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Concerned with Mount Tabor pulpit

As I approach my 70th birthday this week, a milestone I greet with both gratitude and reflection, I find myself compelled to write to your publication for only the fifth time in my life. My words today are born not out of joy, but out of a deep sense of disappointment and concern for a community that has been an integral part of my life for over two decades – the Mount Tabor Church.

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Judge dismisses woman’s injury claim against Commonwealth Brewery Ltd

A SUPREME Court judge dismissed a lawsuit from a former Commonwealth Brewery Limited employee last week after the woman sued the company for injuries she allegedly received after falling over a box at work.

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Teen sent to Simpson Penn after being charged with Christmas Day murder

A 15-year-old boy was sent to Simpson Penn yesterday after he allegedly fatally shot a 38-year-old man on Jerome Avenue on Christmas Day.

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52-year-old man accused of molesting his four-year-old son remanded

A 52-year-old man was locked behind bars yesterday after he was accused of molesting his four-year-old son last October.

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Man and woman allegedly found with a loaded gun granted $7,500 bail

A MAN and woman were granted bail yesterday after they were allegedly found with a loaded gun and a large quantity of ammunition at a residence in Nassau Village last week.

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Man accused of fatal stabbing of father must receive medication for sickle cell anemia

A 26-YEAR-OLD American man suffering from sickle cell anaemia must receive medical attention in prison after he was remanded over the weekend for the year’s first murder.

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Maycock-Dorsett and Pinder overall winners at Macedonia Baptist Church’s Family Fun Walk Race

EVE Maycock-Dorsett and Donald Pinder emerged as the overall female and male winners of the Macedonia Baptist Church’s annual Family Fun Walk Race.

Andros Chamber puts back investor conclave to March

The Andros Chamber of Commerce has pushed back its economic and investment conclave, which is designed to connect entrepreneurs with investors, from late January to mid-March 2024.

Cabbage Beach vendors will 'stand up' for access

A attorney for the Cabbage Beach Vendors Association yesterday pledged its members will "stand up and fight" if the Ocean Club's expansion impacts their access to Paradise Island's northern shore.

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WORLD VIEW: Smallness and separateness is not an effective strategy

AS we stand at the threshold of 2024, gazing upon the dawn of a new year with uncertainty, the time has come for a profound reflection on the trajectory of the 15 Caribbean nations constituting the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).

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Teenage girl shot dead as gunmen open fire on home

SIXTEEN-year-old Davinique Gray was murdered on Saturday, two years after her father was murdered and one day after what would have been his birthday.

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INSIGHT: The question of accountability

HAPPY New Year, readers. The ways in which the Christmas holidays fell means it’s been some weeks since my last column – and there certainly has been a lot that has gone on since then.

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Pintard says Mitchell’s comments let ‘the cat out of the bag’ on govt view of FOIA

FREE National Movement leader Michael Pintard said Foreign Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell’s dismissive comments about the Freedom of Information Act are “incredibly sad” and let “the cat out of the bag” about how the Davis administration feels about a system whose implementation has been slow for more than a decade.

EDITORIAL: Leave no stone unturned to end violence

THE fight against crime should not need to be a partisan matter. Reducing the number of murders in particular should be a goal that we all strive towards together.

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Former pageant winners want governing organisation investigated

FORMER Miss Bahamas Universe winners want a “formal investigation” into the organisation governing the pageant, citing concerns about mismanagement and lack of accountability.

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FTX US chief feared $9bn Bahamas ‘risk’

FTX’s US chief has admitted he feared a “risk” that the crypto exchange’s Bahamian liquidators “could be awarded material” sums on their $9bn-plus claim if he failed to settle their dispute.

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200 jobs through Ocean Club’s $400m expansion

The Ocean Club’s upcoming $400m expansion will create 200 full-time jobs once the development is fully completed in 2027, the project’s partners have revealed.

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FTX real estate sell-off can’t cover $256m debt

The sell-off of FTX’s high-end properties “will not be sufficient” to fully repay the $256.3m debt owed to the crypto exchange’s Bahamian subsidiary, it has been asserted.

'We didn't hit $1bn, but we did very well'

The Bahamian high-end real estate market will "do at least as good as 2023 if not better" in 2024, as one major realtor said of last year: "We didn't do $1bn in sales but we did very well."

Passengers of Western Air have scare on Grand Bahama flight

TERRIFIED Western Air passengers prayed and braced for impact on Saturday as their plane made an emergency landing.