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'Ministry of Tourism led on Fyre Festival approval'

EXUMA Chief Councillor Brian Strachan yesterday denied allegations that its local government office played an integral part in the staging of Fyre Festival. Instead he pointed to the Ministry of Tourism.

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Texaco retailers to discover what new owner's 'all about'

LOCAL Texaco retailers are expected to meet with their new distributor today after RUBIS/Vitogaz completed its "nine-figure buyout" of Chevron's fuels marketing and aviation business in this nation, one independent dealer telling Tribune Business that the latter "was the worst dealer I had to deal with".

'Big Youth' off to great start

'Big Youth' off to great start By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net With his professional boxing career off to a fantastic start, Ryan 'Big Youth' McKenzie has decided to take it to another level by moving his training base to

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Retailers: 'Curb side can't cover AC costs'

Several Bahamian retailers were yesterday said to be on the verge of bankruptcy due to the COVID-19 lockdown, with some saying: “Curb side sales can’t even cover the cost of turning the AC on.”Tara Morley, the Bahamas Federation of Retailers (BFR) co

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‘Diamond Queen' Shaunae gives youth a race to remember

TAKING a break from the formal events to celebrate her achievement, ‘Golden Girl’ Shaunae Miller-Uibo took to the streets where she interacted with the Kemp Road community.Yesterday’s walk-a-bout was conducted by ASP Wilton Johnson, along with Comman

The righteous forsaken

By Pastor Matthew Allen Psa.37:25. "I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread." The King James Version of the above passage of scripture is one of the most quoted among today's religious fol

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FNM are online winners

IT IS likely the FNM will remain the governing party according to readers who voted in The Tribune's online web poll. As of yesterday afternoon, 514 readers responded to the question: "With th

WHY I WILL BOYCOTT THE ELECTION

WHY I WILL BOYCOTT THE ELECTION EDITOR, The Tribune. As a supporter of the Free National Movement (FNM) and a voter in the great constituency of Marco City, I am very disappointed in several political moves that were made on Grand Bahama by the governin

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National volleyball teams need money to travel

THE Caribbean Volleyball Championships is all set for August 3-11 in Trinidad & Tobago and the Bahamas Volleyball Federation is still trying to secure the funding to send off both the men’s and women’s national teams, albeit the men are the defending champions.

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Chipman: No regrets for criticism of government

DAYS after the Free National Movement stressed the need for unity at a conclave, Centreville MP Reece Chipman said he does not regret his past criticisms of the Minnis administration’s policies.However, he added, the governing party remains “unified”

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Ramon Miller 'making real progress' on ligament injury

QUARTER-miler Ramon Miller is slowly working his way back to form.

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For the love of food

Health coach Ethan Quant of Elite Wellness Solutions, has succeeded in his weight loss journey and now wants to share his methods with the Bahamas in an effort to foster a culture of wellness and conquer the obesity epidemic.

Businesses: PM's attack 'unfortunate'

Business executives yesterday described the Prime Minister’s weekend “heart and soul” attack over temporary COVID-19 lay-offs as unfortunate as the controversy continued to simmer.Brent Burrows, general manager of CBS Bahamas (Commonwealth Building S

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Outgoing High Commissioner looking forward to being involved in sports back home

By BRENT STUBBSSenior Sports Reporterbstubbs@tribunemedia.netLONDON: After spending the past four “wonderful” years of as the Bahamas High Commissioner to London, Ed Bethel said his only regret is that he will miss the 16th International Amateur Athl

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Mark Knowles' 20-year career starts to wind down

As his illustrious 20-year career starts to wind down, Mark Knowles is starting to be more selective with how many meets he competes in on the international tennis tour.

'My main focus is to get an outdoor individual medal...'

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net CHRIS 'Fireman' Brown is eager to defend his 400 metre title at the 13th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics next week in Istanbul, Turkey. Thirty four-year-old Brown is one of nine

'My main focus is to get an outdoor individual medal...'

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net CHRIS 'Fireman' Brown is eager to defend his 400 metre title at the 13th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics next week in Istanbul, Turkey. Thirty four-year-old Brown is one of nine

Dr Rollins loves to row

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Don't finance your start-up for failure

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Harbour Island 'like movie set that's gone dark'

A Harbour Island property manager has described the tourism hot-spot as akin “a movie set gone dark” amid the COVID-19 lockdown, adding: “We’ve not seen this in almost 70 years.”James Malcolm, a former Ministry of Tourism executive who now runs a vac