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Baha Mar to host 2nd annual ‘Baha Mar Cup’
BAHA Mar resort has announced the return of Baha Mar Cup, a pre-eminent celebrity tennis fund-raising event scheduled to take place at Baha Mar on Saturday, November 6.
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Budgeting to face future challenges
* In the second of a four-part series, Hubert Edwards argues that the Government had limited options with the 2021-2022 Budget due to a paucity of resources
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Bahamas bounce back has begun
WHILE opening Baha Mar’s luxury water park yesterday, Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis said the resort’s investment is a sign “The Bahamas is coming back” and its recovery and revival is imminent.
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WORLD VIEW: Democracy, not autocracy must prevail
DEMOCRACY, including free and fair elections, is under siege in the Western Hemisphere, including now in the United States. But the country that cries out for immediate vigilance is Bolivia.
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Bahamas Bowl set to return in December
A LANDMARK event on The Bahamas’ sports tourism calendar, the Bahamas Bowl is set to return in 2021.
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Junior golfer Zion next in line
MEET junior golfer Zion Taylor, the latest member of his family that includes versatile collegiate track and field athlete Charisma Taylor and former soccer players and swimmers Dante and Tre Taylor.
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Caribbean-US relations: Chance to merge might with right
EVENTS in Washington on January 20 were a welcome relief and release for the world.
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Don’t Blink Home Run Derby In Paradise postponed
One of the fastest growing events on the Bahamas’ sports tourism calendar, the 2021 edition of the Don’t Blink Home Run Derby In Paradise, has been postponed due to the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Bahamian retailer expands eastward
A well-known Bahamian retailer yesterday said it is aiming to complete its eastern New Providence expansion in time for Christmas 2021 and reach a market segment currently underserved.
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FRONT PORCH: The Rev Dr Colin Archer: Finding God in All Things
Last week, the Rev Dr Colin Archer offered a grace-filled sermon entitled, “A Christian Scientific Approach to the COVID-19 Pandemic”, capturing the attention of the nation in a video that expressed the essence of his spirituality.
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Cruise ship’s arrival ‘a sign we’re getting back to normal’
THE arrival of a Royal Caribbean cruise ship at Freeport Harbour on Friday was heralded as a sign that things were returning to normal after the cruising industry came to halt last year due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Three-fold greater returns: Home port ‘makes sense’
The three-fold greater return from home porting cruise passengers is why previously unplanned investments “make financial sense”, Nassau Cruise Port’s top executive revealed yesterday.
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Jordan relaxes in Bahamas before the big game
HIGHLY acclaimed linebacker Jordan Strachan took some time to relax in the Bahamas before he returned to Georgia State University for their big college bowl football game this weekend.
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HUBERT EDWARDS: Much rides on ‘new day’s’ authenticity
A listener to a recent radio show texted in to ask: “Can there be a new day without new thinking?”
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BIDEN DELIVERS CRIPPLING BLOW: New President unveils quarantine rule which will devastate tourism
UNITED States President Joe Biden yesterday signed an executive order requiring travellers to quarantine on arrival to the US, potentially dealing what Tourism Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar says could be a devastating blow to the Bahamian economy.
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‘Screaming from mountain top’ on Biden quarantine
The Bahamas will be “screaming from the mountain top” in a bid to ensure the planned US quarantine for incoming travellers does not devastate the tourism industry, a Cabinet minister pledged yesterday.
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ALICIA WALLACE: Just plain wrong from every perspective, Mr Commissioner
THIS week, the Commissioner of Police reported there were 11 suicides in 2020, up from eight in 2019. He said this was due to people — men, in particular — being “weak”. The suggestion is absurd, offensive and incorrect.
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‘I consider it an honour that God has ordained this for me even before I was in my mother’s womb’
HE was once listed as the fastest male sprinter in the country, albeit with a wind-aided time, but now two-time Olympian Iram Lewis will be racing down the halls of Parliament as the 17th Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture.
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS: Pro-Trump mob storms US Capitol in bid to overturn election
WASHINGTON (AP) — A violent mob loyal to President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday and forced lawmakers into hiding, in a stunning attempt to overturn America's presidential election, undercut the nation's democracy and keep Democrat Joe Biden from replacing Trump in the White House.
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Dozens of workers receive first vaccine dose at Atlantis
DOZENS of hotel workers received their first dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at the Atlantis resort on Friday.
