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IMF urges Bahamas to stick to 50 percent debt ceiling

The International Monetary Fund has urged The Bahamas to keep to the 50 percent debt ceiling passed in 2018.

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Warning as container costs to double

Businesses should brace for a 100 percent increase in container costs for the summer due to the Russia and Ukraine war.

Family tree chopped down by the rules

This will come as a shock to all members of Ancestry DNA, who are involved in building family trees.

Eleuthera businesses: Disney jobs welcome but worry over wages

The Disney Lighthouse project would put Bahamians back in “slavery” if they keep wages low, a South Eleuthera business owner has claimed.

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WNBA: Jones and Sun lose opener

GRAND Bahamian native Jonquel Jones and her Connecticut Sun suffered a heart-breaking loss to the New York Liberty as they opened their Women’s National Basketball Association 2022 season on Saturday.

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Police warning on fraud trends

THE Royal Bahamas Police Force has advised the public to be alert to fraud trends that are taking place in the country - one of which uses web shops to funnel money, while another lures victims under the guise of companionship and love.

EDITORIAL: Resisting temptation to break the law

THERE was quite a startling admission from Environment Minister Vaughn Miller yesterday.

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Bahamas urged: Target 80% in next aviation safety audit

The Bahamas must target a “high 70s-80 percent score” on its next aviation safety audit and match the world’s best, an attorney said yesterday, adding: “We’ve made great strides in a short span of time.”

Retailers in pick-up for Mother’s Day

Florists and gift shops yesterday said they have been receiving “plenty of orders” with Mother’s Day fast approaching, adding that business volumes were holding up well compared to pre-COVID figures.

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IAN FERGUSON: The advantages to buying Bahamian

The Bahamas presently imports more than $5.5bn in goods and services annually. Over 94 percent of our food is imported from the US and our other trading partners. For many years we have lamented these statistics, but have not made significant strides towards changing this reality.

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FRONT PORCH – Celebration and reflection: 50 years of Independence

COUNTRIES, like individuals and institutions, often commemorate silver, golden and diamond jubilees, as well as seminal events, with outstanding and dynamic celebrations which capture and reflect the occasion and moment.

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$1BN BLACK HOLE OF UNPAID TAXES: Inland Revenue reveals scale of outstanding arrears by Bahamians

The Government’s top revenue agency yesterday revealed that “unacceptable non-compliance” by Bahamian taxpayers had resulted in the build-up of $1bn in outstanding tax arrears that it was now aggressively pursuing.

Minimalism

These past few years have put a strain upon our life styles, personal routines and outlook upon life in general.

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Ayton and Suns take 2-0 lead

PHOENIX (AP) — Chris Paul scored 28 points, including 14 in another spectacular fourth quarter, to lead the Phoenix Suns over the Dallas Mavericks 129-109 last night for a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference semifinals.

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Tavario Miller and Zane Knowles in playoffs

Two Bahamian senior men’s national basketball team players got their postseasons off to successful starts.

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ALICIA WALLACE: How you can make Mother’s Day magical

MOTHER’S Day is just a few days away, and many are scrambling to make plans and purchases for the mothers in their lives.

Celebrating nurses after battling the pandemic

GRAND Bahama nurses were praised for their resilience and contributions to global health in the last three years during the official opening of Nurses Month in Freeport on Monday.

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‘We buried hatchet’ over retail closure

Super Value’s principal has revealed he and his family “bit the bullet” in closing their loss-making Harbour Bay housewares retailer, adding: “We were fighting a losing battle so we buried the hatchet.”

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New NAD fees hailed as ‘lot less onerous’

The private aviation industry yesterday hailed the Nassau Development Company’s (NAD) alterations to the new fees imposed on it as “a lot less onerous” compared to what was originally proposed.

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Sands: Poor sacrificed ‘on tax efficiency altar’

The FNM’s chairman yesterday accused the Government of driving more Bahamian families into poverty, and sacrificing them “on the altar of tax efficiency”, by refusing to eliminate VAT on medicines and breadbasket foods.