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Bahamas lacking 5% growth ‘game changers’
The Bahamas desperately lacks the “game changers” needed for the 5 per cent GDP growth rate needed to “break the back” of double-digit unemployment, the Chamber of Commerce’s chairman said yesterday.
Lady Truckers take the title
With another blowout victory, the Johnson’s Lady Truckers put the finishing touches on their fifth New Providence Women’s Basketball Association championship crown at the DW Davis Gymnasium last night.
Peace on da Street Basketball Classic starts on Monday
THE emphasis, as always, will be on providing an alternative activity for young men to do rather than getting involved in crime as Youth Against Violence and The Hope Centre stage another version of the Peace on da Street Basketball Classic.
Stopover tourists strike 94% pre-COVID levels
TOTAL air arrivals to The Bahamas in May hit 94.2 percent of pre-COVID’s 2019 high, the Central Bank revealed yesterday, with overall visitor numbers for the first five months of 2023 some 68 percent ahead of last year.
Navigators, Adventurers claim their gold medals
THE Exuma and Ragged Island Navigators along with the Eleuthera Adventurers brought gold to the Family Islands after winning the basketball segment of the Bahamas Games.
'Who's Next, I'm Next' Youth Games theme song
DYSON Knight, the charismatic and emotionally charged entertainer, has produced the theme song ‘Who’s Next, I’m Next” during the hosting of the sixth edition of the Commonwealth Youth Games.The Local Organising Committee indicated that it’s their int
‘AMBUSHED’: Police shoot three dead in car after they ‘fired at officer’
GRIEF stricken family members reacted furiously after police killed three of their relatives on Saturday after an officer was “ambushed” by gunshots. The deaths marked the country’s deadliest police-involved killing since three men were killed in the Blair Estates community in May 2019.
Baha Mar in $6m monthly value fall
Baha Mar’s value is declining at a rate of $6 million per month, a Supreme Court judge has revealed, with none of the purchase offers “anywhere near” to making its Chinese secured creditor ‘whole’.
50th Annual Heart Ball lives up to expectations
FOR THE 50th time around patrons at the Annual Sir Victor Sassoon Heart Ball enjoyed a night of glitz, glamour and fun. The ballroom at the Melia Nassau Beach Resort, last Saturday, was filled with shades of gold, black and cream.
FINCO net income triples despite $100m bad loans
Despite an almost $100 million-strong non-performing mortgage portfolio, Finance Corporation of the Bahamas’ (FINCO) 2013 first half net income more than tripled on the back of reduced operating costs and loan loss provisions.
Muin242 offers up a "Melodic Conch Salad"
By FARAH Tribune Features Writer
Tourist shoppers: VAT refund to fall to 85%
Visiting duty-free shoppers will be refunded 85 per cent of their Value-Added Tax (VAT) payments from July 1 this year, when the Government’s private sector contractor takes over management of the process.
Anglican churches to ring bells 96 times today
ALL Anglican church bells in The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos will ring 96 times today in honour of Queen Elizabeth II.
Tech Talk
Sea life centre using alternative energy
THE Alaska SeaLife Centre in Seward has announced that 98 per cent of its heating and cooling requirements are fulfilled by alternative energy: heat extracted from ocean water in Resurrection Bay.
Swiss Excellence in Education leaders to meet with parents, students, officials in the Bahamas
BAHAMIAN teachers, residents and students will have an opportunity to meet face to face with some of the world’s most respected educators when a contingent representing the finest schools and colleges in Switzerland arrives in Nassau tomorrow.
Band Camp wins Sprite Basketball title
AFTER four weeks of intense competition, the Band Camp has been named the 2018 Sprite Basketball Tournament champions with a score of 98-78 against the Southwestern Division team. Demargio Taylor was named the tournament’s Most Valuable Player, Mark
Sports in brief
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Giants stop the Shockers 85-81
IN a battle of two of the top teams, the Commonwealth Bank Giants stayed unbeaten in the New Providence Basketball Association’s 2017/18 season by holding off a stubborn JD’s Seafood Shockers in a hard-fought 85-81 victory at the AF Adderley Gymnasium.
Tavario Miller and Zane Knowles in playoffs
Two Bahamian senior men’s national basketball team players got their postseasons off to successful starts.
Lady Muriel is a class act at the Family Island Regatta
Over 70 boats representing Bahamian islands competed in various races over the weekend in the 63rd Annual National Family Island Regatta in Elizabeth Harbour, Georgetown, Exuma.