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New VAT policy to aid Abaco & Grand Bahama

PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis announced a new VAT policy for Abaco and Grand Bahama yesterday to assist with rebuilding efforts.

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POLITICOLE: There’s a hole in the bucket, Dear Christie

I was born in the 70s, and I grew up in the 80s and 90s. Life in The Bahamas was so much simpler then. Everything appeared cleaner, easier, purer. It was long before we knew what a storm our leaders were brewing for us, though we would soon find out. And the Pandora’s Box has been spilling over since then.

Local doctor warns of the dangers of processed meat

Processed meat may be killing more Bahamians than crime, according to Dr Arlington Lightbourne, owner of the Nassau-based Wellness Clinic.

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Bahamas sees $715m gain if ‘infrastructure gap’ closed

The Bahamas stands to gain a $715m boost if it invests just $31m to close the “digital infrastructure gap” between itself and the world’s leading economies, a multilateral lender is arguing.

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Players go above the rim

The CI Gibson Rattlers, the winningest school out of New Providence, is on a quest for another title in the 30th Hugh Campbell Basketball Classic.

Relief in a leaf

By Dr Betty Adderley

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Sands confirms imported child measles case

HEALTH Minister Dr Duane Sands confirmed another imported case of measles in a three-year-old tourist on Tuesday. Speaking to reporters outside of Cabinet, Dr Sands said the Ministry of Health has continued with its vaccination programme to combat t

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25,000 still without measles vaccination

AS many as 25,000 people have no vaccination coverage for the highly infectious measles disease, Health Minister Dr Duane Sands said yesterday.The public’s vaccination rate remains at about 89 to 90 percent, but it could be better, the minister told

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Partial payment for foreign Baha Mar staff

FOREIGN former employees of Baha Mar will be paid by the government appointed Claims Committee next month, committee Chairman James Smith said yesterday.

Giants squash Great Whites 123-39

THE top team in Division I of the New Providence Basketball Association pulled off the most dominant win of the season. The Commonwealth Bank Giants had a 123-39 win over the BIBT Great Whites at the AF Adderley Gymnasium on Wednesday night. Adam J

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NCAA: Michael Carey Jr making strides with Seahawks

MICHAEL Carey Jr is thriving in his transition to basketball at the NCAA Division I level.

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Oil drilling end ‘so far from done deal’

Oil exploration opponents yesterday said efforts to raise the $200,000 security ordered by the Supreme Court are being complicated by the belief there will be no more drilling in Bahamian waters.

City Markets staff allege 'conspiracy'

By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net Ten Grand Bahama-based City Markets employees are alleging that the company and its principals deliberately altered their employment terms to "coerce and compel" them to leave volun

City Markets staff allege 'conspiracy'

By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net Ten Grand Bahama-based City Markets employees are alleging that the company and its principals deliberately altered their employment terms to "coerce and compel" them to leave volun

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132 new cases of COVID-19

THE latest Ministry of Health COVID-19 Dashboard has recorded 132 new infections in The Bahamas with 94 of them being in New Providence.

GB residents to gain $3m energy windfall

Hard-pressed Grand Bahama residents will have a collective $3 million returned to them as a result of their energy provider’s revised tariff structure, Tribune Business was told yesterday.

Fishing and farming industries are ‘completely devastated’

LONG Island MP Loretta Butler-Turner said yesterday that her constituency’s economy – specifically the fishing and farming industries – has been “completely devastated” by the passage of Hurricane Joaquin.

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As veterans remembered, one is left in rundown home

DAYS after the country celebrated Remembrance week in honour of World War I and II veterans, the daughter of a 90-year-old veteran called attention to her father’s poor living conditions.

Union lacks ‘leverage’ over Melia gratuities

A hotel union leadership contender yesterday argued that current executives have no “leverage” to employ in negotiating with Baha Mar and the Meliá Nassau Beach Resort because they failed to secure a new industrial agreement in 2013.

Waterspout sparks alarm among local schoolchildren

A WATERSPOUT spotted off the northeastern coast of New Providence this week, which tried to form a tornado over land, sparked alarm among local schoolchildren, raising the question of what people should do to safely avoid them.