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Jones perfect
Kai Jones had a perfect season debut while Franco Miller Jr and Radshad Davis shined in their new surroundings in wins for their respective programmes on the opening night of NCAA Division I basketball.
‘Elephant in the room’ for 1m stopover target
A Cabinet minister yesterday said he is targeting one million stopover tourist arrivals for 2021 but acknowledged that COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy remains “the elephant in the room” for this ambition.
Lawyers losing out in lockdown
Commercial lawyers have seen business volumes plunge by up to 80 percent amid the latest COVID-19 lockdown, two ex-Cabinet ministers disclosed yesterday, describing the impact as “tremendous”.
Happinets re-sign Kadeem Coleby in Japan B-League
KADEEM Coleby will return to the Akita Northern Happinets for his fourth consecutive season of pro basketball in Japan.
Carnival’s private island plan to up arrivals 48%
The $80m expansion of a cruise line’s private island will create 200 construction jobs, and an extra 80 full-time posts, through growing annual visitor arrivals by 48 percent compared to pre-COVID volumes.
Cobras rout Pacers 80-39
The CC Sweeting Cobras senior boys’ basketball team, fresh off their semifinal appearance in the Providence Basketball Club’s Yuletide Classic, made mince meat of the well-rested RM Bailey Pacers.
Marina chief hits at increased red tape
The Association of Bahamas Marinas (ABM) yesterday voiced frustration that the entry process for incoming boats and yachts has been made “more complicated and difficult” for 80 percent of the market.
Unchecked spending boosted Govt deficit by 3.5% pts of GDP
Unchecked spending by the Christie administration added a sum equivalent to 3.5 per cent of GDP to the 2016-2017 deficit, Moody’s estimated yesterday, warning that Bahamian fiscal policy credibility has been undermined.
GB resort to give 18,000 'Memories'
Grand Bahama’s new four-star Memories Resort has more than 18,000 bookings “already in hand” to ensure an 80 per cent average occupancy level this winter, Prime Minister Perry Christie said yesterday, adding that Bahamasair will in May start a wet lease arrangement with its owners for service from up to eight US cities.
VAT rate rise 'criminal' if no compliance
A former Bahamas Chamber of Commerce president yesterday it was “criminal” for the Government to already be talking about increasing the 7.5 per cent Value-Added Tax (VAT) rate prior to getting the existing tax system’s compliance levels to 80 per cent.
Jones and Flame on brink of elimination
Jonquel Jones and her Shanxi Xing Rui Flame are on the brink of elimination and face an early deficit in the Women’s Chinese Basketball Association Finals.The Flame dropped the first two games of the series to the top seeded Beijing Great Wall as the
Formal economy 'overpaying' its share of taxes
Poor compliance, caused by corruption, limited accountability and a lack of enforcement, has resulted in the Bahamian formal economy paying a disproportionate share of this nation’s taxes.
The runaway bride . . .
CALIFORNIA bride-to-be, Sheri Smith will tie the knot in Inagua on January 16, two days before she will tie her laces and run in Marathon Bahamas.
GB Power: Base raten rise offset by efficiency gains
GB Power: Base raten rise offset by efficiency gains Grand Bahama Power Company (GBPC) says the $0.03 base rate increase set to be imposed on consumers under its new tariff structure will be offset by fuel savings resulting from efficiencies generated by
Tap into your future
Tap into your future By ALESHA CADET Tribune Features Reporter BAHAMIAN Entertainer Tracey Ann Perpall (TAP) is hosting a four hour seminar to encourage young women to discover their self-worth. The sketch comedy artist said the overall goal of Thursday
Non-profit reveals 36% fall in distributed meals
The Bahamas Feeding Network (BFN) yesterday said corporate donations have dropped-off noticeably since the COVID pandemic even though one in every eight Bahamians is thought to be living in poverty.
Davis defends $14m spending on clinic contracts
“The 80 people in Rum Cay, 72 in Ragged Island or the 700 in Berry Islands all have the same rights as those in New Providence. They are all citizens. None has priority over the other,” Mr Davis said.
Prison outbreak would be disaster
When the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services was relocated at Fox Hill in 1952, it was built to house a total of 334 inmates, with the main facility having a capacity of 224; a first offender’s facility being able to accommodate 80 inmates and a female’s facility, 30 inmates.
Regulators stay alive, Shockers take 2-1 lead
The Real Deal Shockers pulled off an 80-69 win over the Mail Boat Cybots to take a 2-1 lead in their New Providence Basketball Association men’s semi-final series, while Mr Ship It Freight Regulators stayed alive in their series against the Commonwealth Bank Giants with a 114-85 blowout victory.
GB POWER PLANT 'OVER 60% DONE'
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Grand Bahama Power Company yesterday said its new generation plant is "more than 60 per cent complete" after a $40 million investment to-date, as the BISX-listed company that holds 50 per cent of its equity unveil