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Super Value eyes 5-8% growth post-VAT adjust

Super Value’s owner is hoping for a 5-8 per cent year-over-year sales increase for February and March 2016, telling Tribune Business: “The signs are there.”

Symonette urges govt to release details of all the buildings it rents

FORMER Deputy Prime Minister Brent Symonette yesterday challenged the government to release the details of every building it leases or rents “once and for all” and allow the public to decide to what extent cronyism and conflicts of interest exist in front-line politics.

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Symonette support for Wilchcombe on Baha Mar

FORMER Deputy Prime Minister Brent Symonette yesterday said he supports Tourism Minister Obie Wilchcombe in his calls for the government to suspend its winding up petition against Baha Mar, insisting that the government “continues to waste time that should be spent fixing the problem”.

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BAMSI will open this month – despite building setbacks

AGRICULTURE Minister V Alfred Gray yesterday confirmed that the government’s new agriculture and marine science school will still open this month despite construction setbacks.

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Miller’s comments on the Gender Equality Bills ‘unenlightened’

FNM Deputy Leader Loretta Butler-Turner yesterday branded comments made by Tall Pines MP Leslie Miller over the Constitutional amendment bills “misogynistic” and said the remarks are a testament of his “unenlightened thinking”.

Working together to strengthen the rule of law in The Bahamas

The IDB has granted a $20m loan to the Bahamas to help with the fight against crime. Robert Pantzer explains the technical co-operation that paved the way for the new approach.

PSA testing recommendation challenged by local professionals

A final recommendation by the US Preventative Services Task Force (USPTF), to stop routine prostate cancer exams is being challenged by some medical professionals in the Bahamas.

Ship building and the Star class sailboat

On the flight from Nassau to New Jersey a couple of weeks ago I read the interesting and entertaining letter from Bruce Raine about the rich history of ship building and sailing in The Bahamas. Not only did it make the flight seem shorter, but it also brought up vivid memories of some of my experiences at sea while growing up as a young boy in Nassau during the war years.

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GB to host Labour on the Blocks 2.0 job fair

NEARLY 30 companies and over 200 jobs will be available at the Labour on the Blocks 2.0 job fair in Grand Bahama this weekend, said Labour Director Robert Farquharson yesterday.

A Teacher, A Guardian, A Dancer

A Teacher, A Guardian, A Dancer By ALESHA CADET In July 1973, when the Bahamas celebrated its first birthday as an independent nation, it was Shirley Hall-Bass who got the call to help choreograph the Clifford Park cultural extravaganza. Her name was w

A Teacher, A Guardian, A Dancer

A Teacher, A Guardian, A Dancer By ALESHA CADET In July 1973, when the Bahamas celebrated its first birthday as an independent nation, it was Shirley Hall-Bass who got the call to help choreograph the Clifford Park cultural extravaganza. Her name was w

A Teacher, A Guardian, A Dancer

A Teacher, A Guardian, A Dancer By ALESHA CADET In July 1973, when the Bahamas celebrated its first birthday as an independent nation, it was Shirley Hall-Bass who got the call to help choreograph the Clifford Park cultural extravaganza. Her name was w

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Munroe ratified in Free Town drama

CAPPING off an emotional evening of confusion and drama, the National General Council (NGC) of the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) unanimously endorsed Wayne Munroe over Senator Frank Smith last night, ratifying the attorney for the Free Town constituency.

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BLTA names Davis Cup, Billie Jean King Cup teams

DESPITE not having a chance to work together because of the coronavirus pandemic, Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association (BLTA) president Perry Newton is confident that both the Davis Cup team for men and the Billie Jean King Cup for women will perform very well.

Spanish Wells chief hails ‘great day for democracy’

Spanish Wells’ chief councillor yesterday said it was a “great day for democracy” after a Cabinet minister said Crystal Cruises would look for an alternative port-of-call on its upcoming seven-night Bahamas cruises.

EDITORIAL: Watchout, your food bill is going up

IF there’s anything that COVID-19 has taught us, it is how global events can cause local effects.

Men’s American Zone III Davis Cup tie: Bahamas will be ready

WITH a little more than two weeks left before they head to Panama City, Panama, for the men’s American Zone III Davis Cup tie, veteran player/captain Marvin Rolle said he’s making sure that all of the players will be ready.

EDITORIAL: Unsolved murder at Government House

WHO killed Petty Officer Percival Perpall and attempted to kill two more Marines at Government House in 2019?

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Gomez defends Sands on surgery

FORMER Minister of Health Dr Perry Gomez yesterday came to the defence of his successor Dr Duane Sands, stating he does not feel the talented surgeon should be faulted for performing surgeries free of charge as a Cabinet minister.

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Sands - NHI has to be paid somehow

THE Minnis administration has not made a decision on whether an additional tax must be introduced to fund National Health Insurance (NHI), Minister of Health Dr Duane Sands told The Tribune yesterday.