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EDITORIAL: Court ruling shows up process flaws

THE government has won the right to demolish a grand total of two shanty town homes. Two. Not two hundred. Not two thousand. Just two.

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Insurer doing 'everything to remedy' Cayman breaches

Bahamas First's top executive yesterday pledged it is doing "everything possible to remedy" its Cayman Islands' subsidiary's non-compliance with that territory's health insurance regulations due to a claims processing "backlog".

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Crackdown coming on national symbols usage

AUTHORITIES are seeing an increase in the unlicensed use of national symbols, with National Security Minister Wayne Munroe warning that unsanctioned use of symbols could prompt a $250 fine or a six months prison sentence.

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SHANTY WIN - BUT FOR JUST TWO HOMES: OAG sought demolition for more than 260 shanty sites in Nassau and Abaco

CHIEF Justice Ian Winder ordered the demolition of shanty town structures belonging to just two people in The Bahamas yesterday, far fewer than the government had sought.

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Kingsway, Teleos BSAA track and field champions

The Bahamas Scholastic Athletic Association (BSAA) hosted a two-day meet at the original Thomas A Robinson stadium which ended yesterday.

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Grieving lawyer claims Family Guardian reduced mother’s life insurance entitlement

A GRIEVING lawyer protested in front of the Family Guardian Financial Centre on East Bay Street yesterday, claiming the insurance company’s policies denied him $7,000 from his dead mother’s life insurance policy.

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AML loses receiver bid over attorney's assets

An attorney and grandson of Sir Milo Butler has successfully fought-off a BISX-listed retail group's bid to appoint a receiver over his 25 percent interest in the family's trust.

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Grand Bahama water regime enacted before rate rise disclosure

Grand Bahama businesses and residents yesterday said it was "amazing" that the island's new water regulatory regime appeared to have been implemented almost two weeks before they were warned of imminent rate hikes.

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Bain awaits appeal verdict on investment repay order

LINCOLN Bain is awaiting the Court of Appeal’s verdict about his application to appeal to the Privy Council to overturn a decision related to a failed investment deal.

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Why we need Freedom of the Press

ON December 17, 1986, journalist Guillermo Cano Isaza was assassinated in front of the offices of his newspaper, El Espectador, in my home country of Colombia. He was targeted because of the news stories he was pursuing as a journalist.

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Young achievers celebrated

JUNIOR Achievement (JA) Bahamas celebrated outstanding achievers, volunteers and schools this weekend.

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Bahamas ‘closer to inflation peak’

The Central Bank’s governor yesterday predicted that The Bahamas is now “closer to the peak, if we have not yet seen it”, of inflationary pressures that have driven the post-COVID cost of living crisis.

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Governor trims growth forecast ‘closer to 4%’

The Bahamas’ stopover visitor numbers rebounded to 97 percent of pre-COVID levels in the 2023 first quarter, the Central Bank’s governor said yesterday, while slightly trimming his full-year economic growth forecast.

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NIB ordered: Pay ex-chief seven years of pensions

The National Insurance Board (NIB) has been ordered to pay a former director almost seven years’ worth of pension benefts after losing a legal battle over her due retirement entitlement.

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Armed robber accused remanded without bail

A MAN was sent to jail yesterday after being accused of an armed robbery in New Providence last month.

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BTC makes its presence felt on Exuma at National Family Island Regatta

BTC officially kicked off its support of the National Family Island Regatta with a $10,000 sponsorship of Exuma’s 67th regatta held April 18-22 in George Town.

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The birth of the police force in The Bahamas

LAW and order are essential for peace in any civilisation, and The Bahamas is no different.

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WORLD VIEW: What future, Venezuela?

THE President of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, hosted a Conference on Venezuela in his nation’s capital, Bogota, on April 25. The European Union (EU) and 19 countries from the Americas, including the Caribbean, attended, but it is doubtful that they all had the same goals in mind.

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THE KDK REPORT: Overcoming the obstacles of sickness and injuries

ALONG the double-stranded DNA helix, and coiled chain of anti-parallel genetic code, lies the biological information necessary for the survival of our species.

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Egg laying programme could lead to one precent reduction of Bahamas’ import bill

THE country could see a one percent decrease in the country’s import bill thanks to an egg laying programme.