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Nassau/PI resorts enjoy 112% room revenue rise

Leading Nassau/Paradise Island resorts have revealed that 2022’s room revenue more than doubled year-over-year as the industry benefited from the post-COVID travel rebound.

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Condo hotel tax now takes ‘effect’

The Bahamian resort industry was yesterday said to have “got 90 percent of our asks” over the new condo hotel tax which has now come into effect some eight months after it was first unveiled.

NPBA: Rockets, Rebels in win column

THE Discount Distributors Liquors Rockets and the Rebels emerged as winners of the New Providence Basketball Association’s double header at the AF Adderley Gymnasium held on Monday night.

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THE UROLOGY DOCTOR IS IN...Too fast too soon – the ordeal of premature ejaculation Part II

Premature ejaculation afflicts an estimated one in three men in the Bahamas and throughout the world. Men in this country sadly often endlessly suffer in shame and despair from this very correctable medical problem.

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PETER YOUNG: New Northern Ireland deal has broader implications

TWO weeks ago in this column, I wrote about Britain and the European Union being on the brink of a fresh agreement to replace the existing Northern Ireland Protocol covering the province’s trading arrangements post-Brexit.

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January tourists beat 2019 arrivals by 33%

The Deputy Prime Minister yesterday said January 2023’s tourism arrivals were some 210,000 ahead of comparatives from 2019’s “banner year” as The Bahamas bids to “meet or exceed” 20 percent growth targets.

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January visitor numbers up 166 percent over last year’s figures

NEARLY one million visitors arrived in The Bahamas in January, representing a 166 percent increase when compared to the same period last year, Tourism Minister Chester Cooper revealed in the House of Assembly yesterday.

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INSIGHT: There’s no excuse for failing on disclosures

THERE is nothing else that quite shows the disregard for any government for the notions of transparency and accountability than the annual fuss over public disclosures.

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DIANE PHILLIPS: When things go wrong, Consumer Protection Commission indeed helps

IN EARLIER days, I dreamed of solving problems. Not the big ones like ending world famine or creating world peace.

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Ministry of Works and Utilities has 'critical focus' on flood prone zones

WORKS and Utilities Minister Alfred Sears revealed yesterday that his ministry intends to fix the drainage systems in flood-prone zones in the capital, calling it a “critical focus”.

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PM DISCLOSING - BUT ONE IN TEN MPS DON’T: Unclear whether Davis missed the March 1 deadline

PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis said his public disclosures would be filed yesterday if the documents had not been turned over on the deadline, which was Wednesday.

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STATESIDE – Fox News lesson: Never mix actual news with entertainment

DO YOU know what the letter “E” stands for, in ESPN?

Night club disturbing the peace

Thank you for this opportunity to publicly address a menace that has been plaguing residents of Misty and Pastel Gardens for a very long time.

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Eggs ‘another cash cow Gov’t can milk’

A Bahamian agriculture entrepreneur yesterday voiced concern that the Government “sees another cash cow it can milk” to the detriment of existing producers with its $15m egg self-sufficiency project.

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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.

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Sunland Baptist takes title to Grand Bahama

36TH HUGH CAMPBELL BASKETBALL CLASSIC

The curtains came down on the 39th edition of the prestigious Hugh Campbell Classic on Monday night with the Sunland Baptist Stingers emerging as the back-to-back champions.

EDITORIAL: Govt should be applauded for egg project

FOR many years, some farmers have felt that governments have only paid them lip service when it comes to giving the industry a solid footing.

Farmer: ‘Blowing smoke’ of 30 years seems over

A Bahamian poultry farmer last night voiced optimism that the Government is finally serious about ending three decades of “blowing smoke” on food security as it formally unveiled its $15m egg self-sufficiency ambitions.

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‘Golden Yolk’ scheme to make us self-sufficient

THE launch of the Ministry of Agriculture’s “Golden Yolk” initiative was hailed yesterday by Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis as “one of the first steps in a marathon toward a more resilient, self-reliant Bahamas”.

Gov’t to create $15m SPV intermediary for egg plan

THE Government will create an off-balance sheet special purpose vehicle (SPV) to facilitate the $15m project designed to drive The Bahamas to 100 percent self-sufficiency in egg production.