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DEREK SMITH: How to combat threats to corporate reputation

One of the most significant threats to a company’s long-term viability is reputation risk. This is often referred to as the risk stemming from negative public perceptions. The consequences of a tarnished reputation can be severe and lasting, regardless of how well a company performs in other risk management areas.

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Clubs & Societies: September 29, 2023

On Monday, September 8, the Kiwanis Club of Over-The-Hill continued its annual scholarship donation of $2,000 to BTVI’s scholarship fund. Initially, our focus was the Old Bight High School graduates and active Key Club members on Cat Island. We have since opened the scholarship to any eligible Family Island High School graduates.

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Wynn agrees to ‘quashing’ first penthouse approvals

The developer of a 14-storey Goodman’s Bay penthouse complex has restarted its bid for planning permission after agreeing that the initial approvals granted to the project should be “quashed”.

Corporate income tax for Bahamas ‘mammoth task’

A leading Bermuda accountant yesterday warned The Bahamas that implementing a corporate income tax regime is a “mammoth task” that should not be underestimated.

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Man accused of molesting two sisters aged 9 and 6

A 23-year-old man was remanded in custody yesterday after he was accused of molesting his nine and six-year-old sisters last week.

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Bahamas Dragon Boat Festival this weekend

As the fastest growing sport in the Bahamas, Dr Christine Chin said she’s confident that the second annual Bahamas Dragon Boat Festival will encourage more Bahamians to get involved.

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Bowleg: ‘I am still trying to understand the trade by the Suns’

MINISTER of Youth, Sports and Culture Mario Bowleg was “shocked” when he learned about the trade but indicated that there could be more to the reason why the Phoenix Suns sent their former Bahamian first round draft pick Deandre Ayton to the Portland Trail Blazers.

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BJ Murray and Smokies win championship title

THIRD baseman BJ Murray celebrated his second straight Minor League baseball title, this time with his Tennessee Smokies after they captured the Double-A Southern League championship title on Tuesday night.

Voter against govt, not citizenship

For years we denied legitimate claims to citizenship now proven in the Wayne Munroe, KC, case and Appeal to the Privy Council and justifiably the higher Court judged in favour of his claims now any child of a Bahamian male from an outside relationship with a non-Bahamian mother born in the Bahamas is a citizen.

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Man receives four-year sentence for possession of a unlicenced gun and ammo

A MAN was sentenced to four years in prison yesterday after admitting to having a loaded gun in a pet store on Ross Corner earlier this year.

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FRONT PORCH: The neglect and needs of Caribbean and Pacific states

LAST week, US president Joe Biden asked Congress for an additional $24 billion to support the war in Ukraine. As noted by Mark Cancian, a senior policy advisor with the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, and others, this will bring total US aid to a staggering approximately $135 billion.

Abaco resort eyes ‘break even’ 5% rate increase

The Bahamas Out Island Promotion Board’s president yesterday said his hotel will likely have to increase rates by “another 5 percent” in 2024 to break even with fellow hoteliers revealing that soaring light bills “are just killing us”.

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Police investigate man found murdered in Coconut Grove area on Tuesday

POLICE are investigating the country’s latest murder and two suicide attempts.

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‘TOURISTS TOLD TO STAY AWAY’ . . . but cruise denies passengers advised to avoid Port Lucaya

CARNIVAL Cruise Line has denied discouraging its passengers from visiting the Port Lucaya Marketplace in Freeport after vendors alleged the cruise ship is steering guests away from the area because of safety concerns.

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Ayton traded to the Trail Blazers

Centre Deandre Ayton, who was embroiled in contract talks with the Phoenix Suns and a heated clash with former head coach Monty Williams, has been traded to Portland, becoming the second Bahamian to play for the Trail Blazers.

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BOXING ‘MISSION ACCOMPLISHED’: Federation, All-Out Boxing Club conduct clinics for officials

AFTER all the uncertainties and challenges, the All-Out Boxing Club and the Bahamas Boxing Federation were able to declare: “Mission Accomplished.”

Abaco concerned over mining

Friends of the Environment (FRIENDS) is a Bahamian non-profit organisation that was established in 1988 with the mission to preserve the environment of Abaco, The Bahamas through education, conservation, and research facilitation. We are writing today to express our concern about a number of issues that have become compounded in Abaco since Hurricane Dorian.

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Man accused of attacking landlord’s son with knife granted $3,000 bail

A MAN was given $3,000 bail yesterday after being accused of assaulting his landlord’s son with a knife earlier this year.

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Man remanded on charges of murder and intent to endanger life for shooting of Theo Williams

A MAN was remanded in custody yesterday after he was accused of fatally shooting a man, who was on bail for murder, outside a bar on Hospital Lane earlier this year.

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Man on bail for murder of Jahkeil Armbrister jailed after breaching curfew four times

A MAN on bail for murder was imprisoned after he was accused of breaching his curfew four times.