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'Reticent' on oil explorer's carbon credits alternative

Environmental activists are urging the Government to "carefully scrutinise" any proposal by Challenger Energy Group to monetise its $150m investment in this nation via the creation of carbon credits.

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Day 1 of Track & Field Nationals in the books

Bahamian pro athletes shine

Day one of the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations (BAAA) Senior and Junior National Track & Field Championships got off to an exciting start at the original Thomas A Robinson stadium.

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‘No choice’ but to go Bahamian

The Government must build greater “trust and confidence” in its fiscal plan among Bahamian investors given it has “no choice” but to almost exclusively tap the local capital markets to meet its nine-figure deficit financing demands.

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Reserves hit $2.9bn on Gov’t borrowing boost

The Bahamas’ foreign currency reserves expanded by almost $169m in May due to a boost from the Government’s external borrowing activities as they closed the month at near-$2.9bn.

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Man held on charge of arson

A MAN is behind bars after allegedly setting fire Sunday night to a home occupied by a mother and her child.

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Stopover tourists strike 94% pre-COVID levels

TOTAL air arrivals to The Bahamas in May hit 94.2 percent of pre-COVID’s 2019 high, the Central Bank revealed yesterday, with overall visitor numbers for the first five months of 2023 some 68 percent ahead of last year.

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He hugged his sister – hours later he was shot dead

HOURS before his body was found in bushes off Marshall Road, Garath Pyfrom, 29, hugged his sister, Monalisa Johnson, tighter than usual.

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Bail granted for man accused of throwing loaded gun away

A MAN on crutches was granted $10,000 bail after he was accused of throwing a loaded gun away in a bag last week.

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Miller Jr picks up bronze in high jump

Mullings in medal contention at CAC Games

As the action heat up for Team Bahamas yesterday at the Central American and Caribbean Games in Sal Salvador, El Salvador, Shaun Miller Jr picked up a bronze in the men’s high jump and Ken Mullings pushed himself in contention for another medal in the men’s decathlon.

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Bahamas Games opening on Saturday

THE opening ceremony for the sixth edition of the Bahamas Games will take place on Saturday at 6pm at the Thomas A Robinson National Stadium.

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Emaniel Alexandre pleased with season, happy to be back home

EMANIEL Alexandre was glad to be back home. Alexandre was back on familiar grounds in the CI Gibson Gymnasium after he teamed up with Saheed Sanusi, Jaden Strachan, Bryan Rolle, Collin Storr and Charles Joseph on the CI Gibson Rattlers senior boys and Providence Storm basketball club teams.

Bahamas urges more agricultural financing

A Cabinet minister has urged that more financing be made available to The Bahamas and other small island developing states (SIDS) to help them combat the threat of climate change and food insecurity.

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INSIGHT: After Watson move, are there other positions in Davis’ administration needing a shuffle?

WITH Independence almost upon us, it has been a time of taking stock – looking back over our 50 years and establishing our progress as a nation.

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Operation Potcake returns with objective to spay or neuter 3,200 cats and dogs

OPERATION Potcake, an effort to spay or neuter dogs and cats around New Providence, will return in January for the first time in ten years.

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Gov't 'examining merits' of oil explorer carbon credits

The Government is "examining the merits" of an oil explorer's proposal to gain a return on its $100m-plus investment in The Bahamas via the use of carbon credits.

Being taken for a ride

During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic merchants increased prices on numerous goods claiming that due to supply chain issues and higher shipping costs they were forced to sell the goods at a higher price. If you checked this was the story globally and there were a number of news stories that confirmed this issue.

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Clubs & Societies June 29th, 2023

The Bahamas Maritime Cadet Corps (BMCC) has completed another very successful year of activities with a total of 97 cadets completing the programme on four separate islands.

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Eric Wiberg: A beacon that saved lives of pilots

WHEN the 112-foot Castle Island Light off Acklins was operational, it was a critically important beacon that three World War Two bombers crash-landed near in order to be rescued.

Licensee fury: Freeport ‘moving at snail’s pace’

Freeport’s ease of doing business is “moving at a snail’s pace”, a group of Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) licensees warned yesterday, as they blasted both the Government and city’s authority for the escalating row over its governance.

Licensees want say in GB future

An Open Letter to the Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas & The Principals of the Grand Bahama Port Authority: