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Minister: Maybe it's time to consider gun buy-back scheme

NATIONAL Security Minister Dr Bernard Nottage said yesterday “maybe it is time” to consider a gun amnesty period or gun buy-back initiative in the Bahamas.

VAT real estate 'game changer'

Value-Added Tax’s (VAT) impending implementation may give buyers “the push” to secure properties before January 1, one realtor suggesting: “It may be better to do it now rather than seven months from now.”

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Giants, High Flyers are national champions

BOTH the Division I and Division II titles will remain in the capital as the New Providence Basketball Association champions emerged as winners of the 2019 Bunny Levarity Bahamas Basketball Federation Nationals.

Treasure Cay’s fuel post eyes $3m record

While the new Delta Airlines service has brightened the immediate future for Abaco tourism, a Treasure Cay hotelier warned that the lack of domestic service into that location “has hurt us for three years”.

'Cold blob' holds key to Atlantic hurricane season - 14 tropical storms predicted

EXPERTS at a leading US weather forecasting service are reporting that the potential movement of a “cold blob” of water in the North Atlantic may hold the key to how active the 2016 Atlantic hurricane season will be.

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Majestic Tours owner Billy Saunders dies

THE FOUNDER of one of the largest tour operators in the Caribbean passed away yesterday, The Tribune has learned.

'Absolutely not a level playing field'

Bahamian investors and businesses are at a disadvantage when competing against foreign investors because of this nation’s high cost platform.

Tribute to a good mother

My Mother and Father migrated to Canada in 1956, refugees escaping the Soviet’s punishments allotted to those who oppose Soviet tyranny wherever it may be, Russia, Eastern Europe and in their case Hungary.

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Responsibility allowance up by 58 percent

SENIOR public servants have collectively received a 58 per cent increase in responsibility allowance.

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DNA: Economy suffering from double dependency

THE Bahamian economy is suffering from "double dependency syndrome" according to DNA leader Branville McCartney.

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Bucks even series

Deandre Ayton’s postseason double digit scoring streak ended at 13 games and the Phoenix Suns squandered a nine-point fourth quarter en route to a game four loss in the NBA Finals.

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Six deaths added to COVID toll

ONE hundred and eighty-six cases of COVID-19 and eight more related deaths were recorded between Friday and Saturday, pushing the country’s coronavirus tally to 5,703.

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Jones named Kia Eastern Conference Player of Month

For the second time this season, Jonquel Jones has been named the WNBA’s Kia Eastern Conference Player of Month.

Shipyard delivers sign of post-Dorian rebound

Grand Bahama Shipyard (GBS), pictured , yesterday delivered “a significant sign” of post-Dorian recovery by reopening and welcoming back its first commercial vessel. The 57,062-ton Agathonissos , owned by Greece-based Eletson, returned to the facili

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$500,000 spent on evacuation, repatriation this hurricane season

HALF-a-million dollars have been spent on evacuation and repatriation exercises so far this hurricane season, National Emergency Management Agency head Captain Stephen Russell said Friday.

Carnival Corporation: Staff on private cays are mostly Bahamian

THE Carnival Corporation has claimed staff on its private cays are mostly Bahamian in response to industry claims of an increasing trend of employing foreign workers.Chief Communications Officer Roger Frizzell responded to a Tribune inquiry sent to t

Eugene McMinns leads the Axemen to 27-10 victory

JUST two games into the 2017 season, the Acadia Axemen are already halfway toward last season’s win total.The Axemen improved to 1-1 on the year with a 27-10 win over Bishop’s Gaiters in Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia, last weekend.Eugene McMinns continue

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Tyler scores 46 at the Stars and Stripes Showcase

BAHAMAS junior national basketball team standout Tyler Pinder is turning heads in the world of high school basketball recruitment.

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College players make their debuts at the JuCo level

SEVERAL Bahamian collegiate basketball players made their season debuts with new programmes at the JuCo level in NJCAA basketball.

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Private companies to take on govt workers

MORE than 40 people who were being paid by the government but could not be placed because of a lack of vacancies in the public sector will be engaged by private companies.