New Providence to get under-valued vouchers this week.

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$250m agreement signed for cruise port management

THE Minnis administration signed a Heads of Agreement yesterday for a $250m project with Global Ports Holding to redevelop and manage the Nassau Cruise Port.The project will anchor the administration’s efforts to revitalise downtown Nassau.Through it

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All you need to know about the male menopause

Andropause, male menopause, is a real health condition that thousands of Bahamian men, like their counterparts worldwide, often suffer unknowingly.

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Aliv open to BTC rebuilding request on Abaco towers

Aliv’s top executive yesterday indicated it will respond favourably to its main competitor’s request to share mobile infrastructure in Abaco as part of post-Dorian restoration.Damian Blackburn told Tribune Business that the Bahamas Telecommunications

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Activists: We must learn from oil spill

THE impact of Hurricane Dorian on Grand Bahama, which caused an oil spill from the South Riding Point storage facility, should teach the government a lesson and lead to a definitive rejection of the Oban refinery proposal, according to one environmen

EDITORIAL: Not the end of COVID-19 yet - but a landmark day

IT was a landmark day yesterday in the UK. The British government dubbed it ‘V-day’, or vaccination day, and the first person to receive the approved Pfizer vaccine against COVID-19 was a 90-year-old Northern Irish woman.

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Nesbitt scores season high 10 points in 89-65 win

VALERIE Nesbitt scored in double figures for the first time this season and head coach Yolette McPhee-McCuin continues to lead her Ole Miss Rebels to an undefeated record in non-conference play.

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Tourism rebound to be 'slower than we want'

A senior tourism executive yesterday warned that The Bahamas' rebound will be "slower than we want it to be" despite Atlantis moving to expand its re-opening with The Cove's February 11 return.

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ActivTrades: Tech shares rally – Is it a massive bubble about to burst?

Given the economic fallout wreaked by COVID-19, it is little surprise to see the macroeconomic figures of a large majority of countries falling sharply, while many companies have reduced their target profit for this year and for 2021. Yet despite all this, US indices just reached new all-time records, with the Nasdaq in particular showing the most dramatic rally.

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Sands: We're not winning fight

ELIZABETH MP Dr Duane Sands said yesterday the county was not winning the battle against COVID-19, despite ongoing Emergency Powers Orders that the government now seeks to extend.

Minister: 2/3 redundancy increase brings Bahamas ‘in line’ with Caribbean

The Minister of Labour yesterday argued that employer concerns over the proposed two-thirds increase in the redundancy pay ‘cap’ were misplaced, arguing that it would bring the Bahamas into line with the rest of the Caribbean.

Unions: Employer wage freeze threat ‘laughable’

Trade union leaders said yesterday they were not surprised by the employer resistance to the proposed labour law reforms, and dismissed fears of wage and hiring freezes as “laughable”.