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Young woman dies in car crash on Balao Rd in Grand Bahama

A YOUNG woman was killed in a traffic accident in Grand Bahama early Saturday morning.

RCI and Downtown

We don’t get to see them very often, but the top executives of Royal Caribbean recently popped into town to rub shoulders with Bahamians, conduct media roadshows and hand out one-time cheques to charities, young entrepreneurs, and creatives to win their favour.

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DEREK SMITH: Data protection key to corporate success

The value of data in today’s commercial world has grown exponentially.

Trinidad group in minority stake in Freeport brewer

A TRINIDAD conglomerate, with extensive liquor, brewing and drinks manufacturing interests, has obtained all necessary regulatory approvals to acquire a “minority interest” in Freeport-based Bahamian Brewery and Beverage Company.

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Mixed emotions

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LAST week was a week for mixed emotions on Wall Street.

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DIANE PHILLIPS: Yella, the king of the queen conch

THEY call him ‘Yella’, though not even he remembers why. Someone just did, and it stuck.

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ONE ELEUTHERA FOUNDATION: Lessons learned from my Bahamian friends

MY relationship with the people of Eleuthera and The Bahamas dates back to early 2000. More than 20 years later (including the last seven years that I’ve served as President of One Eleuthera Foundation of the US), I continue to learn many life lessons from my Bahamian friends.

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Baha Mar teases Melia plan as volumes up 20%

Baha Mar’s president yesterday hailed an “extraordinary first quarter” and “record March”, with 2023 business volumes up 20 percent year-over-year, as he revealed plans to redevelop the still-closed Melia resort will be unveiled imminently.

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Nassau/PI hotels see 35% ‘business on books’ jump

Nassau/Paradise Island hotels are eyeing a 35 percent year-over-year increase in “business on the books” for 2023, it was disclosed yesterday, with “loaded” airline seats through June also up on 2022.

Minister urges UN take over of global tax woes

A Cabinet minister yesterday called for the creation of an independent multilateral body to review all tax-related blacklistings of The Bahamas and other small jurisdictions over what he described as “technical deficiencies”.

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STATESIDE: Recent firings at major news outlets do little to change the media’s landscape

AMERICA’S highly politicised, highly polarised cable TV networks regained centre stage once again this week, as both Fox and CNN fired popular stalwarts in the wake of accumulated indiscretions. It wasn’t surprising. A bit disappointing, maybe. But not too surprising.

Aquapure ‘dam bursts’ over price increases

A Bahamian bottled water supplier yesterday said it had been forced to implement its first product-wide price increase for 15 years as “a last resort” with costs having increased “no less than 30 percent” since COVID hit.

$20m developer seeking ‘wasteful’ restrictions end

A Bahamian developer yesterday voiced optimism that the planning authorities will eliminate “wasteful” restrictions to allow his proposed $20m project to proceed and create over 100 construction and full-time jobs combined.

US allows student visa applications a year in advance

US Embassy Vice Consul Lance Peterson said that “a great change” in applying for a US Student Visa is that candidates may now do so a year before their programme’s start date.

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LARODA WARNS NIB RUNNING ON FUMES: He adds ‘the first rate increase is not going to save the fund’

MYLES Laroda said the National Insurance Board fund is “basically running on fumes” and can only be stabilised when the contribution rate is increased by 1.5 per cent for the third or fourth time in the future.

High profile investigations by the police

Our Police Force over the past decades has been active in investigations, arrests, and prosecutions of offenders, which included various high-profile residents and included several politicians in the government and opposition.

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Three charged over traffic fatalities

TWO MEN and a woman were charged yesterday with vehicular manslaughter after separate traffic fatalities in Eleuthera and New Providence.

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Bahamas beats $18.7m Suriname CLICO claim

CLICO (Bahamas) has beaten back an $18.734m claim from its Suriname affiliate with the Chief Justice slamming transactions that disguised loans as insurance policies as “a farce”.

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Champions crowned in GSSSA volleyball

LIONS, ROYALS, KNIGHTS, RATTLERS WIN TITLES

The Government Secondary Schools Sports Association (GSSSA) championship round concluded on Monday at the Kendal G L Isaacs Gymnasium.

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Bahamas Aquatics stands firmly in support of Joanna Evans

WITH Olympian and multiple Bahamian national record holder Joanna Evans being sidelined with a two-year ban for a drug violation that will run through February 12, 2024, Bahamas Aquatics has stepped forth and given her their full support in her quest to be vindicated.