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BOB shedding ‘haunted’ past with 20% growth goal for ‘23
Bank of The Bahamas top executive yesterday asserted it is moving beyond the bail-outs that “will forever haunt” the institution with predictions it will grow this year’s forecast $7m profit by a further 20 percent in 2023.
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Wear a mask, Minister
I implore the Minister of Health and Wellness to fine all persons that can be identified, seen on social media - in newspapers or on News not wearing a mask. Isn’t it $200 per incident?
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Tokyo Olympic team named
All four female 200 metre qualifiers, a women’s 4 x 400m relay team and two swimmers have been named to the Bahamas’ 2020 Olympic Games team.
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Community service for stealing jumper cable
A 25-year-old man who claimed he stole a jumper cable from a man’s vehicle because he was drunk was yesterday ordered to complete 200 hours of community service.
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Shaunae Miller-Uibo Tribune Sports’ Female Athlete of Year
WITH another sterling 400-metre gold medal performance at the COVID-19 delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games a year later, Shaunae Miller-Uibo was in vintage form as she got her name stamped on another Tribune Sports’ Female Athlete of the Year.
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Foundation reaches out to help Bahamians
THE I Can Foundation has arrived in The Bahamas and is already making waves in the community, as it fed 200 people in the inner city this past week.
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Gaither looks ahead to Tokyo
SHE'S been holding her own as one of the top sprinters in the country for the past few years, but Tynia Gaither said she's looking for more.
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‘We need more from resident billionaires’
The Bahamas “needs a little more than residency” from the multiple millionaires and billionaires that reside within its borders, an accounting firm’s principal is urging.
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Bad move
The proposal to decrease Vat but add it to bread basket items, and everything else, is wrong. I saw a new government minister on the news saying, that it is an insult to poor people to assume that they only buy bread basket items, but that is what the majority of poor people can afford to buy. Many people are paid 200 or 300 dollars per week. Some people only make 150 per week and they have to pay bills and buy groceries with that.
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Disappointment for Shaunae Miller-Uibo in 200m final
The 200m final in Tokyo, Japan turned out to be a major disappointment for Shaunae Miller-Uibo as she jogged across the finish line in eighth place.
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MARINA SALE A HUGE BOOST FOR FREEPORT: US developer buys Port Lucaya for 200 condo/hotel project
A well-known Freeport marina is “under contract” to be sold as part of a deal involving construction of a new 200-unit condo hotel, Tribune Business confirmed yesterday.
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Anthonique Strachan wins runoff to compete in 200m
IT came down to a runoff between Anthonique Strachan and Grand Bahamian collegian Brianne Bethel to settle the dispute as to who of the four qualifiers will occupy one of the three lanes for the Bahamas in the women’s 200 metres at the 2020 Olympic Games.
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Shipper forecasts further hikes in containers, rates
A shipping executive yesterday forecast that container prices and freight rates could increase by 200 percent over current market highs as the world continues to rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Cruise port’s $300m finish moved back to early 2023
The completion of Nassau Cruise Port’s $300m transformation has been pushed back to early 2023, its top executive has revealed, with $110m worth of landside and buildings construction now set to move into high gear.
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‘Excellent’ results in crime fight
A HIGH-powered rifle capable of firing 200 rounds of ammunition, more than $35,000 and nearly 85 lbs of marijuana were some of the substantive discoveries of the Royal Bahamas Police Force’s Operation Ceasefire.
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Ayton back to work
Phoenix Suns centre Deandre Ayton returned to the starting lineup for the first time since January 16 and the NBA’s No.1 overall seed continued its win streak.
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End to 12% VAT realty rate ‘shows we mean business’
Realtors yesterday hailed the Government’s decision to eliminate the 12 percent VAT rate on high-end property sales as “a very solid move”, adding: “It shows we mean business.”
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National debt just under economy’s size at 98.4%
The Bahamas’ national debt was just less than the size of the economy at end-September 2021 after increasing to almost $10.5bn over the previous three months, it was revealed yesterday.
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Downtown business raises cruise concern
A downtown Nassau business yesterday challenged whether the cruise lines are giving their passengers correct information as just 20 percent are currently disembarking the vessel while in port.
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Bahamas can be ‘first out gate’ over carbon credits
The Bahamas has “the ability to be first out the gate” in the Caribbean, and earn a potential multi-million dollar boost from the climate change fight, through legislation tabled in Parliament yesterday.