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Police up patrols in wake of robberies

POLICE are investigating three separate incidents of armed robbery, home invasion, and break-ins that took place in the western district of New Providence on Tuesday.

School hours should stay the same

As a person who works in the education system I must voice my input about how school should be run when it reopens. It is not feasible for there to be six feet of distance between students in the class room. Desks should be reasonably spaced but if students are wearing masks and using hand sanitisers this should not be an issue. The main issue should be the number of students in each class. There should be no more than 25 students in each class. This number allows for adequate spacing in each room.

Motoring misery for four weeks

WORKS Minister Desmond Bannister yesterday defended the decision to start a resurfacing exercise for Bernard Road tomorrow that will last for 21 working days.

What hours for jitneys?

For the last week at the downtown bus terminal and since the recent time change. This has created a clogging of sorts there. As many of the workers relying on this form of transportation to get from work, were left sitting in the dark...at the Frederick Street south side, where the 10-a, 14-a and 15-a are lined up.

PM: BPL outages just ‘too amazing’

Prime Minister Perry Christie yesterday described as “too amazing” the occurrence of three island wide black-outs on New Providence within a one-week period, adding that that the situation needed “the highest investigation”.

Sentencing for credit fraud

By LAMECH JOHNSON ljohnson@tribunemedia.net A SOUTH American woman who pleaded guilty to more than two dozen credit fraud charges will return to Magistrate's Court tomorrow for sentencing. Lunaite Paulmerie, 28, will be sentenced in Court 10, Nassau Stre

Quality is the mark of a new supermarket

SUPER VALUE’s owner and president Rupert Roberts said that the opening of his third Quality Supermarket in the Sea Grapes Shopping Centre would create 50 jobs, telling Tribune Business that approximately $3.5 million had been invested into the store.

PM opens the latest Sandals innovation

Prime Minister Perry Christie and a delegation of government officials have officially opened Sandals Royal Bahamian’s Crystal Lagoon Suites.

Bahamian designer dominates Mission Catwalk 'fan favourite'

Since capturing the attention of the judges as the challenge winner in the first episode of Mission Catwalk season three, Bahamian Designer Theodore Elyett has stolen the hearts of Mission Catwalk fans securing the coveted ‘fan favourite’ title for three consecutive weeks.

Baha Mar group pace 'meeting expectations'

Baha Mar yesterday said its group booking pace was “meeting expectations”, with conventions featuring more than 1,000 guests and different industries already set for the 2015 first quarter.

ISLAND INSIGHTS: Crown Land – ownership and management

Crown Land can be defined as public land. It is a territorial area owned by the state (government) by which citizens have access and rights to use this land.

Hilton sale targeted by Sarkis legal aid request

The British Colonial Hilton’s sale is among the multiple targets of a US court’s request for Bahamian judicial assistance relating to Sarkis Izmirlian’s $2.25bn legal battle with Baha Mar’s main contractor.

Bank boss warns: we must act on jobless

The Bahamas must “aspire to higher” GDP growth rates in the two to three percent range if it wants to see “new jobs gushing rather than trickling”, the Central Bank’s governor is urging.

Instead of opening, Baha Mar staff sent home; PM disappointed

WHAT an unmitigated disaster – the Baha Mar dream is over and 2,000 redundant Bahamian employees have been sent home to face a bleak Christmas.

Bahamas ‘can’t lose’ over Baha Mar outcome

The Bahamas “can’t lose” in the long-term regardless of who ultimately ends up controlling the $3.5 billion Baha Mar development, a prominent businessman believes.

'Flawed' BTC process means no FDI impact

Foreign investors are unlikely to be deterred by the Government’s efforts to renegotiate the Bahamas Telecommunications Company’s (BTC) privatisation because the sales process was “flawed”, a former finance minister told Tribune Business yesterday.

Despite 42% productivity rise, BTC off on 'efficiency'

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Despite beating many countries via a 42 per cent improvement in a key productivity benchmark between 2006-2009, the sector regulator last night suggested the Bahamas Telecommunications Company's (BTC) 2010 account

Officer sues over Exuma assault case

THE senior police officer who allegedly punched two women in an incident in Exuma that went viral on social media last year is suing the government for “unlawfully” interdicting him for offences he claims he did not commit.

'Pay attention to real estate trends'

A prominent Bahamian realtor is urging vendors not to over-price their properties given that data shows the average selling price can be up to 40-50 percent below the initial listing. Mario Carey, pictured , founder of Better Homes and Gardens Real

We're all in the same boat

No pandemic is ever a good one so to speak but they tend to bring out the best in most people. It has been no different in our wonderful nation even though we face unprecedented challenges with the COVID-19 and what I am sure will be debilitating after effects. I am not one, however, to engage, excessively, in doom and gloom theatrics.

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