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Bahamas Power & Light | SKYGuard last Advisory on Tropical Depression Fred ( e-Alert #13)
Friday, 13th August, 2021.
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FACE TO FACE: A family living up to the legacy of a legend
WHEN a giant of a man leaves the imprint of his footstep on this Earth, it can be seen for generations to come.
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Bahamas Power & Light | SKYGuard Tropical Storm Grace Projected Track, Arrival Times & Intensity (e-Alert #1)
Saturday, 14th August, 2021.
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Teachers union president calls for educational year to be repeated
After seeing the results of the country’s national examinations, President of the Bahamas Union of Teachers Belinda Wilson is recommending that the Ministry of Education repeat the 2020 educational year and stop social promotion in schools.
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AG congratulates Industrial Tribunal on tech advancements
ATTORNEY General Ryan Pinder yesterday congratulated the Industrial Tribunal on the technological advancements it made over the last year to improve court services during a ceremony to mark the opening of its legal year.
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Govt must talk less, show more over procurement transparency
It was really not my intention to write another article before September, but so much has been happening on the public procurement front lately that I believe I am duty bound to respond to these issues.
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IAN FERGUSON: Using COVID for productivity reset
COVID-19 has provided businesses with the perfect opportunity to reset. Streamlining product offerings, trimming the proverbial operational expenses "fat", and downsizing staff numbers or positions may all prove necessary in these difficult times. Perhaps the lowest hanging fruit in resetting business operations is enhancing service levels, and assisting employees to become more efficient and effective.
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Provider: Cyber security must be national effort
A Bahamas information technology provider yesterday said the government is taking the “right steps” towards improved cyber security, but added: ‘It’s about all of us.”
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Bahamas island owner accused of $40m fraud
The owner of a private island in the Abacos has been accused of masterminding a $40m fraud that has also ensnared a Bahamas-based financial services provider in the fall-out.
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Lyford Cay broker in $22m bribery scheme
A Lyford Cay-based commodities trader has become embroiled in a $22m bribery scheme after one of its former senior executives pled guilty to corrupting government officials in Ecuador.
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Please help, Mr Davis
For the attention of: Hon Phillip E Davis, Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas and Hon Dr Michael Darville, Minister of Health and Wellness . . .
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Entrepreneurs urged: The innovation comes from you
The Small Business Development Centre’s (SBDC) executive director has made an impassioned plea for entrepreneurs to drive The Bahamas’ post-COVID revival, arguing: “The innovation must come from you.”
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Cash reliance hinders online delivery service
A online delivery service provider yesterday said many companies are unable to fully exploit the sales platform it provides because they lack the means to receive payment other than cash.
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URCA demands Cable Bahamas pull political ad
THE Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority has ordered Cable Bahamas Limited to immediately cease and desist from broadcasting a political advertisement of Progressive Liberal Party Leader Philip “Brave” Davis that has been showing on its channels.
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Top cruise giant ‘running roughshod’ over PI fight
A Bahamian entrepreneur yesterday said he is taking legal advice over fears Royal Caribbean will “run roughshod” over the disputed Paradise Island-based Crown Land that is subject to a legal dispute.
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Bahamas can ‘set global digital currency standard’
THE Bahamas can “set the global standard” for digital currencies if it can get more businesses and consumers “on board” with its use, a Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) executive is arguing.
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Bahamas must ‘step up game’ on cyber security
Bahamian companies and the nation-at-large need to “step up their game” to protect critical IT (information technology) infrastructure against “advanced attacks” and hacks growing in sophistication.
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AML Foods shrugs off pandemic with $7m profits swing
AML Foods has received a further $2m boost from Hurricane Dorian insurance recoveries as it posted a more than $1.6m bottom line reversal into the black for its just-ended 2021 second quarter.
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Drivers protest at Atlantis taxi limit
DOZENS of taxicab drivers protested outside Atlantis’ Royal Towers yesterday morning after senior resort officials allegedly imposed a new rule limiting the number of drivers able to be on property to service Paradise Island guests.
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Local author’s Valentine treat
“Once out of sight from the main road, they relaxed on a seat beneath a casuarina tree and kissed. Then they gazed out across the sapphire blue sea to a lone sailboat on the horizon. The sun was going down, the sky like an artist’s canvas with gold and orange brush strokes. The sweet aroma of a barbecue drifted along the sea shore.” – Excerpt from the short story "Love at Sunset".
