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Financial crimes rise 54% to five-year-high
Financial crimes reported to the Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) surged by 54 percent to 830 incidents in 2023 and representing a five-year high.
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Government’s indifference over inequality and rights
THE latest ridiculous statement by the prime minister quickly made the rounds at the end of last week, drawing responses indicative of disbelief, annoyance, and confusion.
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FRONT PORCH: The failure to civilise new generations
A gnawing grief seized the family and friends of former Member of Parliament and Deputy House of Assembly Speaker, Don Saunders, following his murder during an armed robbery
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Judge rules on Wells’ LOI - ‘no case to answer’
A FORMER Cabinet minister’s decade-long ordeal over the Stellar Energy letter of intent (LOI) controversy was yesterday halted by the Supreme Court’s verdict that he has no case to answer.
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The wreck of the HMS Conqueror near Rum Cay
THOUGH the lore of shipwrecks is often embellished, that of HMS Conqueror on Rum Cay often has the date, the destination, and basic historical facts reported incorrectly. It wrecked on 13 December, 1861 (not the 29th), it was not the first propeller ship in the Royal Navy (HMS Rattler was in 1842), and the ship was on its way to Bermuda, not Mexico. HMS Conqueror was a two-decked steam-screw (propeller) ship, first-rate, of the line, 240 feet long, 55 feet wide, and 34 feet deep.
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Adapt to tourist profile so we ‘blow past’ 2019
Family Island hotels must adapt to a visitor demographic profile that has been flipped upside down over the past decade if they want to “blow past” pre-COVID numbers, a top tourism official is warning.
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GoFundMe seeks to help family after murder of former MP Saunders
THE FAMILY of Don Saunders is seeking to raise over $300,000 to pay off his housing debts and support his grieving wife and teenage children.
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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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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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Nassau/PI selects new UK marketing partner
The Nassau Paradise Island Promotion Board (NPIPB) has selected a new marketing partner to represent the destination to the UK travel industry.
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'Death by 1,000 cuts' fear on new Bimini airport fees
Private aviation operators yesterday voiced fears that the industry faces "death by a thousand cuts" amid a furious reaction to the imposition of multiple new fees to pay for Bimini's $80m airport upgrade.
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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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Resort proprietor targets 60 jobs in two-hotel expansion
A Bahamian resort entrepreneur is aiming to double his total workforce by 60 jobs through the launch of two new boutique properties by year-end 2026.
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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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DPM: ‘Cracks’ showing in Briland’s tourism product
The deputy prime minister has raised the alarm that “cracks” are appearing in Harbour Island’s tourism product, as he warned: “Unless we manage the paradise we have we stand the risk of losing it.”
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Fund manager to be ‘little more defensive’
A Bahamian investment bank plans to be “a little more defensive” in 2024 with its stock picks as it targets close to $20m annual asset growth in its main equities investment fund.
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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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‘Mind-boggling’ timing over Gov’ts $357m GBPA claim
A FREEPORT attorney yesterday asserted it was “mind-boggling” that the Government should again “throw darts” at the Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) given the island’s $2bn investment pipeline.
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Church owns 60 properties but ‘can’t pay’ $776k award
A Freeport church asserted it would be “totally compromised” if its bank deposits were seized to satisfy a $776,000 judgment despite owning a 60-strong, mortgage-free real estate portfolio.
