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Teachers are crucial

It should be highly appreciated that teachers play a crucial role in societies.

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PETER YOUNG: It’ll take a brave man to predict accurately what is coming next

Forecasting is a tricky business at the best of times.

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'New boater obstacle' in Customs check-out

New Customs “check-out” processes have created “another obstacle to encourage boaters not to visit”, the Association of Bahamas Marinas (ABM) chief blasted yesterday. Peter Maury told Tribune Business he had already received complaints from visiting

Abaco struggles to find new workers

Abaco's labour shortages are causing post-Dorian reconstruction prices to "skyrocket" by at least 25 percent, the island's Chamber of Commerce chief warned yesterday.

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INSIGHT: Marchar Jean was her school’s star pupil - today she’s trapped by a nonsensical system which is a stain on our nation

Sadly, unnecessarily and illegally, the life of an innocent young Bahamian in waiting is in limbo!

Potter's Cay 'moves into 21st century' on card payment tie-up

Potter’s Cay Dock vendors are “moving into the 21st century” by partnering with Fidelity Bank (Bahamas) as part of efforts to “go cashless”.Wendi Constantine, president of the Bahamas Dock and Allied Venues Vendors Association (BDAVVA), told Tribune

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Rodgers to run for president of BBA

One year after being elected as the new president of the Bahamas Baseball Association, Sam Rodgers and his executive team got all of the fragmented organisations to come back under one umbrella in 2017.Now, after serving his first four-year term in o

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Sprinter Alexis Gray adjusting to pro career

NOW that she has graduated from Texas Southern University, sprinter Alexis Gray is making her adjustment to her professional career in athletics (track and field).After coming out in the fall 2019 with a degree in biology with a concentration in chem

COLUMN: Maybe it's time for an 'All Sports Matter' movement Bahamas

WHY can’t we have an “All Sports Matter” movement here in the Bahamas? Come to think about it, with everybody frustrated with all of the social ills, coupled with the lockdowns and curfews as a result of the coronavirus, one of the easiest ways to h

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THE PRESS BOX: 'Shaking off the rust from corona'

FINALLY, things are getting back to some form of normalcy, but that’s no excuse to go buck wild, throwing caution to the wind. Continue to practice and adhere to all social distancing protocols, remember our borders are open once again. Hopefully,

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UPDATED: Mexican workers 'all had negative COVID-19 tests'

THURSDAY EVENING UPDATE: BAHAMASAIR Chairman Tommy Turnquest said all Mexicans who arrived in the country Thursday to do construction work at the Baker’s Bay resort in Abaco had negative COVID-19 tests from an accredited lab. Their tests, he said, were taken within the required ten day period. He spoke to The Tribune after top health officials expressed uncertainty about the test status of the workers during a Ministry of Health press conference.

Senior policeman warns fraud is on the increase

A POLICE official revealed yesterday that fraud crimes at various local banks have increased from January 1 as he warned the public against allowing individuals to use their accounts. Chief Superintendent Matthew Edgecombe of the Financial Crime Inv

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'We need to rethink 50% capacity limit'

AFTER months of being out of business due to the COVID-19 restrictions, taxicab drivers say they are happy to resume operations now that international travel has resumed in the country.Speaking to reporters outside Lynden Pindling International Airpo

Biodiesel firm is 'coiled spring ready to explode'

A Bahamian biofuel producer yesterday described itself as “a coiled spring ready to explode” with ramped-up sales after four painstaking years of perfecting its product. Scott Metcalf, Bahamas Sustainable Fuels’ general manager, told Tribune Busines

Gyms, fitness centres hail 'smooth' reopening

Gyms and fitness centres yesterday hailed a “smooth” reopening after being closed for more than three months as a result of the COVID-19 emergency measures. Sofia Whitehead, owner of Club One Fitness, told Tribune Business: “We had a really great mo

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Smith to step down from University of The Bahamas in 2022

THE UNIVERSITY of The Bahamas (UB) will seek to find “the most qualified candidate” to replace president Dr Rodney Smith, Education Minister Jeff Lloyd said yesterday after it was revealed the president will not renew his contract at the institution,

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No lapse in state of emergency, says Minnis

PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis tabled Governor General CA Smith’s new proclamation of emergency orders in the House of Assembly yesterday and stressed there has been no discontinuity in the enforcement of his COVID-19 emergency regulations. “Many i

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CASUALTIES OF COVID CRISIS: Baha Mar begins mass layoffs just as flights resume

Bahamians were yesterday warned to brace for "more significant casualties" in the tourism industry as Baha Mar started terminating hundreds of workers.

Time to think of our children

Some have said that your opinion of the Andros project should be reserved until all that is proposed comes out.

Don't let motorbike riders spoil it for all

At about 4.30 this afternoon, at least four trail bikes were observed tearing up and down the road inside the Montagu Park that runs parallel to the beach. The ignorant riders were popping wheelies and endangering the people in the area.