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Morton Salt union 'insulted' by offer

Industrial unrest is brewing at Morton Salt, with the union representing line-staff yesterday proclaiming itself “insulted” by the company’s industrial offer and threatening to strike.Morton Salt, though, argued that its offer was “fair” for “both o

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Post office operating ‘by year end’

PRESS Secretary Anthony Newbold said yesterday the General Post Office’s department and staff relocation to the Town Centre Mall will be complete, if not by Christmas, by the end of the year.

Govt approves $130m GB investment project

A Cabinet minister yesterday confirmed the government has approved a $130m investment, previously revealed by Tribune Business, to help “revitalise” Grand Bahama’s economy.

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Hield forced to take on larger role for Kings

AS the NBA regular season winds down, Chavano “Buddy” Hield is forced to take on a larger role for the shorthanded Sacramento Kings.

Markle and the Palace

It would seem that — according to the world of former actress Meghan Markle – ancient Buckingham Palace should have changed its age-old traditions to accommodate her misunderstandings.

EDITORIAL: Lockdown still here as we open the doors

If anyone was expecting major changes from Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis, they were soon disappointed.

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Re-opening of Bahamian Brewery Production Facility called a 'success story'

MINISTER of State for Grand Bahama Senator Kwasi Thompson says the reopening of the Bahamian Brewery Company’s production facility is an example of what it means to go through hard and difficult times and come back out bigger and better.

Our nation needs real change

THE Prime Minister is to be commended for his attempt to lure Foreign Direct Investment to the Bahamas, but I have one little problem with the approach.

Bahamian non-profit teams for UN tourism presentation

A BAHAMIAN non-profit organisation teamed with a university lecturer to present a paper at the United Nations’ World Tourism Organisation (WTO) conference. Shaun D. Ingraham, the One Eleuthera Foundation’s (OEF) chief executive, and Elizabeth Mackay,

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Culmer: Govt to help impoverished areas

FREE National Movement (FNM) Chairman Carl Culmer said yesteday the Minnis administration will work hard in the coming months to improve the economy in impoverished areas after spending its first seven months in office fixing problems left by the for

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Ingraham: FNM did not perform as they should have done this term

FORMER Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham conceded yesterday that the Free National Movement’s parliamentary caucus in the House of Assembly this term did not “perform as well as they should have” as an opposition party.

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PLP prediction: A win by a small margin

FORMER Cabinet minister George Smith says that despite the “many mistakes and errors in judgment” by certain members in the governing party, the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) will win today’s general election by a “small margin”.

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Glenys: Plans to raise MPs' salaries a 'crass contradiction'

ENGLERSTON MP Glenys Hanna-Martin called Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis' plans to raise the salaries of members of Parliament in the next fiscal year, a "crass contradiction".

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Two businesses damaged in late night blaze

A FIRE at the Soldier Road Industrial Park on Wednesday night has destroyed two businesses operating out of the same building and affected at least eight jobs.An investigation has been launched into the cause of of the fire, which destroyed BumperTec

A word of advice to Dionisio

THE Hon Minister of Tourism, Dinisio D’Aguilar (FNM-Free Town), is my favourite member of the Minnis cabinet and, indeed, the hardest working. I make no bones of my admiration; love and respect for him. Having said that, however, as a former practising attorney before the Bahamas Bar, I would caution the minister, et al, not to opine, as a member of the administration which has been sued by a particular web operator over certain actions taken by the Gaming Board, years ago.

Construction firms 'cement' a merger

Two Bahamian construction companies have ‘cemented’ a partnership that has seen them merge as Bahamas Redi-Mix, with a plant at New Providence’s Airport Industrial Park.The combination of Nassau Ready Mixed and NP Building Supplies, one-time competit

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PLP Deputy backs plastics ban, but says transition period should have been longer

PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party Deputy Leader Chester Cooper said while he supports the single-use plastics ban, he believes the government should have implemented a longer transition period to ensure the public was properly educated on the importance of the prohibition.

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35 doctors get warm welcome into their new lives

ELIZABETH Turner, daughter of attorney Edward Turner and former leader of the opposition Loretta Butler-Turner, has successfully completed her course of study in medicine. She graduated this past weekend from the University of the West Indies School

IT firms: We'll 'stress' business resiliency

Information technology (IT) firms yesterday said their will “heavily stress” the importance of business resiliency to every client once the COVID-19 pandemic is over. Philip Darville, SolveIT Bahamas’ managing director, told Tribune Business yester

Lulled into a false sense of security

The news that the Bahamas Petroleum Company has not paid its licensing bills for an undisclosed number of years did not come as a shock. It is exactly what I expected from them. What did surprise me was that the government accepted a mere $900,000 to cancel the bill, which was surely in the millions of dollars. And what was really astonishing is that BPC admitted that it used money from Bahamian investors to pay it!