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Celebration Key beautified with 5,000 Grand Bahama-sourced trees

Carnival Corporation & plc has announced the completion of phase one of its “Plant a Tree” initiative on Grand Bahama, which saw the sourcing of 5,000 locally-grown saplings that will beautify its new flagship cruise port destination, Celebration Key.

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DNA samples sent in murders of grandmother and schoolgirl

POLICE are awaiting results from DNA samples taken in two high-profile homicide cases that have gripped the nation in recent days.

Global pilot body bids to avert ‘tourism catastrophe’

The world’s largest private pilot body is renewing warnings of “a tourism catastrophe in The Bahamas” over recently-implemented fee increases that have prompted aviators to discuss “boycotting” this nation.

Liquidators target ArawakX principals’ ‘personal assets’

Liquidators for The Bahamas’ first-ever crowd-funding platform have signalled they plan to target its principals’ “personal assets” to aid creditors who have “no likelihood of... any payment” on $2m-plus in claims.

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Hope $300m deal ‘opens door’ on nature financing

Environmental advocates are voicing hope that the Government’s first $300m ‘debt-for-nature’ refinancing will “open the door” for further such initiatives “to propel” The Bahamas towards true climate resiliency.

Security firms discuss use of firearms

SECURITY firm workers had varying opinions on whether guards should be supplied with firearms.

Missing boys arrested as suspects in break-ins

TWO 13-year-old boys who were reported missing in Andros have been found in good health - but have been arrested as suspects in a number of house-breaking incidents.

Lawyers have say on death penalty

THE death penalty debate has resurfaced in the wake of two recent high-profile murders, reigniting divisions over its place in Bahamian law and sparking calls for reform of the country’s judicial system.