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Evans 12th overall in 200m free, doesn't make final

GOLD COAST, Australia — Joanna Evans liked the feeling of being the flag bearer for the Bahamas during the opening ceremonies of the XXI Commonwealth Games on Wednesday night. What she wasn’t pleased with was her opening performance in the women’s 20

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Study puts focus on living conditions

A STUDY on waste water treatment plants in New Providence is expected to bring new insight to waste disposal challenges in the country, in particular, the issue of outside toilets.

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'It's really rough' for Potter's Cay vendors

DESPITE being given the green light to resume operations last month, some Potter’s Cay dock vendors say they are still struggling to make ends meet and keep their businesses afloat due to reduced sales.“Honestly and truthfully miss, it’s really rough

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Dustin Tynes disappointed with senior international debut

Dustin Tynes would have preferred to have swum faster in his debut at his first senior international meet.

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Mychal Thompson reflects on being number one pick

MYCHAL “Sweet Bells’ Thompson clearly remembers the day he was selected as the first foreign-born player with the number one pick in the National Basketball Association’s 1978 draft by the Portland Trail Blazers. Forty years later, he is eagerly wai

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Parents frustrated over student registration

PARENTS and guardians of the thousands of children left displaced after Hurricane Dorian unleashed its fury on Abaco and Grand Bahama more than two weeks ago say they are frustrated with the process set up to enroll the students in new schools. The M

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Sands: I will bounce back

LONDON, England — Leevan ‘Superman’ Sands said it should only be a matter of time before he’s back in the pit jumping again.

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Athletes qualify for the CARIFTA games

BRANDON Hutchinson, celebrating his 16th birthday a day early, led four other competitors in achieving the qualifying standards for the 2020 CARIFTA Games at the Roadrunners Track Club’s 14th annual Dianna Lynn Track Classic at the Thomas A Robinson

Designing for a contract success

NOTHING can teach us what should be in a business contract more than experience.

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'No clue' over $300 minimum wage hike

The Chamber of Commerce's top workforce specialist yesterday revealed he has "no clue" where the director of labour's assertions about a $300 weekly minimum wage originated from.

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'School has been going great so far...'

OPEN the doors at the University of Georgia. Here comes Shaunae Miller.

$30m 'SPV bond' eyed for CLICO resolution

The Government is exploring whether it can raise the ‘guarantee’ vital to moving CLICO (Bahamas) liquidation forward via a $30 million ‘off-balance sheet’ bond issue, Tribune Business can reveal.

Absolutely no apology necessary

EDITOR, The Tribune. Minister Tommy Turnquest wants an apology from an Australian journalist. His Australian documentary, now showing on YouTube, presents the Bahamas as a country "under siege by crime and violence". Mr Turnquest wants an apology? Excuse

Absolutely no apology necessary

EDITOR, The Tribune. Minister Tommy Turnquest wants an apology from an Australian journalist. His Australian documentary, now showing on YouTube, presents the Bahamas as a country "under siege by crime and violence". Mr Turnquest wants an apology? Excuse

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Auditors urge changes to NIB regulations

AUDITORS contracted by the government to examine NIB’s books recommended last evening that law makers amend the board’s regulations to bring them in line with modern times.

No 'talking bad' on GB Power's work

The Grand Bahama Chamber of Commerce’s president said he will “not talk bad” about the island’s energy supplier despite its recent admonition from the deputy prime minister. Gregory LaRoda, responding after K Peter Turnquest urged the Grand Bahama P

Dive companies 'shaking in our boots' over VAT

Bahamian dive operators were last night “shaking in our boots” over the likely impact from Value-Added Tax (VAT), their president telling Tribune Business it would cost his firm “the lion’s share” of a segment that accounts for 80 per cent of his business.

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Charles Maynard: 'I'm very proud of my accomplishments over the last three years'

IT wasn't the type of result that he anticipated. But, as he makes his exit from front-line politics, Charles Maynard said he was pleased with his three-year tenure as Minister of Youth, Spo

Fyre Festival organisers wanted free Crown Land

The former minister of investments yesterday revealed he swiftly rejected the Fyre Festival’s organisers when they asked for free Crown Land in the Exumas.Khaalis Rolle told Tribune Business that the ill-fated festival’s promoters approached his mini

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Baker's Bay staff fear for their future

DAYS after Baker’s Bay Golf and Ocean Club announced its closure and the redundancy of some of its positions, many workers are expressing uncertainty over their future. One employee — who asked to be identified as Mrs Higgs – said she received a cal