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King, Bluejays projected no.1 in Big East preseason poll

FREDRICK King and the Creighton Bluejays were selected to finish number one overall in the Big East when the conference announced its preseason poll.

HUBERT EDWARDS: Is PM’s ‘economic dignity’ focus the clue to reform?

In the first article of this series, I raised the question as to whether “economic dignity” is an emerging philosophy with potential for spillover into the wider Caribbean. Here I raise another question as to whether there are leaders who have the conviction to act in this direction. Both, I believe, are important questions to contemplate.

Liveable wage not possible without productivity boost

A CABINET minister yesterday warned that achieving a “liveable wage” will not be possible unless there is an improvement in Bahamian worker productivity and business efficiency.

Digital assets summit seeks to attract 3,000

THE SECURITIES Commission yesterday confirmed it has teamed with the Government to host a three-day digital assets summit at Atlantis in January that aims to attract some 3,000 industry leaders.

Bahamas Golf Federation Junior Open winners

THE Bahamas Golf Federation hosted its Junior Open at the Ocean Club Golf Course, featuring the country’s top golfers between the ages of seven and 18, on Sunday, October 16.

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UK offers $3.4m for water insurance

BRITISH High Commissioner to The Bahamas Thomas Hartley yesterday announced the United Kingdom’s contribution of $3.4m to the new Caribbean Water-Utilities Insurance Company.

EDITORIAL: What should we do to help Haiti?

THE grim reality of life in Haiti is that it is a broken nation.

ALICIA WALLACE: Why it isn’t easy to live in The Bahamas

THIS is not an easy place to live. It may be paradise for the people who pass through, enjoying beach days, hotel amenities, and the hospitality of people who are not paid anywhere near enough for what they do, but for Bahamians, it is far from pleasant.

Residents react to rise in Grand Bahama Power fuel rate

THE announcement of a rate hike by the Grand Bahama Power Company was received with mixed reactions by some residents on the island.

COVID-19 sparked $200m private pension drawdown

Financially-stricken Bahamians drew down on more than $200m in private pension savings to ensure they survived COVID-19’s devastating economic impact, a financial executive revealed yesterday.

Don’t ‘demonise’ food sector over price controls dispute

Grocery retailers are anxious not to be “demonised” over their opposition to an expanded price control regime they fear could undermine Bahamian food security, an attorney said yesterday.

Minister: ‘Nothing wrong’ with the Bahamas’ bonds

A Cabinet minister yesterday asserted “there’s nothing wrong” with The Bahamas’ economic and fiscal standing even though its long-term sovereign debt is trading at greater than 40 percent discounts with yields at 18-19 percent.

Bran: Medicine price controls are ‘back door’ VAT admission

The Democratic National Alliance’s (DNA) ex-leader yesterday slammed the imposition of price controls on the pharmaceutical industry as a “back door” admission by the Government that reimposing VAT on medicines was a mistake.

FTX to hire more than 100 Bahamians for crypto work

The Bahamas’ digital assets flagship is pledging to hire more than 100 locals as crypto currency specialists among the 700-strong full-time workforce that will staff its $60m West Bay Street headquarters.

‘Haiti is struggling with 60 percent unemployment’

HAITIAN Chargé d‘affaires Louis Harold Joseph yesterday gave more insight into the social and criminal element in Haiti, which he said now has a 60 percent unemployment rate, causing much of the country’s problems.

Masks donated to Eleuthera schools

STUDENTS and teachers at several public schools in South and Central Eleuthera received a much-needed donation of face masks this week as they returned to in-person learning.