Obit
Junior Alexander Dean
Funeral Service for Junior Alexander “Livingstone” Dean, age 80 years, a resident of Kennedy Subdivision and formerly of Dunmore, Long Island, will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday November 23rd, 2019, at Holy Family Roman Catholic Church, Claridge and …
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PM: Women not equal? ‘y’all ruling us, man'
PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis rejects the United States’ observation about how women are treated in The Bahamas.
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Butterfield names top Bahamas executive
BUTTERFIELD Trust (Bahamas) has named Craig Barley as its managing director, with overall responsibility for the management and development of its business in this jurisdiction.Originally from the UK, Mr Barley was most recently chief executive of La
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BPL tender issue
Absolutely no apology! I return to the BP&L RFP/tender issue as there has been no resolution to correct malpractice and breach of the Electricity Act 2015. Your Editorial position believing the opinion of BP&L is wrong - you have not spoken to URCA who controls the practice of BP&L who are not lords unto themselves.
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Stop the Bank Lane shuffle
Under both the Constitution of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas and the common law, a person who is accused of a criminal offence is entitled to the presumption of innocence unless and until that person is lawfully convicted of a crime.
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Recreational marijuana and medicinal marijuana
WAS anyone else around here and the Islands during the early 1980’s with the Drug Scourge through those long days, months, years to recover?
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It's time for Jollification
“IT’S beginning to look a lot like Jollification” and that is the theme for the Bahamas National Trust’s very popular Christmas fundraiser being held November 18 and 19 at the Retreat Gardens on Village Road.“The Christmas Jollification is an importa
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Recall of antihypertensive drug Valsartan
PUBLIC health patients who filled prescriptions for antihypertensive drug Valsartan have been asked to return their medication for a replacement following an international recall.
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We owe Dr Sands a huge debt of thanks
Regardless of the COVID-19 related quagmire that led to his resignation, the former Minister of Health Dr. Duane Sands deserves our appreciation for his historic, frank and passionate plea to make the nation’s wellness a serious and singularly important goal.
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Man admits forging U.S. currency
A 25-year-old man was fined $6,000 for forging Bahamian and American dollar bills to purchase items from two businesses last week.
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My thanks to an inspiring Knight
Bastian pays tribute to Mr Denis Knight.
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Tourism statisics
TOURISM - past experience with Ministry of Tourism giving accurate statistics is certainly questionable.
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Postal service issues new stamps for Christmas
THE Bahamas Postal Service will release a set of stamps entitled Christmas 2013 – The Nativity today.
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INSIGHT: A Word to The Wise - Part II
DURING the last week, there have been multiple pieces in both major local publications covering the quiet storm that has developed following China’s new policy on outbound investments. What is concerning is the reaction to this new policy from the “people’s government” who would have us believe this would not impact the Bahamas, and generations of Bahamians to come in a serious way.
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Eulalee Elizabeth Dupuch
Funeral Service for Eulalee Elizabeth Dupuch, age 91 of Adelaide Village and formerly of The Bight, Long Island who died on December 12th 2014 will be held on Saturday at 11 a.m. at Adelaide Union Baptist Church, Adelaide Village. Officiating …
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8th annual Providence Holiday Basketball Classic individual winners
8th annual Providence Holiday Basketball Classic individual winners THE 8th annual Providence Holiday Basketball Classic came to a close on Friday night at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium. The week-long tournament saw the host CI Gibson Rattlers reclaimed th
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Atlantis: 30% spend, rate jumps ‘as good as it gets’
Atlantis yesterday said its year-to-date performance is “as good as you can get” with rates and visitor spending per occupied room both exceeding pre-COVID levels by up to 30 percent.
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Gov't targeting $660m revenue rise in 4 years
The Government is targeting improved revenue yields equivalent to 4 per cent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as the centrepiece of its plan to generate a recurrent Budget surplus within three years, it was disclosed yesterday.
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Two men in rape case say woman gave consent
A POLICE investigator told the Supreme Court yesterday that two of the seven men accused of rape admitted to having consensual sex with a Bimini woman who had also given her permission for their friends to have sex with her after a night of drinking and partying at several night clubs.
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Charities asked: Do you hold any of FTX’s $5.4m?
FTX’s Bahamian liquidators are “liaising” with local charities and non-profits over the collective $5.4m in donations they received from the collapsed crypto exchange to determine if they still hold any of these funds.
