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Cruise ‘home port’ only MSC driver for Grand Lucayan

Any Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) interest in purchasing the Grand Lucayan resort would likely relate to plans to make Freeport a ‘home port’ for its cruise ships, Tribune Business was told yesterday.

Nearly 20% of firms fear bribe demands

Nearly one in five Bahamian companies feels they have to pay bribes to obtain crucial licences and permits, a report by development agencies finding this nation ranked worse than the Western Hemisphere average for corruption perceptions.

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Ten Red-line Athletics members CARIFTA ready

AS one of the top local track clubs in the country, the coaching staff of the Red-Line Athletics is quite pleased with the 10 members selected to represent the Bahamas on the 80-member team for the Oaktree Medical Center’s 50th CARIFTA Games.

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SAC maintains lead on day 2

BAISS TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS

St. Augustine’s College built on their day one momentum as they lead team rankings for the second consecutive day. The secondary school is ahead of the competition with a day two total of 691.50 followed by the Queen’s College Comets with 607.50.

Defence Force detains 112 migrants

THE Royal Bahamas Defence Force apprehended 112 undocumented Haitian migrants some 24 nautical miles west of South Point, Long Island on Thursday morning.

Hurricane Centre watches system near southeastern Bahamas

THE National Hurricane Centre (NHC) in Miami is monitoring a weather system over the western Atlantic Ocean near the southeastern Bahamas on Sunday.

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Police hunt pair over murder

POLICE in New Providence have issued wanted posters for two men they want to question for murder.

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SHOOTINGS: Man killed in Sunshine Park area; 'suspected intruder' shot dead

Police are investigating the country's latest homicide, after a man was shot dead in the Sunshine Park area on Wednesday night.

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375 new cases confirmed

THE Ministry of Health recorded 375 new cases of COVID-19 over a three-day period last week, with cases falling to the double digits for two of those days for the first time this month.

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All White Cocktail Extravaganza

THE Golden Gates Scholarship Fund Committee held an ‘All White Cocktail Extravaganza’ to raise money for tertiary education for deserving individuals in the Golden Gates constituency.

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'We lost so we have to continue to grow as a team'

BUDDY Hield picked back up where he left off last season and continued to be the leading scorer for the Sacramento Kings in their 2019-20 preseason opening series.The Kings and Indiana Pacers played the NBA’s first ever games in India at the NCSI, SV

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Rhema Otabor Junior Female Athlete of Year

OTABOR’S 2021 season featured milestone accomplishments in the javelin at both the collegiate and international levels.

BPL ‘more ambitious’ than Govt with 20% renewables in 5 years

The Deputy Prime Minister yesterday touted Bahamas Power & Light’s (BPL) business plan as even “more ambitious” than the Government’s National Energy Policy (NEP), calling for renewables to generate 20 per cent of this nation’s electricity within five years.

‘Hold Hutchison’s feet to the fire’, Govt told

Struggling retailers in the Port Lucaya area are demanding that the Government “hold Hutchison Whampoa’s feet to the fire” and claw back the 20-year extension of its tax breaks, should it fail to co-operate in solving Grand Bahama’s economic woes.

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Flowers: I’m not firing staff

CRAIG Flowers says he has gone against the grain in opting not to lay off employees because it is not known if his company – FML Group of Companies - will suffer loss due to increased government taxes, which includes a five percent stamp tax on patrons.

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Former COB employee has jail term cut by 40%

THE Court of Appeal has docked 40 percent of former College of the Bahamas employee Chimeka Gibbs’ 15-year sentence for stealing over $700,000 from the institution over a seven-year period. The appellate court said Gibbs will now serve nine years in

9,000 in Abaco ask for help with food

SOME 9,000 people in Abaco have recently appealed to Idea Relief, a Bahamian non-profit organisation, for food assistance.A representative from the organisation revealed the figure yesterday.This comes after the group’s co-founder told The Tribune la

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Bahamas Bowl: Bulls vs 49ers 'an historic milestone'

THE 2019 Makers Wanted Bahamas Bowl matchup between the Buffalo Bulls and the Charlotte 49ers will be an historic milestone for both programmes.Athletic directors and head coaches from both programmes got their first opportunity to experience the Bah

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GB Power needs ‘20 times’ existing plant on 30/30 goal

GRAND Bahama Power Company would need “20 times’” the size of its existing solar energy plant to achieve the Government’s “30 by 30” renewable goals, it was revealed yesterday.

$10m Port IPO oversubscribed before public sector advance

By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net THE $10 million Arawak Cay Port Development (APD) initial public offering (IPO) was already oversubscribed prior to the Government offering an interest-free salary advance for civil