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IDB warns Bahamas over due $900m external loans
The Bahamas still faces significant financing risks given that it is due to repay $900m in foreign currency loan principal over the next two years, a multilateral lender has warned.
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Culmer: Minnis was worst leader ever
CARL Culmer lifted the lid on his tenure as the Free National Movement’s chairman yesterday and described former Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis as the worst leader he has served in any capacity.
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From surviving Dorian in Abaco to valedictorian of Brooklyn College
FROM surviving Hurricane Dorian to becoming the first black valedictorian of Brooklyn College, Rhema Mills’ story is not conventional or straightforward.
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Minister ‘cautiously optimistic’ over $900m carbon credits
A Cabinet minister yesterday said the Government is “cautiously optimistic” that The Bahamas could earn $900m per year from monetising its seagrass and mangrove carbon sinks.
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‘Tum Tum’ promoted
While he’s preparing to play for the Bahamas men’s national team in the Olympic Qualifier in July, Lourawls ‘Tum Tum’ Nairn Jr is getting used to his new role as the associate head coach for the Bowling Green State Falcons men’s basketball team.
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Pintard: Disclose study on whether BPL violated law
The Opposition’s leader yesterday demanded that regulators publicly disclose the results of an upcoming study into whether Bahamas Power & Light’s (BPL) massive fuel charge hikes broke the law.
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How long must we 'stand by', commissioner?
POLICE Commissioner Clayton Fernander was in front of the cameras yesterday as he announced that murders were up 13 percent compared to last year – and soon after he was on the ground at another shooting scene with two men injured at Palmdale Plaza.
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Family waits for action on police killing
THE family of a man police killed in 2018 is concerned over the length of time police are taking to announce or act on recommendations from the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions concerning the officers who killed him.
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Forest fire hits Coral Harbour
A MASSIVE forest fire erupted in the Coral Habour community yesterday.
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‘Is PM’s silence what we can expect in GBPA takeover?’
A prominent attorney has questioned whether the Government’s refusal to engage with a Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) licensee group signals it has “no plan” for Freeport’s future development.
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Athletes qualify for the Paris Olympics
Hurdler Denisha Cartwright and sprinter Wanya McCoy produced qualifying performances for the Olympic Games in their respective collegiate meets, while quarter-milers Steven Gardiner and Wendell Miller pulled off victories in their professional meets.
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Freeze on $2.288m City Markets HQ buy upheld
The Court of Appeal yesterday upheld an injunction freezing $2.288m that was paid by a BISX-listed food group to acquire the major asset held by the City Markets employee pension fund.
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FACE TO FACE: Xavion Johnson striving for gold
HE was just six years old when he decided his own fate. Xavion Emmanuel Johnson was watching the 2012 Olympics on television. He saw Olympians competing in Judo. They were throwing each other and slamming each other to the ground - quite fun in the eyes of a typical little boy.
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PM: Break ‘scare tactics’ to hold GBPA accountable
The Prime Minister last night urged the private sector to break free of the “scare tactics” employed whenever the Government demands the Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) “live up to its obligations”.
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Central Bank exposed to $3m claim on abandoning new HQ
The decision to abandon the Central Bank’s new Royal Victoria Gardens headquarters has exposed the banking regulator to a potential $3m-plus claim from one of the project vendors.
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GB Power on Electricity Bill: ‘We read about it in papers’
Grand Bahama’s electricity provider yesterday revealed it was never consulted on key energy reforms passed by the House of Assembly last week and had to learn about them “in the papers”.
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PM told: Wear ‘game hat’ for GB business meeting
The Prime Minister is being urged to wear his “game hat” for tonight’s Freeport meeting with a business community eager to learn how the $357m demand of the Grand Bahama Port Authority was calculated.
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Local shark feeding operations and how to reduce bite chances
MY name is André Musgrove. I’m a professional underwater photographer, shark diver, and spearfisherman from the Bahamas, and have extensive experience working with sharks and shark scientists worldwide, including Tiger Sharks, Bull Sharks, and Great White Sharks.
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GBPA braces for govt to launch arbitration
THE Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) is bracing for the Government to formally initiate arbitration proceedings as early as this week after talks failed to break the deadlock over the latter’s $357m demand.
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‘Jazz’ hits his second grand slam homer of the season
Nick Senzel homered twice and drove in five runs as the Washington Nationals erased an early seven-run deficit to beat the reeling Miami Marlins 12-9 yesterday.
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