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Bahamian abroad rests after years of noble service

ALTHOUGH the loved ones of Edwin Percival Minnis are sadden he will not spend Christmas or any other day with the family, a smile will always surface on their faces when they reflect on the life he lived and the precious memories he left behind.

Balmoral preparing for new $3m phase

Real estate developers will have “a really difficult time” selling their developments without in-house financing, The Balmoral’s principal told Tribune Business, adding that he was set to launch another $2-$3 million phase within four months.

Accused speaks out during trial

POLICE escorted Kofhe Goodman from court yesterday during his murder trial after Goodman stood and said he was “disturbed” by the prosecutor’s closing submissions and claimed he was being threatened by those in the gallery behind him.

Jury shown 'pictures of Marco's body'

IMAGES showing the exposed and decomposed body of Marco Archer inside a suitcase in bushes behind an apartment complex was shown to a Supreme Court jury yesterday.

FNM Chairman: 'Where has PM been all this time?'

“WHERE has the Prime Minister been all this time?” was the question the Free National Movement asked after the nation’s chief scrapped a cabinet meeting initially focused on BTC to address escalating crime.

POLITICOLE: Bahamians are slaves to the master of tourism

WE are a servant society. Our primary reliance on tourism has led us to this place today. This is not a smear campaign against tourism, lest the tourism officials’ knickers become knotted.

INSIGHT: More than a case number - the families fighting to save their homes

In the ongoing battle between the government and human rights activists over the threatened demolition of shanty towns too often the individual stories of the families involved are forgotten.

Let’s go to Delaware and avoid conflict of interest

CONFLICT of interest … in such a small country with so many Bahamians mixed up in each others businesses, conflict of interest will always be the out-sized elephant in the room.

Melia’s Xmas Eve injunction bars all union action

Baha Mar and its Melia resort have obtained a Supreme Court injunction that bars the hotel union from taking any form of industrial action, leaving workers without any leverage over their gratuity dispute.

Baha Mar pushes ‘full’ opening to late Spring

Baha Mar yesterday confirmed it has pushed its ‘Grand Opening’ back to “late Spring” 2015, with the $3.5 billion mega resort project set to open in stages from December 2014 onwards.

Port’s profits double on 3,000 TEU jump

The Arawak Cay port operator yesterday said a 3,124 year-over-year increase in container volumes resulted in its half-year profits more than doubling, as Hurricane Matthew repairs and Baha Mar’s re-start resulted in import activity surging.

ALICIA WALLACE: And still we dream – of a proper bus system

Safe, reliable public transportation is not often a national discussion. We do, however, talk about it among ourselves, especially if we depend on it to any degree. Those who use public transportation regularly are both well aware of the challenges of the system (if we can call it a system) and skilled in making it work anyway.

Carey, Bellot emerge as winners of Swift open water race

FOR the third consecutive year, Swift Swimming has hosted its Open Water Swim in Palm Cay, Yamacraw.

Rosewood chief: Baha Mar has 'nailed' hotel

Baha Mar has “nailed” the design of its Rosewood hotel, the brand’s president said yesterday, adding he was “absolutely delighted” it did not go through with a previously-threatened exit.Radha Arora, speaking ahead of yesterday’s opening, told Tribun

‘Get serious’ on jet ski rules

TOURISM Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar yesterday said the government must “get serious” on its plans to regulate the water sports industry, a day after a jet ski operator was arrested and accused of sexually assaulting a Canadian visitor near Paradise Island on Monday.

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Norius regains national bodybuilding title

At one point Jimmy Norius said he was thinking about dropping out of the Bahamas Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation’s National Championships. On the advice of newly elected president Joel Stubbs and coach Wellington ‘Cat’ Sears, Norius regained the national bodybuilding title.

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