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Nursing training proving popular

ENTRY into nursing programmes in the Bahamas is becoming a hot ticket.

PM Christie and his juggling act

WE THINK it is now time for Prime Minister Perry Christie to realise that he is Prime Minister of all of the Bahamas. He is no longer on the campaign trail playing to his hard core supporters.

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Missionaries saves lives

A DEPRESSED French man was five minutes away from committing suicide. The rope at his home was prepared and he told his friends what he intended to do

Heat's Chris Bosh out indefinitely

MIAMI (AP) -- Chris Bosh and the Miami Heat were relieved by the diagnosis. It's the prognosis - or lack of one - that's a source of worry now. And suddenly, the Indiana Pacers may be even more of a threat. Bosh strained a lower abdominal muscle in Game 1

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Stadium 'should pass inspection with flying colours'

After completing all the checks and paperwork, it will probably take International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) about three additi

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Operators win title

The Bommer G Lady Operators capped off a four-game sweep over the first year Lady Hitmen to be crowned the new women’s champions in the New Providence Softball Association.

Grand Lucayan 'big fish' urged: Change strategy

THE Grand Lucayan was yesterday urged to refocus its marketing strategy and leave Bahamian business for the smaller properties on Grand Bahama, a Freeport hotelier telling Tribune Business it seemed as though the resort was not going after the international market “in any real way”.

Both political parties in state of unrest

THE AGE of Hubert Ingraham is over. Or is it?

GB wants the govt ‘boot off our neck’

How should Bahamians think about the Prime Minister’s announcement that his government will take out a $200m (or is it $400m?) loan from our former colonial masters to build a new airport for Grand Bahama? Is the Davis administration really the knight in shining armor that will ride in and deliver our poor suffering island from all its woes?

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Brothers murdered together over weekend

TWO brothers, one who aimed to become a top boxer representing The Bahamas internationally, and another who planned to wed his fiancé next month, were murdered together on Saturday.

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Minister: ‘Diversify within, not away, from tourism’

A Cabinet minister yesterday said the number of registered Bahamian businesses has increased by 37 percent over the past two years, adding: “We must diversify within, and not away, from tourism.”

Fears Treasure Cay will ‘die on the vine’

Treasure Cay residents yesterday voiced fears that the island will “die on the vine” unless the uncertainty surrounding the long-pending sale of its resort is urgently resolved so the economy can kick-start.

Town Planning provides Adelaide Pines approval

THE Town Planning Committee yesterday confirmed it has approved a $62.788m “mixed-use” residential and light industrial development in south-west New Providence that promises to create up to 300 full-time jobs.

Treasure Cay ‘can’t afford’ $3bn legal battle’s fall-out

TREASURE Cay homeowners yesterday warned they “can’t afford” for the development to be “tied up for years” by a $3bn claim against the Government.

The battle for governance is heating up

The battle for governance is heating up EDITOR, The Tribune. The battle for governance for the next five-year period is truly heating up as the parties go through the process of naming and publishing their list of candidates. Each party is now shifting

Competition fears on Super Value's City Markets 'deal'

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Rival food retailers have voiced fears that allowing Super Value to acquire City Markets' remaining stores would create a "virtual monopoly" in the New Providence supermarket business, with an estimated 60-80 per

Competition fears on Super Value's City Markets 'deal'

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Rival food retailers have voiced fears that allowing Super Value to acquire City Markets' remaining stores would create a "virtual monopoly" in the New Providence supermarket business, with an estimated 60-80 per

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Election jitters hit first-time voters

FOR several young Bahamian women, May 7 will mirror the historic day of November 26, 1962 - when women voted for the first time in Bahamas. Although women have been enfranchised for some 50 years, many women have just come of age, or found the right circumstance to be present at the poles.

Customs staf trying blackmail

Customs staf trying blackmail EDITOR, The Tribune. I listened with keen interest to remarks made by Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham in Exuma over the weekend (March 3-4) concerning the industrial unrest in the Customs and Immigration Departments at the

Customs staf trying blackmail

Customs staf trying blackmail EDITOR, The Tribune. I listened with keen interest to remarks made by Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham in Exuma over the weekend (March 3-4) concerning the industrial unrest in the Customs and Immigration Departments at the