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INSIGHT: Forget power cuts, some of our neighbours suffer greater indignities
CRYSTAL Miller is a 30-year-old mother-of-two. In this modern Bahamas of luxury resorts shares and affluent tourists she, like many other ordinary people, still has to use two outside toilets along with five people at her home in Centreville.
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Mother found dead and tied to a tree
THE grim death of a 27-year-old mother who was discovered tied to a tree Saturday morning left stunned family and friends seeking answers over the weekend.
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Realtor targets Chinese market
Mario Carey Realty (MCR) is going the extra mile – 3,840 miles to be exact - to attract buyers to the Bahamas.
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Baha Mar puts first residences up for sale
BAHA Mar has launched its international campaign to advance the sale of the development’s luxury residences unveiling what it described as its “Limited Collection of Exclusive Private Residences in The Bahamian Riviera.”
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Journalist says sorry for Bahamas article
WHEN Nellie Day realised yesterday that her erroneous article on the state of homes in the Bahamas had been removed from its host website, she issued one last apology.
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Behold the power of money
Three years ago, I was recruited by Island Television to host a radio/television show. I was the “darling” of the owners of that particular entity, or so I thought. Lo and behold I made certain references to the PM and a particular attorney-at-law. Within hours I was ordered to apologise to both of them. Needless to say I refused and I was summarily dismissed.
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Wynn targets April 2022 opening on $80m sales
The Wynn Group yesterday said it is targeting an April 2022 “soft opening” for its Goodman’s Bay condo hotel after generating $80m in residential unit sales.
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Sad but marriage has lost its value
I wrote this a while ago and I would like to bring out what Is important to this article:
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One Eleuthera Foundation: A culture of giving in The Bahamas
DO Bahamians really give back like they should? As simple as this question sounds, it’s more nuanced than we think. In my line of work, there are a lot of conversations about philanthropic giving in The Bahamas, and recently, I heard the sentiment again that “Bahamians don’t give back as they should”. It got me thinking about invoking a discussion around how we drive more local giving in The Bahamas.
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BIS deputy director: I sent Nygard press release from personal email
BAHAMAS Information Services Deputy Director Elcott Coleby yesterday clarified that he did not use his government email account to disseminate a press release concerning Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard, but used his personal account.
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EDITOR, The Tribune
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Organisers say support grows for Clifton Coalition
Lyford Cay Property Owners Association joins the Coalition to Protect Clifton Bay
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Scotia targets private wealth growth rates 'north of 20%'
Scotiabank (Bahamas) managing director believes its wealth management business can sustain annual growth rates “north of 20 per cent”, with this segment and corporate commercial clients expected to be its two growth generators for 2013.
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$13m campaign targeting 30k Asian visitors
A $13 million independent Bahamas tourism marketing campaign targeting the Asian travel market could net 30,000 visitors within the next three years, its developers said yesterday,
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Tourism minister puts religious tourism plan into action
TOURISM Minister Obie Wilchcombe has put into action his plan to pursue the African American and religious group markets.
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Bimini business model
I don’t care how much money Genting has, the odds of making Resorts World Bimini successful stand about the same chance as making a Super Wal-Mart successful in Mayaguana. The business model just doesn’t work.
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Defence lawyers oppose ending jury trials
DEFENCE lawyers oppose eliminating jury trials, saying the diverse backgrounds of jurors make the system preferable.
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INSIGHT: Stop taxing the poorest
ALREADY drowning in a sea of hefty utility bills, high living costs, and archaic business-stifling restrictions, low to middle income Bahamians have just been smacked in the face with a sledgehammer in the form of a regressive, unexpected and misguided tax hike. It is far worse for Grand Bahamians where the economy remains mired in a quagmire of depression.
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'Las Vegas has nothing on us'
The long-awaited Gaming Bill will transform the Bahamas into “one of the world’s most pre-eminent” casino destinations, a leading industry executive yesterday saying this nation would now offer all the games Las Vegas and Macau possess.
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RICHARD COULSON: Gov't premature in income tax write-off
Value Added Tax (VAT), as presented in the recently-published Government White Paper, is fine as far as it goes
