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$36m stadium repair to finish 14 days before World Relays
THE Chinese government is fully covering the $36m repairs to the Thomas A Robinson National Stadium, which officials expect to be completed at least 14 days before the World Athletics Relay.
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PM told GBPA’s owners: I have ‘no confidence’ in you
THE Prime Minster personally told the Grand Bahama Port Authority’s (GBPA) owners that he has “no confidence” in their ability to “realise the promise and potential of” Freeport.
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Nassau/PI beating forecasts after ‘hair raising’ crime woe
NASSAU/Paradise Island resorts were yesterday said to “all” be beating expectations heading into the peak Easter weekend as the sector rebounds from the “hair-raising” crime alert fall-outs.
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PI Straw Market relaunch to boost tourism’s authenticity
Senior Atlantis executives say the Paradise Island Straw Market’s relaunch, and creation of the accompanying Food Village, will provide tourists with more authentic experiences.
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Bahamasair industrial deal raises pilot retirement age
Bahamasair and its pilots have agreed to raise the latter’s retirement age to 65 to alleviate any fears of labour shortages as part of Friday’s $500,000 industrial agreement.
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Second sky dive provider now seeks CAAB permits
THE company behind the Grand Bahama sky diving demonstration is different from a separate entity that has voiced repeated frustrations over its inability to obtain the necessary licences.
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Ex-civil service union boss: I urged pension reform two decades ago
A FORMER union leader says he recommended that civil service pensions be made contributory almost two decades ago as financial analysts warned “it’s all coming home to roost” over a forecast $3.5bn hole.
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‘Desperate need’ to update Securities law
REGULATORS have argued that the main law governing the Bahamian capital markets’ regulatory regime needs to be modernised to account for 13 years of change.
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AG blasts ‘utter foolishness’ of France’s Bahamas blacklisting
The Attorney General has slammed France’s decision to keep The Bahamas on its national tax blacklist as “complete and utter foolishness”.
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School breakfast programme expanded to five more schools
MORE than 2,000 students will receive free meals with the expansion of the National School Breakfast Pilot Programme in five more schools, according to Education Minister Glenys Hanna-Martin.
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50% 'grease the wheels' bribe findings accurate
The Bahamian Contractors Association's (BCA) president says findings that almost half of firms seeking construction permits are asked, or expect, to pay a bribe are "accurate" amid a "grease the wheels" culture.
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Freeport real estate sees 25% surge before market ‘explodes’
Freeport property sales and rentals were yesterday said to have increased by 25 percent in recent months as buyers seek to enter the market before it “explodes” from $2bn worth of investment projects.
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Residents voice objections to new PI resort proposal
RESIDENTS last night argued that plans to transform the former Paradise Harbour Club site into a seven-storey hotel represent an “overdevelopment” that will impact quality of life and devalue their properties.
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Freeport poised to be ‘fastest growing Caribbean economy’
FREEPORT needs Nassau-based investors to help build “critical mass” in a city “poised to be the fastest-growing economy in the Caribbean”, a Port Authority executive asserted yesterday.
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Man sentenced to four months for marijuana possession
A MAN was sentenced to four months in prison on Friday after he admitted to the possession of 33 grams of marijuana last week.
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Albany developer’s Bahamas return after spared jail time
ALBANY’S principal investor was given permission to return to The Bahamas as early as yesterday after being spared jail time following his previous guilty plea to securities fraud.
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Wildfire in Andros last week mostly contained
FIREFIGHTERS in North Andros are keeping a close watch on a large forest fire that erupted on the island last week, producing large plumes of thick, black smoke over surrounding communities.
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Bank’s Out Island sites ‘a philanthropic service’
Bank of The Bahamas’ top executive yesterday described its Family Island presence as an act of “philanthropy” amid complaints that woes at its branch have left south Eleuthera in “a dire situation”.
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Ex-mp still free over $3m ‘life-altering’ money battle
A FORMER MP and ex-Supreme Court judge was yesterday said to remain free almost two months after police issued a ‘wanted poster’ for him over allegations he has failed to repay an investor more than $3m.
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FOCOL targets wide growth in ‘preparing for the next 50 years’
FOCOL Holdings’ top executive last night said it is targeting growth “in every sector of our business”, including gas stations and electricity generation, and added: “We’re preparing for the next 50 years.”