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Call for fishing expansion

AS the fishing industry and public grapple with the critical need for conservation and sustainable practices, stakeholders are calling for a wider catch.

Ministry targets 20-100% food import reduction

A Ministry of Agriculture consultant yesterday said the Bahamas was targeting between 20-100 per cent reductions on certain agricultural commodities, in a bid to boost foreign exchange earnings.

Costa Rica shows Bahamas way on nature preservation

A Bahamian environmentalist says Costa Rica has shown every country in the Caribbean that preserving natural beauty pays, appealing to visitors who treasure flora, fauna and natural wonders above t-shirts and trinkets.

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'$25m boom' from staging World Relays

THE successful staging of the inaugural IAAF World Relays in The Bahamas has received lavish praise from the sport’s top official and resulted in a $25 million boom for the economy.

Banana Republic

EDITOR, The Tribune.

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No investigation over leak of BEC chief's bill

BAHAMAS Electricity Corporation Executive Chairman Leslie Miller said yesterday there will be no investigation into who leaked private information about electricity bills associated with him and his family-owned business to the press because “it is a waste of time”.

BEC survives a fuel 'emergency'

By NATARIO McKENZIE

New Defence Force commodore to be announced by May 1

THE government will announce the new commodore of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force by May 1, State Minister for National Security Keith Bell told the Senate yesterday.

Baha Mar institute graduates 350 pupils

Three-hundred and fifty students from Baha Mar’s Leadership Development Institute (LDI) graduated from the largest class in its history on Wednesday.

Ill-considered comments

EDITOR,The Tribune

Non-payment of gratuities

I wish to bring to your attention a pressing matter that is negatively affecting the lives of hundreds of Bahamian workers in the ground transportation industry, which has been doing so for decades.

Grant rejects BEC claim

Grant rejects BEC claim MINISTER of Works Neko Grant dismissed North Andros and Berry Islands MP Vincent Peet's claim that the New Providence Road Improvement Project has failed to properly install BEC infrastructure. In the House of Assembly yesterday,

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FNM’s park fix-up plan stopped by Grand Bahama police

POLICE prevented FNM leader Michael Pintard from restoring the Pineforest Subdivision Park in West Grand Bahama on Friday.

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Davis: not a hard choice

PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis said it was not a hard choice for voters in this week’s by-election and they should choose PLP candidate Kingsley Smith.

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Wells: Vaccine will be in the country by end of the week

MINISTER of Health Renward Wells says the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine will be in the country by the end of this week.

Acting the part

HAVE you noticed that since May 10th, 2017, the majority of new appointments to senior Civil Servant positions are all “acting” and not permanent?

Where’s the money going?

THAT’S really the golden question, isn’t it? We were promised transparent governance and Bahamians have yet to be given a paper trail of where VAT revenue is going.

An answer for Brave

Although it was not his intention, Guardian cartoonist Sideburns very effectively provided the answer to Brave Davis’ question about where the money was coming from to buy the Grand Lucayan Hotel in Grand Bahama.

Words I would prefer not to hear

What does URCA actually do? License Cable franchises - cellular systems - Radio and TV licenses - supposed to be now monitoring BP/L, but do we ever see URCA in action?

Clean-up horror story

To all who care about beaches,