BTC Set to Open the Doors of New Pioneers Way Store

Freeport, Grand Bahama - Some
150 business leaders, government officials and VIPs are slated to attend the
grand opening of BTC's newly renovated retail space on Pioneers Way Friday, February
10 for an official ribbon-cutting ceremony. The launch -- followed by a
celebration for the general public starting at noon Saturday -- marks the
culmination of a $200,000 transformation of the company's Gran...

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Thieves raid aid group's food store

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Vagrant jailed for breaking into liquor store, stealing alcohol

A VAGRANT who admitted to breaking into a liquor store where he stole an assortment of alcoholic beverages was on Friday sentenced to two years behind bars.

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International efforts to restore Abaco Creek

Friends of the Environment has partnered with Dr Craig Layman and his research team from Florida International University to restore a vital tidal creek and wetland area in Abaco.

Broad Creek, located just south of Marsh Harbour near Camp Abaco has been blocked for more than 30 years after a road was constructed to build the camp.

The restoration project entailed removing a small area of the...

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NEW ROBIN HOOD STORE TO BEAT FIRST OUTLET BY '20-25'

By NEIL HARTNELL

Tribune Business Editor

ROBIN HOOD believes sales at its new Prince Charles Drive store will exceed those at its existing Summerwinds Plaza location by 20-25 per cent once it opens later this year, with its existing trade suffering only a "6-8 per cent cannibalisation".

Speaking to Tribune Business in an exclusive interview, Sandy Schaefer, the expanding retailer's principal an...

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Cleveland Clinic Researchers Develop Bionic Arm that Restores Natural Behaviors in Patients with Upper Limb Amputations

Cleveland Clinic researchers have engineered a first-of-its-kind bionic arm for patients with upper-limb amputations that allows wearers to think, behave and function like a person without an amputation, according to new findings published in Science Robotics.

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Bahamian developers to restore Andros Lighthouse Club

The historic Lighthouse Club and Marina in Fresh Creek, Andros, has been sold to a consortium of Bahamian developers and investors. The Hotel Corporation of The Bahamas announced that the property was sold to the Bahamian-owned and controlled Lighthouse Yacht Club and Marina Ltd, which intends to begin restoring the property before the end of ...
The post Bahamian developers to restore Andros Ligh...

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Video shows 'bold' robbers in busy stores

VIDEO footage has been making the rounds on social media showing two local businesses being robbed by "bold" culprits with guns while shoppers milled about.

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City Market officials inspect GB stores

City Market officials recently conducted site inspections in Grand Bahama following the recent announcement of expansion plans for City Market stores around the country.
Chairman of Bahamas Supermarkets Ltd. (BSL)?Mark Finlayson and BSL’s legal advisor Jerome Fitzgerald visited the three locations on that island, seeking to ensure that the stores are in line with the company's policies and s...

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Shoe Store 'Attacked by Arsonists'

ARSONISTS are thought to have set fire to the country's biggest self-serve shoe store early yesterday morning in a second attack on the building since the weekend.

Bani, in Mackey Street, was destroyed in the blaze sparked at around 4.40am, less than an hour after Lincoln Bain, a major shareholder in the business, had abandoned his armed night watch of the store, which is next door to a branch ...

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