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Rum Cay 'adventure tourism catalyst'

RUM Cay is shaping up as the “catalyst for adventure tourism” in the Bahamas, a resort owner and operator on the island telling Tribune Business yesterday that this market could serve as a “gap filler” for Family Island resorts in the “off season”.

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Sandals seminars credited for boosting math scores

OFFICIALS have observed in some cases a more than 10 per cent improvement in math scores among students attending the second largest school system in the Bahamas.

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5.50pm UPDATE - Power restored

Hurricane Sandy latest.

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Parade of suspects at court over armed robberies

By LAMECH JOHNSON Tribune Staff Reporter ljohnson@tribunemedia.net FIVE MEN and a juvenile boy were arraigned in Magistrate’s Court yesterday in connection with a number of armed robberies over the past month. The first pair to be arraigned

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Embassy honour for student

ON MARCH 27, the faculty and students of Moore's Island All Age School formally celebrated the accomplishment of 10th grader Devin Major, the Abaco winner of the US Embassy's 2012 Dr Martin Luther King Jr Civil Rights Essay Contest.

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PM hits back in Pindling row

THOSE involved in politics should remember it is they who are indebted to the people - not the other way around - Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham reminded Dame Marguerite Pindling over the weekend.

PM's strong support for bran rival

PM's strong support for bran rival By PAUL G TURNQUEST Chief Reporter pturnquest@tribunemedia.net BRANDING Branville McCartney as a man with unbridled "ambition to achieve power", Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham said Bamboo Town now deserves an MP who is

Rural businesses shown off at Expo

Rural businesses shown off at Expo By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net FREEPORT - Minister of Agriculture and Marine Resources Larry Cartwright opened the second Agribusiness Expo in Freeport at the Goombay Park on F

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UPDATED: Man on bail for murder is shot dead

POLICE are investigating a shooting incident that left a man on bail for murder dead and another in hospital in serious condition.

Business offerings are brought Aliv

The Bahamas’ second mobile operator, Aliv, yesterday launched its business to business (B2B) offering, a senior executive describing it as a “core piece of the puzzle” in the company’s development.

Economic reliance on New Providence rises

The Bahamas is becoming ever-more reliant on New Providence to generate three-quarters of its annual economic growth with the Family Islands’ combined contribution having reduced to 11 percent of GDP.

Family Island parents question exam ruling

SOME parents have reacted with fury at news that the national high school exams will take place next month after weeks of uncertainty, fearing the irregularity caused by the COVID-19 crisis will doom the performances of their children.

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Two more deaths bring total to 408

THE Ministry of Health reported 125 new COVID-19 cases and two virus related deaths yesterday, pushing the nation’s overall coronavirus tally to 18,460.

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Minnis: Govt will only take up pledges which are in our interests

THE government will only pursue offers coming out of January’s Hurricane Dorian Pledging Conference that are in the best interests of the residents of the areas affected by the storm, Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis said on Tuesday. During his first

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Chamber chief: 50% of firms not totally insured

The Chamber of Commerce’s chief executive yesterday underscored the difficulties in recovering from Hurricane Dorian by revealing that around 50 percent of storm-hit businesses were not fully insured.

EDITORIAL: A ship can only have one captain

IT is without doubt that we are in a time of national crisis. Hurricane Dorian has torn at our hearts, and devastated our northern islands of Grand Bahama and Abaco.

EDITORIAL: Less talk, more action on nurses’ issues

NURSES at the Marsh Harbour Clinic in Abaco had enough of waiting for their concerns to be heard this week.

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PM hopeful COVID crisis over before election rallies

PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis said he hopes by the time the country gets into election mode, the COVID-19 crisis would have ended to enable mass rallies and other typical campaign events.

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‘Don’t blame PLP for GB’s increase in COVID cases’

PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party chairman Fred Mitchell said a social media post that accused PLP Leader Philip “Brave” Davis and party supporters of attending a “super spreader” event in Grand Bahama is nothing more than political “propaganda”.

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Cooper: Deficit amount dated, show us current state

The opposition’s shadow minister for finance says that the deficit is nearly 350 percent than presented in the ministry of finance’s latest fiscal snapshot for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2019/2010.