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‘WHERE ARE OUR WAGES?’ – Former staff of Club Land’Or claim they are owed thousands of dollars

FORMER employees of the shuttered Club Land’Or resort on Paradise Island claim they are owed thousands of dollars in unpaid wages, severance pay and other benefits despite long years of dedicated service before the resort’s closure in 2020.

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Consumers still struggle with costs

CONSUMERS faced with inflationary costs say they are doing their best to cope.

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Team Bahamas brings home seven medals - most ever in history

FREEPORT, Grand Bahama — It turned out to be an historic event, not just for the Bahamas, but the North American, Central American and Caribbean region at the 2022 Anita Doherty Open Championships.

Treasure Cay owners ‘hate’ buyer’s new bid

Treasure Cay property owners yesterday said they “hated” the latest development proposal submitted by the project’s potential purchaser, which includes plans for a 350-room hotel and 216-slip marina.

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Deputy PM backs Arawak Cay improvements for Speed Week

WITH less than three months to go before the familiar cry of “Gentlemen, start your engines”, Deputy Prime Minister Philip Davis threw government’s support behind Bahamas Speed Week and pledged to accelerate improvements to the site of the prestigious event at Arawak Cay.

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Employees reject 20% City Markets severance offer?

A FREEPORT-based attorney said yesterday he may seek the Supreme Court’s assistance in the disbursement of monies owed to former City Markets employees, amid suggestions that staff had rejected an offer to receive 20 per cent of the severance pay due to them.

Companies passing up 35-40% cost savings

Many Bahamian and Caribbean companies are passing up potential 35-40 per cent “raw material” cost savings, a Nassau businessman has told Tribune Business, saying the biggest challenge for his new venture is “changing people’s habits”.

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Brown and Barry finish 3rd

N their last meeting before they come home for the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations' Scotiabank National Open Track

Why is Bell still on the campaign?

PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party (PLP) Minister of State for National Security Keith Bell's behaviour in recent times continues to befuddle me.

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Derrick Atkins - leader of the pack

NOT since he sped to international prominence with his bronze medal performance at the IAAF World Championships in 2007 in Osaka, Japan, has sprinter Derrick Atkins been a force to reckon with in the men's 100 meter

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Barry all set on run-up to the Olympics

After ascending the medal dais at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics last year, Trevor Barry is hoping to soar on the podium again at the Olympic Games.

5 bodies found in Arizona may be latest drug violence

By AMANDA LEE MYERS Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) -- In the desert within 35 miles of one of the nation's largest cities and about 70 miles north of the US-Mexico border, Arizona authorities found a car ablaze with five bodies burned beyond recognition in

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Historic ruling on cancer sufferer

HISTORY was made in the courts after a cancer sufferer who sold cocaine to pay for his surgery was resentenced to a fraction of his four-year jail term

Claridge Primary in the lead going into day two

THE New Providence Public Primary Schools Sports Association (NPPPSSA) made its return to the original Thomas A Robinson National Stadium yesterday for their annual track and field meet.

Taxi chief backs conduct code to eliminate all ‘undesirables’

The Bahamas Taxi Cab Union’s (BTCU) president has backed the proposed new “code of conduct” for drivers as a way to remove an “influx of undesirables” from the industry.

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PM highlights importance of Bahamas National Youth Guard programme

PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis touted the Bahamas National Youth Guard programme “as one of the most important initiatives on their roster of goals for this administrative term.”

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Bahamas hotel rooms off 2,500 against pre-COVID

The Bahamas’ total resort room inventory has been slashed by 2,500 compared to 2019 levels, a top hotelier said yesterday, arguing that no indicator of industry performance should be viewed in isolation.

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‘No water from stone’ warning on cost hikes

The Government was yesterday warned it “cannot get water from a stone” with a likely National Insurance Board (NIB) contribution rate hike set to add to multiple cost increases facing the Bahamian private sector and consumers.

Post-Easter tourism is ‘higher than ever’

A top hotelier yesterday said tourism demand for the post-Easter weekend period is “higher than it’s ever been” and “going beyond the traditional ring fencing” that usually marks the peak winter season climax.

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Sunland Baptist takes title to Grand Bahama

36TH HUGH CAMPBELL BASKETBALL CLASSIC

The curtains came down on the 39th edition of the prestigious Hugh Campbell Classic on Monday night with the Sunland Baptist Stingers emerging as the back-to-back champions.