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Clubs & Societies: September 29, 2023

On Monday, September 8, the Kiwanis Club of Over-The-Hill continued its annual scholarship donation of $2,000 to BTVI’s scholarship fund. Initially, our focus was the Old Bight High School graduates and active Key Club members on Cat Island. We have since opened the scholarship to any eligible Family Island High School graduates.

FACE TO FACE: Leading light in American football for The Bahamas

AMERICAN football has yet to become as big as it could be in The Bahamas. Even though thousands of Bahamians energetically follow the NFL and anticipate the Superbowl, football is not a major sport in this country.

Insurers demand NHI consultant’s dismissal

Bahamian insurers have added their voice to demands that the Government “immediately terminate” Sanigest Internacional as its key National Health Insurance (NHI) adviser, arguing the company “no longer commands the respect or confidence” of the healthcare industry.

VIDEO: Passengers tell of cruise ship terror

US Federal transportation officials might soon be investigating a Royal Caribbean cruise ship that ran into high winds and rough seas in the Atlantic Ocean over the weekend on its way to Florida and the Bahamas.

Hawksbill meddling

Hawksbill and Grand Bahama Port Authority - looks as if PM Christie wants to meddle here now.

Bahamian contractors willing to save Baha Mar

AFTER sitting at the negotiating table into the wee hours of a Beijing morning, the Bahamas government delegation was on its way home last night with little good news of the fate of the $3.5 billion Baha Mar resort.

‘Gentle giant’ strikes gold

Jeffery Gibson, with his left hand clinched in the air, powered across the finish line at the CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Athletics Stadium as he celebrated his gold medal in the men’s 400m hurdles at the 17th Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada.

THE FINISH LINE: ‘I’m sure we could be looking at our future international stars’ in sailing

THE Back to School Regatta in Montagu Bay over the weekend turned out to be quite an interesting exercise.

‘Golden Knight’ returns

Quarter-miler Ramon Miller is back. Fully recuperated from a fractured toe on his left foot that he sustained in the first round of the men’s 4 x 400 metres at the inaugural World Relays last year, Miller proved that he’s on the road to getting back in tip-top shape just in time for the second edition of the relays next month.

Matching ‘spelling errors’ exposed copyright breach

A former employee at a Grand Bahama-based business violated its intellectual property rights by copying its design for a 950-pound septic tank and using it for a rival business he “became involved with”.

Is ‘corruption’ an attempt to change the conversation?

SURELY at some time in his youth Archbishop Drexel Gomez must have read and explained St Matthew’s gospel to his son Damian, who now as Minister of State for Legal Affairs has publicly condemned corruption in politics. Mr Gomez, Jr, was particularly upset with his own government for not taking corruption seriously.

Chamber chief backs 15% gratuity review

The Chamber of Commerce’s chief executive has backed calls to review the practice of adding “automatic” 15 per cent gratuities to hospitality industry bills, amid concerns about the minimum wage increase’s impact on tipped employees.

Fiscal fall-out fears on delay over Baha Mar

The FNM’s deputy leader fears the Government’s 2014-2015 fiscal projections will be thrown off by Baha Mar’s delayed opening, given that the mega resort’s four hotels are only likely to open fully in May at the earliest.

Baha Mar not ‘great white knight’ to cure all ills

The $3.5 billion Baha Mar project should not be viewed as the “great white knight” cure for all the Bahamas’ economic ills, a leading private sector executive says, arguing that meeting guest expectations - not an opening date - should be its priority.

Human rights groups assigned monitor to prevent victimisation

WASHINGTON, DC - The Grand Bahamas Human Rights Association (GBHRA) and its affiliates have been assigned a special monitor by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) to gather information on claims of victimisation and stigmatisation.

Bahamas 6.7% tourism growth to lead region

The Bahamian tourism industry will generate the greatest GDP and employment growth of all Caribbean destinations in 2015, a global travel body has forecast, despite Baha Mar’s decision to postpone Friday’s planned opening until May.

Contractors Association: No Baha Mar woe reports yet

Senior Bahamian Contractors Association (BCA) executives say they have yet to receive reports of local construction companies not getting due payments for work done on the $3.5 billion Baha Mar project.Senior Bahamian Contractors Association (BCA) executives say they have yet to receive reports of local construction companies not getting due payments for work done on the $3.5 billion Baha Mar project.

Wilson: Ingraham responsible for Sth. Eleuthera’s ‘demise’

The developer adjacent to a newly-announced $100 million resort project believes they will together make Cotton Bay “the Caribbean’s premier destination”, as he blasted former Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham for decisions that caused South Eleuthera’s “demise”.

Gibson clocks season’s best to win the 400m hurdles

HURDLER Jeffery Gibson and long jumper Bianca ‘BB’ Stuart had a good showing over the weekend as they represented the Bahamas at the Ponce Grand Prix IAAF World Challenge 2015 at the Paquito Montaner Stadium in Ponce, Puerto Rico.

Gov’t jobs exchange: 50% lack basic skills

“At least” 50 per cent of Bahamians seeking to register with the Government’s jobs exchange lack basic language and maths skills, a top official yesterday conceding this made it “difficult” to significantly dent the high 15.7 per cent unemployment rate.

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