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Tourism surge to ‘overpower’ risks to Bahamas during ‘23

Pent-up tourism demand for The Bahamas will continue to “overpower” global inflation and the threat of a US recession “through to the end of 2023 at a minimum”, the Central Bank’s governor asserted yesterday.

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Minnis: Crime consultants failing

FORMER Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis yesterday criticised the Ministry of National Security’s consultants on their “ineffective” performance in helping to address the country’s crime problem, saying the workers are “receiving the people’s money” but are not producing the desired results.

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THE KDK REPORT: Something in the tea

GROWING up on a remote family island with limited access to traditional western medicine led many indigenous Bahamians to find alternative natural cures for their medical ailments.

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McPhee-McCuin looks to build on last year’s success

WITH a new contract signed, Grand Bahamian Yolett McPhee-McCuin is looking forward to building on the success of last year by her University of Mississippi Lady Rebels.

Bahamians get early start in NCAA Division I

THE NCAA Division I basketball season is still days away from tip-off but several Bahamians got an early start to their 2022-23 campaigns with exhibition games.

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Shamar Burrows leads Tigers to opening weekend wins

SHAMAR Burrows and the defending Atlantic University Sport champion Dalhousie Tigers began their 2022-23 campaign on a winning note with back-to-back wins on opening weekend.

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Agriculture sees inflation raise prices fivefold

COMPANIES in the agriculture industry said inflation has impacted them, with one business stating that in some cases prices have increased fivefold.

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Pintard: Gov’t had ‘enough meat’ over BPL fuel hedge

The Opposition’s leader yesterday charged that key policymakers in the Davis administration were given “sufficient meat” to understand the fall-out if the trades underpinning Bahamas Power & Light’s (BPL) fuel hedge were not executed.

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NCAA men’s golf tees off today at Ocean Club

NCAA golf continues its calendar of events in The Bahamas with the men’s division of the White Sands Series. Hosted by Virginia Commonwealth University at the Atlantis resort’s Ocean Club Golf Course, the 12-team field will tee off today to begin the 54-hole event.

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Pro basketball players stand out in Spain, Balkans

In Spain, Danrad Knowles makes his debut in a new league while Lashann Higgs becomes her team’s leading scorer and in the Balkans, Zane Knowles averages a double double and Kentwan Smith’s defence stands out.

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Fuel hedge to save $55m, BPL chief informed minister

Bahamas Power & Light (BPL) was on track to save its customers more than $54m over the 18 months to January 2022 if its controversial fuel hedging initiative was followed, a Cabinet minister was informed.

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‘Devil in the detail’ over NHI reforms

Doctors and private health insurers yesterday appeared to be caught off-guard by the Government’s tabling of National Health Insurance (NHI) reforms in the House of Assembly, with one saying: “The devil’s in the details.”

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VAT lift on power bill ‘insignificant’

FREE National Movement leader Michael Pintard said the government’s amendment to the Value Added Tax Bill to increase the VAT-free ceiling on Bahamas Power and Light bills from $300 to $400 is “insignificant”.

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Darville tables new NHI Bill in Parliament

HEALTH and Wellness Minister Dr Michael Darville yesterday tabled the new National Health Insurance Bill 2022, which once passed will repeal the NHI legislation of 2016.

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Motorsport mania

Team Bahamas is poised to make history for the local development of the sport when they compete in the 2022 International Automobile Federation (FIA) Motorsport Games.

Survey shows those who favour coporal punishment

PEOPLE in The Bahamas influenced by biblical teachings were found to be most likely to support the use of corporal punishment on their children, according to a study in the International Journal of Bahamian studies.

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Tough times - but people still gambling

DESPITE high inflation that has left many Bahamians scraping to make ends meet, people are still gambling, said one pioneer of the gaming industry.

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Operations back at Abaco Big Bird

FOLLOWING a 3,000-product loss in July, an Abaco Big Bird poultry operations manager says the company resumed operations last week despite ongoing challenges.

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Three years in prison over $3.8m drug haul

A MAN was sentenced to three years in prison yesterday in connection with a $3.8m marijuana drug bust off Andros in 2018.

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PETER YOUNG: Conservatives in disarray in Britain but new prime minister in place

BELOW is the text I drafted on Sunday in time to meet the usual press deadline of Monday afternoon for my weekly column. But over the weekend and yesterday events in London moved rapidly, with the situation changing by the hour.