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Web shop 'parallel' banking system fear
PRIME Minister Perry Christie yesterday acknowledged banking sector concerns that large sums of money from web shop gaming were either being loaned or used to finance major real estate and business ventures, warning it was a “major contradiction to the good order of our system”.
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BRAN: Sad state of affairs if we see Christie v Ingraham
DNA Leader Branville McCartney said it is a “sad state of affairs” to see Prime Minister Perry Christie intimate he will stay on for another term if his counterpart, former Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham were to return to challenge him in the 2017 General Election.
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Bahamian rapper hopes to blaze a trail
BEFORE setting his eyes on international success, emerging Bahamian artist Tommy Bunz is adamant about Bahamians knowing who he is and what his music is all about.
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Bahamas breaks 6m visitor mark
THE Bahamas broke the six million mark for total visitors arrivals in 2013, the Minister of Tourism M confirmed yesterday, while telling this newspaper: “We still have more work to do”.
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Realtor: Bahamas must 'get on map' in Dubai
The Bahamas needs to establish a physical commercial, as well as diplomatic, presence in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) if it is to make further inroads into attracting investment and high-end Middle East investors, a leading realtor said yesterday.
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GSSSA: Rattlers to face Mystic Marlins
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Opening loss for Woodside in Dominican Republic
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Realtor: VAT 'sell' critical to foreign buyer confidence
A leading realtor yesterday said he would “love” for his firm to beat 2013’s 35 per cent increase in total transaction value, but warned that much depends on how the Bahamas “sells” Value-Added Tax (VAT) to foreign investors.
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How much do you really trust yourself?
According to Ralph Waldo Emerson, self-trust is the secret of success.
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Unlock green economy for 'thousands of jobs'
The Government was yesterday urged to create “thousands of jobs” by unlocking a ‘green economy’ in the Bahamas, a top QC calling on it to make developers finance enforcement of the main Planning law.
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Raptors earn championship berth
THE Government Secondary Schools Sports Association opened its basketball playoffs yesterday with the CH Reeves Raptors earning the first championship berth in the four divisions.
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Saints are champions
The St Augustine’s College Big Red Machine captured two of the Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools’ basketball championship titles. The other two went to the Kingsway Academy Saints and the Queen’s College Comets.
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Workshop puts focus on port security
THE Ministry of Transport and Aviation has run an International Security Port workshop focusing on securing Bahamian ports of entry.
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Countdown to Heart Ball
The countdown is on for the biggest fund raising event for heart health advocates, the 50th Annual Heart Ball in aid of The Sir Victor Sassoon (Bahamas) Heart Foundation.
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BISX adds to fund family
THE Bahamas International Securities Exchange (BISX) yesterday made another addition to its investment fund roster, adding the listing of Queluz Brazil Funds SAC Ltd’s Class A shares.
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Leevan in Hall of Fame glory
LEEVAN ‘SUPERMAN’ SANDS has been inducted into the Barton County Community College Hall of Fame. Accompanied by his oldest son, Leevan III, Sands went to Great Bend, Kansas, on Saturday to join four other persons who were enshrined in the 3pm ceremony on the lower level of the Kirkman Activity Centre on the Barton campus.
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'We are really looking forward to this one'
A STAPLE on the local sloop sailing calendar, the 27th edition of the St Valentine’s Day Regatta will produce what is being billed as one of the most anticipated editions of the event to date.
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American basketball league's pre-draft camp this weekend
THE country’s best basketball players have less than a week to fine tune their skills before they attempt to seize an historic opportunity of playing professionally in the Bahamas for the first time in the history of local basketball.
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Call for Greater Bahamian equity in banking sector
THE Government has been urged to pressurise the Canadian-owned banking institutions to offer Bahamians more shares in their local subsidiaries, calling it “mind boggling” that they were still almost exclusively owned by non-Bahamians.
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Dorsett highlights need for national development plan
ENVIRONMENTAL protection cannot be assured without the presence of a National Development Plan, government and BNT officials agreed yesterday.
