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Elite athletes take spotlight in Florida

DAYTONA Beach, Florida - Quarter-miler Andretti Bain knows it’s only going to be a matter of time before he starts running as fast as he did in the past.

All hail the Carifta heroes

STILL in a celebratory mood since their success at the 2015 Carifta Games, both the track and field and swim national teams were recognised for their accomplishments in St Kitts and Nevis and Barbados respectively over the Easter holiday weekend.

Business ‘support’ for minimum wage rise

Private sector support for increasing the minimum wage is growing, a leading executive says, although it wants a free labour market to still “rein” in the Bahamas.

‘Cudas’ dominate

THE Barracuda Swim Club dominated their annual Insurance Management Invitational swim meet at the Betty Kelly Kenning Aquatic Center over the weekend.

Gov’t sought Arawak Homes settlement ‘far higher’ than judgment

The Christie administration attempted to negotiate a settlement “significantly in excess” of the $4.4 million awarded to Arawak Homes by a Supreme Court judge for land previously seized by the Government.

PLP uses the church

Some smart aleck within the Gold Rust government of PM Perry Christie conjured up the bright idea of importing the foreign carnival festival to The Bahamas and pumping $9m of the Bahamian people’s hard earned money into it.

Disruption affects airport as workers take action

MORE than 100 hotel workers, Customs & Immigration officers, and nurses did not report to work on Wednesday in support of a strike initiated by the Trade Union Congress over a number of outstanding issues with government and the private sector.

'AS THE FORECAST FOR OLYMPICS WAS WINDY, CECIL HAD THE PERFECT BUILD'

UP until the 1964 Olympic Games, Sir Durward ‘Sea Wolf’ Knowles and Cecil Cooke were a formidable crew. You named the event in Montagu Bay and they won.

THE BRAIN DRAIN: College and university educated Bahamians choosing to move abroad

A REPORT in The Tribune’s Business section earlier this year said that almost two-thirds of college and university-educated Bahamians have moved abroad to seek jobs in developed countries, costing the nation a sum equivalent to 4.4 per cent of its annual gross domestic product.

PM: Job cuts ‘unfair’ - and protection is needed

PRIME Minister Perry Christie yesterday criticised last week’s terminations of 190 Crystal Palace workers by Baha Mar as “unfair” and said the Government needed to give hotel staff greater protection in future Heads of Agreements negotiated with foreign developers.

Propaganda over bailout of bank

The PLP propaganda machinery continues in full force.

Gov’t, private sector ‘never needed each other more than now’

The Government and private sector now need each other’s support more than at any time in the Bahamas’s 42-year post-Independence history, a top executive believes.

Chamber licensing takeover to boost tax compliance

Tax compliance will greatly improve if the Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and Employers Confederation (BCCEC) is authorised to become the sole business registration centre, its chairman believes.

Bahamas-China air services deal 'pivotal'

The Air Services Agreement being negotiated between the Bahamas and China is “pivotal” to opening a direct gateway to Asia for this nation’s tourism industry, a senior Baha Mar executive said yesterday.

Rollins facing suspension risk

FORT Charlotte MP Dr Andre Rollins could be reprimanded, refused a nomination in the 2017 general election or suspended for up to two years by the PLP’s National General Council based on a report from a disciplinary committee formed last week to determine his fate.

Bahamas Bowl players rub shoulders with youth

Bowl week events continued yesterday for the inaugural Popeyes Bahamas Bowl as the organisers sought to foster a relationship with the local community and “promote educational and athletic opportunities to the youth of the Bahamas through college football.”

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