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April 11, 2016
VAT helps drive inflation higher, helps cover 120M spending hike

The Central Bank of The Bahamas (CBOB) has reported that the imposition of value-added tax (VAT) on January 1, 2015 helped drive inflation last year up to 1.88 percent, as prices across a broad spectrum of items rose significantly over the year.

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March 18, 2016
Bahamians continue to climb the ranks at Sandals Royal Bahamian

Two Bahamians recently rose to top positions at Sandals Royal Bahamian, one succeeding the other and the other filling a position recently left vacant.

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March 09, 2016
Negotiation 101: How to win allies and influence taxi drivers

Today we introduce a new short-run series called Rules For The Road, contributed by Gravette Brown, a Bahamian who is a principal investment officer at the World Bank Group's IFC (International Finance Corporation) working in emerging market principal investing.

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March 07, 2016
World records set by divers

THE Bahamas took centre stage in the world of competitive diving last week, as two Kuwaiti divers - Reem Aleidan, a certified scuba instructor, and Mubarak Abuhaimad - set world records for the longest shark dives by a female and male respectively.

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February 01, 2016
National health and greedy doctors

Former member of Parliament Pierre Dupuch questions Gibson's reasoning regarding proposed health plan

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January 19, 2016
Young Bahamian lands internship at Google offices

Shaquille Hall is different, a focused, analytical 20-year-old who has chosen to be unfamiliar with the dangers of street life and familiar with his studies instead.

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January 14, 2016
The quiet revolution, years later

The research tells us that The Bahamas is quickly becoming a failed state. All indicators point to a destabilizing crime problem, a corruption problem that drains the coffers and a slip on the scale of ease of doing business to the bottom group of countries.

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January 13, 2016
National Merit Scholar continues to excel in college

Shaquille Hall, 20, is a focused, analytical young man, who has chosen to not make himself familiar with the "street life", but his studies instead.

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January 12, 2016
Young Bahamian interns at tech giant Google

Shaquille Hall is different. This 20-year-old is a focused, analytical young man, who has chosen to be unfamiliar with the street life and familiar with his studies instead.

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January 05, 2016
Deep Water Cay reaches nearly 90,000 Nashville residents in magazine feature

Like many Southerners, my first glimpse of the Bahamas was from the bow of the ?Big Red Boat,? the once-licensed official cruise ship of Disney World.

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