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Resorts World: Project sparks new businesses

Resorts World Bimini says its project has led to the opening of several new business ventures on the island.

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RCI unveils consultation over beach resort plan

ROYAL Caribbean International has released its first public consultation report for the Royal Beach Club at Paradise Island - answering questions on issues such as wastewater treatment.

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'Historic' year for tourism ahead

BAHAMAS Hotel and Tourism Association president Robert Sands said The Bahamas is set to see an “historic” level of visitor arrivals next year while bookings for most hotels in New Providence this holiday season and throughout the new year remain strong.

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Davis: We will not sit idly by as country is hit by inflation

DESPITE warnings from experts to brace for higher inflation rates, Prime Minister Phillip “Brave” Davis insisted that his administration will not just sit idly by and allow the country “be swallowed up by inflation”.

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Walkabout in bid to cut down crime

AS RESIDENTS of Yellow Elder Gardens continue to cope with the recent murders of two of that community’s young men, Mount Moriah MP Arnold Forbes yesterday announced his plans to help the curb escalating crime in the area.

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Award for Tribune writer

TRIBUNE Features editor Noelle Nicolls was among a select group of Bahamians awarded grants for their community-based programmes engaging at-risk youth.

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City Markets name 'should have died'

THE City Markets name was what ultimately caused the struggling supermarket chain to fail to recover, a rival food retailer believes, telling Tribune Business that the Finlayson family "should have let the name die" when they acquired the 78 per cent majority stake back in 2010.

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PLP chairman: Picking Pintard is poor leadership

BRADLEY Roberts has called the Free National Movement’s ratification of former Chairman and Senator Michael Pintard “another demonstration of the poor leadership and judgment” of FNM Leader Dr Hubert Minnis.

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Health workers tested for COVID-19

ABOUT 185 healthcare workers were tested on Saturday for the novel coronavirus, with results expected today or tomorrow, according to Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr Delon Brennen. His comment came as the country added two more confirmed cases of CO

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Cops grab 26 in huge Abaco raid

BAHAMIAN and American law enforcement officers teamed up for massive, surprise operation in Abaco yesterday, uncovering drugs and illegal weapons while arresting 26 people.

Gov't urged: 'Be open minded' on $17.9m key to downtown revival

A LEADING realtor has called on the Government to be “open minded” over what it permits to be developed ay the $17.9 million Union Wharf property, telling Tribune Business that the four-acre site is key to “bringing life back to the city” and the overall revitalsation of Bay Street.

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FNM: BTC deal is a betrayal

PRIME Minister Perry Christie’s announcement of a new BTC deal was a “shameful and cynical betrayal of his campaign promise”, the FNM said yesterday.

BTC appeals for help to stop copper thefts

AN unremitting onslaught by copper thieves on telecom facilities has police and the Bahamas Telecommunications Company appealing to the public for assistance in stemming the dangerous criminal attacks.

Swimming Nationals all set for June 19-22

THE 43rd RBC Bahamas Nationals Swimming Championships is scheduled for June 19-22 at the Betty Kelly-Kenning Aquatic Centre.

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Atlantis: Royal Caribbean ‘packing a lot’ into PI club

Atlantis yesterday said it has not been swayed by Royal Caribbean’s pledge to hit an environmental “gold standard” as the cruise giant is “packing a lot of people” into its Paradise Island beach club’s 17 acres.

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'Serious' Bahamas groups assess City Markets deal

CITY Markets' principal yesterday said "two very serious" Bahamas-based players were now assessing the possible acquisition of the struggling five-store supermarket chain, describing them as "some of the most respected business people in this town and business".

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STATESIDE: Is Russian conflict the real reason for hesitancy to admit Ukraine to NATO?

The just-concluded NATO summit meeting in Vilnius, Lithuania, was at the same time somewhat anticlimactic and newsworthy. Membership issues dominated on both sides of this. And these are really important as the West drifts ever closer to an open shooting war with Russia.

EDITORIAL: ‘Birdie’ thanks God for Hanna-Martin and PLP

“THANK God for Ms Hanna Martin and the PLP government. The Tribune takes credit why?”

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Food stores brace for sales plummet

Super Value’s president yesterday revealed he is bracing for a “below normal” sales decline as the post-COVID lockdown reality bites, and said: “If we fall ten percent below last year we’ll be in trouble.” Rupert Roberts told Tribune Business that t

PHA Supply consortium 'a very slippery slope'

The proposed Public Hospitals Authority (PHA) medical supplies consortium was yesterday branded “a very slippery slope”, the FNM’s deputy chairman arguing that the projected savings did not justify “devastating” the private sector.