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Pope washes the feet of inmates, reveals he has cataracts

Pope Francis urged inmates at a Rome prison last Thursday to never let their hopes be clouded like cataracts cloud the eyes — and revealed that he suffers from the condition and has to have surgery for it next year.Francis, 81, disclosed the news as

WATER LOAN DEAL

WATER LOAN DEAL By CELESTE NIXON Tribune Staff Reporter cnixon@tribunemedia.net GOVERNMENT yesterday put forward a multi-million dollar loan resolution to facilitate much-needed overhauls and upgrades to water and sewage infrastructure. Minister for the

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Gibson to employers: 'Justify every work permit'

COMPANIES who hire foreigners must send “justification” for every employee they have on work permit to the government, according to Minister of Labour and National Insurance Shane Gibson.

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A chapter of disaster?

The Baha Mar bankruptcy order should be granted in the Bahamas to avoid a damaging dog-fight between creditors, Richard Coulson urges.

Economy a tough task for Christie

Prime Minister Perry G Christie and his Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) government have a mammoth task ahead of them - rescuing a dying economy. I was alarmed after reading in The Tribune about the

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QC Comets shine

They didn’t have an overall champion, but at the end of the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations’ Scotiabank National High School Track and Field Championships, the Queen’s College Comets held onto bragging rights, having won four of the eight divisional titles.

Venezuela brings home $9bn in gold

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuela repatriated a final shipment of gold from foreign banks Monday, saying the country has withdrawn a total of $9 billion in its gold reserves and moved it to the country's Central Bank. The shipment of 14 metric tons (15

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Relatives waiting for test results

RELATIVES of a police reservist are awaiting the results of the woman’s COVID-19 test to determine if she had the disease when she died.

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Doodles of the famous raise funds for children

LUCAYA international baccalaureate students Cassie Haddad, Katie Hindley and Imani Sterling are finalising the framing of the ‘doodles’ they have collected from various well known Bahamians and famous ex-patriots with Bahamian connections.

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GB Power ‘clawing way back’ in 25% profit rise

Grand Bahama Power Company was yesterday said to be “clawing our way” back to targeted net income after producing a 25 percent profits increase to $10m for the 2022 full-year.

Port winner ‘not worried one drop’ by cruise islands

The winning Nassau cruise port bidder’s chairman yesterday said he is “not worried one drop” about the rapid expansion of the industry’s private destinations, adding: “We’ll see who wins.”

Bahamians sceptical on VAT revenue use

Many Bahamians are sceptical the Government will keep its promise to use Value-Added Tax (VAT) revenue to reduce the country’s deficit and $6 billion-plus national debt, according to a study conducted by College of The Bahamas (COB) students.

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Bowleg, Cobras eye Hugh Campbell crown

COACH Mario Bowleg doesn’t just want to settle on his Cobras winning the Government Secondary Schools Sports Association senior boys’ basketball title. He wants to take another Hugh Campbell Basketball Classic championship crown back to CC Sweeting as well.

Gov't targeting 75-90% VAT comply 'high range'

The Government is expecting to achieve Value-Added Tax (VAT) compliance rates in the 75-90 per cent “high range” enjoyed by other Caribbean nations, a senior Ministry of Finance official has revealed.

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Charisma books her ticket to Olympics, Shaunae back on track

VERSATILE Charisma Taylor booked her ticket to the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France and birthday girl Shaunae Miller-Uibo proved that she’s on her way back for another appearance at the Tom Jones Memorial at the Percy Beard Track in Gainesville, Florida.

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Nesbitt and team force 5th and deciding game

NATIONAL team member David Nesbitt and his Regates de Flamengo Basketball Club forced a fifth and deciding game in Brazil’s Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB) Finals.

Bahamas ‘prioritises’ debt servicing over its people

The Bahamas has reached a point where the Government is prioritising interest payments on its $11.645bn national over services to its people, an investment analyst argued yesterday.

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Countdown: IAAF World Relays Bahamas in 85 days

IN 85 days, the Bahamas will again host the greatest track and field relay teams in the world as preparations begin in earnest for the IAAF World Relays Bahamas 2015.

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Bay Street sees 80% income loss extended longer

Eighty percent of the spending that kept Bay Street afloat has dried up via a cruise industry shutdown just extended to October 1, the Downtown Nassau Partnership’s (DNP) co-chair has revealed. Charles Klonaris told Tribune Business he does not fore

Our leaders have lost track

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