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EDITORIAL: Chopping and changing on COVID
ANOTHER 375 cases to add to the soaring COVID count yesterday and if you were confused about where we are heading, we’re not surprised.
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NACAC President Mike Sands says 2021 ‘will be very hard act to follow’
COMING off what could only be described as an exceptional year for the North American, Central American and Caribbean, president Mike Sands said their athletes will be hard pressed to surpass their achievements in 2021, but they’re looking forward to greater success in 2022.
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Kashon Conliffe signs with San Diego Padres
Kashon Conliffe became the fourth Bahamian baseball player to sign a professional contract in the current 2022 Major League Baseball International Signing Period.
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Airlines ‘pay price’ over COVID surge with 15-20% drop
Bahamian domestic airlines have “paid the price” for the recent Omicron-led COVID case surge with a 15-20 percent drop in passenger numbers, an industry executive has revealed.
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Face-to-face learning returns for students
STUDENTS returned to public school campuses for face-to-face learning yesterday and while there were some reports of a few teachers not showing up for work, officials said the day went well.
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Love Beach developer: Town Planning approved project
The developer for the controversial The View Love Beach project claims to have “duly stamped” documents showing the Town Planning Committee approved his project, but residents are saying that is impossible and are preparing to get lawyers to stop the project cold in its tracks.
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WILL WE HAVE STAFF TO COPE? 130 health workers off the frontline as cases continue rising
HEALTH Minister Dr Michael Darville said about 130 healthcare professionals are out of the system because of COVID-19, including 100 in New Providence and 30 in Grand Bahama.
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WORLD VIEW: Democracy in Barbados fully entrusted to the new Mia Mottley government
Rejecting the accusations of bullying and despotism that were levelled at Mia Mottley, the overwhelming majority of the electorate of Barbados returned her and her Barbados Labour Party (BLP) to government for a second consecutive term at general elections held on January 19.
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Bahamas First says portal ‘won’t marginalise’ agents
Bahamas First’s top executive yesterday reassured that its new online insurance portal will “not marginalise” agents and brokers, and had been created “in lock step” with the law and regulations.
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Newton seeks another term as BLTA president
Annual general meeting and election of officers all set for this Saturday
Perry Newton, the president of Sub Region Three of COTECC, will be seeking another two-year term as president of the Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association when the BLTA holds its annual general meeting and election of officers on Saturday.
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SAFE & SECURE: SIGNS OF THE TIMES
Almost two years later and there is seemingly no end in sight to the COVID-19 pandemic; the fifth such declared event since 1918. This particular one, though, harnesses the power of the Internet to drive its messaging. The media impact, notwithstanding the global spread, has been immediate and consistent. Perhaps the coverage has done more damage than the actual virus, but that is another story.
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Construction projects will open 500 jobs
DR Robert Robertson, president of the Bahamas Technical and Vocational Institute, revealed that some 500 certified Bahamians are needed this summer for significant construction projects in the Family Islands.
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Deltec creates ‘one of largest banks’ with Ansbacher deal
Deltec Bank & Trust last night said it will become “one of the largest international private banks in The Bahamas” with its acquisition of rival institution Ansbacher (Bahamas).
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Realtor unveils his rent-to-own crowdfund plan
A Bahamian realtor yesterday predicted his crowdfunding-driven rent-to-own initiative could build a $10m property portfolio within two years, adding: “The sky’s the limit.”
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Food prices: ‘What goes up may not come down’
Super Value’s principal has warned Bahamian shoppers to brace for the possibility that increased food prices may be here to stay, warning: “I don’t believe in what goes up must come down.”
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Thirteen alternatives to ‘act of humiliation’
The Grand Lucayan’s ex-chairman yesterday urged the Davis administration to pick up four “serious” purchase offers for the resort that he left behind as an alternative to “an act of humiliation”.
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ART OF GRAPHIX: How to haul yourself out of a business rut
It is not unusual for business owners to feel stuck at times, especially if sales are declining, and you feel like you are in a rut.
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IHOP Bahamas arrival targets up to 130 jobs
A Bahamian entrepreneur yesterday revealed plans to create up to 130 local jobs by making this nation “the anchor for the whole Caribbean” with the IHOP franchise he has just secured.
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Omicron ‘pushes back’ pre-COVID for tourism
Tourism’s hoped-for return to 2019 business volumes this year has been “pushed back” several months by Omicron with Internet searches for The Bahamas now “half” of pre-COVID levels.
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‘Caribbean’s Singapore’: $15bn GDP target urged
The Bahamas was yesterday urged to target a 50 percent GDP increase to $15bn, a governance reformer arguing: “There’s no reason we can’t be the Singapore of the Caribbean.”
