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EDITORIAL: Clear communication must be the lesson
IN the wake of the resignation of Health Minister Dr Duane Sands, there were clear lessons to be learned. The slow revelation of more information about how a COVID-19 positive passenger got on board a repatriation flight shows that some skipped those lessons.
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Attendance at public school now at 95 percent
ACTING Director of Education Dominique McCartney Russell revealed that the public school attendance rate for face-to-face learning is at 95 percent.
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STATESIDE – Halfway through his first term: Biden and the immigration issue
US President Joe Biden is halfway through his first term in the nation’s top job. After an initial boost in favourable poll ratings and with TV and other media pundits, Biden began to slip, until earlier this year he achieved a dubious distinction when he sank “under water” with less than 50 percent approval ratings in the polls. Oddly, Donald Trump and “his” Supreme Court have rescued Biden twice.
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STATESIDE: Trump just won’t go away and it may be Liz Cheney is the one to stop him trying again for the White House
There are serious people in the United States this morning who will tell you the future of democracy in America rests with Mitt Romney, Mitch McConnell and Liz Cheney.
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STATESIDE: How long will it take for the US to recover the ground it’s lost in the eyes of the world?
“I feel sorry for Americans,” a lawmaker in Myanmar told The New York Times recently. From Berlin, another Times reporter wrote that events in the US were “shaking fundamental assumptions in Europe about American exceptionalism”.
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STATESIDE: It’s not easy keeping pace with the polarization of American politics
GIVEN the choice, most of us would probably prefer a public figure or politician whose views are plain and consistent. That way, at least we know who and more importantly, what we are voting for. One of the most damaging criticisms of politicians in recent decades has been the charge of “flip-flopping,” especially in American elections.
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Atlantis eyes 100k extra room nights in Marriott tie-up
Atlantis is hoping its 10-year franchise deal with Marriott International will generate an extra 50,000-100,000 room nights per year, its top executive describing the agreement as “the most significant tourism stimulus for the Bahamas this decade”.
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Retailers detect Black Friday spend rebound
RETAILERS reported a “spending rebound” on Black Friday as shoppers queued from 5am to seek-out bargains leading into the Christmas holiday shopping season.
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George Alexander Seymour
Funeral Service for George Alexander Seymour Age: 82 Of Matthew Town, Inagua, Formerly of South Cacicos, Turks and Cacicos Islands. Service held at Wesley Memorial Methodist Church South Caicos Turks & Caicos Islands Saturday, August 18th, 2012 At 10:00 a.m. …
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96-year-old 'woken by crackling and smoke'
DORIS Smith, 96, was awakened by the sounds of “crackling and smoke” and her quick action helped to save not only herself but her caretaker from a fire at her residence in Pinedale, Eight Mile Rock. The cause of the fire is unknown and fire officia
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Ayton flashes new aspect of his offensive game, ‘Buddy’ has led Kings in scoring
THE NBA restart has gone through two of three scrimmages at Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Florida, and both Bahamian players at the NBA “clean site” appear ready to perform at a high level once the games count toward the record books.
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BAISS action heats up today
THE excitement is expected to continue at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium today with the second game in all four divisions in the Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools’ best-of-three championships.
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Bahamians being kept in dark about government’s NHI plans
IN his budget address in the House of Assembly on May 27 this year, Prime Minister Christie announced that his government planned to introduce its National Health Insurance plan on January 1, 2016.
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Expert warns fraud is common in the Bahamas
A certified Bahamian fraud examiner said fraud is common in the Bahamas and that people are finding ways to come up with more “complex and diversified” fraudulent schemes.
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GB Power findings dismissed as ‘fluff’
A well-known retailer locked in a Supreme Court battle with the Grand Bahama Power Company (GBPC) yesterday dismissed the report on its metering/billing practices as “fluff” and a whitewash, although he and the island’s major industrial players would accept a one-third reduction in electricity rates.
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$112m spent with 'no due process'
$112m spent with 'no due process' By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor With more than $112 million in public monies spent "without any evidence of due process", the Bahamian Contractors Association's (BCA) president has urged the Government to use t
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$112m spent with 'no due process'
$112m spent with 'no due process' By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor With more than $112 million in public monies spent "without any evidence of due process", the Bahamian Contractors Association's (BCA) president has urged the Government to use t
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Oil spotted in ocean off Abaco
OIL has been spotted in the ocean near Abaco and may have impacted parts of the coastline, days after an oil spill occurred in Grand Bahama.Equinor, which operates the South Riding Point storage and transshipment terminal in Grand Bahama, said the so
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Bishop Laish Boyd concerned about election victory margins, turnout
BISHOP Laish Boyd has voiced concern regarding margins of victory and a lower-than-normal voter turnout in the September general election, saying such margins may encourage a government to be less than fair and less than evenhanded.
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Bahamas needs extra 200 air traffic controllers
AN extra 150-200 air traffic controllers are needed to provide proper air traffic service throughout The Bahamas, their union head yesterday expressing concern over whether there would be sufficient manpower to deal with the increased flights generated by Baha Mar.
