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Embassy is out of line

While segments of the United States are deeply concerned about the very appearance of the involvement of foreign governments in any aspect of their recent elections, the tone deaf US Embassy in Nassau decided that now was a good time to jump head-first into ours.

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What are you aiming for?

You, too, must agree that hitting a target is more likely if you are aiming to hit that target. In other words, you can better get what you want out of life by identifying what you want and setting an achievement plan in motion. This is where it bec

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'Sea Wolf' won't serve another term

DURING a special reception for participants in the Western Hemisphere Star Class sailing championships, legendary skipper Sir Durward “Sea Wolf” Knowles announced that he will not be serving as the commodore for another term.

Violence begets violence

Around town of late there has been a great deal of talk about schools and students and violence. The radio shows have been busy presenting opinions on what has become an apparent epidemic of youth-centred violence. The Minister of Education has commented on it. As a country, one of the things we have to do is step back and begin to ask what we are doing to perpetuate this violence?

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$110m collected in VAT in first three months

THE government has collected $110m in value added tax payments during the first three months of the year, Prime Minister Perry Christie told the House of Assembly yesterday.

Matthew gives Bahamas $300m reinsurance boost

The Bahamas Insurance Association’s (BIA) chairman has estimated that this nation will benefit from a $300 million foreign currency inflow from reinsurers as a result of Hurricane Matthew.

North Abaco’s resorts ‘in crisis’ on airlift

North Abaco tourism is “in crisis and danger of collapse” over the lack of affordable airlift, one resort operator yesterday telling Tribune Business: “We’re running at 20 per cent occupancy right now due to the lack of available airlift”.

40 to 80 percent 'show no symptoms of dengue'

ABOUT 40 to 80 percent of people show no symptoms of dengue, with most of the recently confirmed 100 cases confined to the inner city in New Providence, according to officials from the Ministry of Health and Wellness on Friday.

Supplies business celebrates decade of Freeport operation

GRAND Bahama Industrial Supplies has reached a ten-year milestone in Freeport, rebuilding its operation from scratch after suffering severe flood damage two years ago during Hurricane Dorian.

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Can you give a cat a home?

THE Bahamas Humane Society and BAARK! are desperately seeking foster homes for animals in need of temporary shelter.

FINCO consolidation raises job loss concern

Concerns were raised yesterday about the prospect of further banking sector jobs losses, as Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) unveiled more consolidation plans for its mortgage-lending arm that are set to be implemented on Monday.

Zika virus alert in Miami

MIAMI (AP) - Government health officials warned pregnant women yesterday to avoid a Zika-stricken section of Miami and arrange to be tested for the virus if they have visited the Wynwood neighbourhood since mid-June after the number of people feared infected through mosquito bites in the United States climbed to 14.

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RCI DEFENDS PI PROJECT: Cruise line addresses environmental concerns over $100m beach club

ROYAL Caribbean International leaders rebutted environmental concerns surrounding the proposed $100m Paradise Island project yesterday, insisting it would be their most environmentally friendly project of its kind.

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DIANE PHILLIPS: Helping the helpless but a story which fills us with shame

If you live on the eastern side of the island you see them every day – men and women in light blue shirts and khaki pants holding tin cans in the shape of a church. They wait patiently for donations, a few hundred dollars a day coming from regulars who know the work these extraordinary men and women do. They are the members of Ambassador Chorale and the money they raise helps to house, feed, clothe and teach those who have fallen through the cracks or whose drug-sodden parents are incapable of caring for them.

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Dames: There's no quick fix on killings

NATIONAL Security Minister Marvin Dames rebuffed critics of the government’s actions on crime, telling reporters the Free National Movement came to office with crime at alarming levels and the problem could not be solved in three months.

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Davis: We’re headed away from the fiscal cliff

DESPITE nearly $1bn in liabilities and unfunded obligations left behind by the previous Minnis administration, Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis said the government is headed in the right direction away from a “fiscal cliff”.

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INSIGHT: Are we ready to become a republic?

Barbados was the centre of attention last week – as the nation officially became a republic.

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05202016 Edition

Friday, May 20th.

80% conch drop threatens lives of 9,000 fishermen

THE livelihoods of more than 9,000 Bahamian fishermen and their families are under threat from the 80 per cent conch population decline since the 1980s, it has been revealed.An Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) report, accompanying a $500,000 pro

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Developer’s fears on home construction ‘horror stories’

Construction materials shortages and COVID-19 will combine to create “horror stories” for Bahamians in the process of building their own homes, a prominent developer predicted yesterday.