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Celebrity sighting: Celebrity athletes tee off at Baha Mar Casino Celebrity Golf Invitational

THE Bahamas recently played host to a two-day Celebrity Golf Invitational at the Baha Mar’s Royal Blue Golf Club.

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Schools will be digital within 18 months – Lloyd

EDUCATION Minister Jeffrey Lloyd said yesterday in the next 12 to 18 months, public school systems will be digital.

Robinson Road leak sparks push for 'rigid' petroleum regulation

The MINISTER for the Environment said yesterday that within the next few weeks he hoped to know how bad fuel leak-related contamination was at the Robinson Road-based Texaco service station, adding that the issue highlighted the need for a “rigid” regulatory environment for the petroleum industry.

Gambling vote needs to be thought through

We are facing some very serious times. I listened intently to the PM on Wednesday, Nov.

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Crowds gather for flag tour

ON the second leg of its national tour, the 40th Anniversary Independence Flag landed in Deadman’s Cay, Long Island, carried by the Air Wing of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force to an enthusiastic crowd ranging from toddlers to senior citizens.

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$80M new BTC network to debut next year

NEWER and more robust internet and landline services are being promised to BTC customers when the corporation’s $80 million New Generation Network (NGN) system fully comes on stream by March of next year, senior officials at BTC revealed during a press tour yesterday.

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Ex-BTC chair has 'no doubts' on privatisation

A FORMER Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) chairman has “no doubt” that its privatisation through the sale of a controlling 51 per cent stake was good for the Bahamian economy, as it eliminated politics from its operations.

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PLP Chairman: Sarkis is ‘anti-Bahamian’

PLP Chairman Bradley Roberts has accused Baha Mar CEO Sarkis Izmirlian of being “anti-Bahamian,” adding that the developer is “obstructing” the completion and opening of the Cable Beach project for his own gain.

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Call for review over Rubis spill

SENATOR Michael Pintard yesterday called for an independent review of the government’s actions following the 2012 underground gasoline leak at the Robinson and Old Trail Roads service station to determine whether there was criminal negligence.

Competition fears on Super Value's City Markets 'deal'

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Rival food retailers have voiced fears that allowing Super Value to acquire City Markets' remaining stores would create a "virtual monopoly" in the New Providence supermarket business, with an estimated 60-80 per

Competition fears on Super Value's City Markets 'deal'

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Rival food retailers have voiced fears that allowing Super Value to acquire City Markets' remaining stores would create a "virtual monopoly" in the New Providence supermarket business, with an estimated 60-80 per

National Insurance fund must be protected

THE SEEMINGLY cavalier attitude of this government towards the urgent need to cut costs rather than to add to the deficit by creating more jobs for “the boys”, has left even foreigners concerned for the future of this country.

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Trench in road repaired at last in Sea Breeze

SHAYNE Knowles is among a number of residents in Imperial Park and Sea Breeze frustrated by the lack of attention paid by authorities to repairing potholes in the local neighbourhood roads.

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Redirection of evening voter registration centres

DUE to a redistribution exercise, evening voter registration centres have been affected and are now as listed below.

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Two men face court over $160,000 drugs discovery

TWO men were arraigned in a Magistrate’s Court yesterday in connection with the seizure of over $160,000 worth of drugs in Exuma over the weekend.Cable Beach residents Daymon Brown, 44, and 33-year-old Tony Burrows, stood before Deputy Chief Magistra

Mandela legacy

THE Mandela speech at the UN yesterday... seeing that ZNS News was in full flight, suggesting that Prime Minister Minnis had some special choice or position in this UN event, may I clear the air?

Pay up or get cut off

EDITOR, The Tribune.

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Bahamas hemisphere's worst for mobile broadband usage

The Bahamas Telecommunications Company's (BTC) chief executive yesterday pledged that within a year this nation would no longer be last in the Western Hemisph

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FNM chairman queries FTX chief’s local status

The Government should begin examining “in a very deliberate fashion” the immigration status held by embattled FTX chief, Sam Bankman-Fried, and his close associates, the FNM chairman said yesterday.

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Tribune publisher and editor Eileen Dupuch-Carron named a Companion of the Order of the Bahamas

THE editor and publisher of The Tribune, Eileen Dupuch-Carron, has been named a Companion of the Order of the Bahamas in this year’s Independence awards.