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Poll: Adult caregivers overwhelmed and undertrained

WASHINGTON (AP) — Adult caregivers looking after aging relatives and friends have little training for their stressful roles but still find the experience rewarding, according to a poll released Thursday.The Associated Press-NORC Centre for Public Af

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McAlpine: 'Agenda' behind negative feedback on Dominica stance

PINERIDGE MP Rev Fredrick McAlpine yesterday suggested that negative feedback directed at him for his critical stance on the government's proposed aid for Dominica, was due to "another agenda at play".

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'Red-letter day' for West End as $2m community clinic opens

THE opening of a newly renovated $2-million West End Community Clinic was “a red-letter day” for the residents of West End, who for the first time will now have access to trauma and 24-hour ambulance/EMS services in their community.

‘Pay up’: students ignore loan plea

THE Education Loan Authority (ELA) is expected to resume loan services to students in the “not too distant future,” ELA Chairman Michael Foulkes disclosed yesterday, adding the entity has also commenced legal action in the Supreme Court against delinquent borrowers and guarantors to recover the more than $150m it is owed.

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jonquel jonesto join flamein china duringthe offseason

HER last offseason post propelled Jonquel Jones into becoming the WNBA’s Most Improved Player, an All-Star and an All-WNBA Second Team selection, leaving fans and pundits eager to see what this offseason will bring.Jones’ offseason commitments will t

Realtor fear on 50% permanent residency rise

Realtors last night described the Government’s revised plans to increase the permanent residency threshold by 50 per cent, from $500,000 to $750,000, as “bad news” and something to “head off”.Brent Symonette, minister of financial services, yesterday

Tourism flat-lines as yields off 28% since millennium

A 28 per cent decline in per tourist spending yields since 2000 has resulted in “no growth” this century in the Bahamas’ largest industry, the Minister of Tourism revealed yesterday.Dionisio D’Aguilar told the House of Assembly that the decline in pe

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Michael Dingman: a man who chased new horizons

Michael D. Dingman, the corporate leader, financier and philanthropist who organized what at the time was the largest initial public stock offering in U.S. history, died October 3 at his home in Lyford Cay, The Bahamas. He was 86 and Shipston Group L

GB medical facility offers new treatment

A Grand Bahama-based medical facility yesterday unveiled a new treatment for patients with diffuse scleroderma.The Okyanos Center for Regenerative Medicine announced it is offering a new and advanced protocol, based on the STAR clinical trial, which

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BGDBA postseason opens

THE Bahamas Government Departmental Basketball Association opened its postseason on Saturday night with all eight playoff teams playing in the four games at the AF Adderley Gymnasium.• Results of the games were as follows:Bamboo Shack Cybots def. the

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Off to slow start? Naughty's Fantasy Football Quick Fix

WITH the first month of the NFL season in the books, it’s time for serious fantasy managers to start shaking things up if they are off to a slow start, 0-4 or 1-3 perhaps?It’s time to make smart, critical moves. Use your head not your hearts to solid

Fred Mitchell’s hypocrisy on Dominica

In two non-consecutive terms as Foreign Minister, Fred Mitchell never passed up an opportunity to travel to the Caribbean or to wave the Caricom flag.

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Jonquel Jones on the All-WNBA 2nd Team

THE postseason accolades continue to roll in for Bahamian WNBA superstar Jonquel Jones.Jones was named to the All-WNBA Second Team as the league continued to roll out its postseason awards.It concludes a season where the second year Connecticut Sun f

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Eugene McMinns named Subway Player of theGame in Axemen's 33-14 victory over Mounties

THE Acadia Axemen returned to the field following a bye week and Eugene McMinns returned to form as one of the team’s leading playmakers.The senior wide recevier was named the Subway Player of the Game in the Axemen’s 33-14 win over the Mount Allison

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INSIGHT: We are losing the fight. People want to feel safe. Period.

THE agonizing cries from Kendera Woodside, mother of Eugene Woodside, may have been enough to raise all the hairs on your body. Tortuous screams rang out from the backyard of their home, as family gathered during a visit from the Prime Minister and an entourage including his wife and some prominent pastors from the community. As a nation, we sincerely sympathize with Mrs. Woodside, who said that she had just told her mother that she would not have to bury her children and that they would outlive her mere moments before her son was slain by a bullet unintended for him.

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Second World War veteran McPhee dies

THE family of John McPhee wants Bahamians to know that “a hero has passed.” The 85-year-old veteran participated in the Second World War. His death over two weeks ago means only 13 members of the British Legion Bahamas Branch are still alive. Mr Mc

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UPDATED: Tearful PM defies Dominica critics

AMID criticism of government’s intention to relax immigration restrictions for some citizens of Dominica, Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis was brought to tears as he shed light on how this process will work and outlined three categories by which Dominicans will be granted access to The Bahamas.

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$500m developer targets Ginn property acquisition

A Canadian-based developer with $500 million in assets has emerged as the potential buyer for the former Ginn sur mer project in Grand Bahama’s West End, Tribune Business can reveal.

Accounting firm plans 25% staff ‘ramp up’

A Bahamian accounting firm is aiming to “ramp up” staffing levels through 25 per cent growth over the next year, as it eyes opportunities in the digital space.

Union chief backs workers financing their retirement

A union chief yesterday backed workers contributing to their pensions, and slammed Bahamas Power & Light (BPL) for failing to address its $110 million pension deficit.