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Darville calls for more scrutiny at Equinor

SAVE the Bays Chairman Joseph Darville criticised the government yesterday for not being present to oversee the clean-up efforts at the Equinor South Riding Point facility in East Grand Bahama. Mr Darville told The Tribune there is still no governme

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We won't spend money unwisely, says Minnis

AFTER facing backlash over the government's decision to increase travel benefits for Cabinet ministers and their spouses, Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis said tax dollars will not be spent irresponsibly. Speaking at Parliament, Dr Minnis said the go

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Banker: 'Minimal' devaluation risk

A prominent investment banker yesterday argued that the risk of a Bahamian dollar devaluation is "minimal" because it is politically unacceptable and creates no economic benefits.

Grand Bahama fears there could be more

As COVID-19 cases rise in Grand Bahama, there is concern there could be more infected people in the community who do not know they have the disease.To date, there are five confirmed cases of COVID-19 on the island, which has the second-highest popula

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Pinder defends proposals to revoke work permits

DIRECTOR of Labour John Pinder further defended the department’s understudy/apprenticeship programme yesterday, days after saying he wanted employers’ work permits revoked if they failed to appoint and properly train apprentices. “...It has nothing

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Craig Flowers pledges to stick with golf course plan

WHILE the government has made a decision to close down all web shops as a result of the referendum, FLM Group of Companies proprietor Craig Flowers said he is still committed to completing the three-par nine hole golf course at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex.

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Aiming high

WHEN Orlando Cuellar first heard about Valentino Knowles, he knew that he was a credible fighter that he would love to have in his camp in Miami, Florida. After watching Knowles’ successful debut over the weekend, Cuellar is confident that he has acquired across a “future” world champion.

Petroleum sector's 'one big VAT mess'

Value-Added Tax (VAT) confusion continues to reign in the petroleum industry as the tax is initially applied to retail/wholesale mark-ups, one dealer yesterday saying: “It’s one big mess”.

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Big Red Machine, Cougars are BAISS softball champions

The Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools crowned softball champions in three divisions while the fourth will be determined by a decisive game three today.The St Augustine’s College Big Red Machine won both the junior and senior boys’

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Kerrie Cartwright to lead the field in BLTA Nationals

KERRIE Cartwright is confident that her Women’s Tennis Association’s rankings will help to booster her performance when she comes home to compete in the Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association’s annual Giorgio Baldacci Open Nationals. The nationals is sched

Gray insists agreement reached between government, vendor

DEFENDING his integrity, Agriculture, Fisheries and Marine Resources Minister V Alfred Gray insists that government had already made an agreement to accommodate a single mother of two who was forced out of her business at Potter’s Cay Dock in April for safety reasons.

Qualifying round experience will have lasting impact on Gabrielle Moxey

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net ALTHOUGH she didn't win a game, Gabrielle Moxey noted that the experience gained in the qualifying round of the Bahamas Women's Open tennis tournament will have a lasting impact on her. Moxe

Why does the church oppose gambling?

I WOULD like to comment on an article which appeared in the April 5 edition of The Nassau Guardian.

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Albury brothers making an impact on basketball court

IT’S not every day that you see two brothers excelling in the same sport at the same time. Deyton and Michael Albury Jr are the exceptions.While Deyton Albury is now at Sunrise Christian Academy making his presence felt for the Buffaloes basketball t

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New BPL chair - we'll review Shell deal

A REVIEW of the tender process for Bahamas Power and Light’s generation supply contract is high on the agenda for its new board, according to incoming Chairman Donovan Moxey.Mr Moxey told The Tribune board members will work to establish a baseline at

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Local artist signs international contract

DO NOT be surprise if you hear Freeport artist Uncle Balli’s music in American movies, commercials, television shows or video games. Just three weeks ago the rapper signed a publishing contract with a Miami based company.

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Contractors: We have to live with COVID-19

Bahamian contractors yesterday conceded that re-opening the construction sector involves “a big risk” and “cannot be business as usual”, but argued: “Living with COVID-19 is the new reality.”Leonard Sands, the Bahamian Contractors Association’s (BCA)

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Sir Durward Knowles Back To School Youth Regatta ‘great fun’ at Montagu

BRINGING the island’s junior summer sailing camps to a close, the Bahamas National Sailing School along with Lady Nathalie Enterprise and CV Bethel Sailing Club hosted the Sir Durward Knowles Back To School Youth Regatta earlier this month at Nassau Yacht Club and Montagu Beach.

Union: No CIBC lay-offs likely before September

THE Bahamas Financial Services Union (BFSU) does not foresee any redundancies at CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank (Bahamas) before September 30, its president expressing concern over the outsourcing of decision-making authority in the commercial banking industry.

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Dorian debris clear needs big 'ramp up'

Abaco’s Chamber of Commerce president yesterday called for post-Dorian debris removal to be “ramped up significantly” given the huge obstacle it presents to the island’s reconstruction. Ken Hutton, pictured , told Tribune Business that the authoriti