TENNIS ace Andy Murray jetted off to the Bahamas yesterday for a well-earned break.

The Wimbledon champion flew out of London’s Heathrow airport to the sun-soaked islands with girlfriend Kim Sears.

As he got off the plane in the Bahamas last night, Andy tweeted: “Just got off flight… Nice 5 day break coming up before training starts again next Saturday… Going to eat a lot and do very little else.”

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The Cable Beach mega-resort Baha Mar has announced the promotion of Vaughn Roberts and Jeffrey Ballew.

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SINGAPORE – Ministers from 10 Caribbean countries and the Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), are in Singapore at the invitation of Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Law K Shanmugam for the CARICOM High-Level Ministerial Exchange Visit.

The 10 countries are Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago.

The exchange will run from Monday to Friday this week.

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(PRWEB) July 15, 2013 — The independent authority on retirement, bestretirementdestinations.com, has released their list of the ten best retirement communities in The Bahamas for the month of July 2013. The independent research team at bestretirementdestinations.com performs an in-depth analysis of retirement communities found all around the world to assist retired professionals in selecting the best destination to meet their needs. The rankings are released at the start of each month in order to account for the latest developments and improvements of various locations.

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KEY WEST, Fla., July, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — The award-winning M/V Spree is excited to announce the availability of charter bookings to the Bahamas.  With a new international load line designation, the M/V Spree now offers charters from Florida to theBahamas, as well as cost-effective charters with a Bahamas-only departure and return.  Charters are being accepted for fall and winter 2013 and 2014 trips.

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Residents of Abaco celebrated independence July 10. Watch a ZNS Network report here.
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The Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son Limited announced that its international trust business comprising its companies in The Bahamas, Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, Guernsey, Switzerland and New Zealand has been shortlisted for Institutional Trust Team of The Year in the 2013 Society of Trust and Estate Practitioner Private Client Awards.

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This is an excerpt from Bermuda Sun as it appeared on July 12, 2013. For updates or to read the current version of this post in its entirety, please click here.

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Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) held a grand opening for its newest location on John F Kennedy Drive, July 8, and State Minister for Finance Michael Halkitis congratulated the bank for its continued service to the needs of the Bahamian public.