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Bidder: Mobile licence process is ‘world class’

A leading contender for the Bahamas’ second cellular licence has described the bidding process as “world class”, and among the best of 50 such exercises he has been involved in.

Family Island resorts suffer mixed Xmas

OCCUPANCIES at Out Island resorts for the Christmas period and into the New Year appear to be mixed, with one major property forecasting strong performance, while another said its guest business was in the

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Judge approves petition for Baha Mar liquidators to 'prevent depletion of resort's assets'

JUSTICE Ian Winder said on Friday that his approval of the government's petition for the appointment of provisional liquidators for the stalled Baha Mar resort development was limited to preventing the depletion of the $3.5 billion resort's assets.

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Hotels strike ‘glass ceiling’ on 15-20% room shortage

The Bahamas may be unable to fully meet tourism demand for 12-18 months due to a room shortage caused by up to 15-20 percent of available inventory being taken offline, a senior hotelier has revealed.

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‘Jazz’ and Marlins fall in Wild Card Series opener

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Zack Wheeler struck out eight in a sensational effort, José Alvarado preserved the lead with a pivotal strikeout and the Philadelphia Phillies opened a resolute postseason push with a 4-1 win over the Miami Marlins in the opener of their NL Wild Card Series on Tuesday night.

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Funerals and last rites for Saturday, September 29 and Sunday, September 30.

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'Deck now stacked against' Bahamian tourism's rebound

The hotel union's president has voiced alarm that "the deck's being stacked against" the revival of the Bahamian tourism industry and wider economy by travel restrictions imposed in its major markets.

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TOUGH CALL: A comprehensive Environmental Management Act

IN AN obvious attempt to soothe public anger over the Rubis fuel leak disaster in Marathon, Environment Minister Ken Dorsett recently unveiled draft legislation “for the establishment of the Department of Environmental Planning and Protection”, saying the law would be brought to Parliament in October.

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'I'm going to die': High-rise gunman kills 59 in Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The rapid-fire popping sounded like firecrackers at first, and many in the crowd of 22,000 country music fans didn't understand what was happening when the band stopped playing and singer Jason Aldean bolted off the stage.

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Giants a series win away from 3-peat

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net The Commonwealth Bank Giants are now just one series win away from three-peating as the New Providence Basketball Association (NPBA) champions. At DW Davis gym Monday night, the Giants retur

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Election turnout was historic low

AT least 65 percent of registered voters voted last week in what was likely the lowest general election turnout in the modern history of The Bahamas.

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THE KDK REPORT: A golden tutorial

MANY years ago, while I was still a resident on my orthopedic rotation in New York, I was paged to the surgical floor for a code blue emergency. One of our in-house patients was in severe respiratory distress. She was an elderly lady in her late 80s, perhaps early 90s and she was surrounded by her adult children when she suddenly felt weak, began slurring her speech and then stopped responding to their questions altogether. As her children panicked, rubbing her leg and chest and calling out her name, one of her sons yelled for someone to help. The cardiac monitors were beeping loudly and a nurse came running in as the crash team quickly assembled.

Regulators, millionaires win double header

THE Leno Regulators and the Mekaddish Millionaires won the New Providence Basketball Association’s double header played on Wednesday night at the AF Adderley Gymnasium.

Bahamas receives ‘junk’ Xmas present from S&P

Standard & Poor’s (S&P) yesterday gave the Bahamas a ‘junk’ creditworthiness downgrade for Christmas, raising alarm that this nation’s economic and fiscal woes are taking it “over the precipice”.

Hotel union’s strike vote ‘green light’

Hotel union executives last night said a Supreme Court justice had effectively cleared the way for it to take a strike vote tomorrow over its gratuity dispute with the Melia Nassau Beach Resort.

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How to slash 35% of your energy bill

According to the US Department of Energy, 35 per cent of the average home’s electricity bill is generated from water heating. Reducing this will make the Bahamas a little greener, and save money.

Just 12% of mortgages finance 'new buildings'

New Central Bank of the Bahamas date has provided a further insight into the sluggish home construction market, with just 12 per cent of mortgage applications involving 'new builds'.

Businesswoman infuriated at poor Immigration service

CEVA Seymour, operator of Regions, is so fed up and frustrated with the inefficient, slow and poor service concerning the processing of applications for naturalisation and citizenship at the Department of Immigration that she has stopped accepting further applications.

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Age ain’t nothing but a number at the Geriatric Hospital

THE staff at the Geriatric Hospital, located at the Sandilands Rehabilitation Centre, are proud of 50 years of service and achievements, and are preparing to host a series of events for the remainder of the year in celebration of the milestone anniversary.