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Bahamas Speed Week US, UK Coverage Revving Up
Bahamas Speed Week US, UK Coverage Revving Up
With Bahamas Speed Week Revival just a little less than a month away, the international media buzz about the event is in high gear with magazine writers, daily and Sunday newspapers, radio, TV and online publication writers showing "extraordinary interest" in covering the five-day series of time trials, exhibitions and social events set to start November 30.
Program geared at reducing recidivism at HMP
Program geared at reducing recidivism at HMP
The Bahamas is working with the North Carolina Department of Corrections to implement a 12-week program that has helped the American state decrease its recidivism rate to seven percent.
A breath of fresh air
A breath of fresh air
The country's newest Christian radio station, Bible Base Network (BBN 102.3 FM) has been like "a breath of fresh air", so much so that founder Paul Miller has received a number of testimonials thanking and encouraging him in his efforts.
"Thank your for a new and refreshing media for God's word." "Found your station while looking for [another station], now I am stuck. Love the Bible question ...
Dealer: Scrap Metal Debacle Was Avoidable
Dealer: Scrap Metal Debacle Was Avoidable
A formal association to represent scrap metal recyclers could have averted the export ban and ensuing economic hardship on thousands, according to a sector entrepreneur.
Ronny Etienne, owner of scrap metal trading firm Ronny's Auto, told Guardian Business yesterday that the lucrative industry has experienced participants who know just where the focus should be to address theft issues and effect...
Car buyers shift to lower end of market
Car buyers shift to lower end of market
At least 50 percent of all car orders in the current economic downturn are for vehicles between $5,000 to $10,000, say local auto dealers, as the majority of buyers shift to the lower end of the used car market.
Ironically, said head of the Bahamas Motor Dealers Association Fed Albury, even those who could afford the newer models are opting for used vehicles ? albeit in a much higher price brac...
PM hits at NHI critics
PM hits at NHI critics
If the government was to "hesitate again" to implement National Health Insurance (NHI), hundreds of people would die because they cannot afford adequate healthcare, Prime Minister Perry Christie said yesterday.
Five times more likely to die on public ward
Five times more likely to die on public ward
Patients between 18 and 64 who are admitted to the public wards at Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) are more than fives times as likely to die than those on the private wards, according to a report completed by Costa Rican consultants Sanigest Internacional.
Sands opposes new NHI tax
Sands opposes new NHI tax
Former Free National Movement (FNM) Deputy Chairman Dr. Duane Sands yesterday said the Bahamian people are already overburdened by the implementation of value-added tax (VAT) and the imposition of a National Health Insurance (NHI) tax would effectively leave many of them broke.