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Wake Up! 'There Will Be No Tourists'
Dionisio D'Aguilar, Minister of Tourism and AviationBy YOURI KEMPTribune Business Reporterykemp@tribunemedia.netA Cabinet minister yesterday urged Bahamians to "grasp the simple yet inconceivable...
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Bahamas Paradise CEO Confirms Government Charter Talks
Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line CEO Oneil Khosa has confirmed discussions with U.S. authorities on potential ship charters.“We have also been asked about the availability of our ships,” said Khosa,...
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Receiver Takes Over Nygard Firms
Peter NygardBy NEIL HARTNELLTribune Business Editornhartnell@tribunemedia.netPeter Nygard’s global fashion empire has been plunged into financial crisis after court-appointed receivers this week took...
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WHO, China leaders discuss next steps in battle against coronavirus outbreak
By Deandrea S Hamilton#BEIJING, CHINA – WHO PRESS RELEAST – January 28, 2020 — The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, today met President Xi Jinping...
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Small business face “tsunami” COVID-19 blow
Mark TurnquestNASSAU, BAHAMAS — The COVID-19 pandemic will likely have a tsunami-like impact on the Bahamian small business sector, a local consultant said yesterday.Mark Turnquest, principal of Mark A...
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Atlantis closes casino
The Atlantis resort on Paradise Island.Atlantis’ casino will close effective today for four weeks, The Nassau Guardian was told.A spokesperson for the hotel said that the hotel will remain open.“We...
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Jamaican man beaten, thrown off minibus after sneezing
A 38-year-old farmer from Bethel Town, Westmoreland, said that he was beaten and thrown off a bus on Monday, after he sneezed multiple times and was accused of carrying the deadly COVID-19.Garnet Blair...
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More than 300 Fusion employees to take unpaid leave during COVID-19 shutdown
Fushion SuperplexBy Ava TurnquestNASSAU, BAHAMAS — A nationwide partial shutdown over the next 11 days will mean that popular entertainment venues like Fusion Superplex will have to close their...
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Rbpf Distributes Covid-19 Policies
By EARYEL BOWLEGebowleg@tribunemedia.netTHE Royal Bahamas Police Force has distributed its COVID-19 policies to officers, according to Commissioner of Police Anthony Ferguson.He said the RBPF’s plan is...
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Massive Bangladesh coronavirus prayer gathering sparks outcry
Thousands of Muslims in Bangladesh attend a prayer session amid concerns over the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus (AFP Photo/)A massive coronavirus prayer session with tens of thousands of...
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Water Sports Sector Near Total Shutdown
By YOURI KEMPTribune Business Reporterykemp@tribunemedia.netWater sports operators yesterday revealed the industry is almost completely shutdown due to the coronavirus pandemic.Kamar Chandon, general...
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Disinfecting wipes are being flushed down toilets and causing major pipe...
By Harmeet Kaur, CNN(CNN)Disinfecting wipes are helping people combat the spreading of germs amid the coronavirus pandemic.But some experts say the wipes, arguably the supply that's been used to clean...
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Gov’t will have to reconsider deficit targets due to COVID-19
Marlon JohnsonBy Paige McCartneyGovernment will have to reconsider its deficit targets all depending on how much of an impact the outbreak of COVID-19 has on the Bahamian economy, Financial Secretary...
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Inmates meet rubber bullets
Officer’s jaw broken as prisoners riot...PRISON officers used non-lethal weapons to subdue more than 250 inmates yesterday after some of them broke through a wall and set fire to a roof in the Remand...
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$4.4bn Economic Blow: 'Playbook Out Window'
Finance Minister Peter TurnquestBy NEIL HARTNELLTribune Business Editornhartnell@tribunemedia.netThe coronavirus and Hurricane Dorian are threatening to deal The Bahamas an “unprecedented” $4.4bn blow,...
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Aruba Launches Aggressive Measures Against Coronavirus
By Caribbean Journal StaffAruba, one of the Caribbean’s most popular destinations, has launched a series of aggressive measures to contain and prevent the spread of the novel Coronavirus.The Dutch...
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RBPF Public Notice
Police wish to advise the general public that pursuant to the Emergency Powers (COVID-19) (NO.1) Order 2020 that is in effect between 9am March, 20th to 9am March, 31st the Royal Bahamas Police Force...
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Health care workers are running out of face masks. They’re asking people to...
Facing a supply shortage, medical professionals are urging people to donate any face masks, respirators, and protective equipment they’ve stockpiled to local hospitals. Getty Images/iStockphoto By...
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Fauci predicts Americans will likely need to stay home for at least several...
“I cannot see that all of a sudden, next week or two weeks from now it's going to be over. I don't think there's a chance of that," he said.By Rebecca ShabadWASHINGTON — Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of...
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Bahamas COVID Hotline Numbers
Go to COVID Bahamas for information.Go to Bahamas Ministry of Health on Facebook
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