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Star Sailors League Finals all set for Nassau Yacht Club

THE Star class, no longer a part of the Olympic Games, will be holding its 2014 Star Sailors League Sailing Championships in Montagu Bay this week.

Demand for answers over failure to issue results

DESPITE acknowledging a resounding no vote, the Parliamentary Registration Department faces questions over its failure to adequately tabulate and issue the results of yesterday’s Constitutional Referendum.

Carlton E Francis, CW Sawyer undefeated in mini basketball tournament

CARLTON E Francis and CW Sawyer finished undefeated in their five games played as the two days of the round robin segment of the New Providence Public Primary School Sports Association’s Mini Basketball Tournament closed out yesterday at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium.

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Super Value to ‘duck’ energy hike via solar

Super Value’s president yesterday said it plans to “duck” any long-term impact from higher Bahamas Power & Light (BPL) prices through the installation of solar power across its business beginning on August 2.

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Killed while playing game of dominoes

A 29-year-old father became the country's latest murder victim after he was shot in the head while playing dominoes late Monday night.

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PLP chairman says claim of no money to pay officers is bogus

PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party Chairman Bradley Roberts yesterday fired back at former Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham’s claims that the Public Treasury does not have the money to pay police officers overtime, calling his comments “bogus”.

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Mackey: I’ve paid customs debt in full

DAYS after being exposed by Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Chairman Bradley Roberts for his failure to settle a 15-year tax debt of $9,500 to the Department of Customs, Free National Movement (FNM) North Eleuthera candidate Howard “Rickey” Mackey has followed through on promises to pay the debt yesterday.

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$50,000 report urges WSC to close contract loophole

TWO foreign consultants hired to conduct a forensic audit of Nassau’s “rusty water woes” at a cost of $50,000 have issued their report to government.

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BFA selects 12-man beach soccer team to represent the Bahamas

THE Bahamas, with their home court advantage and playing out of Group B, has selected a solid, 12-man team that the Bahamas Football Association is confident will be able to compete against its peers in the CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championships (CBSC) World Cup Qualifier.

According to Bradley Roberts, we are ‘foolish, reckless and irresponsible’

BRADLEY Roberts, PLP chairman, is incensed that there should be any suggestion that “government interfered with the Baha Mar negotiations, a private contractual matter, and is therefore to blame for the recent lay-offs”.

Super Value fears $4m cost from VAT split tax approach

Super Value’s president yesterday said the proposed VAT ‘split tax treatment’ for food retailers would cost the supermarket chain $3-$4 million per annum, and potentially “wipe out most of the industry”.

Roberts questions Neymour on 'million dollar costs' for Bahamian people

The Water & Sewerage Corporation’s outgoing chairman has questioned whether a former minister was responsible for a contractual clause change that allegedly saved BISX-listed Consolidated Water “millions of dollars to the costly detriment of the Bahamian people”.

Police hunt pair of suspects

GRAND Bahama police have issued an all-points-bulletin for 20-year-old Germaerico Christopher Gardiner, also known as Jermaerico Gardiner, of Coral Reef Estates No 2.

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The Tribune welcomes new recruits

THE Tribune is delighted to welcome a number of recent recruits to the company.

One Millionth Rotarian!

One Millionth Rotarian! ONE MILLIONTH ROTARIAN: The article (pullout shown) was published in The Tribune on June 12, 1986. JEAN PAUL MORVAL of Paris, Rotary International's millionth Rotarian, was welcomed at Nassau International Airport on a Saturday a

One Millionth Rotarian!

One Millionth Rotarian! ONE MILLIONTH ROTARIAN: The article (pullout shown) was published in The Tribune on June 12, 1986. JEAN PAUL MORVAL of Paris, Rotary International's millionth Rotarian, was welcomed at Nassau International Airport on a Saturday a

Corruption in Zimbabwe

Sadly, the Kenyan national who goes by the name African Tigress visited Zimbabwe for tourism on the 31 August 2021. At the Robert Mugabe International Airport, the immigration officials threatened her with deportation unless she gave them something. It is obvious that many people are being deprived of their money by immigration officials.

Bahamian group will take art donation to Cuban hospital

A BAHAMIAN delegation is departing to Camaguey, Cuba, today to take part in a ceremony that will officially mark the donation of several works by local artists to the Oncological Hospital and Paediatric Hospital in that city.

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First winner of shopping voucher

FYP’s Mark Roberts presented Shenique Davis with a $300 shopping voucher to mark her achievement as the winner of the first ever “Getting to Zero” campaign.

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BEC executives quizzed at bribery trial

FORMER executives at the Bahamas Electricity Corporation were probed yesterday on their knowledge of the Inter-American Development Bank’s role in the bidding process concerning a French company’s tender for the New Providence Expansion Phase Three contract with BEC.