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Davis: Follow rules while we test law

PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party Leader Philip “Brave” Davis has urged supporters to follow new COVID-19 restrictions, while the party examines avenues for legal recourse against government.

EDITORIAL: Lost in bureaucracy

More than ten years ago, Bahamian Stafford Lightbourn married his wife, Sharon Lewis-Lightbourn.

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Sweeps and career milestones highlight busy baseball weekend for Bahamians

SERIES sweeps and career milestones highlighted a busy weekend of baseball for Bahamian student-athletes at various levels of college baseball.

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Shared role? Minnis was just being kind

DEPUTY Prime Minister Desmond Bannister yesterday dismissed the idea of him serving as “co-Prime Minister” if the Free National Movement is re-elected to office, noting Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis’ recent comments on the matter were made as a kind gesture towards him.

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‘Ring the election bell’

MEMBERS of the Democratic National Alliance protested outside Parliament yesterday morning, demanding Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis “Ring the bell” for the next general election.

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Colts’ Strachan optimistic about his chances of making the regular season roster

MIKE Strachan concluded the NFL preseason with his best game as a member of the Indianapolis Colts and is optimistic about his chances to make the regular season roster.

'Rotation' means no Baker's Bay Mexican increase

The Bahamian Contractors Association's (BCA) chief yesterday said the latest Mexican construction workers arriving at Abaco's Baker’s Bay project will not increase its foreign labour component.

EDITORIAL: Mixed messaging over virus fight

TO say that there are mixed messages over the current state of the COVID-19 pandemic in The Bahamas would be an understatement.

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'Chicken and egg' on project labour

South Abaco’s MP yesterday said concerns over whether there is sufficient housing for a $300m development’s 600-strong workforce represents “a chicken and egg” situation. James Albury, speaking to Tribune Business following the Heads of Agreement si

Death, destruction & recovery

Hurricane Dorian will long be remembered by this generation as the most destructive one ever experienced since the Great Hurricane of 1932.

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Dorian likely to wipe out 2019 GDP growth

Hurricane Dorian’s “considerable hit to GDP” will likely cause the Bahamian economy to contract in 2019, a former finance minister saying: “We took a real beating squarely on the chin.”James Smith, who held the post during the 2002-2007 Christie admi

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Grand Lucayan 'turn over' before end-20

A Cabinet minister yesterday voiced optimism that the Grand Lucayan will be "fully turned over" to the ITM Group/Royal Caribbean joint venture before year-end 2020.

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NIB director resigns to take ‘more stable’ role

NATIONAL Insurance Board Minister Brensil Rolle admitted yesterday that he did not take Nicola Virgill-Rolle seriously when she revealed in a conversation last Wednesday that she was considering resigning after more than two years as NIB’s director.

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Davis: National address just a campaign speech

PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party Leader Philip “Brave” Davis slammed Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis’ national address on Tuesday night as a “campaign speech” that did not provide a way forward for the country.

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Small business survivors: 90% to keep doors open

Some 90 percent of small business survivors plan to "stay in business" fully after the recent COVID-19 easing sparked more optimism among entrepreneurs, a sector consultant revealed yesterday.

Ban oil drilling in Bahamas

Following is a contribution by a Bahamian citizen concerning proposed oil drilling in The Bahamas. It brings to light what is happening in The Bahamas. I agree with its contents and wanted to share it with you. Please read it and demand that your representative do something about it. Remember, this is our country that God gave us to hand onto our children.

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More than $177m spent on COVID-19 relief

THE government has spent over $177m on various COVID-19 relief initiatives in response to the health crisis, Minister of State for Finance Kwasi Thompson announced yesterday.

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HAMMER BLOW: Melia closes doors for two years laying hundreds out of work

THE Melia Nassau Beach resort will stop operating for 24 months as it undergoes renovations, an action that could make more than 300 people redundant.

Take no joy in seeing suffering

Chief Medical Officer Dr Pearl McMillian’s announcement to the press that The Bahamas has experienced a decline in COVID-19 infections at a 50 percent rate between October 10 and November 5 is good news for a beleaguered nation.

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Food parcels for struggling taxi drivers

SOME 200 struggling taxi-cab drivers received food parcels this week at the Reach Out Community Centre in Freeport during the official renaming of the organisation’s feeding programme on Grand Bahama.