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Two accused of murdering man struck by car

Two accused of murdering man struck by car BY DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net FREEPORT - The murder trial of Coletor Johnson and Glinton Louis opened in the Supreme Court yesterday with testimony from eye-witnesses

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Ayton leads Suns to win on 22nd birthday

Deandre Ayton celebrated his 22nd birthday with a return to the court and led his Phoenix Suns to a win in their debut at the NBA’s season restart.

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Minister’s plea to private businesses to hire govt job programme workers

STATE Public Service Minister Pia Glover-Rolle has urged private sector employers to consider engaging workers who are part of the government’s 52-week job programme.

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Jones takes super-hot Sun into play-offs

Powered by the record setting rebounding pace of Jonquel Jones, the Connecticut Sun continue to be one of the hottest teams in the WNBA and officially clinched its first playoff berth since 2012.

Trade deficit narrows 9.7%

The Bahamas experienced a 9.7 per cent drop in its trade deficit to $2.554 billion in 2013, largely due to an almost-$300 million fall in its import bill.

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‘THE MOST IMPORTANT DRAFT IN BAHAMIAN HISTORY'

FOR most of you, this is really your first NBA Draft.

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Worst case would be 400 infected: Sands predicts scenario if virus breaks out here

HEALTH Minister Dr Duane Sands predicted a possible worst-case scenario of 400 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in The Bahamas, but stressed if the disease spreads here most people will not need hospital admission.

$100m Cable offer oversubscribed on its launch day

Cable Bahamas’s $100 million preference share issue was oversubscribed on its first day, but Bahamian institutional investors were yesterday urged to continue buying in as the company will “take what it can get”.

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Jonquel Jones leads her team to title win in Korea

BAHAMIAN basketball star Jonquel Jones ended her time in the Korean Basketball League with one of her best games of the season and a championship title for her club.

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Businesses wait over two months for bank account

BAHAMIAN businesses face an average wait of more than two months to open a bank account with almost 80 percent asserting that the process “took longer than expected”.

Digital building permits hailed as ‘long overdue’

The Bahamas Society of Engineers (BSE) president yesterday hailed as “long overdue” plans to slash building permit turnaround times by going digital, branding the 60-80 percent reduction target as “achievable”.

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Insurance cuts Aliv's Dorian cost to $2.5m

Aliv’s subscriber base grew by 20 percent during the final six months of 2019, its top executive revealed yesterday, after the mobile operator shrugged off $2.5m in one-off net Dorian costs. Damian Blackburn told Tribune Business it had “recovered a

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‘Only one service calling at Freeport Container Port comes from South Africa’

OF THE 75 to 80 vessels calling monthly at the Freeport Container Port, only one service comes out of South Africa, representatives of international health organisations and the Ebola Task Force were told by port officials during their weekend tour of the transshipment facility to observe safety protocols.

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‘DON’T GO THERE’: U.S. puts Bahamas back on top level alert as cases rise

THE US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has told Americans to avoid travel to The Bahamas, citing a very high level of COVID-19 in the country.

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‘WE’RE GETTING THE JOB DONE’: Attorney General hails conviction rate of almost 90 percent

THE conviction rate for serious offences has increased to almost 90 percent despite the challenges brought on by the global pandemic, Attorney General Carl Bethel said yesterday.

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Straw market vendors face uncertain future

WITH no income coming in due to COVID-19 restrictions, straw vendors say they fear they do not have sufficient food supplies and income to last for the duration of a two-week lockdown as provisions made by the government are not enough.

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We need to stay resolute: PM warns lockdown must continue as another death recorded and cases rising

PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis announced the relaxation of lockdown restrictions for southern islands yesterday while disclosing efforts to add an additional 80 beds to the frontline fight against COVID-19.

Welcome for clarity in awarding government contracts

A local contractor has welcomed the new Public Procurement Draft Bill put forward by the government for consultation believing it would fix the lack of transparency in the government bidding process.

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Law change to open building inspections

The government is planning to reform construction-related laws so that licensed architects and engineers can approve building works performed by their counterparts, the deputy prime minister has revealed.

Jonquel cans 16 in Sun's loss to Lynx

JONQUEL Jones posted her second double-digit scoring effort in three games, but her Connecticut Sun lost yet another close finish.Jones finished with 16 points and six rebounds in the Sun’s 80-78 loss to the Minnesota Lynx Tuesday at the Xcel Energy