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Dr Nottage shrugs off challenge by young FNM candidate

BAIN and Grants Town MP Dr Bernard Nottage yesterday said there is “nothing to be threatened about” by the Free National Movement’s (FNM) recent ratification of 21-year-old Travis Robinson as the party’s candidate for the area, adding that age is an “irrelevant” factor in either man’s bid at securing the seat.

EDITORIAL: Mr Christie, is the Bahamas going fishing with China?

IT SEEMS that the Christie government is now playing hide-and-seek with the Bahamian people in a proposed China-Bahamas Agriculture and Fisheries Initiative.

‘Jobs figures vindicate PLP’

THE Progressive Liberal Party embraced the newly released Labour Force survey results over the weekend, using the numbers that showed a slight decrease in unemployment to defend the legacy of the Christie administration.

Gray warns new politicians not to be 'fast on their tongue'

NEW generation politicians must learn not to be “fast on their tongue”, MICAL MP V Alfred Gray warned yesterday explaining that a mistake can lead to the end of a political career.

Drop in charity donations during Christmas season

THERE has been a “mass decrease” in Christmas donations at the Ranfurly Homes for Children this year, officials said yesterday.

$56,000 for The Ranfurly Homes for Children thanks to Popeyes Bahamas Bowl

POPEYES Bahamas Bowl organisers yesterday pledged to strengthen the relationship between the game and the local community during a press conference in the convention area of the Atlantis resort on Paradise Island.

AID blames VAT for 41% drop in sales growth rate

A leading retailer is blaming Value-Added Tax (VAT) for a 41 per cent drop in the sales growth rate at its Nassau stores, while calling on the Government to extend ‘exclusive’ pricing beyond hotels and dine-in restaurants.

FNM will support probe into BEC bribe

FREE National Movement Leader Dr Hubert Minnis yesterday pledged the party’s full support for a probe into recent claims that a government official was bribed to secure a contract at the Bahamas Electricity Corporation.

'No setbacks' at Baha Mar over new opening date in 2015

ROBERT “Sandy” Sands, Baha Mar’s Senior Vice President of Administration and External Affairs, said yesterday that the $3.5 billion resort is currently experiencing “no setbacks at all” with its new “late spring 2015” opening date.

Visitors of all backgrounds urged to attend Haitian Flag Day event

HAITIAN Flag Day Committee Chairman Robert Dieudonne yesterday urged Bahamians from all backgrounds to participate in this year’s Haitian Flag Day Festival, set to take place Saturday at the Botanical Gardens.

PLP ratifies Fitzgerald and Halkits for 2017 race

THE PLP has ratified its second pair of 2017 general election candidates – Education Minister Jerome Fitzgerald and State Minister of Finance Michael Halkitis – as senior party officials declaring that the “new generation” leaders’ mantra was alive and well.

Attorney to seek Bankman-Fried release

AN attorney representing embattled former FTX CEO Samuel Bankman-Fried says he will proceed with “whatever is necessary” to have his client released from the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services after he was sent there on Tuesday.

1,500 seek jobs at fair

LABOUR director Robert Farquharson said the Labour on the Blocks 2.0 Job Fair, which had over 1,500 attendees, saw many students and the job seekers granted opportunities for employment.

Survey of labour force due to begin next month

THE country’s labour force survey is set to begin next month, according to labour director Robert Farquharson.

Blankets for dialysis patients

THE Bahamas Kidney Association (BKA) brought smiles to the faces of dialysis patients with a donation of 250 pairs of socks and blankets.

Athol Island and plans of the past

The late E Dawson Roberts often quoted what has been attributed to Thomas Jefferson “Eternal Vigilance is the price of Liberty”.

Wednesday targeted for City Market close

CITY Markets principal has told Tribune Business that a deal to sell the supermarket chain's remaining four stores to Super Value had been finalised, adding that attorneys still sorting out the paperwork had suggested it might close on Wednesday.

Recruitment starts today for Baha Mar vacancies

BAHA MAR will begin the process today of recruiting 1,500 Bahamians in its first wave of hiring for the once stalled $3.5 billion resort according to Robert Sands, the resort’s senior vice-president of government and external affairs.

UB Mingoes earn three wins, have strong showing at Red-Line meet

THE UB Mingoes picked up three wins and had a strong showing at the inaugural Red-Line Athletics track meet over the weekend.

Baha Mar: Dorian relief to 'offset' cancellations

A senior Baha Mar executive yesterday said bookings from relief workers were expected to “offset” leisure traveller cancellations triggered by Hurricane Dorian. Robert Sands, pictured , Baha Mar’s senior vice-president for government and external af

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