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Bishop Joseph M Swann
A Memorial Service for Bishop Joseph M. Swann, 91 a resident of Stapledon Gardens, will be held on Thursday, January 3rd at 7:00 PM at The Church of God of Prophecy, Community At Heart Tabernacle, Coral Road, Freeport, Grand Bahama. …
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Sexual assaults the most reported criminal activity on cruise ships making calls to the United States
ALLEGATIONS of sexual assault remain the most reported criminal activity on board cruise ships making calls to the United States, according to year-end statistics.
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DIANE PHILLIPS: Admit it - there’s never been a better time to put off what you have to do today
Over the holidays as our little public relations office was officially closed, I worked there nearly every day anyway because it is what I do.
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Murder toll lowest in nine years
THE country closed out 2018 with 91 reported murders, the fewest in nine years, according to The Tribune’s records.
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A different take on democracy
It is the Christmas season and my favourite time – new year– is approaching. It is a time of reflection and improvement. Some improve their home by repairs, painting and decorations. Some improve themselves by being generous and making new year resolutions. In this vein I suggest an improvement for the Bahamas’ political system which is a representative democracy.
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Police aim to reduce murders to less than 90 next year
WITH the country on pace to record fewer than 100 murders in a year for the first time in nearly a decade, National Security Minister Marvin Dames yesterday declared his goal for the year ahead: fewer than 90 murders.
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Marijuana
The issue of legalisation of ganja has become a popular issue in the global discourse on drugs since the pioneering role of countries such as Uruguay and Canada led the way regarding the legalisation of ganja for medicinal and recreational purposes.
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2018: A year of career-defining moments for our shining stars
It was a year that displayed the diversity of Bahamian sports across many disciplines and career-defining moments for many of the country’s superstars and stars on the rise.
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Nellie Theodocia Neely Johnson
Mrs. Nellie Theodocia Neely Johnson age 89 of South Bahamia Freeport, Grand Bahama, and formerly of The Bluff Eleuthera, died at her daughter’s residence in Freeport on Friday December 21st, 2018. Left to cherish memories are: Four daughters: Marion Carter, …
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Another banner year for sports in The Bahamas
IT HAS been another banner year for sports in the country and one of those that stood out in the foreground were the performances of our various teams that competed both locally and on the international scene.
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Unwise to suggest Nassau is getting safer
There are times Ministers and senior officials when they will be well advised not to comment as usually what they say comes to bite them hard. Between the PM’s statement copied by the Asst Commissioner of Police and the Minister that it was safer in Nassau can only be described as stupid.
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INSIGHT: Succeeding by degree - all four of them
“At the time because my mum hardly knew anyone in Nassau she went home to Dominica for family support in the last stages of her pregnancy with me. However, we returned before I was one-month-old,” recalled Frances. The need for Land Surveyors in the country in the 1950s drew Frances Armbrister’s mother and father to The Bahamas from Dominica for work.
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Man dies after argument outside Nassau nightclub
A MAN was found unresponsive with injuries to his body near an abandoned building on Hampton Street on Friday night.
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One dead, two injured after triple shooting on Malcolm Road
ONE man is dead and two are in hospital following a triple shooting at a Malcolm Road nightclub early Friday morning.
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After three double murders, time to resume hanging
The Bahamas has had three execution styled double murders in a three week span, for a grand total of 89 murders in 2018 thus far. There are arguments for and against the death penalty, but philosophising alone does not produce tangible results in reducing criminality and murder. My personal opinion is that the government should resume hanging, but not as a knee jerk reaction to the reckless rampant taking of human life we have been witnessing.
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Bishop Joseph James McDonald Swann
Bishop Joseph James McDonald Swann, 91 a resident of Blenheim Road, Stapledon Gardens & formerly of Bottle Creek, Turks & Caicos Islands, died at Doctors Hospital on Saturday, December 15, 2018. He is survived by his wife: Minister Roselyn Lightbourne …
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Marjorie Woodside Bauld
Funeral service for Mrs. Marjorie Woodside Bauld, 89 yrs., a resident of Stafford Creek, Andros, will be held at Church of God, Stafford Creek, Andros, on Saturday, December 22, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. Officiating will be Bishop Dr. Raymond R. …
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Ferguson defends crime record but warns: Be careful about company you keep
AFTER three double homicides in as many weeks, Commissioner of Police Anthony Ferguson issued a blunt warning to Bahamians yesterday: “Be careful with the company you keep.”
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Couple slain as they arrive home
A MAN and a woman were shot dead in the Joan’s Heights area early yesterday morning, marking the third double homicide in New Providence this month. The incident, which some neighbours speculated was a “targetted crime,” occurred just after midnight on Tuesday.
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UB Mingoes knock off Pirates 85-80, Bucket top Elite 113-104
THE Aliv Bucket and the University of the Bahamas Mingoes pulled off the New Providence Basketball Association’s double header played on Monday night at the AF Adderley Gymnasium.
