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August 06, 2021
Bar owner fined 5k for selling numbers without a license

A bar owner who sold numbers without a gaming license yesterday paid a $5,000 fine to avoid spending one year in prison.

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July 29, 2021
Celebrating 10 Years of Fine Wine!

Young’s Fine Wine has emerged from a challenging 18 months stronger than ever – just in time to celebrate 10 years in business.

Like so many local businesses, the importer, distributor and retailer of wines and spirits suffered a considerable economic pinch because of the Covid-19 pandemic. But the team of 10 persevered to achieve this important milestone and are now looking forward to a b...

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July 16, 2021
A kidney specialist breaks down this problematic relationship

After a night of one too many cocktails or a weekend of drinking too many beers at the beach, you wake up dehydrated with a stitch in your side. Is that pang your kidneys crying “help?” Drinking alcohol to excess is linked to several health and social problems, including liver disease and an increased risk of some cancers, not to mention risks from drunk driving, depression, alcohol addiction,...

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May 28, 2021
ARE BAHAMIANS FUNCTIONING ALCOHOLICS? - Defining ‘gray area’ drinking

By: Jhanae Winter
There is a fine line between casual drinking and alcoholism, and that line is gray.
Most Bahamians spend their entire lives drinking and were introduced to alcohol at a young age.

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May 12, 2021
Bahamian Brewery & Beverage Co. Introduces Plastic-Free Packaging

In 2020, The Bahamas joined 69 nations across the globe who have banned single-use plastics to promote greater environmental sustainability. The move was part of efforts to rethink the national management of solid waste and offered businesses an opportunity to reduce plastic and styrofoam waste which have, over the past many years, resulted in the widespread pollution and contamination of our envi...

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April 03, 2014
Sands claims title at 4th annual tourney in Grand Bahama

GRAND BAHAMA -- The Sands team recently held its fourth annual golf tournament at the Fortune Hills Golf Course in Grand Bahama. Tee time was at 9 a.m., and it was a great day for golf - said the golfers who took to the greens.
"Mr. Sands was happy to be out on the golf course," said Robbie Butler, Grand Bahama sales manager at Bahamian Brewery and Beverage Co.
"It was a good day for all who atten...

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March 03, 2021
'I just want a job so I can get off the street'

FOR the last several days, 48-year-old Tharon Bethel has slept on a small piece of cardboard on the stoop of a Shirley Street liquor store.

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November 17, 2020
Businesses launch ShopLocal initiative; Voice crucial need to support local companies to rebuild the economy

Amid an unprecedented economic recession, more than forty-five (45) local organizations have joined forces to support the ShopLocal campaign...

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May 19, 2011
Press Statement by J Kwasi Thompson, MP

As the Member of Parliament for Pineridge,
I read the Statement released by the PLP Candidate Senator Darville,
that despite the public outcry, the show will go on and they still plan
to have the event as advertised and as planned.

 

Representatives of the PLP Pineridge
advertised on their flyer "Free Jello Shots all night". Are they
serious about giving young adults free liquor shots ...

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May 19, 2011
PLP youth arm party in Jell-O shots controversy

A PARTY organised by the Progressive Liberal Party's youth arm in Grand Bahama, which advertised "free Jell-O shots all night," has come under fire for promoting excessive drinking for young adults.

The latest to criticise the event is FNM MP for Pineridge and Deputy Speaker of the House Kwasi Thompson, who said political groups should uplift young people with wholesome events, not alcohol-fuelle...

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