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December 21, 2023
'Whatever is needed' will be spent on CARIFTA costs

YOUTH, Sports, and Culture Minister Mario Bowleg said the government would spend whatever is necessary to make certain next year's CARIFTA Aquatics Championships is "great".

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December 19, 2023
Straw Business Persons Society president says 'too costly to only sell authentic Bahamian products'

STRAW Business Persons Society president Rebecca Small defended the work of straw vendors, insisting it is too costly to only sell authentic Bahamian products.

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July 04, 2019
Fighting crime will cost some freedoms

DAYS after more than a dozen people were shot while attending a birthday party in Montel Heights, Bahamas Christian Council president Delton Fernander said residents must give up some “freedoms” so law enforcement can stem crime.

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September 19, 2011
BEC Chair says Lower Fuel Costs Coming

REDUCED load factors and increased energy production using Bunker C fuel should soon reduce the fuel charge component on Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) bills, its chairman told Tribune Business yesterday, helping to mitigate world oil price volatility.

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September 21, 2023
Revised cost of prison cut by $30-40m

THE cost of expanding the Bahamas Department of Corrections has been reduced by about 40 per cent, down from the previous $93m, according to acting Corrections Commissioner Doan Cleare.

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July 05, 2011
'Fly Free' promotion costs partners 32m

The Ministry of Tourism, promotions boards and Bahamian hotels have spent a collective $31.67 million on the Companion Flies Free program in 18 months, generating just under 450,000 room nights of business, Tribune Business has learnt.

The initiative was associated with close to 93,483 bookings at hotels throughout Nassau and Paradise Island, Grand Bahama and the Family Islands between December...

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February 01, 2019
Health scheme's costs now 130m

PROPOSED policy changes to universal healthcare have come at an increased cost with Graham Whitmarsh, managing director of the National Health Insurance Authority, revealing yesterday implementation next year will cost $130 million...

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September 24, 2012
Canada, U.K. To Cut Costs by Sharing Embassies Abroad

Canada Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird

Ottawa, Canada - The plan by Canada and Britain to consolidate consular services in some embassies sparked criticism Monday that the Harper government is turning back the clock on the country's relationship with its former colonial master.

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December 05, 2011
New Fast-Ferry Service to Bahamas Will Cost About $100 for a Day Trip

A Barcelona-based company that offers fast-ferry service to the Balearic Islands has set up shop in Port Everglades and will soon offer fast-ferry service to the Bahamas in two and a half hours.

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May 16, 2011
Electricity costs rise some 26

Electricity prices in March 2011 were 26 per cent higher year-over-year than in the same month in 2010, the Bahamas Electricity Corporation's (BEC) chairman has told Tribune Business.

Oil prices surged to levels not seen since 2008 this year, rising between February to March 2011 from an average of around $85 a barrel to over $105 a barrel.

In comparison, in March 2010 the average price of a...

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