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$1.1m donation by FTX to benefit agriculture
FTX Digital Markets announced a $1.1m donation to the newly created non-government, not-for-profit, Agricultural Development Committee.
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Countdown until the return of CARIFTA Games
OVER the weekend, the Jamaican Amateur Athletic Association officially launched the 100-day countdown for the return of the region’s top prestigious track and field competition – the CARIFTA Games.
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Pair accused of intentional libel
A MAN and a woman were charged in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday with intentional libel.
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‘Red flags’ over financial sector growth eliminated
The Bahamas’ removal from Europe’s blacklist “sets the stage” for financial services growth by eliminating the last “red flags” to doing business with this nation, a Cabinet minister said yesterday.
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Pre-COVID output ‘not good enough’
The Central Bank’s governor yesterday warned that returning to pre-COVID economic output “is not enough” as he reaffirmed forecasts that GDP will expand by 8 percent in 2022.
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Athletes burn up track at Texas A&M Indoors
With the focus on getting some of his talented senior members off to school on athletic scholarships, coach Tito Moss took a 20-member team to the Texas A&M Indoor High School Track and Field Meet over the weekend.
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Digital banking can’t be ‘rammed down throats’
A senior banker yesterday said the industry must adopt the “Mary Poppins with medicine” approach in encouraging more Bahamians and businesses to switch to digital transactions.
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A waste of time
Surely after four administrations spending millions on community clean-ups, someone would understand this is a useless exercise as the community messes up right after the last truck and tractor leave the area.
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Ayton: ‘My feet were burning’
DEANDRE Ayton returned to the floor following his time in the NBA’s health and safety protocols for COVID-19 but is still working his way back to peak conditioning to help his Phoenix Suns back to the win column.
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‘Scared to death’: Marina call for 5-day test return
The Association of Bahamas Marinas (ABM) president yesterday urged the Government to revert back to a five-day COVID testing window as moving to three days has “scared everybody to death”.
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Christie Gov’t incurred huge Parks, Beaches overshoot
A Cabinet minister says resolving the controversy at the Public Parks and Beaches Authority is “a high priority” with major spending overruns not confined only to the Minnis administration.
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Pair deny stealing boat
TWO men accused of stealing another man’s boat and car part last month were charged in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday.
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Man accused of indecent assault on girl
A 23-year-old man who denied indecently assaulting a ten-year-old girl was yesterday granted bail before his trial.
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Tennis ace Justin Roberts earns Battle of Boca title
After taking almost a year off to recuperate from a hamstring injury, top-ranked Bahamian tennis player Justin Roberts returned to the international scene in grand style, winning the Battle of Boca Men’s Open Championships.
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Hotel workers 'helped tremendously' by govt's free COVID test pilot
BAHAMAS Hotel Catering and Allied Workers Union President Darrin Woods says hotel workers have been helped tremendously by government’s free COVID-19 test pilot.
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Abaco eyes Economic Council after tiring of Nassau’s ‘diktats’
Abaco’s private sector is seeking to create an Economic Development Council for the island, it was revealed yesterday, after becoming tired of being “dictated” to by Nassau.
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‘Entire economy shuts when ATMs go down’
Eleuthera Chamber of Commerce’s president yesterday urged the Government to stiffen “the backbone” of Bahamian-owned banks, adding: “When the ATMs go down the entire economy shuts.”
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10 percent of antigen tests show positive results
ROUGHLY 10 percent of the COVID-19 antigen tests that were offered free of charge by the government in New Providence had a positive result, according to press officer Jillian Gray yesterday.
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Trent donates bats during visit to Mario Ford Baseball Camp
BEFORE leaving to begin spring training camp in Tempe, Arizona, centre fielder Trent Deveaux took the time out to spend Saturday, giving some instructions to players in the Mario Ford Baseball Camp as they returned to Windsor Park.
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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.
