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Hotels give ‘strong support’ on minimum wage increase

BAHAMIAN hotel and restaurant employers yesterday gave “strong support” to the Government’s minimum wage increase while voicing relief that both they and employees finally have clarity on the issue.

Central Eleuthera water ‘blowout’ woes resolved

THE Water & Sewerage Corporation’s general manager says the “flange blowouts” that disrupted supply to central Eleuthera for between a week to ten days have now been resolved.

ROLLE-CURRY ROARS AHEAD FOR DRAGONS: MSUM school 400m record is broken twice in two weeks

ALTHOUGH she just started competing in the 400 metres when she joined the Dragons track team at Minnesota State University at Moorhead in Minnesota, Robynn Rolle- Curry has excelled as one of the top contenders in the USTFCCCA.

What future for little-used Ayton?

DEANDRE Ayton played sparingly in his Phoenix Suns’ worst playoff loss in franchise history which prompted many to revisit a lingering and unresolved contract negotiation between the team and its former no.1 overall pick.

‘Inflation is raising costs for helping the hungry’

A LOCAL feeding organisation says the current period of inflation as well as the reintroduction of value added tax on breadbasket items has increased its operational costs.

Exploiting women

Organisers of the forthcoming Bahamas Carnival series of events have received the green light from the Ministry of Health and Wellness to go ahead with their plans for 2022 Survival Weekend on May 20-22. The main concern of the Progressive Liberal Party administration is the safety of participants, as COVID-19 remains a threat.

Sharks that don’t bite

THE SBDC/Access Accelerator’s Summer Entrepreneurial Training & Mentorship (SET) series kicked off its first of three pitch nights in grand style awarding $25,000 in cash prizes to local small business owners.

Fisherman permit ban

THE Government has temporarily banned permits to non-Bahamian fishermen in the Bahamas, Foreign Affairs and Immigration Minister Fred Mitchell said yesterday.

Fraser makes Olympic cut

Sprinter Warren Fraser has booked his trip to the 2012 Olympic Games. However, he fell short in his bid of reaching the final of the men's 100 meters at the NCAA Ou

BBF on path towards qualification for 2016 Olympics

THE path toward Olympic qualification in 2016 begins this month for the Bahamas Basketball Federation with one of the top events in the regi

Al Jarrett dies, aged 69

RETIED banker, economist and patriot Alfred Jarrett, pictured, died early yesterday morning after a massive heart attack.

VIDEO: Fashion Police give political hats a thumbs up

They wore them big and small, bold and proud: the leading women who walked hand in hand with the newly elected parliamentarians last week sported an array of fashionable hats. For the most part, they were full of colour and full of style.

Time for PLP to talk tough to law breakers

UNLIKE PLP leaders, we are not so unreasonable as to blame the continuing rise in crime on either political party. We have always maintained that if one follows the trail, today's crime is a natural progression

John Bull robbery trial delayed over photographic evidence

A POLICEMAN presented alleged photographic evidence on a CD of the aftermath of the John Bull Rolex Boutique robbery. However,

All must join in the fight against crime

FOR THE first time yesterday, we heard a PLP Minister come close — the closest that any of them has ever come in the past five years — to admitting that no government can completely eradicate crime — certainly not the type of crime that has changed our way of life.

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