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Web shops face 'year of famine' on 'sweet spot'

Web shop operators may have to endure “a year of famine” to find the industry’s taxation “sweet spot”, a Cabinet Minister yesterday urging: “Let the Bahamian people be the judge.”Dionisio D’Aguilar, minister of tourism and aviation, called on the sev

Bahamas ‘leads pack’ over digital adoption

A senior Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) executive yesterday hailed The Bahamas as “a bit of a bellwether” for the Caribbean on digital payments adoption with more than 50 percent of its local clients now using such channels.

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Fox one step away from Major League Baseball

LUCIUS Fox has made another progression in the Tampa Bay Rays organisation, and is now just one step away from Major League Baseball.The 22-year-old shortstop was assigned to the Durham Bulls, the Rays’ AAA affiliate based in Durham, North Carolina.

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Mingoes clinch 87-84 win over Shockers

FOUR University of the Bahamas basketball players hit double figures as the Mingoes came back hard in the second half to defeat the JD’s Seafood Shockers 87-84 at the AF Adderley Gym on Wednesday night and now lead the division one standings in the New Providence Basketball Association.

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Monday, May 23rd.

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Lowering the prostate cancer risk

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has registered that 200 Bahamian men were diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2018, and that number is likely underestimated, as several Bahamian men seek prostate cancer screening and treatment abroad and they are often not captured in local statistics. WHO data showed that 249 men died of cancer in the Bahamas in 2018 and 80 of those men died of prostate cancer.

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Oil explorer: 'We will pay double required royalties'

A Bahamas-based oil explorer yesterday said it will "pay double the royalties that the law provides for" to the Government should it strike success when exploratory drilling starts in less than a month.

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‘CANNABIS DRAFT BILL INADEQUATE’: Rastafarian community dissatisfied with location limit for religious use

THE Rastafarian community is not satisfied with the Davis administration’s proposal for legalising cannabis for religious purposes, calling the draft bills inadequate.

EDITORIAL – Haiti policy: What happens next?

THE question “what happens next?” is very useful when examining public policy.

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Lourawls Nairn heads to Michigan

LOURAWLS Nairn will be taking his talents to East Lansing, Michigan, in the fall of 2014 after he verbally committed to the Michigan State Spartans yesterday.

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2017 Youth Games to be biggest held in its history

WITH more than 1,300 athletes from 70 countries expected in town July 18-23, the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games (CYG) is shaping up to be the biggest held in its history.

Construction finds a regulatory home

By Simon Cooper Res Socius Some things are really strange. We have guarantees for just about everything these days, and that even includes a notice promising that some biscuits have never seen a nut before - unless, of course, the factory owner went craz

Construction finds a regulatory home

By Simon Cooper Res Socius Some things are really strange. We have guarantees for just about everything these days, and that even includes a notice promising that some biscuits have never seen a nut before - unless, of course, the factory owner went craz

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CLIMBDOWN? Webshops set to win deal on new tax rates

The web shop industry’s “sliding scale” tax structure could be cut to just two bands with much lower rates under new proposals being considered by the Government.

Men’s national basketball team splits wins with Jayhawks

TEAM Bahamas, with the newest addition of Phoenix Suns guard Eric Gordon, split games 1-1 against the University of Kansas (KU) Jayhawks this past weekend in Puerto Rico.

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Ayton scores 14 in win: Suns 1st team to 20 victories

PHOENIX (AP) — Chris Paul had 21 points and 10 assists, Jae Crowder added a season-high 19 points and the Phoenix Suns held off the San Antonio Spurs for a 108- 104 win last night.

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84-year-old woman strangled to death

THE death of an 84-year-old woman who was found at her home about two weeks ago has been classified as a homicide by strangulation.

Marina chief hits at increased red tape

The Association of Bahamas Marinas (ABM) yesterday voiced frustration that the entry process for incoming boats and yachts has been made “more complicated and difficult” for 80 percent of the market.

$4.5m hall to accommodate 80 students in Grand Bahama

THE opening of the $4.5m Hawksbill Hall at the University of The Bahamas’ northern campus marks the transition of the Grand Bahama institution from a commuter campus to a residential one, providing accommodations for over 80 student residents. Dep

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'Mid-80s' occupancies give Atlantis 'exceptional' March

Atlantis is eyeing an “exceptional” March with “across the board” occupancies in the low-mid 80 per cent ranges, its senior executive telling Tribune Business the resort had beaten early 2012 comparatives and was hitting this year’s performance targets.