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Readers rate PLP with a grade F

INTERNET users have graded the PLP a resounding ‘F’ after the government’s first year in office since the May 2012 General Election.

Colina earns top strength ratings

COLINA Insurance has seen its financial strength and creditworthiness confirmed by the global insurance industry’s main rating agency.A. M. Best affirmed the life and health insurer’s A- (Excellent) financial strength rating, and ‘a-’ long-term issue

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Wilchcombe dismisses former gaming board chairman's view on new Bill

TOURISM Minister Obie Wilchcombe dismissed Dr Andre Rollins’ criticism of the recently tabled Gaming Bill as “narrow” yesterday while insisting that the Bill will advance the gaming industry and not facilitate corruption.

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INSIGHT – THE FIRST YEAR: Unemployment up as public service jobs go

TREVOR Bodie was happy working in the United States when, a week after the 2017 general election, he was fired from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.Finding a job and taking care of his young family have since been herculean tasks.He told The Tribune:

Tourism pledges 'proactive reply' to new US crime alert

THE Minister of Tourism has ordered his officials “to become a lot more proactive” in addressing US safety concerns, after the Bahamas was subjected to another ‘crime alert’.Dionisio D’Aguilar told Tribune Business he felt the Government had “failed

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RETIRED Archbishop Drexel Gomez fully supports the decriminalisation and medical use of marijuana but insists there must be major control over the substance. After reviewing the draft report from the Bahamas National Commission on Marijuana, Archbis

Gas station dealers eye 45-50% margin growth

Petroleum dealers want “at least a 45-50 percent” margin increase if gas stations are to remain open once the COVID-19 pandemic has come to an end. Vasco Bastian, the Esso station owner at East Street and Soldier Road, told Tribune Business : “We st

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Gaither looks ahead to Tokyo

SHE'S been holding her own as one of the top sprinters in the country for the past few years, but Tynia Gaither said she's looking for more.

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Bahamians respond to H&M natural hair firestorm

International clothing brand H&M has found itself in hot water, facing fierce backlash over a new ad campaign featuring a young black girl with what some people are describing as an “unkempt” natural hairstyle.

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Fireman's invite set for April 13

Chris “Fireman” Brown feels that it was a blessing in disguise that his Bahamas Invitational Track and Field Meet didn’t come off.

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Rum facing devastating double whammy

EARNINGS and employment generated by the rum industry in 14 CARICOM countries and the Dominican Republic (collectively CARIFORUM) are under siege and the entire industry could be severely diminished in a few years unless the governments of these countries take swift action.

BSC to complete basketball action

WITH all but one of the pennant titles already decided, the Baptist Sports Council will complete its 2014 Basketball League’s regular season action at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex on Saturday.

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Freight boat blaze at Bimini dock

Police in Bimini are investigating the circumstances surrounding a fire on board the MV Sherice M, a 126 ft. freight boat that was moored at the Alice Town Government Dock.

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Meet Mr Sandman, the good samaritan

By RASHAD ROLLE

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I'm a long-shot from shaming myself in the FNM, says McAlpine

PINERIDGE MP Frederick McAlpine yesterday accused Senate Vice President Dr Mildred Hall-Watson of using his name for a clout, saying it’s “sad” she had to criticise him “in order to receive some kind of traction” as many people “didn’t even remember”

Blake wins 200, goes 2 for 2 vs Bolt

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) -- In a result that can no longer be considered a surprise, Yohan Blake beat Usain Bolt in the 200 meters at Jamaican Olympic trials Sunday, finishing in 19.80 seconds to edge the world-record holde

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Derrick Atkins - leader of the pack

NOT since he sped to international prominence with his bronze medal performance at the IAAF World Championships in 2007 in Osaka, Japan, has sprinter Derrick Atkins been a force to reckon with in the men's 100 meter

Three local insurers earn ‘A grade’ ratings

Three Bahamian insurance companies yesterday received ‘A grade’ ratings from the industry’s leading international rating agency.

Extra roles for Miller

WITH the Bahamas Olympic Committee’s election of officers still pending, president Wellington Miller has added two extra positions to his portfolio at the Pan American Sports Organization’s Extraordinary General Assembly that was held over the weekend in Kingston, Jamaica.

Bahamas First targets 2012 profit ‘multiples’

Bahamas First Holdings (BFH) is on course to generate 2012 profits that will be “multiples” of last year’s $1 million net income, its chief executive yesterday disclosing that an international rating agency had “validated” the turnaround strategy for its Cayman operation.