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Michael Pintard appealing for help to find missing Grand Bahama man

FREE National Movement leader Michael Pintard is appealing for help finding Philip “Big Mama” Stubbs, who has been missing for almost a week.

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59-year-old man dies from COVID-19

ANOTHER COVID-19 death has been recorded, according to the Ministry of Health yesterday.

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Two-sport star? Deyton Albury makes debut on the gridiron

DEYTON Albury is known for putting up big numbers on the basketball court. But he may be a two-sport star on the rise after his debut on the gridiron. Albury returned the opening kickoff 80 yards for a touchdown, rushed for 120 yards and another to

Global growth too low

Since September 2019, the Federal Reserve has been buying 80% of US Treasury debt. The US is borrowing from itself – unprecedented. The attack on the Abqaiq oil facility in Saudi Arabia in September 2019 that affected global oil supplies significantly barely increased oil prices. The killing of the Iran general by the US on January 3, 2020 barely influenced oil prices. The markets are not being influenced by threat to Middle Eastern oil.

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Recognising women's softball legends

Members of the women’s national softball team of the late 70s and 80s were recognised yesterday during the House of Assembly session. The women were invited by Minister of Youth, Sports & Culture Dr Daniel Johnson as a part of events to honour International Women’s Day.

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Sandals staff learning to save lives

BOTH Sandals Royal Bahamian and Sandals Emerald Bay are continuing their bid to ensure that as many as 80 per cent of their staff are trained to deliver life-saving aid, not only to resort guests, but to members of the public who may need assistance.

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Team Bahamas has ground to cover for golf title

AFTER two rounds at the top amateur golfing event in the region, Team Bahamas finds itself with much ground to cover if they hope to contend for the overall title.

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‘Buddy’ and Bahamas ready to face Venezuela

Although they have yet to “finalise” the team, head coach Chris DeMarco said the Bahamas coaching staff will select a “solid” 12-man roster coming out of this week’s training camp to play against Venezuela at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium on Thursday night.

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$50m project predicts 30-40% sales increase

A MAJOR western New Providence real estate development is on track to this year surpass 2011 sales by 30-40 per cent, its principal telling Tribune Business yesterday that it was preparing to take total build-out value to $50 million by starting two more construction phases in 2012.

$12m bill for centre

$12m bill for centre By SANCHESKA BROWN Tribune Staff Reporter sbrown@tribunemedia.net DOCUMENTATION tabled in the House of Assembly revealed the government spent $12 million to build two new facilities at the Sandilands Rehabilitation Centre, nearly do

Communications sector rebounds through 3.7% growth in turnover

The Bahamian communications industry saw its total turnover increase 3.7 per cent year-over-year to hit $444 million in 2011, regulators have estimated, despite cellular phone subscribers falling by 90,000 since 2009.

S&P’s higher deficits on VAT ‘uncertainties’

Standard & Poor’s (S&P) has agreed that there are “indeed uncertainties” surrounding Value-Added Tax (VAT) implementation, and is less optimistic than the Government in projecting a 3 per cent fiscal deficit for 2015-2016.

GB ‘really getting back’ into tourism

The Bahamas’ top tourism official yesterday said Grand Bahama was “really getting back into business” with 84 percent of hotels, and 55 percent of the island’s attractions, now receiving visitors.

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FIBA World Cup 2023 Americas Pre-Qualifiers: Team Bahamas finishes with undefeated record

THE Bahamas senior men’s national basketball team finished the FIBA World Cup 2023 Americas Pre-Qualifiers for Group A with an undefeated record and will advance to the next round in November.

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101 new COVID-19 cases, death toll rises to 96

The Ministry of Health reported on Wednesday that there were 101 new cases of COVID-19, one death and 65 people confirmed to have recovered.

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Steven Gardiner Senior Male Athlete of Year

IN a year where we’ve had some extraordinary performances by players on their various international teams, Steven Gardiner managed to prevail above them all with his Olympic gold medal to earn The Tribune Sports’ 2021 Male Athlete of the Year.

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Tech issues stall new betting tax

Bahamian gamblers will enjoy a two-month reprieve from the budget’s twin five percent levies because they are “not as easy and straightforward” to implement as the government thought.

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Jones and Liberty beat Aces 94-85

New York tightens up race for top seed in the WNBA playoffs

NEW YORK (AP) — Sabrina Ionescu scored 25 points and Breanna Stewart added 20 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists to help the New York Liberty beat the Las Vegas Aces 94-85 last night in the final regular-season meeting between the teams.

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THE New Providence Basketball Association continued its regular season action on Monday night at the AF Adderley Gymnasium with the College of the Bahamas Caribs and the PJ Stingers winning the double header. While the Caribs stunned the Double R Services Cleaners 81-63, the Stingers out-scored the Island Game Pros 101-95.

VAT 'recipe for disaster' with no Contractor Bill

A Bahamian contractor said yesterday that levying 7.5 per cent Value-Added Tax (VAT) on the sector without first passing the Contractors Bill would be a “recipe for disaster”, telling Tribune Business: “We are in no manner, shape or form prepared for this.”