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Ex-US diplomat in 25,000 acre Andros venture

A $5m commercial faming venture that involved a former US ambassador to The Bahamas was yesterday identified as one of three competing investment proposals targeting North Andros.Documents obtained by Tribune Business name Ned Siegel, an ex-US ambass

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Searching for junior tennis stars on rise

The President of the Southwest Tennis Club (SWTC), Mike Butler, organised a tennis tournament for beginners at the Flamingo Gardens tennis courts.

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Clarke scores career high, Bastian and McCoy post double doubles

GARVIN Clarke posted a career-high scoring night in NCAA Division I and a pair of Bahamians posted double doubles in Division II basketball.

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New weather stations which can provide island-specific information

THE installation of a WeatherSTEM weather station at Blue Lagoon marks the first Caribbean destination with capacity to provide island-specific, real-time weather information to the island’s management and guests.

Commission petitions for broker/dealer’s ‘compulsory’ wind-up

The Securities Commission is petitioning the Supreme Court to place a Bahamian broker/dealer into compulsory liquidation, and appoint a provisional liquidator to wind it up.

Brewery shrugs off $10m storm costs

Commonwealth Brewery shrugged off more than $10 million in Hurricane Matthew-related damage and business interruption costs to post a 45 per cent year-over-year profits increase for 2016.The vertically-integrated, BISX-listed brewer foreshadowed an i

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Fishing tournament helps Grand Bahama schools

FREEPORT – The saying goes, ‘Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime’.

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Daddy Harry - a founding patriarch of priest order

MOUNT Tabor Full Gospel Church is honouring ‘Fabulous 40’ fathers to mark the 40th Anniversary of Independence. The Tribune is publishing the church’s profiles of the fathers.

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Regulator warned 127 on financial crime compliance

Bahamian regulators issued warnings to 127 law and real estate firms over non-compliance with anti-financial crime mandates while giving this nation’s $306m-plus residential real estate sales a clean bill of health.

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Gov’t wage bill’s $68m jump ‘not annual norm’

The Ministry of Finance's top official last night said the $68m year-over-year increase in compensation for government employees during the 2022-2023 fiscal year is "not an annual norm".

Carnival capers

Amazing how quickly it is back to normal after an election with all those pious promises of Better Better New Day... nothing at all if we are to take the obvious from the carnival saga.

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Etienne earns spot in the NCAA Track & Field Championship

OVER the weekend, Jyles Etienne earned a spot in the NCAA Track & Field Championship with a leap of 7-feet, 2 1/4-inches at the East Preliminary, held in Jacksonville, Florida.

Evil always prospers

Kindly indulge my compulsion to respond to Bishop Simeon Hall’s clarion call to pray for 30 days without murder.

TECH TALK

Pope Francis, who has called for action to stop climate change, is now the owner of a Nissan Leaf electric car. The vehicle was a gift from German investor Jochen Wermuth in February.

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Students get close-up look at work of US Coast Guard

A FIFTH grade class at Woodcock Primary School were invited to participate in a tour onboard the visiting US Coast Guard Guard Cutter Gannet while docked at the Prince George Wharf.

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Young Man's View: Little festive cheer and goodwill for Bahamians

When one considers the recent crime wave and other national aliments afflicting our country, it is becoming patently clear that the wheels are coming off.

Economic recovery not strong enough to dent unemployment

The Bahamas’ economic recovery to-date has not been strong enough “ to achieve substantial gains in employment and a broadening of private sector demand”, the Central Bank noting that commercial bank loan arrears had almost hit the 20 per cent mark.

Govt urged to delay 12% VAT realty hike

The government was yesterday urged to postpone implementation of the 12 percent VAT rate on high-end real estate deals for two months so as not to derail transactions “already in the pipeline”.

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Ex-minister explores poultry farm revival

A former Cabinet minister yesterday revealed he is in the “advanced” stage of exploring whether to revive a Grand Bahama poultry operation that once produced 3m-5m pounds of chicken annually. Zhivargo Laing, who is the government’s chief World Trade

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Govt ‘strained’ by first non-profit bill

The Government would have placed increased “financial strain” upon itself had it gone through with the initial Non-Profit Organisations Bill version, sector representatives warned.