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Bimini 'getting back on track' after BPL issues

BIMINI’s Chamber of Commerce president yesterday voiced optimism that the island’s economy will “get back on track” despite taking a “hit” from recent energy woes. “Things have normalised to a certain degree,” Edward Reckley told Tribune Business of

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Dames: We followed law on vacation leave

NATIONAL Security Minister Marvin Dames said the government has followed the law when applying vacation leave policies in law enforcement agencies, though he did not elaborate.

PM dismisses PLP’s eu ‘grovelling’ claim

THE PRIME Minister yesterday dismissed Opposition claims that his meetings with European Union (EU) officials made it appear as if The Bahamas was “grovelling” to their demands.

Morton Salt union ‘pushed’ into action

THE union representing line staff at Morton Salt yesterday said it has been “pushed” to take strike action after the company made no improvements to its purported counter-offer.

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Three women deny charges of fraud against church

THREE women were remanded to prison yesterday after denying allegations that they defrauded a local bank of thousands of dollars belonging to a Seventh-day Adventist church last year.

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D'Aguilar confirms Grand Lucayan payouts to line staff

PAYOUTS to line staff employees at the Grand Lucayan resort should be done this week or early next week “at the latest,” Tourism Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar said yesterday.

AF Adderley Junior High students make the grade

SCORES of A F Adderley Junior High School students were rewarded for stellar academic achievement during the school’s awards assembly on Friday.

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NEW CHAMPIONS: St John's College Giants senior girls take home title

The Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools crowned the new senior girls basketball champions, St John’s College Giants, at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium on Monday night.

EDITORIAL: Equality is about more than just the right words

HOW soon will there be a woman leading the police force?

Ferry day excursion targets 70k guests

A Bahamian entrepreneur is aiming to take 70,000 passengers per year on day excursions to Eleuthera by launching a passenger ferry service later this year.

New BOB Board boosts shareholder confidence

A prominent Bank of the Bahamas (BOB) investor said its new Board had inspired a “fair degree of confidence” over the institution’s future, although he reiterated concerns about its management.Darron Cash, the former FNM chairman and Senator, told Tr

PM falling apart at the seams

ARE reports true that Prime Minister Perry Christie told an audience that it is easy to “piss away” money?

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COUNTDOWN TO FIFA BEACH SOCCER WORLD CUP: Mexico

Mexico got their campaign at the 2017 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship underway in style, sailing through to the knockout stage as Group B winners with a perfect record thanks to emphatic victories over Guadeloupe (9-2), Canada (8-3) and Barbados (10-0).

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Eco-survey completed by marine team of Walker’s Cay

RESEARCHERS from the Bahamas National Trust (BNT) and the Perry Institute for Marine Science have conducted an ecological survey of Walker’s Cay National Park.

Why is Baltron Bethel at work?

THE Minnis administration is batting 1,000 with respect to announcements that forensic audits will be conducted at NIB, Urban Renewal, BAIC, BAMSI and other government run agencies.

Labour leader Alexander Thompson dies

ALEXANDER Thompson, a prominent figure in the Bahamian labour movement, died yesterday morning. He was 80.

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Smith: Save the Bays constantly denigrated

THE members and supporters of Save the Bays were constantly cast in a negative light and denigrated, the group’s legal director Fred Smith, QC said in a presentation to the Waterkeeper Alliance last Friday. “The most effective but unwarranted criti

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Calsey Johnson to receive Sir Etienne Dupuch Lifetime Achievement Award

CALSEY Johnson, Bahamas High Commissioner to Canada, is the recipient of the Sir Etienne Dupuch Lifetime Achievement Award to be presented at the Bahamas Press Club Media Awards on November 19, the club announced yesterday.

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BPL says just two per cent without power in New Providence

BAHAMAS Power and Light has restored electricity to approximately 98 per cent of customers in New Providence and has completed restoration efforts in the Family Islands, the company said.

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Pilot national apprenticeship programme for high-demand fields set for September launch

LABOUR and Public Services Minister Pia Glover-Rolle said a pilot National Apprenticeship Programme involving paid training and devel- opment opportunities in high-demand fields will be launched in September.