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Bahamas to fund overdue projects to soften crisis (Miami Herald)
The Bahamas says it will finance several long-overdue projects after recently announcing it would step up borrowing to soften the blow of the global financial crisis.
30 Nov 2008, 6:39 pm | click here for more
Steiner Leisure Limited Announces Agreement for Celebrity 'Solstice' Class Ships and Extensions for Celebrity and ... (GlobeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)
NASSAU, The Bahamas, Dec. 3, 2008 -- Steiner Leisure Limited today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Celebrity Cruises below which Steiner will be the exclusive provider of every massage, acupuncture, hairdressing, beauty and fitness services on every of Celebrity's new "Solstice" class ships during the agreement term, through December 31, 2013.
3 Dec 2008, 8:34 am | click here for more
COB set to stage its Winter Track & Field Clinic (The Nassau Guardian)
Targeting students and coaches from the nation's secondary schools, the College of The Bahamas Athletics Department is to host its first Track & Field Winter Clinic later this month.
3 Dec 2008, 5:04 pm | click here for more
Hotel workers in scam over relief payments (The Nassau Guardian)
More than a month after the Bahamas Hotel Catering and Allied Workers Union launched its $6 million relief effort to assist struggling hotel workers, officials have uncovered a scam by individuals seeking to take advantage of the system.
3 Dec 2008, 5:04 pm | click here for more
Concerns about tarantula found on (The Nassau Guardian)
Fears arose that a local Christmas tree importer may have unwittingly imported at least one tarantula into The Bahamas, after a couple allegedly found the poisonous spider wrapped up in their tree.
3 Dec 2008, 5:03 pm | click here for more
RBPF gets help in handbook publishing from Doctor's Hospital (The Nassau Guardian)
The Royal Bahamas Police Force Staff Association received a helping hand from Doctors Hospital to help publish the annual Crime Prevention Handbook.
3 Dec 2008, 5:03 pm | click here for more
Local magistrate to rule on Keva Major's $850,000 (The Nassau Guardian)
A Florida court has denied an application for Keva Major to return to The Bahamas for the continuation of her money laundering case, according to her lawyers Michael Kemp and Keod Smith.
3 Dec 2008, 5:03 pm | click here for more
Possible walkout at ZNS over overtime pay (The Nassau Guardian)
Talk of a walkout by reporters at the Broadcasting Corporation of the Bahamas [BCB] has surfaced as some staff members are reportedly irate over not being paid overtime that was due to them, and also face the possibility of having increments that are traditionally paid in December delayed until next April.
3 Dec 2008, 5:02 pm | click here for more
Brainerd's Sturdivant, Duncan On Bahamas All-Tournament Team Panthers Finish Fourth In Thanksgiving Event (The Chattanoogan)
FREEPORT, Bahamas -- Brainerd's Panthers, coached by Robert High, finished fourth last weekin the Tabernacle Baptist Academy Thanksgiving High School Basketball Tournament.
1 Dec 2008, 9:36 am | click here for more
WINSO and Schneider Power Launch Bahamas Renewable Energy Corporation (CCNMatthews via Yahoo! Finance)
TORONTO, ONTARIO-- - Schneider Power Inc. , Canada's leading renewable energy company and WINSO Company Ltd. of Nassau, today announced the joint-venture and launch of the Bahamas Renewable Energy Corporation Ltd. .
1 Dec 2008, 9:00 am | click here for more