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Minister: A fantastic day for the team

LONDON, England: Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture Michael Pintard called it a fantastic day for Team Bahamas after he watched national record holder Steven Gardiner speed to a silver medal in the men’s 400 metres on Tuesday at the 16th IAAF World Championships.

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Bell: Give us a chance to finish the job on crime

MINISTER of State for National Security Keith Bell yesterday said more can be done in the fight against crime but defended the Christie administration’s initiatives this term, saying the government has made “significant investments” to counteract the problem.

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Marine jailed over illegal firearm

A MARINE, who pleaded guilty to firearm and drug related offences, was sent to prison for 15 months yesterday by a magistrate who told him that he should have known better.Lloyd Carl Johnson, 24, reappeared before Deputy Chief Magistrate Andrew Forbe

Staff down to three-hour days in hellhole post office building

ONE day after employees were forced off the job early by a failed air-conditioning unit and a leaking ceiling, Bahamas Public Services Union President John Pinder said Thursday workers at the General Post Office have now been divided between two, th

Bahamas 'left behind' without transparency

The Bahamas will “continue to be left behind” unless it becomes fully transparent, amid suggestions yesterday that the Government could save $13 million annually through procurement. K Peter Turnquest, Deputy Prime Minister and minister of finance,

Don't 'reinvent wheel' on public procurement

The Bahamian Contractors Association’s (BCA) president yesterday said the Government does “not have to reinvent the wheel” on public procurement, but simply make the existing system work properly.Leonard Sands told Tribune Business that while the ref

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Gibson says PLP govt hired 39 in Long Island ahead of election vote

LONG Island MP Adrian Gibson has accused the former Christie administration of hiring nearly 40 people in the run up to the May 10 general election with the aim of “influencing” voters.

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GAIN AN EDGE: The advantage of a degree is not hard to compute

The increasing concerns over cyber security open up opportunities for IT graduates, as one promising Bahamas Technical and Vocational Institute student is finding.

Excuses, excuses by the PLP

NEW Year’s 2017 is coming up fast so we have to look back through 2016 or as 2017 is Election Year forward, even Christie can’t stop that or postpone it like he has the PLP Party Convention.....it’s coming! Imagine no Convention for nine years?

EDITORIAL: Potential voters turned away because of dress code

WITH the 2017 election deadline only four months away, there is growing concern that Bahamians are so turned off by their politicians that they are not registering to vote.

EDITORIAL: Are unions losing their appeal?

FOR more than a century, the word union conjured up images of valuable, even life-saving protection.

Art Of Graphix: How important is choosing the right font?

Imagine hauling around heavy boxes of metal type, a different set for every typeface and having to assemble your text letter by letter in order to design a document. Certainly that seems a world away from our point-and-click, instant world of digita

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Sands steps in on nurses owed $1m

ABOUT 45 nurses were working for months without the salary and benefits full-time government employees expect, a predicament Health Minister Dr Duane Sands found "heartbreaking" and said he has moved to remedy.

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Rev McPhee praises Charles Saunders Cougars senior boys on BAISS championship win

THE Charles W Saunders Cougars repeated as champions, winning their second Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools senior boys’ basketball title at the Kendal Isaacs Gym on Wednesday night.

Apprenticeship initiative to impact ‘big numbers’

The planned National Apprenticeship Programme will impact “big numbers” with ambitions to have the first entrants working in the Bahamian maritime industry as early as April/May 2024.

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DNA PREDICTS ATLANTIS JOB CUTS

By CELESTE NIXON Tribune Staff Reporter cnixon@tribunemedia.net DNA leader Branville McCartney is predicting employees at Atlantis will be laid off within the next six months. Almost 8,000 Bahamians depend upon the resort and the One&Only Ocean Club for

SUPERVALUE IN 'OVER 20%' XMAS SALES RISE

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor The Supervalue supermarket chain saw a more than 20 per cent year-over-year increase in its Christmas sales figures, its owner and president telling Tribune Business yesterday the company was likely to invest a fu

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Cargill's pay 'in line' with other agencies

TOTAL compensation awarded to suspended director Algernon Cargill was in line with packages received by senior executives at government agencies of similar size, former chairman Patrick Ward said yesterday.

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No relief for secret society of abused women

Although the public seems fatigued by stories of domestic violence and sexual abuse, the problem continues to run rampant in the Bahamas to the extent that it has become somewhat accepted as a social norm.

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SAC wins again

The St Augustine’s College Big Red Machine held off the Kingsway Academy Saints in a hard fought 75-61 decision on Tuesday as the Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools resumed its 2012/13 regular season after taking a break for the Christmas holiday.