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EDITORIAL: Turning a cold shoulder after Dorian

What makes one victim of Hurricane Dorian deserve different treatment from another?

Small Business Centre gives $3.5m in first year

The deputy prime minister has hailed the Small Business Development Centre (SBDC) for approving $3.5m in financing for small businesses and start-up entrepreneurs during its first year. Speaking at the Centre’s year-end Christmas Client Showcase, K

Concerns over food aid programme ‘ludicrous’

PHILIP Smith, former executive director of the Bahamas Feeding Network, says a probe into the operations of the former government’s feeding initiative could potentially overshadow the magnitude of aid brought to thousands of people who were in need due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Credit access slumps to under 50% of GDP

Credit to the private sector continued its “long-term decline” during the COVID-19 pandemic to drop below a sum equivalent to 50 percent of GDP, Moody’s has revealed.

Gov’t pays out $200m in COVID jobless aid

The Government had paid out more than $200m in COVID unemployment benefits at end-September 2021, it was revealed last night, although overall pandemic spending seems to be slowing.

Bridge officer offered to cover up Carnival’s prohibited dumping

A BRIDGE officer on Carnival Conquest offered to cover up the ship’s prohibited dumping of 66,000 gallons of ballast water into Bahamian waters in November 2018, according to one of the latest court-mandated reports of Carnival’s ocean activities.

Minor leaguers D’Shawn, Kristian on ‘most underhyped prospect’ list

BAHAMIAN minor league baseball players continue to get recognition from acclaimed media outlets for their projected progression through the league.

Morton Salt suffers 40 staff sick-out

RISING tensions between Morton Salt Bahamas and its line-staff union resulted in a 40-worker “sick-out” yesterday and the company suspending several workers for a week.

Will politics continue to divide this country?

WE HAD several calls over the weekend from a few Bahamians concerned about a statement made in the House of Assembly last week by Foreign Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell. Among the callers was a man who we have always thought of as a “true, blue” PLP.

Addressing the issue of obesity in the Bahamas

AS the Obesity problem increases in The Bahamas, we need to get to the root of the problem.

Chamber launches mentoring to improve 70% SME fail rate

THE Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and Employers Confederation (BCCEC) is hoping its pilot mentorship and training programme will improve entrepreneurs’ chances of success, given that 70 per cent of Bahamian small business ventures end in failure.

Death threat for victim hours before 'execution'

BUSINESSMAN Cedric Hepburn received a death threat from an unknown caller several hours before he was gunned down at Fortune Bay Drive, according to close relatives who revealed that he had been getting threats by phone.

And who invited the Americans to take an interest?

BIG BROTHER is watching and our local Sherlock Holmes is busy beating the local bushes to find out who invited him in.

Bank of Bahamas: $69m loss drove insolvency fears

Bank of the Bahamas’ shareholders suffered a $68.747 million net loss for the year to end-June 30, wiping out its retained earnings prior to Friday’s $100 million bail-out.

PETER YOUNG: How can conflict in Ukraine be stopped?

IT is beyond belief that this can really be happening. Such was the anguished reaction of a friend after watching last week the most recent television coverage of the horror taking place in Ukraine. Not easily shocked, he found the situation there appalling and distressing; in particular, the latest footage of the destruction of the city of Mariupol with the shelling of schools and hundreds trapped under the rubble of a bombed theatre where they had taken refuge.

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