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Team Bahamas wins 33 medals, second overall

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada — Team Bahamas dominated the field events at the 51st CARIFTA Games hosted in St George’s, Grenada, for their fifth straight second place finish over the Easter weekend.

Direct airlift could increase Long island hotel revenues 20-25%

Direct airlift from Florida would boost annual revenues at all Long Island tourism properties by 20-25 per cent in the long-term, the Long Island Chamber of Commerce’s president told Tribune Business yesterday.

Water Corp’s ‘ludicrous’ 8 per cent debt recovery deals

THE Water & Sewerage Corporation’s chairman yesterday said he was reviewing pre-election contracts issued to two debt collectors who have recovered just 8 per cent of the $5 million assigned to them.

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Everyone had a duty on UN trip, says Wells

TRANSPORT and Local Government Minister Renward Wells yesterday defended the size of Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis’ nearly 20-member delegation to the United Nations’ 73rd General Assembly, emphasising that “every Christ soul” that attended had a “

BORCO battles to recover $20-$30m in jetty damages

The Bahamas Oil Refining Company (BORCO) is embroiled in a court battle to recover $20-$30 million in damages caused when a ship collided with one of its jetties in late May 2012, it was revealed yesterday.

CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 11062015

Cycling Club Bahamas. - Upcoming events: Saturday - leaving 6am sharp from Harbour Bay Shopping Centre in front of First Caribbean Bank 30 miles headed west. In order to complete this ride, it is recommended that you have done some recent cycling. Leaving P/I Bridges optional at the end.

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Bahamas ‘must reengineer economy faster than ever’

* QC: 2018 will ‘set economy for 20 years’ * Warns reform pace may be bewildering * Warns of tax, exchange control ‘recalibrating’

THE Bahamas faces having to “substantially reengineer its economy at a much faster pace than ever before” to escape global ‘blacklists’, a prominent QC warned yesterday. Brian Moree QC, senior partner at McKinney, Bancroft & Hughes, told Tribune Business that this nation’s response to the European Union/OECD initiatives in 2018 “will determine the future of the economy” for possibly the next 20 years.

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PLAYING SAFE: Entry controls on anyone who visited China in last 20 days, Two local residents already in quarantine at undisclosed location

THE government has banned travel from China because of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus, the fast-spreading epidemic that has killed 171 people and infected thousands overseas.

What's on: January 30th, 2015

February 7-8 Ride for Hope, Nassau, http://www.rideforhopebahamas.com. 2015 online registration is now open or at Cycles Unlimited, Mackey Street.

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Auto dealers: Sales ‘20% higher’ if we had supply

Bahamian auto dealers yesterday said industry-wide sales would be “20 percent higher” than the actual 159 year-over-year increase for 2022 to-date if vehicle supplies matched pre-COVID levels.

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Super Value slashes inflation impact 20%

Super Value’s principal says he does “not expect” The Bahamas to be hit by the baby formula shortage afflicting the US, while the supermarket chain’s buying strategies have reduced food inflation’s impact by 15-20 percent.

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WORLD VIEW: Today’s OAS - run by a few for a few

ON March 20 a reckless and irresponsible General Assembly (GA) was held by the Organization of American States (OAS), putting the health of many at risk and giving an entirely wrong example to the entire world.

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Two murders investigated

Police are investigating two murders. The first incident reportedly occurred around 11:20 pm on Friday at McCullough Corner off East Street.

Why the high cost for residency?

I was compelled to respond in writing by way of an open letter to the editor.

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Woman accused of stabbing her boyfriend to death faces court

A MAN and a woman were separately arraigned in Magistrate’s Court yesterday in connection with two recent killings in the capital.

GSSSA volleyball: Games start at 4pm daily

AFTER waiting for the officials to be paid for their services from last year, the Government Secondary Schools Sports Association finally got its 2019/20 calendar year off and running with volleyball this week at various venues starting at 4pm. The

Police seize over $20k fake currency

Police seized more than $22,000 in counterfeit Bahamian currency last year even though the ratio of fake notes to genuine bills appears to be dropping.

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Two face court after killings in the capital

TWO men were remanded to prison yesterday after being arraigned in connection with two separate murders that occurred in the capital last week.

Three believed to have drowned

POLICE are investigating the circumstances surrounding the suspected drowning of a four-year-old boy, a man believed to be in his 20s and a 55-year-old man in separate incidents this weekend.

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WORLD VIEW: As Haitians suffer the world stays silent

ON February 20, the UN Security Council received a grim report of deteriorating human rights and collapsing rule of law in Haiti. The troubling situation includes widening malnutrition, kidnappings for ransom, rapes and gang violence.