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Top labour official: No need for general strike

The Government's top labour official yesterday argued there was no need for a general strike, which should be the “last thing” trade unions should resort to. John Pinder, director of labour, told Tribune Business that Obie Ferguson, the Trades Union

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ITF World Juniors: Bahamas fall to Dominican Republic

The Bahamas’ three-member team’s bid to get a high ranking in the International Tennis Federation’s World Junior Tennis Tournament was thwarted after losing to the host Dominican Republic.In the first round of the girls’ main draw play in the North/C

Further financial sector shrink expected in 2015

The Bahamas Financial Services Union’s (BFSU) president said yesterday further job losses in the sector were likely in 2015.

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Shaunae wins semi to reach 200m final

GOLD Coast, Australia: Although she stumbled out of the blocks, national record holder Shaunae Miller-Uibo held off the late charge from Jamaica's Olympic champion Elaine Thompson to breeze into the final of the women's 200 metres.

GB resort rewards its best employees

A Grand Bahama resort honoured several of its 60 employees during the bi-annual Pelican Awards Ceremony.Della Bridgewater, Pelican Bay’s operations manager, said: “2019 was a particularly challenging year for us because of Hurricane Dorian, but our e

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Outdoor victories for 'Superman' & Thomas

Triple jumper Leevan 'Superman' Sands and high jumper Donald Thomas both opened their 2012 outdoor season with victories as they begin their quest for the London Olympics in August. The duo,

Kobe upset by Odom's departure for Dallas

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) -- The Lakers traded forward Lamar Odom and a second-round draft pick to the Dallas Mavericks last night for a first-round pick and an $8.9 million trade exception, capping Los Angeles' stunning 72-

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Shot toddler still has the bullet inside her

THE mother of the two-year-old girl shot in Eleuthera on Saturday night believes the gunmen were after a man who lived nearby and not her mother’s house. The toddler, Da’Nyla Roberts, was sitting on the porch in her grandmother’s arms when she was s

Minister pledges 'no retreat' over breadbasket reforms

THE Minister of Health has pledged to stand firm on the proposed ‘breadbasket’ food reforms, ruling out a similar retreat to that made a year ago over “sugary sweet drinks”.Dr Duane Sands, minister of health, told Tribune Business that the Government

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Ingraham, Neymour victorious at Miami Invitational

QUARTERMILER Wesley Neymour and high jumper Ryan Ingraham both took advantage of their season debut by posting victories in their specialties in the Miami Invitational at University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida, over the weekend.

Barbers and beauty salons fret over lockdown survival

Bahamian barber shops and beauty salons say they are trying to determine how they will pay the bills and survive after being placed on COVID-19 lockdown until month’s end.Adam Russell, Stylistic Barbers’ owner, told Tribune Business: “Right now I’m s

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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

Buyer demand rising as post-Dorian prices halve

Buyer demand for Abaco homes is increasing with properties selling at about 50 percent of their pre-Dorian value, a Hope Town-based realtor. Jane Patterson, a Damianos Sotheby’s International Realty estate agent, said: “Most of the buyers I have bee

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Mother-of-threedeclares war on obesity

WEIGHING 320 pounds, Sherell Brown could not get up a flight of stairs without hanging on for dear life. At the same time, her husband was diagnosed with leukaemia, her daughter developed asthma, and doctors believed her son had autism.But while her

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'I wouldn't tell anyone to go into business'

The New Providence Road Improvement Project’s impact has been “severely damaging” to the Bahamian entrepreneurial spirit, one businessman telling Tribune Business yesterday: “I wouldn’t tell anyone to go into business.”

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Olympic agony! 'It ain't over Brent... I will be back'

LONDON, England — One could hardly help but to sympathise with Leevan ‘Superman’ Sands when he went down with a right knee injury in the men’s triple jump final on Thursday night.

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Nursing injury, Parker shuts down season as track starts today

WHEN the athletic (track and field) competition of the sixth Commonwealth Youth Games gets underway today in the Thomas A Robinson National Stadium, missing from Team Bahamas’ line-up will be sprinter Devine Parker. The top junior sprinter in the co

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Another national record for Joanna Evans

GLASGOW, Scotland — It was another Bahamas national record for Joanna Evans, but the teenage sensation from Grand Bahama won’t advance out of the preliminaries of the women’s 800 metres freestyle.

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R-E-S-P-E-C-T...Find out what it means to the ‘Foxy Ladies’

New Bahamian rom-com premieres this Valentine’s Day

A battle of the sexes is brewing in a new Bahamian film set to premiere this Valentine’s Day.