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News Article
April 14, 2011
Germany's Next Topmodel 2009 visits Grand Bahama Island

Freeport,
The Bahamas -

Sarah Nuru, who was named Germany's Next Topmodel in 2009, was in Grand Bahama Island over
the weekend

where she was a surprise guest on a top model competition visiting from
Germany, as well as corresponding for the entertainment show Red! on
ProSieben TV.

Nuru is from Munich and her parents immigrated to Germany from
Ethiopia. She is the first black person to win ...

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News Article
October 07, 2010
(VIDEO) Islands of the World Fashion Week Bahamas 2009 Overview

Nassau, Bahamas -
Islands of the World Fashion Week is just a month away and this
year will be bigger and better than ever!

The Bahamas Weekly wishes to share their

2009 Video Overview of all the
excitement from last season, so you will be sure not to miss

IWFW 2010 from November 11th through 13th!

The Bahamas Weekly from 2009: Islands of the World Fashion Week, in its second year

and held...

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News Article
April 07, 2010
FirstCaribbean wins Project Finance Deal of the Year for 2009

FirstCaribbean has been awarded the Project Finance Latin America Project Bond Deal of the Year, for its role as joint lead arranging bank and local placement agent in the US$265 million financing for the redevelopment of the Lynden Pindling International Airport in Nassau, The Bahamas.

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News Article
May 06, 2010
Governor General receives the 2009 Urban Renewal Report

Nine Urban Renewal Centre managers went to Government House to present the 2009 Urban Renewal Report to Governor General His Excellency Sir Arthur Foulkes.

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News Article
August 07, 2010
(VIDEO) Ralph Munnings performs on sax at Pelican Bay at Lucaya Corporate Appreciation Event 2009

Freeport,
Grand Bahama, Bahamas - Pelican Bay at Lucaya held their annual
Corporate Appreciation Night on October 22nd where they hosted their local business
partners to an evening of food, drink and entertainment.

The Bahamas Weekly News Team is pleased to present herewith a live solo
saxophone performance by Bahamas leading woodwinds musician, Ralph
Munnings along with photos taken at the gala ...

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News Article
August 08, 2010
Bahamas Athletics pays tribute to the 2009-2010 All Bahamian Scholar Athletes

Nassau, Bahamas -

On Wednesday the 4th of
August the BAAA held its most prestige's award ceremony for its High
School Athletes, the 4th Annual 'All Bahamian Scholar Athlete Award
Ceremony', this event is normally held at Government House but as
a result of the air-condition issues it was moved to the Red Cross Society
Auditorium John F. Kennedy Drive. This award is given to athletes who
wou...

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News Article
September 15, 2010
City Markets owed staff pension fund 500k at end-2009

By NEIL HARTNELL

Tribune Business Editor

Bahamas Supermarkets, parent company of the 11-store City Markets grocery chain, owed the staff pension fund almost $519,000 at its 2009 year-end in unpaid rent for the company's head office, with its financial troubles preventing any contributions by the firm to the plan during the 2007-2009 period.

The audited financial statements for Bahamas Supermark...

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News Article
February 21, 2022
Acquittal for man over 2009 murder and kidnap

THE Court of Appeal has declined to order a retrial in the case of a man whose convictions for murder, kidnapping, robbery and housebreaking were overturned in relation to an incident that happened in 2009.

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News Article
March 24, 2011
ECLAC: Bahamas 2009 tourism spend 29 of GDP

Tourism spend in the country in 2009 totaled $2.58 billion according to a United Nations report, the equivalent of 29 percent of the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP).
The United Nations report was comprised by the United Nations’ Economic Commission of Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), entitled ‘Latin America and the Caribbean: Macroeconomic Indicators for Tourism&rsq...

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News Article
November 08, 2010
Fiscal deficit hits 339.4m for 2009/2010

By NEIL HARTNELL

Tribune Business Editor

The Government's fiscal deficit for its 2009-2010 financial year came in some 6.5 per cent or $23.6 million below the previous 12-month period, preliminary estimates released yesterday revealed, yet there was still some $339.4 million worth of red ink on the public sector income statement.

The Central Bank of the Bahamas' report on monthly economic and f...

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