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54-year-old faces three charges
A 54-YEAR-OLD man was arraigned Friday on three charges, including possession at night of a housebreaking instrument.
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Home ports, tourism and recovery
The one single brightest light in The Bahamas recently is the announcement by Crystal Cruise Lines that it intends to make the Prince George Wharf its home port. I understand that there are other cruise lines which are also considering doing the same. This is a fantastic piece of good news, for a change, and pardon the pun but like noted realtor and businessman, Mr Mario Carey stated the other day, this is a potential “game changer” for our tourism industry and the second home market.
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Repeat offender convicted again over stealing
AN ex-convict who was released from prison for good behaviour was yesterday sentenced to five years behind bars after he repeated the same offence that had landed him in prison in the first place.
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Praise for Bahamian entrepreneurs
It is refreshing to hear and read about Bahamians who are excelling in the business and professional world here in our wonderful nation. We have been so caught up in the woes of Dorian and the body blows inflicted by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic that often times I would wonder: ‘Where is the good news’?
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STATESIDE: Honest public service or a time to fill your pockets?
BE honest. What do you really think about government?
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STATESIDE: A senseless death lit a fire which won’t go out
George Floyd died at the hands and knees of Minneapolis police officers just about six months ago. His senseless death ignited long-simmering protests and counter protests all across the US.
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Rastafari mourn death of Philip Blyden
RASTAFARI leader Priest Philip Blyden died in hospital on Monday, prompting shock from those who knew him.
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STATESIDE: A sigh of relief but history will say without COVID Trump would have walked it
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. That sums up America’s great 2020 election about as well as anything.
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‘Vendors criminal records should now be wiped clean’
AN ATTORNEY and activist have urged the government to expunge the records of street coconut vendors who were charged and fined for breaking emergency orders, insisting Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis’ plan to offer them grants to advance their businesses does not go far enough.
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STATESIDE: Maybe, just maybe, Trump wants to walk away from it
A growing chorus of observers in the US feels that President Donald Trump is actually trying to lose the upcoming November election. Why else would he behave so counter to his best re-election prospects?
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FRONT PORCH: From sea to shining sea the US has lost its lustre
America is sick. Some of its worse ills long ago metastasized and are so pervasive that they will only respond to dramatic change. White supremacy is an unyielding and entrenched power and bastion. Long-term demographic change will help to seriously address some of the worst features of white privilege.
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Bishop Hall backs PM's stance on expunging criminal records for minor offences
BISHOP Simeon Hall said he supports the prime minister’s stance on expunging records for people convicted of minor offences, stating yesterday everyone deserves a “second chance”.Bishop Hall spoke a day after Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis told The
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INSIGHT: Why all the rush? As a long-term user, trust me, there’s a dark side to marijuana
I smoked and inhaled my first marijuana joint in 1973 as a young adult. Prior to that I had a disdain for the same and all who were associated with it. No, I am not and have never been a prude nor an overt moralist. I simply do not and still do not believe in the ingestion of mind-altering, self-induced drugs or alcoholic beverages to the point of becoming incapacitated.
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Out, after 36 years
WOW 36 years after being sentenced to Life two black Americans were freed and their sentences totally pardoned…36 years and finally the truth.
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STATESIDE: Pardoning a disgraced Seal - cynical or genius?
Thanksgiving morning in the United States has for the past 30 years been preceded by the charming ritual of the American President “pardoning” a couple of fat, healthy turkeys from becoming someone’s holiday feast. The president, with his wife at his side, usually pats one of the turkeys, cracks a joke or two, and the photo op is over.
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Climb down from those high horses
I often joke that I am the smartest individual in the Universe. As time goes on in our wonderful nation, I am beginning to really believe that. Let us examine the proposed debt reduction at Bahamas Power & Light. It is commonly agreed and accepted that Bahamas Power & Light and its corporate predecessor, Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) has been badly run and managed for decades under successive administrations.
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DIANE PHILLIPS: Three Bills, hundreds of clauses, one giant step to save The Bahamas
IN the 1960s, long before the Queen Conch was the subject of conservation debate, the mollusk was so plentiful that some considered it a pest.
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Scrambling to catch up on marijuana
The good Pastor Cedric Moss is nothing if not consistent. Unfortunately, he consistently views debates in the public square through the prism of extreme puritanism.
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A COMIC'S VIEW: Don't let the opportunities given to us by marijuana go up in smoke
I’VE noticed over the past few weeks, especially on the talk show circuit, that the narrative of those against the legalization and decriminalization of marijuana in the Bahamas is starting to change, with talking points becoming far more objective.
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Facing the brutality of politics on the ground
Now that we have celebrated and observed the Easter Season, we are faced with the brutality of politics on the ground.