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Gov’t pushing MSC, Hutchison on MoU
The Government is pushing for Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) and Hutchison Whampoa to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) this week, which some observers believe deals with the Grand Bahama Port Authority’s (GBPA) acquisition.
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Surviving the Horrors of History
Do we believe that the recent spate of violent crimes in our nation is the result of slavery, piracy, colonialism, lack of identity, economic hardship, drugs, greed, abuse, addiction and other afflictions known to humankind? Are we trapped forever in
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This New Providence Road Improvement Project
EDITOR, The Tribune. This New Providence Road Improvement Project (NPRIP) commenced early on the morning of Monday, November 2, 2009 at the Blue Hill Road and Robinson Road intersection, at a cost of $60 million. Nearly three years later Blue Hill Road is yet incomplete and the project now has a cost overrun of over $100 million and growing.
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WHY SO LITTLE AID AND WHY SO LATE?: Year from Irma, islanders insist govt does more
RESIDENTS of Ragged Island are calling for more government assistance than the $4,000 per household issued by the National Emergency Management Agency on Friday.
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‘I believe the water rise so fast and so high it was a tsunami’
The devastation in North Andros from Hurricane Matthew is almost unimaginable, Ricardo Wells finds . . .
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Call for Dames to resign over Abaco: FNM branch chairman hits out over island’s ‘weak security’
THE chairman of the Free National Movement’s Central and South Abaco constituency branch wants National Security Minister Marvin Dames to resign over the “weak security” on the island.
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ERIC WIBERG – Palowna & Orestes, 1826 Spanish slavers wrecked in The Bahamas
MANY slave ships met their end in the Bahamas, but not many know of an awkward period between when Britain outlawed the trade in slaves in 1807, and slavery itself, in 1834.
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A humane solution has to be found to the Haitian ‘problem‘
“Grant that I may not criticise my neighbour until I have walked a mile in his moccasins,” says an old Indian prayer.
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YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: Rent Control
IN THIS country, the strong societies that were founded by African slaves and were anthological/archaeological gems have now deteriorated into squalid pigsties.
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INSIGHT: Let’s pick up the pace and get the work done now: Why are we waiting?
The transformation of the city of Nassau might seem slow in coming, but the work of the Downtown Nassau Partnership cannot go unnoticed. Slowly but steadily Nassau is being moved from a sleepy town into a world-classed port area for post-COVID tourists, be they here on business or vacation. The work will require a focus on culture and heritage, a physical redevelopment and a systematic effort to remake the city’s image.
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Bahamas may ‘run out of runway’ for reforms
A Caribbean economist has questioned whether The Bahamas will “run out of runway” before key reforms “bear fruit” sufficiently to avert an economic and fiscal crisis.
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BUSINESS BITES: Joplin recovered from tornado - so can we from 2019 Dorian?
In the Tornado Alley states of the USA, tornadoes, large and small, are too frequent to be named. Only the worst are identified for the official records — like Joplin in 2011.
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ALICIA WALLACE: 'We're not being punished just protected - but we must not forget those who fall through the gaps'
We are here. What is being called a “24-hour curfew” is now in place and will remain until March 31. Except for essential workers, we are to work remotely or businesses are to pause their operations. The only businesses that should be open are grocery stores, pharmacies, medical supplies and services, hotels, banks, gas stations, laundromats and food takeaways.
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TOUGH CALL: Voters send a clear message to our political leaders
If sip-sip is anything to go by, the governing Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) is in turmoil as it prepares for the 2017 general election, severely wounded by the recent referendum debacle.
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PETER YOUNG: Man’s inhumanity to man
IT is being called the worst and fastest growing refugee and humanitarian crisis since the Second World War.
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YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: Atrocious police facilities, PMH services need attention
THIS week, I discovered that police officers—particularly the police prosecutions department—are occupying a condemnable, rundown former Magistrate‘s Court building that is a slum-like structure on the fringes of the government’s complex on Nassau Street.
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Historic document opens a window onto the past
A "DELIGHTFUL DOCUMENT" published by the Bahamas Historical Society in 1968 opened a fascinating window on a long-lost age. Other than history buffs, few are familiar with this publication today, but it offers a refreshing alternative to the bilious political circuses we have to put up with now.
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YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: Time to get tough on immigration after Haitian president passes the buck
Illegal immigration is an emotive issue in this country and for far too long we have struggled with it, we have not found a way to effectively address it.
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Prime Minister's COVID-19 speech from the House in full
Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis' speech on Emergency Powers (COVID-19) Regulations, House of Assembly, Wednesday, 18 March, 2020:
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