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Carnival targeting ‘much more’ than 2.2m arrivals with GB port

Carnival Cruise Line expects to bring “much more” than the advertised 2.2m passengers per annum to its new Grand Bahama cruise port when the facility opens in 2025.

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Hotels eye 10% growth for peak winter season

Bahamian resorts are poised for an up to 10 percent year-over-year increase in business volumes for the 2024 first quarter, it was revealed yesterday, with the sector’s “greatest opportunity” still untapped.

Largest Bahamas First stake targeted in acquisition move

The largest shareholding in Bahamas First may soon change hands with the potential buyer already signalling its desire to expand that ownership interest beyond the initial 20 percent.

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IMF: Further ‘limit’ Central Bank’s financing of Gov’t

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) last night called for a further “reduction in the limit” on how much funding the Central Bank can provide to the Government as it signalled the present bar is too high.

IMF: ‘Deeper effort’ on digital asset regulation

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) last night urged The Bahamas to undertake “deeper efforts” to regulate digital assets firms by providing more resources to inspect their operations.

Help arrives as 18 Ghanaian nurses report for duty to address shortage

EIGHTEEN nurses from the Republic of Ghana have arrived to help with the nurse shortage in the Bahamas.

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Block on former Tribune editor’s pension will be investigated, says NIB

NATIONAL Insurance Board chairman Philip McKenzie said the board will investigate former Tribune managing editor John Marquis’ complaint that his pension payment has been blocked “for no good reason”.

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IMF WARNING TO GOVT ON DEFICIT: Spending expected to outpace income by three times forecast

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) last night blew a hole in the Government’s 2023-2024 Budget projections by warning the fiscal deficit will likely be almost three times’ higher than forecast.

Inagua man jailed for alleged wounding of man with cutlass

A MAN was remanded after he allegedly wounded a man at a police station in Inagua and assaulted four others with a cutlass last week.

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Man accused of breaking into gas station sent to Sandilands

A MAN was sent to Sandilands Rehabilitation Centre after he allegedly attempted to break into a gas station in Andros earlier this year.

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DEREK SMITH: The balance anti-money laundering officers strike

In an era where financial crime is as innovative as the technology that battles it, the role of the compliance officer in the anti-money laundering (AML) domain has never been more pivotal or pressured.

Cyber Monday beats retailer expectations

Retailers yesterday said Cyber Monday sales exceeded expectations as reduced prices and service deals drove increased consumer demand.

Gov’t unveils $1m grant to boost ‘food security’

The Small Business Development Centre (SBDC) yesterday received $1m in grant funding that will be distributed between small and medium-sized businesses to boost Bahamian “food security”.

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Women’s national soccer team prepare to host USVI

WITH a slightly different team that played in their first Gold Cup match, head coach Ricqea Bain is confident that the women’s national soccer team will perform much better as they christen the newly renovated field at the Roscoe Davies Developmental Center.

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Junior tennis players off to college showcase in Maples

SEVEN of the country’s top junior players are heading off to Maples, Florida to participate in a college showcase, thanks to their involvement in Island Tennis Bahamas at the Atlantis resort on Paradise Island.

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WORLD VIEW: Breaking the OECD hold on global tax governance

“THE Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is nothing less than a Club of the world’s wealthiest countries which is determined to bend powerless countries to its will”. I wrote that statement in 2002 after four years of negotiations with the OECD against its unilateral imposition of a regime to counter what it called the ‘Harmful Tax Competition Initiative (HTCI)”, launched in 1998.

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‘Very happy campers’ on 36% KFC pay increase

The hotel union’s president has predicted “there are going to be some very happy campers” after the newly-signed Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) deal gave line staff a 36 percent pay rise spread over five years.

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PM hails UN resolution opening ‘fairer tax’ path

The Prime Minister yesterday hailed last week’s passage of a United Nations (UN) resolution that potentially opens a path towards a more just and fair approach towards resolving international tax disputes.

Briland ‘emergency’ over utility outages

Briland residents were yesterday said to be holding an “emergency meeting” after power and water outages disrupted the tourism hot-spot’s Thanksgiving and run-up to the peak winter season.

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Woman sues passport office for $21k over chair collapse

A WOMAN is seeking more than $20,000 in special damages and other awards after a Passport Office chair she sat in collapsed in 2018.