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Food retail 'confusion' on open hour change

Food retailers yesterday criticised the “confusion” and “bad calculations” that resulted from the government’s last-minute changes to their store opening hours over the holiday weekend.Supermarket operators said the constant revisions, first allowing

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Jeffery Gibson voted in as rep for the athletes

MEN’S national 400-metre hurdles record holder Jeffery Gibson has been voted in as the new athletes’ representative for the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations. Gibson, 24, was the only person nominated for the position and was voted in wit

Campaign opposes $100m Goodman's Bay penthouses

OPPONENTS of a proposed $100m, 14-storey Goodman's Bay penthouse complex have launched the ‘Say No to Wynn’ campaign in a bid to rally public support against approving the project.

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Super Value eyes 77,000 VAT price changes per store

Super Value’s owner says the food chain will have to change 77,000 prices in 13 different stores to accommodate Value-Added Tax (VAT), warning that when it came to opposition to the new tax “you ain’t seen nothing yet”.

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Men's 4x1 relay team sets new national record

GLASGOW, Scotland — Had they not bobbled the baton on their first and second changes, the Bahamas men’s 4 x 100 metre relay team of Adrian Griffith, Shavez Hart, Warren Fraser and Teray Smith could have been right in the mix for a medal at the 20th Commonwealth Games.

GBPA reforms critical as 'we're at the bottom'

A prominent Freeport attorney is today backing a Government takeover of the Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA), telling Tribune Business: "We're at the bottom and haven't moved for 20 years."

I'd love to holiday in Bahamas – but can't

I have read in the press of USA and Bahamas articles about the need of Bahamas for tourists to come after the hurricane. What I would like to point out is how the government “says” they want tourists but at the same time they don’t let them in.

Fishermen eye 'bigger' 2019 crawfish season

BAHAMIAN fishermen are already looking towards a “bigger” 2019 crawfish season, the Bahamas Commercial Fishers Alliance’s (BCFA) president yesterday confirming this year “did not turn out as bad as expected”.“I think we did OK,” Adrian LaRoda told Tr

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$2,000 to go toward A Class regatta at Montagu

KING Eric Gibson said any support they can get for sailing is better than nothing at all.

Gov't eyes 'short-term' work permit reforms

THE Government is proposing to exempt “certain categories of people” from needing short-term work permits when entering the Bahamas in a bid to eliminate border mishaps.Brent Symonette, minister of financial services, trade and industry, and Immigrat

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Police decline to verify crime spikes during power cuts

ALTHOUGH Bahamas Power and Light chairman Donovan Moxey has proclaimed safety concerns are a reason the power company does not preemptively release load shedding schedules, Commissioner of Police Anthony Ferguson yesterday declined to verify the clai

Bacon slams ‘own goal’ disclosure of e-mails

Louis Bacon yesterday branded the disclosure of private e-mails by a Cabinet Minister as an “own goal” that will undermine the Bahamian financial services industry and investor confidence in this nation.

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Minister outlines 'bleak state of prison'

NATIONAL Security Minister Dr Bernard Nottage outlined a bleak situation at the nation's prison following an extended "bird's eye view" tour of the facility.

Dynamic duo to double up as wild card entry in main draw

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net THEY have long been close friends and junior rivals. Now Nikkita Fountain and Grand Bahamian Larikah Russell are teaming up to play together as a doubles combination - a role they have playe

Dynamic duo to double up as wild card entry in main draw

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net THEY have long been close friends and junior rivals. Now Nikkita Fountain and Grand Bahamian Larikah Russell are teaming up to play together as a doubles combination - a role they have playe

Dynamic duo to double up as wild card entry in main draw

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net THEY have long been close friends and junior rivals. Now Nikkita Fountain and Grand Bahamian Larikah Russell are teaming up to play together as a doubles combination - a role they have playe

Dynamic duo to double up as wild card entry in main draw

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net THEY have long been close friends and junior rivals. Now Nikkita Fountain and Grand Bahamian Larikah Russell are teaming up to play together as a doubles combination - a role they have playe

Buddy scores 13 in Kings' 105-99 win over the Magic

ORLANDO, Florida (AP) — Garrett Temple took over in the fourth quarter and led the struggling Sacramento Kings to a big win.Temple scored 19 of his career-high 34 points in the final quarter to lift the Kings to a 105-99 win over the Orlando Magic la

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'We don't know where the next dollar is coming from'

An ex-Cabinet minister says his family's business "doesn't know where the next dollar is coming from" as losses hit $150,000 per month due to COVID-19's devastating impact on the entertainment sector.