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Oil exploration unlikely to start this year

DRILLING for an exploratory oil well is unlikely to start this year, according to Bahamas Petroleum Company (BPC) Chief Executive Officer Simon Potter.

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Transform Your Life: Journey to healthy changes

Kicking bad habits is not always easy. Through determination, motivation and an honest need to change, many people try new ways of eating, exercising and thinking to improve their lives.

Ministry reveals revisions to High School Diploma

AFTER longstanding public outcry on the criteria of the Bahamas High School Diploma, the Ministry of Education announced on Friday several revisions that have been made.

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Minister: more residential care facilities are needed

MORE residential care facilities are needed for an ever-expanding population, says Minister of Social Services and Community Development Melanie Griffin.

A tribute to Anita Doherty

Imagine being a naïve 13-year-old new student of a new school, not knowing anyone there. That’s what I experienced on my first day at the then Freeport Anglican High School – the day I met then Vice Principal Anita Doherty.

Severance pay for City Markets 'moot'

A RECENT Supreme Court decision involving a group of former City Markets employees in Freeport has made the issue of severance pay for former Nassau staff a "moot point," according to an attorney involved in the matter.

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Lockdowns ‘not an option’ to halt COVID-19 surge

The Marina Association of The Bahamas (MAB) president yesterday said reimposing lockdowns to control the latest spike in COVID-19 cases is “not an option” for the tourism industry and wider economy.

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THE PRESSBOX: Shinsuke Nakamura ‘the next big thing’ in WWE

AS most of you all are aware, a huge part of dealing with the long NFL offseason is watching Monday Night Raw and Tuesday Night Smackdown with my sons. (A great joy as a father, I must admit.)

$4 million restoration at Viva Wyndham after storm

ABOUT $4 million dollars worth of hurricane restoration is now underway to get the Viva Wyndham Fortuna Beach Resort, which was severely damaged by Hurricane Matthew, open in time for Christmas.

Woman dies as car crashes into barriers on Munnings Rd

A WOMAN was killed yesterday morning when her burgundy 2013 Hyundai Elantra collided into road barriers on Munnings Road.Paramedics pronounced her, Garvanisha Anastasia Carey, dead on scene after attempting to revive her.The death prompted fresh crit

EDITORIAL: Broadcasting sector on verge of collapse

DESPITE the warnings on August 4, 2004, of then Cabinet Minister Obie Wilchcombe that “while government had 50 applications for additional broadcast licences for New Providence, it would have to proceed very carefully, if at all, as the market is overcrowded.” That was 14 years ago,

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Oil explorer: 'All the tools we will need'

A Bahamas-based oil explorer yesterday said it now has “all the tools we need” to drill an exploratory well within the 2020 year-end target set by the government, its top executive said yesterday.Simon Potter, the Bahamas Petroleum Company’s (BPC) ch

Mask producers mixed over import prohibition

Local face mask producers yesterday had a mixed reaction to the prime minister’s decision to ban the importation of non-medical rivals in a bid to stimulate domestic manufacturing. Oscar Cerna, a local tailor, told Tribune Business that the move wou

BAAA to celebrate athletes, assist in hurricane relief effort

THE Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations (BAAAs) is set to launch a community outreach initiative to celebrate athletes and assist in the post-Hurricane Dorian restoration effort.

Non-profit sector ‘lucrative’ area for financial services

A well-known QC has backed the Government’s decision to spend more time in getting non-profit regulation right, describing the sector as a “lucrative practice” for the financial services industry.

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2017 Youth Games to be biggest held in its history

WITH more than 1,300 athletes from 70 countries expected in town July 18-23, the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games (CYG) is shaping up to be the biggest held in its history.

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Baha Mar payments made to around 1,900 former employees

THE Baha Mar Claims Committee, headed by former State Minister for Finance James Smith, has made payments to 1,900 or so former employees and is still considering how to address the claims of other Bahamians who were associated with the resort but were not included on its official list of employees.

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Cans for kids launches 'Spring Bash Collection Competition'

THE non-profit organisation Cans for Kids is announcing its first “Spring Bash Collection Competition”.

Treasury admits breaching 75% wage deduction limit

The Government was yesterday urged to “curtail” civil servant salary deductions to no more than a combined 40 per cent of total income, after the Auditor-General rapped the Treasury for allowing the current 75 per cent limit to be breached.

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Rollins: Gender vote will fail

FORT Charlotte MP Dr Andre Rollins yesterday said that the proposed gender equality referendum will become “a victim of the extreme unpopularity” of the Christie administration, adding that he fully expects it to fail.