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SUPERVALUE SEES 'DOUBLE, TRIPLE' SALES RISES IN 2012

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor and NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net The Supervalue supermarket chain yesterday indicated it shrugged off fears that consumers are taking longer every year to recover from thei

1,500 apply for Baha Mar jobs

OVER 1,500 people applied for and/or inquired about jobs with the once stalled Baha Mar mega resort yesterday, according to senior company officials, who said the numbers demonstrate that the company is making good on its promise to “generate a significant amount of jobs” in the country.

Breaches of COVID orders improve

SEVEN businesses were cited for breaking COVID-19 Emergency Orders over the Labour Day weekend, resulting in over $26,000 in fines being issued, according to the head of COVID Enforcement Unit.

Don't be swung by the IMF

EDITOR, The Tribune. WELL nothing amazing the IMF promoting Income Tax - are they saying the introduction of VAT was not a success? A whopping $1.2 billion in revenue? Clearly their team must have met the wrong people or which is frightening those

Bannister targets Ragged Island repair work

WORKS Minister Desmond Bannister yesterday revealed that the Ministry of Works will spearhead a number of repair projects in Ragged Island and New Providence this year. Speaking to reporters outside of Cabinet, Mr Bannister said the ministry has pla

Damage to rooms at El Greco hotel as fire breaks out

THREE “high end” rooms at the El Greco Hotel were damaged after a fire reportedly broke out in the attic of the West Bay Street hotel in the early hours of Monday, according to senior hotel employees.

Hanna Martin 'outraged' at women being denied at voter registration

TRANSPORT and Aviation Minister Glenys Hanna Martin said she is “outraged” that women registering to vote are still being turned away by staff of the Parliamentary Registration Department because of “the way they are dressed”.

Head of Film Control Board defends decision on anime movie rating

THE head of the Film Control Board yesterday defended its decision to give a D rating to the anime “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - To The Hashira Training”, which prevents it from being shown in local theatres, saying the film has no understandable plot and is not in English.

'Documents explain NIB contract' to Knowles

CONTRACTOR Kenuth Knowles says documents show why electrical contracts for the proposed Ministry of Tourism offices were awarded to his company without being sent out to tender.

Baha Mar eyeing 2013 'mixed bag'

Baha Mar yesterday forecast “a mixed bag for 2013” at its two existing resorts, predicting 4 per cent occupancy growth at the Sheraton but a “deterioration” at the Wyndham sparked - at least in part - by a 25-30 per cent room inventory drop.

Cash says memo was real - despite earlier denial

FNM Chairman Darron Cash yesterday confirmed that the leaked memorandum to party executives was an internal communication despite denying its existence last week.

Customer ‘hit by staff member’ after she was fired

A WOMAN who was “hit in her head with a bottle” by a waitress at a local restaurant claims police are giving her the run around because of her attacker’s family ties to a senior police officer.

Bahamians are not being consulted or informed

DOWNTOWN Nassau has been a disaster zone for some years with efforts being made by various committees to transform Bay Street into an historic street of great beauty.

Rosewood exit will cost Baha Mar $8m

Baha Mar yesterday warned it would suffer “great harm”, including the loss of $8 million in ‘key money’, if the Rosewood Hotels brand was permitted to withdraw from the project.

Affordable dream

Thank you for allowing me the space to write my perspective on something I feel is very important as a Bahamian finishing school overseas and considering my return home. From what I have been reading in the Bahamian papers online for the last few months, 70% of Bahamians have no health insurance and over one third lack any affordable access to quality healthcare.

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