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May 02, 2017
URCA: Price cap implementation to improve mobile sector competition

By the end of 2017, the Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) plans to complete price cap regulation for the electronic communications sector (ECS), a move that will help to further foster an environment for competition in the telecoms market.
With the entrant of a second mobile operator, URCA proposed to liberalize its authority in the sector in an effort to promote more competiti...

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April 18, 2017
Interest cap pledge on loans

TO reduce the debt burden on Bahamians, the Progressive Liberal Party has pledged it will cap the level of interest that may be charged on loans taken out by government workers and paid through salary deductions if re-elected.

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April 13, 2017
PLP proposes interest rate cap on loans for government workers

TO reduce the debt burden on Bahamians, the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) says it will cap the level of interest that may be charged on loans taken out by government workers and paid through salary deductions if re-elected.

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September 12, 2016
Poles cap qualification with Jesolo success

Poland added a touch of gloss to their FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification in Jesolo by lifting the title with a 6-3 victory over Switzerland on Sunday.

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July 13, 2010
BP oil spill progress: Will the cap hold?

BP has successfully lowered a new containment cap onto its leaking well, its latest attempt to control the gushing oil since the start of the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico 84 days ago.

Underwater video of the well showed the new 18-foot, 150,000-pound cap being placed onto the wellhead. The company will soon begin the process of testing the fit that could finally contain all of the leaking oi...

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July 19, 2010
US orders BP to provide oil well cap release plan

The US government has ordered BP to submit a plan for reopening its capped well in the Gulf of Mexico amid concerns that oil may be seeping from the ocean floor near the well.

The US official in charge of cleaning up the oil spill, Thad Allen, said the plan would have to be implemented as soon as possible if this was confirmed.

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November 01, 2015
Lady Stingers cap off first year with BSF national title

When the Lady Stingers came together for the first time this year, the intention was to take the pennant in the New Providence Softball Association (NPSA), capture the NPSA women's championship, and win the Bahamas Softball Federation's (BSF) National Round-Robin title.

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September 11, 2015
Gibson, Miller cap off season in style

Two of the country's premier track and field athletes capped off the 2015 athletics season in spectacular fashion yesterday at the final meeting of the International Association of Athletic Federation's (IAAF) Diamond League in Brussels, Belgium.

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July 15, 2015
Galanis calls for cap on foreign campaign contributions

Less than two years before the 2017 general election, accountant, former senator and former campaign general for the Progressive Liberal Party Philip Galanis said he does not expect campaign finance reform in this term.

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January 14, 2015
URCA to consider ECS price cap

Within the first quarter of 2015, the Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) intends to consult on the design and implementation of a price cap for the electronic communications sector (ECS).
The price cap is part of a set of preventative government interventions (ex-ante remedies) designed to prevent unfair market practices by any entity with significant market power (SMP). Ex-ante...

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