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Over four-year sentence after man found with eight guns and 900 rounds of ammo
AN Office of the Prime Minister employee was sentenced to four and a half years in prison yesterday after admitting to having eight firearms and over 900 rounds of ammunition.
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UK diplomat: ‘Just not true’ that US cheaper
The UK’s top diplomat in The Bahamas says it is “just not true” that US goods and services are automatically cheaper due to the tariff-eliminating trade agreement between London and Nassau.
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PETER YOUNG: In the short term, the country’s energy security comes first
HAVING written as recently as August in some detail in this column about climate change, I only refer to the subject again today because it has hit the news in Britain following approval last week of a new offshore oil and gas development in the North Sea called Rosebank.
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FACE TO FACE: What is the measure of a man? Remembering Obie Wilchcombe
“THE ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy,” said Rev Dr Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Flamingo Air says employee reprimanded after plane door opens mid-flight
FLAMINGO Air said an employee had been reprimanded after the passenger door of its plane flew open mid-air during a flight.
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Inflation to stay ‘high’ as food costs up 11%
The Central Bank yesterday warned Bahamian consumers that inflation will remain “high” in the near-term, and decline more slowly than in other countries, with food and drink prices rising 11 percent over the year to end-June 2023.
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Parliament blunder on BPL regulatory ‘void’
Regulators are scrambling to fill a “void” created by Parliament in electricity sector supervision which has potentially left Bahamians at the mercy of appliance-destroying voltage and frequency fluctuations without recourse.
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URCA in crackdown over communications outages
Regulators last night voiced their displeasure with inconsistent and delayed reporting of network outages by Bahamian communications providers as they moved to better protect consumers from such disruption.
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Bain and Suarez win doubles title
NAIA Gulf ITA Regional Championships in New Orleans
Despite nursing a slight injury, Bahamian Jacobi Bain and his Xavier University of Louisiana partner Nereo Suarez still managed to win the men’s doubles title at the NAIA Gulf Regional Championships at the XULA Tennis Center in New Orleans.
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THE KDK REPORT: The hour has come – Part 1
BEFORE getting up, my patient Whitney stretched her entire body, rolling over repeatedly making maximum use of her comfortable king-sized bed. Even after a solid seven hours of sleep, she was still yawning and yearned for more rest. It was a typical Saturday morning and she vividly recalls how soft and warm her bed felt particularly since outside was abnormally cool for early September. She turned on her TV to hear the weather report.
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ArawakX blames BOB ‘mislabel’ for fund commingling allegation
The Bahamas’ first-ever crowdfunding platform is alleging that the “mislabeling” of its accounts by a BISX-listed bank created the “prejudicial impression” that it was commingling investor/client funds with its own.
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Bahamas can’t pay $4bn costs for climate change
The Bahamas cannot afford the $4bn required to meet its pledged climate change targets without international financial, technology and other “capacity-building” support, it has admitted.
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Jonquel Jones leads New York to first WNBA Finals in 21 years with victory over her former team
UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Breanna Stewart and Jonquel Jones have New York back in the WNBA Finals for the first time in more than two decades.
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Jazz hits his 19th home run of the season
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Miami Marlins’ improbable September push will carry into October.
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Bahamas Striping and MOW partner with local contractors for Eleuthera clean-up effort
THE Ministry of Works and the Bahamas Striping Group of Companies have partnered with 20 Eleuthera contractors to begin an island-wide clean-up campaign.
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Sebas e-commerce platform launches courier services
The e-commerce provider owned by Sebas Bastian and his partners has confirmed its expansion into freight forwarding services via a sales tax-free US address.
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DEREK SMITH: How to combat threats to corporate reputation
One of the most significant threats to a company’s long-term viability is reputation risk. This is often referred to as the risk stemming from negative public perceptions. The consequences of a tarnished reputation can be severe and lasting, regardless of how well a company performs in other risk management areas.
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The price of life
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Who wants to live for ever? And how long will I live? If you want to know this, you should have your telomeres examined. These are the sequences at the end of the chromosomes. And the longer the telomeres are, the longer the lifespan. For this discovery, Elizabeth Blackburn, Carol W. Greider and Jack Szostak received the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2009.
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Clubs & Societies: September 29, 2023
On Monday, September 8, the Kiwanis Club of Over-The-Hill continued its annual scholarship donation of $2,000 to BTVI’s scholarship fund. Initially, our focus was the Old Bight High School graduates and active Key Club members on Cat Island. We have since opened the scholarship to any eligible Family Island High School graduates.
