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Education Director: School’s PLP song taken out of context

EDUCATION Director Dominique McCartney-Russell yesterday defended a Majority Rule programme at Garvin Tynes Primary School after a video of students singing a political song during the event sparked controversy.

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Pinder: “Don’t hold your breath” on return to frontline politics

WITH his tenure as Attorney General having expired, Ryan Pinder said yesterday he has no plans to return to frontline politics, adding: “Don’t hold your breath.”

Man shot and killed by three gunmen on Bernard Road

A MAN was shot and killed on Bernard Road yesterday, becoming the country’s third murder victim of the year.


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The Agency Bahamas closes record year, eyes $100m in 2026

THE Agency Bahamas has reported a 68 percent year-over-year increase in sales in 2025, marking what the brokerage describes as a record-breaking year and setting ambitious expansion targets for 2026.

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$250m Six Senses resort yet to break ground

THE highly anticipated Six Senses resort development for Grand Bahama has failed to meet its projected 2026 opening date, raising questions about the project’s timeline.

MPs debate representation for ‘far-flung’ islands in boundary talks

QUESTIONS over how effectively a single Member of Parliament can represent far-flung islands such as MICAL were raised during a debate in the House of Assembly yesterday as MPs considered the boundaries resolution.


Man accused of having guns and drugs denied bail

A MAN accused of having a loaded gun and drugs in his home on Quakoo Street last weekend was denied bail.

Attempted murder suspect bailed for monitoring breach

A MAN awaiting trial for a 2022 attempted murder was accused of breaching his bail last week.

Man admits breaking to wife’s home but denies threatening her

A MAN who admitted to breaking into his estranged wife’s home on Marine Drive, but denied threatening to kill her, was granted bail.


Woman accused of stealing over $61k from two companies

A WOMAN accused of stealing more than $61,000 from two investment companies last summer was granted bail.

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Wednesday, January 14, 2026

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Super Value: ‘No guarantee’ all items VAT re-priced by April 1

Super Value’s president yesterday she cannot “make any promises” that all product prices will reflect VAT’s elimination on unprepared foods at the April 1 deadline given the mammoth task involved in adjusting thousands of goods that account for 80 percent of its sales.


US suspending immigrant visa processing from 75 countries

The State Department said Wednesday it will suspend the processing of immigrant visas for citizens of 75 countries whose nationals are deemed likely to require public assistance while living in the United States.

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Seymour: Four child deaths ‘too many, too soon’

SENATOR Maxine Seymour has called for national reflection and stronger child-safety measures after the country recorded four child deaths across three islands in the first weeks of the year, describing the toll as “too many, too young, too soon”.

Former PYL chair shot and critically injured

QUESTIONS swirled yesterday over the motive behind a shooting that left a former Progressive Young Liberals chairman critically injured in the hospital.


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Senior PLPs urge PM ‘wait until our time is right’ and avoid early election

SOME senior PLP supporters have a message for Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis: don’t call an early election.

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Andros fish fry razed as no firetruck came

A FIRE tore through the Fish Fry in Nicholls Town, Andros, early yesterday as residents fought flames with buckets of seawater, once again exposing the absence of a functioning fire engine on an island of The Bahamas.

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Bank chief slams Davis over ‘uninformed’ food vat removal

THE chairman of the Clearing Banks Association has sharply criticised the Davis administration’s decision to remove VAT from unprepared food sold in grocery stores, calling the move “an uninformed and an understudied or not sufficiently studied exercise” that sacrifices fiscal discipline for political appeal.THE chairman of the Clearing Banks Association has sharply criticised the Davis administration’s decision to remove VAT from unprepared food sold in grocery stores, calling the move “an uninformed and an understudied or not sufficiently studied exercise” that sacrifices fiscal discipline for political appeal.


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Pintard calls Davis’ VAT food removal ‘April fools’ economics

FREE National Movement leader Michael Pintard yesterday accused the Davis administration of offering “April Fools’ economics,” arguing that the Davis administration’s latest cost-of-living measures are politically motivated and long overdue.

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BNU chief ‘traumatised’ by brazen daylight robbery

BAHAMAS Nurses Union president Muriel Lightbourn said she was left shaken but grateful to be alive after a brazen daylight robbery in Chippingham last week, during which a thief opened her car door and stole her belongings while she sat inside.