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‘Make Abaco the second Freeport’
Abaco’s Chamber of Commerce president yesterday called for the Dorian-ravaged island to be designated as a ‘second Freeport’ to further spur its recovery from the devastating storm.
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Bank branches shrink 30% in seven years
The number of commercial bank branches in The Bahamas has declined by almost 30 percent over the past seven years, the Central Bank’s governor revealed yesterday.
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GB requires ‘critical mass like yesterday’
Grand Bahama’s Chamber of Commerce president says the island needs to regain critical mass “like yesterday”, adding: “We desperately need jobs here.”
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Gov’t aiming to monetise 3.2m Dorian debris yards
The Disaster Reconstruction Authority (DRA) is “exploring options” as to how The Bahamas can “monetise” 3.2m cubic yards of Hurricane Dorian debris, its deputy chair said yesterday.
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Major overtime pay win for employees
A minimum wage security guard has been awarded nearly $11,000 after the Industrial Tribunal ruled that companies and their employees “cannot lawfully contract out” of paying overtime rates.
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Ex-minister: Economy ‘too open’ for COVID
A former health minister is warning The Bahamas “will regret” failing to impose tougher curbs to control COVID-19 as the economy is “far more open than it ought to be”.
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‘Prove IMF wrong or Bahamas sinks’
The Bahamas “must prove the IMF wrong” by soundly beating economic growth forecasts that “cannot work” in sustaining this nation’s spiralling debt, a governance reformer warned yesterday.
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AID’s $1.5m reason for ‘no Christmas stock shortages’
A major Bahamian retailer yesterday pledged there will be “no Christmas inventory shortages” despite ongoing global supply chain disruption, with $1.5m in merchandise due to arrive this month.
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$800 fine for marijuana
A MAN caught with more than $200 worth of marijuana must pay $800 to avoid spending three months on remand.
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Doctors ‘zeroing in’ on 1m COVID tests
Doctors Hospital is “zeroing in” on providing one million COVID-19 tests, it was revealed yesterday, with the majority of those provided to-date “key” to reviving the Bahamian economy.
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Cruise vaccination policy to be extended into 2022
The deputy prime minister yesterday said the cruise ship passenger COVID-19 vaccination policy will be extended into 2022.
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Davis: Finance trouble won’t stop commitments
PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis said his administration does not intend to cancel any of its commitments despite the country’s current financial situation.
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Probation for woman who said she hit husband in self-defence
A 33-year-old woman who claimed she hit her spouse during an argument in an act of self-defence was yesterday placed on a year’s probation.
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Retired justice details procurement shake-up
The Ministry of Finance’s central tender’s board can now grant contracts worth between $250,000 and $1.2m without requiring Cabinet approval, a retired Supreme Court justice has confirmed.
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Alliance seeks to help visually impaired
THE Bahamas Alliance for the Blind and Visually Impaired celebrates White Cane Day today after marking World Sight Day yesterday.
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Baptist Men’s annual Family Fun Walk Race set for October 23
AFTER a two-year hiatus, the Men’s Department of the Bahamas Baptist Missionary and Educational Convention will be back with its annual Family Fun Walk Race.
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Freshman Jacobi Bain in ITA Cup Championships
He is only in his freshman year at Xavier University of Louisiana, but Bahamian Jacobi Bain will be among the list of players participating in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Cup Championships in Rome, Georgia.
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Suspects identified in April Jerome Avenue massacre
POLICE Commissioner Paul Rolle says officers are “actively” searching for several suspects some of whom are believed to have left town following the mass shooting on Jerome Avenue that left six men dead in April.
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Minnis: What caused Inagua COVID spike?
FORMER Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis has called on health officials to aggressively investigate the recent spike of COVID-19 cases on Inagua, as some residents there call for more restrictive measures.
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‘No proper search and rescue for Rashard’
THE family of 30-year-old Rashard Cooper who went missing last week in Abaco is not satisfied with the police investigation and claims that a proper search and rescue was never carried out by authorities that fateful day.