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WORLD VIEW – Red Sea crisis: Houthi attacks raising prices worldwide

UP until a few weeks ago, the Red Sea and Yemen held little significance for the peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean.

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GSSSA: Rattlers close out season strong

THE CI Gibson Rattlers senior girls and boys closed out the Government Secondary Schools Sports Association (GSSSA) basketball regular season in good standing on Friday.

Downgrade forces NAD debt reserve ‘doubling’ to $38m

The Nassau Airport Development Company (NAD) has been forced to double its debt reserve to $38 million after losing its ‘investment grade’ credit rating, the Minister of Tourism revealed yesterday.

'No sense' in new Govt's redundancy cap increase

Private sector executives yesterday warned that the Minnis administration’s plans to increase the 12-month redundancy pay ‘cap’ would further endanger an economy already “in deep trouble”.Peter Goudie, an employment and labour relations specialist wi

Tourism Minister's 'concern' at airport security demands

The Minister of Tourism yesterday admitted that the short timeline given to meet enhanced US aviation security demands was “causing concern”, with the greatest impact likely to be felt at Family Island airports.Dionisio D’Aguilar told Tribune Busines

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INSIGHT: Send hardcore criminals to Family Island prison

Former Assistant Police Commissioner Paul Thompson concludes his series on policing in the Bahamas by examing the rehabilitation of offenders.

Water Corp’s $159m subsidy driven from 2/3 ‘cost recovery’

The Water & Sewerage Corporation’s revenues cover just two-thirds of its operating expenses because its prices have not been increased for 18 years, costing Bahamian taxpayers $159 million over a five-year period.

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Nintendo Switch’s big challenge: Luring casual gamers

With three kids and constant travel for work, John Hussey jumped at the chance to play an open-world adventure game like “The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild” anywhere, anytime.

Consumer chief to banks: ‘We can’t take all of this’

The Consumer Protection Commission’s chairman is openly questioning whether Bahamians benefit from foreign-owned banks, and urged this country to “get to the position where we say enough; we can’t take all of this”.

TEAM BAHAMAS ‘PERFORMED VERY WELL’

JIMMY Norius, Paul ‘Mighty Mouse’ Wilson and Alberto Armbrister said it was one of the most impressive team performances they ever experienced over the weekend at the International Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness Diamond Cup Caribe in the Dominican Republic.

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DIANE PHILLIPS: Walkabout not workout uncovers lost glories

On Tuesday, my personal trainer, a man named Robert Hamilton, and I were walking. It’s what we do when I am too lazy to work out after a gruelling 12-hour day when I could think of at least a dozen things more preferable to push-ups and crunches.

Tourism ‘weakens’ as LPIA traffic off 6.5%

The Central Bank believes Bahamian tourism industry performance in the 2017 first quarter “weakened” compared to last year, with passenger traffic at Lynden Pindling International Airport (LPIA) down 6.5 per cent.

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INSIGHT: China’s debt trap diplomacy

Accepting promises of benevolent investment and easy credit from China are coming back to haunt developing countries. Brahma Chellaney reports from India . . .

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Lucayan chair slams 'nasty, torturous' close

The Grand Lucayan’s chairman yesterday accused Hutchison Whampoa of displaying “a lot of bad faith” over the $65m deal’s closing, branding negotiations as “nasty and torturous”.Michael Scott, chairman of Lucayan Renewal Holdings, the Government-owned

‘Catastrophic’ if latest COVID wave runs free

The hotel union’s president yesterday warned it would be “catastrophic” for Bahamian tourism and the wider economy if the country fails to control the latest COVID-19 outbreak.

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‘I don’t want my guests to leave with COVID dessert’

THE restaurant owner whose staff note sparked the debate over “mandatory” vaccines has sought to further justify his stance, saying: “I don’t want guests to come for sushi and leave with a COVID dessert.”

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GB airport take-off targeted for June 1

The government will take full control of Grand Bahama International Airport’s operations by June 1 following today’s handover of the facility’s ownership by Freeport Harbour Company.

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INSIGHT: Tunnel vision and myopia are too heavily guiding decision on vaccinations for travellers

THIS past weekend, the requirements for fully-vaccinated travellers to provide evidence of a negative COVID-19 RT-PCR test before being permitted into the country were officially dropped.

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DIANE PHILLIPS: This isn’t the first time we’ve had to get tough to beat a disease

WHEN the first local cases of COVID-19 were reported in March last year, The Bahamas headed by a medically trained Prime Minister, got tough.

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Hurricane Hole developer's new $352m project

Hurricane Hole developer’s has received initial approval for a $352.2m development on Matt Lowe’s Cay that promises a desperately-needed boost for Abaco’s Dorian-ravaged economy, it was revealed yesterday. Dr Hubert Minnis, in his contribution to th