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FNM chairman: It's time to come home, Prime Minister

FREE National Movement chairman Dr Duane Sands has called on Prime Minister Phillip “Brave” Davis to get his priorities straight in governing the country, while claiming the electorate views him as an “absentee” leader.

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Pintard: Get on with completing home repairs

FREE National Movement leader Michael Pintard is calling for the government to move with urgency to complete home repairs that were approved since Hurricane Dorian under the Minnis administration.

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$73m ‘zero carbon’ project targets 36k annual visitors

A $73m investment is aiming to attract 36,000 guests per year at full build-out of a “zero carbon” residential and yacht community on an Exuma cay located just three miles from Georgetown.

Insurers: Bahamas ‘dodges bullet’ on Hurricane Nicole

Bahamian insurers yesterday asserted that the nation has “dodged a bullet” with Hurricane Nicole amid expectations that it will produce “minimal” losses and damage.

AML Foods targets e-commerce launch

BISX-listed AML Foods is planning to launch an e-commerce division during its current financial year that will enable the group to supply clients “throughout The Bahamas”.

Businesses thankful for minimal impact

ABACO business owners are thankful their livelihoods were spared significant damage from Hurricane Nicole, which passed over the island as a tropical storm on Wednesday before strengthening over Grand Bahama.

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How green spaces can make life sweeter

“BOY ELUTRA sweet nah!” was the response from someone who had just learned that I was relocating from Nassau to Eleuthera. I often get similar responses from folks who ask how my family is enjoying living in Eleuthera.

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DIANE PHILLIPS: View from the sidewalk

IT’S amazing what trying to look at something through someone else’s eyes can reveal.

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Regulator ‘freezes’ FTX and sends in liquidator

Regulators yesterday moved to protect clients of The Bahamas’ flagship crypto currency investor by “freezing” its assets, and seizing control of the company, amid reports it acquired $74m in local real estate this year alone.

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'Shanty towns will not go unchecked forever’

PUBLIC Works Minister Alfred Sears warned that illegal shanty towns will not be allowed to go unchecked indefinitely, while revealing that officials are reviewing an existing injunction with a view to making appropriate applications to the Supreme Court to crack down on the unregulated communities.

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No serious infrastructure damage suffered in Abaco

ACTING Prime Minister Chester Cooper says Abaco fared well with no significant infrastructure damage or serious injuries in the aftermath of Nicole. The day after the storm followed the same path as Hurricane Dorian three years ago, Mr Cooper, along with government officials and the official opposition assessed the island.

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Grand Bahama ‘fared well’ through hurricane

GRAND Bahama fared well overall during the passage of Hurricane Nicole, Minister for Grand Bahama Ginger Moxey said yesterday.

Cayman Prep, St Andrew’s emerge as champions in LCIS KPMG Football Fest

LYFORD Cay International School (LCIS) hosted its 9th KPMG Football Fest last weekend.

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McCoy, McFall in NCAA Division II basketball season tip-off today

THE NCAA Division II NCAA basketball season tips off today and a pair of veteran Bahamian prospects look to build on their productive 2021-22 seasons.

Grand Lucayan sale failure gives investors bad signal

GRAND Bahama’s Chamber of Commerce president yesterday voiced fears that the repeated failures to sell the Grand Lucayan resort will discourage other investors from coming to the island.

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ISLANDS SPARED MAJOR DAMAGE: Grand Bahama and Abaco ‘fared well’ in Hurricane Nicole

GRAND Bahama and Abaco avoided significant damage during the passage of Hurricane Nicole - with Acting Prime Minister Chester Cooper saying yesterday: “It looks like we have been spared the worst of it.”

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Dorian tax breaks extension ‘no brainer’ following Nicole

Extending the Hurricane Dorian tax breaks in their existing form was yesterday branded “a no brainer” by Abaco residents, who argued that to do otherwise would be “pretty heartless” after the latest storm to strike the island.

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Man shot dead outside apartment building

A MAN in his 50s was shot dead outside an apartment building last night.

Concerns raised over investments bill

THE Bahamas Natural Resources Foundation has expressed concern over the proposed National Investment Funds Bill tabled in the House of Assembly last month.

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‘Govt must be clear on facts’

AFTER another disappointment with the sale of the Grand Lucayan, Free National Movement leader Michael Pintard said the government has to exercise discipline in its messaging and to stop misrepresenting the facts.