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NURSES - DON’T TRY TO FORCE JAB ON US: As hospitals buckle under surge of cases, mandatory vaccines meet opposition

CHIEF Medical Officer Dr Pearl McMillan’s assertion that mandatory vaccines for healthcare workers is under consideration was yesterday criticised even though vaccine hesitancy particularly among medical workers continues to be a challenge.

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More than 100 apply to have criminal records expunged

MORE than 100 Bahamians have applied to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Committee so far for the year seeking to get their criminal records expunged, the committee’s chairman Paul Farquharson said yesterday.

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Baha Mar in 100 new terminations

Baha Mar last night confirmed it has terminated another 100 staff as it prepares to re-open its high-end Rosewood and SLS resort properties in just two days' time.

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New 'Battle 4 Atlantis' over redundancy pay

Resort staff are planning to hold their own 'Battle 4 Atlantis' today by staging a march over the Paradise Island bridge to demand that they receive full severance packages from the mega hotel.

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WORLD VIEW: Dodging the China question

OF all the questions that both Kamala Harris and Mike Pence dodged during the US Vice Presidential debate on October 7, the most revealing concerned China.

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Emergency powers set to continue 'til November 30

PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis on Wednesday announced the government's intention to extend the country’s state of emergency until November 30.

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'Don't become paralysed' by financial sector attrition

The Bahamas “must not become paralysed” by continuing financial services industry attrition, an ex-attorney general warned yesterday, urging to it instead rapidly “re-engineer” the sector. Alfred Sears QC, pictured, acknowledged to Tribune Business

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DIANE PHILLIPS: Virginia got her wish, Santa, can I have mine?

Yes, Virginia, there really is a Santa Claus.

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'Time is of the essence' in closing Andros hotel sale

The Hotel Corporation's chairman yesterday said "time is of the essence" in closing the sale of its last hotel property (Grand Lucayan excepted) to an Andros-based resort developer.

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COVID 'reality' hits banks: Loan defaults spike $83m

Bahamian commercial banks saw loan defaults spike by $83m in August as the sector started to feel the COVID-19 chill, with one senior executive saying: "The accounting is catching up with reality."

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Gov't releasing $45m for extended COVID support

The deputy prime minister last night confirmed the Government will allocate $45m to the continuation of its COVID-19 support initiatives after the move was approved by the Minnis Cabinet.

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FNM pledge over fiscal discipline

FISCAL discipline is a key pillar of the Free National Movement’s “Economic Action Plan” to rescue the country’s economy if it regains the government in the upcoming general election.

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INSIGHT: A simple answer to a simple question - please!

The government has consistently misled the public over the sale of Baha Mar and continues to do so, Malcom J Strachan says . . .

'Death spiral': Shocks put debt at 100% GDP

The Bahamas could be locked into “a death spiral” by 2022, with its national debt virtually equal to total economic output (GDP), if it fails to hit growth and fiscal consolidation targets.The International Monetary Fund (IMF), in its full Article IV

Bahamas ‘risks future’ via 30% ‘C+’ graduates

The Bahamas was yesterday said to be “limiting our economic capacity” and placing the nation’s future at risk through poor educational achievement, with just 30 per cent of high school graduates equipped to be productive citizens.

Govt structure aids financial services Immigration ‘lever’

The Government’s has been praised for bundling Immigration with financial services in the same ministerial portfolio, a senior executive suggesting it would help “leverage real international business” for the Bahamas.

80% Baha Mar vendor payout by tomorrow

Baha Mar’s creditor payout committee believes it will “have dealt with” about 80 per cent of Bahamian vendor and contractor claims by tomorrow, as it explores ways to “speed up” the process.

Anti-trust laws and competition

EDITOR, The Tribune. IN most countries which espouse capitalism there are anti-trust laws and unfair competition laws in place. I am a trained economist with a Bachelors in Finance from Walbrooke College in London, England. I do believe, therefore,

IMF: 65% bank asset fall’s ‘modest’ impact

THE international financial services industry’s “sharp contraction”, with total bank assets shrinking 65 per cent in the five years to 2016, has only “modestly” impacted the Bahamian economy.

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CULTURE CLASH: MPs, prove your worth before even thinking about a pay rise

We, the Bahamian people, are frequent victims of the bait and switch. Parties in opposition agree with us, promise to represent our positions, then forget about us once they have consent to govern on our behalf.