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China proposes major Bay St. Redevelopment

China’s interest in downtown Nassau goes far beyond the potential British Colonial Hilton purchase, Tribune Business can reveal, having presented Prime Minister Perry Christie with a ‘Master Plan’ to redevelop Bay Street and surrounding areas.

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Spanish Wells Bulldogs repeat as champions B team in 4-3 victory over Jordan Prince Williams Falcons

The Spanish Wells Bulldogs, splitting their team in two, repeated as the Bahamas Softball Federation’s Austin Knowles National High School Softball champions as the B team showed the A team how to do it.

A humane solution has to be found to the Haitian ‘problem‘

“Grant that I may not criticise my neighbour until I have walked a mile in his moccasins,” says an old Indian prayer.

Melia’s Xmas Eve injunction bars all union action

Baha Mar and its Melia resort have obtained a Supreme Court injunction that bars the hotel union from taking any form of industrial action, leaving workers without any leverage over their gratuity dispute.

Understanding the November 9 tragedy

By Canon S Sebastian Campbell

Bar: 'We're not xenophobic', amid foreign VAT adviser hunt

The Bahamas Bar Association’s president yesterday denied that the organisation is “xenophobic”, indicating it would not necessarily oppose the Government’s bid to hire a foreign Value-Added Tax (VAT) ‘legal consultant’.

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Naturally Kurlee – Bahamian hair care business takes off

AS the name implies, it is all about beautiful curls for the Bahamian hair care company Kurlee Belle.

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Baha Mar pushes ‘full’ opening to late Spring

Baha Mar yesterday confirmed it has pushed its ‘Grand Opening’ back to “late Spring” 2015, with the $3.5 billion mega resort project set to open in stages from December 2014 onwards.

Men’s 4 x 100 relay team hoping to make top 16 cut for Rio Olympics

WITH the men’s 4 x 400 metre relay team already locked down for next month’s trip to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the men’s 4 x 100m team is hoping that they will also get a chance to compete in the 2016 Olympic Games.

GDP data ‘contrary’ to IMF, agency stats

The ‘negative’ real GDP growth data published by the Department of Statistics is “contrary” to previous IMF and rating agency estimates, the Chamber of Commerce’s chairman said yesterday.

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There go I but for the grace of God

We seem to have an understanding of submission as something ultimate and complete; that men are completely in charge of women and must rule over them with an iron fist.

Ingraham disappointed with Christie’s decision on Baha Mar

TODAY The Tribune says without apology that Hubert Alexander Ingraham should be the man at the head of our government in this, its hour of urgent need.

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‘Worryingly low’ graduation’s blow to high-value economy

The Bahamas’ ability to develop high-value industries and diversify its economy are impaired by “worryingly low” graduation rates at its sole university with just 7 percent of students studying science and technology-related courses.

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NEW CLAIMS BY FNM OVER BELL BEHAVIOUR: ‘Permits given to people in custody and businesses without valid licences’

A HOST of irregularities under Immigration Minister Keith Bell have been alleged by FNM leader Michael Pintard - including work permits granted to arrested individuals who had made no application, for businesses that had no licence and interventions that led to concerns being raised by Immigration Director Keturah Ferguson.

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PM in major price control expansion

The Prime Minister last night unveiled a major expansion of the price control regime to 38 extra foods, medicines and other essentials in a bid to combat soaring inflation that has “made life even more unaffordable” for many Bahamians.

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DPM touts $1.2bn in Exuma investments

The deputy prime minister yesterday asserted that the Davis administration has approved $1.2bn in investment projects “for Exuma alone” in the year since it was elected as he touted a variety of resort developments.

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Court: Race ‘sabotage’ worker’s firing justified

The Island School’s former chief administrator, who was fired for bad-mouthing her employer as “a racist and sexist organisation that was willfully breaking” Immigration laws, has had her termination upheld by the Supreme Court.

‘Drips’ Poitier gets new coaching job

AFTER a brief hiatus to coach at the high school and club level while improving on his golf game, former Bahamian national coach Edrick ‘Drips’ Poitier has returned to coaching at the collegiate level.

Convicted cannot be denied bail?

Greetings and thank you for this opportunity to release these several points of interest to scores of Bahamians, many of whom have had direct experiences relating to loved ones being murdered, or harmed by these brazen criminals, etc.

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DeMarco new head coach

Chris DeMarco, one of the rising young assistant coaches in the National Basketball Association, has been appointed as the new head coach of the Bahamas Basketball Federation men’s national team.Newly elected BBF president Mario Bowleg said from thei