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Marlins to honour ‘Jazz’ with Bahamian Heritage Celebration

SATURDAY, June 12 will be another historic day for flamboyant Major League Baseball player Jasrado “Jazz” Chisholm as the Miami Marlins honour him with the Bahamian Heritage Celebration.

Web shop legalisation may 'decimate' financial services

The Bahamian financial services industry could be “decimated” if global regulators ever wake-up to how the web shop industry was legalised, a businessman said yesterday.Paul Moss, Dominion Management Services’ president, told Tribune Business that th

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Bahamians in win column on Goombay Splash ITF Junior Circuit

WHILE Kevin and Philip Major Jr both breezed through their first round matches in the main draw of the Goombay Splash ITF Junior Circuit Tournament yesterday, Danielle Thompson was taken to the limit before she prevailed with a victory to lead the Bahamian attack at the National Tennis Center.

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Bahamas can't 'sit and wait for next Baha Mar'

Small businesses will have to drive economic growth for the next two-three years, a leading accountant said yesterday, arguing that he did not see “any significantly large business coming to the Bahamas” post-Baha Mar.

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Big Red Machine rolls to championship round

The St Augustine’s College Big Red Machine once again took the spotlight on day two of the Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools softball playoffs as both boys teams advanced to the championship round.

QC Comets junior boys stop the Big Red Machine 36-27

QUEEN’S College Comets junior boys yesterday defeated the St Augustine’s College Big Red Machine 36-27.

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Sitting Next to Ned (or Nellie)

I'M constantly amazed at the few real benefits some businesses receive for the dollars they shell out on training, and the number of promises they receive in return for them instead. It's the support trainees receive from management as they try to implement their new ideas that should count, as opposed to the brickbats they more often receive from colleagues.

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Facebook poses direct marketing challenge

Professor Philip Kotler, of the J.L Kellogg Graduate School of Management, is considered by many to be the 'Father of Modern Marketing'. About 25 years ago I attended, and worked for, this pres

Thunder clobber Lakers 119-90

By JEFF LATZKE AP Sports Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Russell Westbrook had 27 points and nine assists, Kevin Durant added 25 points and the Oklahoma City Thunder blasted the weary Los Angeles Lakers 119-90 on Monday night in the opening game of the Weste

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Shockers win first game in overtime

WHILE the St Bede’s Crushers remained winless, St Francis/Joseph Shockers needed overtime to win their first game in the Catholic Diocesan Primary Schools basketball league.

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BTC flagship sees 35-40% sales rise

THE growing demand for smart phones has boosted sales at the Bahamas Telecommunications Company's (BTC) Mall at Marathon location by 35-40 per cent year-over-year, its chief executive has told Tribune Business.

Nicki Minaj going pop?

Nicki Minaj going pop? By FARAH AFTER her shocking, raunchy performance of "Roman Holiday" at the 54th Grammy Awards and the recent singles "Turn Me Up" and "Stupid Hoe", it seems rapper Nicki Minaj is slowly moving away from her hip hop roots and cros

'We definitely have a strong team and I think we are going to surprise some of the countries'

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net HEAD coach Andy Knowles said he's extremely pleased with the team that was selected to represent the Bahamas in this year's Carifta Games. But he noted that each member will have to be at th

'We definitely have a strong team and I think we are going to surprise some of the countries'

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net HEAD coach Andy Knowles said he's extremely pleased with the team that was selected to represent the Bahamas in this year's Carifta Games. But he noted that each member will have to be at th

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Tourism: We need Dorian 'headwinds' to die down

The Bahamas must wait for the “negative headwinds” created by Hurricane Dorian to die down before it can start “remarketing” itself as a tourism destination, a Cabinet minister says.Dionisio D’Aguilar, pictured, minister of tourism and aviation, said

Girl con seeks to inspire young women

ABOUT 150 high school girls received words of encouragement and inspiration at Girl Con 2017 - the first girls conference of its kind held in Grand Bahama, highlighting National Women’s Week.The event – which is the brainchild of Senate President Kat

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Union accuses government of cover-up

BAHAMAS Electrical Workers Union (BEWU) representatives yesterday suggested the government was attempting to “cover up” the roles some employees at Bahamas Power and Light allegedly played in the vendor fraud scheme by “picking out” portions of the E

Cooper: 'Budget of pain and no gain'

The Official Opposition yesterday slammed the Minnis administration for its “budget of pain and no gain”, arguing that the current 7.5 percent Value-Added Tax (VAT) rate would have been “adequate for years to come”.Chester Cooper, the Exuma and Ragge

BLUE CHIPS: Athletes get scholarships to schools in the uS

FOLLOWING the successful hosting of another Blue Chips Athletics Camp, head coach Corrington Maycock says three Bahamian athletes have secured athletic scholarships to schools in the United States.Jordan Lewis was awarded a scholarship to attend Loui

Response to our Haitian brothers and sisters

EDITOR, The Tribune.PLEASE allow me a space in your valued chronicle to express my longstanding concerns as it relates to our collective social response to our Haitian brothers and sisters. Recently I was privy to a group of professionals discussing