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March 26, 2024
Nassau and Paradise Island hotels forecasting strong Easter numbers

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Most Nassau/Paradise Island Hotels are forecasting strong Easter numbers, with occupancies as high as last year and, in some instances, higher. Robert Sands, the Bahamas Hotel and Tourism Association (BHTA) President, told Eyewitness News, "Most hotels are forecasting strong easter numbers. Occupancies are high and, in some instances, higher than last year. [...]

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February 21, 2024
FACT CHECKING: Opposition questions govt's numbers for promotional exercises

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Leader of the Free National Movement (FNM) Michael Pintard, while applauding the government's promotion of public servants during this fiscal period, noted that the prime minister's accounting figures on those promotional exercises must be fact-checked. The nation's leader, during his Mid-Year Budget Presentation in the House of Assembly Wednesday morning, noted that [...]

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November 09, 2023
BAF hopes to draw awareness to rising diabetes numbers in-country at second annual event

NASSAU BAHAMAS — In a corporate initiative to spread awareness, education and facilitate action regarding the disease in the Bahamas, BAF Financial is hosting the second annual Dance for Diabetes Event. "This event will hopefully spread the word, that persons should be checked and need to know their numbers, especially with the prevalence of Diabetes [...]

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September 06, 2023
Bahamas Experiencing Explosive Growth in Visitor Arrival Numbers

The Ministry of Tourism, Investments & Aviation is excited to reveal that tourism performance has outpaced projections for the first seven months of 2023, with The Bahamas recording more than 5.89 million arrivals from January through the endof July. Current tourism performance puts the country well on the way to closing out the year at8 million plus visitors.

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January 31, 2023
Cooper: Seven million and counting as tourist numbers on rise

VISITOR arrivals to The Bahamas, which exceeded seven million last year, are expected to be even higher this year due to stronger branding for the country, according to Chester Cooper, Minister of Tourism, Aviation and Investments.

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November 17, 2022
VIN numbers of stolen vehicles 'being covered with false plates'

POLICE have noticed a trend regarding stolen vehicles where suspects are covering the original VIN number with a false plate, according to Commissioner of Police Clayton Fernander.

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May 20, 2021
Sixty percent of 2019 arrival numbers by Christmas, projects D’Aguilar

The Bahamas could see a rebound of more than four million tourist arrivals this year, given Minister of Tourism and Aviation Dionisio D’Aguilar’s projection that the destination should be at 60 percent of where it was in 2019.

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August 13, 2021
D'Aguilar: Visitor spend close to 80 of 2019 numbers

While tourism numbers remain below their record-breaking 2019 levels, the economic impact for The Bahamas is greater than the 2021 numbers indicate, as stopover visitors have been staying longer than they usually would, Minister of Tourism and Aviation Dionisio D’Aguilar said yesterday while delivering his keynote address at the Eleuthera Business Outlook.

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August 10, 2021
US Embassy quiet on numbers of construction site cases

WHILE construction at the US Embassy's new site resumed last week after suspected COVID-19 cases were reported, officials have declined to reveal the number of virus-related incidents tied to the ongoing project.

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August 04, 2021
STAY ALIVE - PROOF IS IN THE NUMBERS: Less than 5 percent of fully vaccinated are admitted to hospitals

LESS than five percent of people fully vaccinated in The Bahamas have been infected with COVID-19 and fewer than one percent of recovered patients have been re-infected with the disease, Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr Delon Brennen has said.

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