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Deferred bank loans slashed to under $1bn

Just under $1bn of commercial bank credit remained on deferral at end-September 2020, it was revealed yesterday, as new loan applications slumped by almost 60 percent in the 2020 first half.

Gym, spa operators unite to form Bahamas Gym Owners Alliance

IN a bid to have their voices heard collectively, the operators of local gyms and spas have banded together to form the Bahamas Gym Owners Alliance with the view of getting their doors reopened to the general public.

Bahamian honorary consul in landfill bid

A BAHAMIAN Honorary Consul is among the principals in a consortium named as one of the seven bids to qualify for the next round of the New Providence landfill management tender. Cedric Scott, the actor, producer and uncle of former Cabinet minister,

Protestors call for national ‘sit down’

A HANDFUL of protestors, including Trade Union Congress President Obie Ferguson and We March Bahamas organisers, assembled in Rawson Square yesterday with placards a day after they called on workers across the country to have a national “sit down”.

THE PRESSBOX: ‘A trip down memory lane’ on this day in sports history

DOWN the home stretch we come in ‘silly season’.

Mould, no generator and no air conditioning at general post office

WORKERS at the East Hill Street General Post Office protested yesterday because of no air-conditioning and the presence of mould in the facility, Bahamas Public Services Union President Kimsley Ferguson said.The demonstration, which involved about 60

Hotelier demands ‘prohibitive zoning’ on vacation rentals

A Family Island resort operator yesterday suggested the government consider introducing a license fee for vacation rentals based on the number of bedrooms and, possibly, prohibitive zoning.

Murder is a national tragedy

THE murder of Inspector Carlis Blatch has rocked this nation. As it should. He is gone. We wish we could turn back the hands of time. We can’t.

Dorian leaves 3,000 homes ‘uninhabitable’

Hurricane Dorian left almost 3,000 homes “uninhabitable”, a newly-released report has revealed, as it inflicted $1.487bn worth of damage on the housing sector in Abaco and Grand Bahama.

Family despair at ‘senseless’ killing

A FAMILY is devastated by the “senseless” killing of 43-year-old Charles Taylor, who, they say, was an innocent bystander shot at the Platinum Sporting and Hookah Lounge at Eight Mile Rock last Tuesday.

‘Why did non-frontline workers get payment?’

HEALTHCARE union officials are expressing displeasure with the roll out of COVID-19 honorariums that awarded non-frontline workers over nurses and doctors who work daily in the fight against the pandemic.

Rebuilding walls of hope

Advent is the time to consider the impossible.

Morality by consensus is not my way

According to Gallup polls, 4.5% of Americans ‘identify’ as a member of the LGBT community.

Bahamian’s face slashed in Florida restaurant attack

A BAHAMIAN man has said he is thankful to be alive after he was slashed in his face during a knife attack at a restaurant in Pembroke Pines, Florida, on Saturday.

Govt ‘seeks landfill solutions in both short and long term’

THE Minnis administration has announced plans to pursue the “deconstruction and proper engineering” of the New Providence Landfill in response to a 28-page report compiled by officials from the Pan-American and World Health Organisations earlier this year.

Drama as relay teams crash out of World Championships

LONDON, England: One by one the Bahamas teams were eliminated in the preliminaries of the women and men's 4 x 100 and 4 x 400 metre relays on Saturday, abruptly ending the country's appearance at the 16th IAAF World Championships.

SWAN SONG OF THE FLAMINGO

THE streets of Old Havana, Cuba come alive with the sounds of salsa; the pulse of the drums and the rhythmic vibrations of the guitars beckon pedestrians into the bars and restaurants along the main strip.

It’s now time for Bahamian society to heal itself

THE Bahamas has lost its moral fibre, a Bahamian recently remarked. He wanted to know whether we agreed, and, if so, when did we first notice it.

An alternative to VAT outlined in letter

IN the letters column on this page today Garth Buckner, who was on the board that privatised BTC, has responded to the Prime Minister’s invitation for an alternative plan to VAT. What Mr Buckner writes makes a good deal of sense. We recommend that Mr Christie and his government give it the consideration that it deserves.

The law, hegemonic masculinity and social breakdown

BANG, bang, bang the guns fire, the bullets fly and the peace is broken.

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