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Clubs and Societies 02172017

Cycling Club Bahamas. - The Ride for Hope returns to Governor’s Harbour, Eleuthera, for the Tenth Anniversary Ride for Hope “GRAN FONDO ELEUTHERA”.

Foulkes seeks court ruling on union’s role for Sandals’ staff

LABOUR Minister Dion Foulkes said yesterday he is seeking a ‘legal opinion’ as to whether the Bahamas Hotel Maintenance and Allied Workers Union (BHMAWU) is still the bargaining agent for employees of Sandals Royal Bahamian.

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Customers suffer power outages

PARTS of New Providence experienced power outages yesterday due to a tripped generator, Bahamas Power and Light Director of Public Relations Quincy Parker said yesterday.

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Man must wait two months for sentencing in murder case

A MAN seeking to appeal his sentence for the murder of a utility technician must wait another two months before his application is heard.

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Nominations open for humanitarian award


NOMINATIONS are open for the 2012 Lady Sassoon Golden Heart Award, which recognises the work of Bahamians to promote human welfare and dignity.

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Armed robbery appeal delayed

TWO men who deny being involved in the 2008 armed robbery and attempted murder of an American police officer vacationing in the Bahamas faced another delay in their appeal.

URCA focuses on service standards

THE Utilities Regulation & Competition Authority (URCA) plans to introduce quality service standards for the communications industry this year, in a bid to tackle network availability and dropped calls.

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'Face-saving' deal with BTC

The Bahamas Telecommunications Company’s (BTC) controlling shareholder will enable Perry Christie to claim he has regained majority ownership for Bahamians by handing two per cent of its equity stake to a foundation, in a ‘face saving’ deal.

Stubborn decline of Freeport

The latest jobless figures on Grand Bahama from the Department of Statistics reveals that 18.6 of the labour force on the island is unemployed.

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Minister slams TV guest’s terror claim as rubbish

FOREIGN Affairs and Immigration Minister Fred Mitchell has hit out at a “rubbish” statement made on a US television news show by a reported expert in security and terrorism who portrayed the Bahamas as having terrorist links.

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BTC seeks public help to stop copper thefts

THE Bahamas Telecommunications Company called on the public to do its part in maintaining land and cell phone services by helping stop the copper thefts at BTC sites.

'Standards bureau is critical to nation's development'

MINISTER of Financial Services Ryan Pinder told participants in the recent Bahamas Bureau of Standards’ First National Standardisation Forum and Formation of Technical Committees Workshop that the benefits of the standards bureau are critical to the Bahamas’ national development.

BTC job loss fears on $24m saving plan

Fears of further job losses at the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) were raised last night due to the planned imposition of a new “centralised” business model, which will help its controlling shareholder realise a further $24 million cost saving.

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50th Annual Heart Ball lives up to expectations

FOR THE 50th time around patrons at the Annual Sir Victor Sassoon Heart Ball enjoyed a night of glitz, glamour and fun. The ballroom at the Melia Nassau Beach Resort, last Saturday, was filled with shades of gold, black and cream.

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VIDEO: PM tours Baha Mar

Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis and government officials have been touring the Baha Mar resort today.

BTC to begin testing TV product in family islands

THE Bahamas Telecommunications Company Ltd is expected in the coming weeks to begin beta testing its new Internet Protocol (IP) TV product in the Family Islands.

Airline bookings up through October

Advanced bookings on flights into the Bahamas have risen “over and above’ last year’s numbers straight through October, a top tourism official adding that this nation “still has a product to promote” despite the stalled Baha Mar project.

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PM: Bahamas facing the toughest economic times

PRIME MINISTER Perry Christie warned senior public servants the Bahamas is in one of the most difficult and challenging economic periods in its history.

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Celebrating the Olympians

A CONCERT to honour the Bahamas’ Men’s 4 x 400m Relay team will be held on Saturday at 7pm at Clifford Park as the country continues to celebrate their gold medal winning performance at the London Olympic Games.