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‘This war is against Hamas’

Why is there a war in Israel right now? What are they fighting for and why is it so different from things that happened there in the past?

Sonja Knowles Track Classic on Saturday

THE fourth edition of the Sonja Knowles Track Classic returns to the original Thomas A Robinson Stadium this Saturday and Sunday with a new timing system to facilitate a quicker and more efficient track meet.

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$9.1m in WSC upgrades to help Exuma flourish

The Water and Sewerage Company (WSC) revealed it will be investing $9.1m in infrastructural upgrades for Exuma.

BISX-listed fund: 10% pt rental rise is ‘dividend trick’

The administrator for the BISX-listed Bahamas Property Fund yesterday said a 10 percentage point increase in average occupancy rates would “be the trick” to unlocking long-awaited dividend payments.

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SMOKED OUT: Residents facing a week out of Jubilee Gardens homes

RESIDENTS in Jubilee Gardens will have to wait at least five to seven days before the evacuation order is lifted and they are “safely” allowed to return their homes, Minister of Environment Kenred Dorsett said yesterday.

Lives of farm pigs not threatened by fire

BAHAMAS Humane Society (BHS) President Kim Aranha yesterday confirmed that the lives of 100 pigs at a farm off Gladstone Road were not threatened by the smoke and flames emanating from the New Providence Landfill’s most recent fire.

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Police officer overcomes life-changing injuries

POLICE motorcyclist Nelson Rahming was pursuing two suspects when he was suddenly hit by another vehicle – an incident that changed his life forever.

Bahamas to send message: Banks 'cannot launder cash'

THE Central Bank wants to tell the world that the Bahamas’ international banking sector “cannot launder cash”, with virtually all institutions having ceased taking such deposits.The regulator, unveiling the results of an anti-money laundering/counter

New tower installed for free to air TV channels

THE Broadcasting Corporation of The Bahamas (BCB) yesterday commissioned a new 300ft transmission tower which will enable everyone to watch ZNS TV 13, the Parliamentary Channel and a third community announcements channel free of charge via “Free 2 Air”.

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High bills spark ‘cut off’ review

BAHAMAS Power and Light’s chairman Donovan Moxey yesterday revealed the corporation was considering a review of BPL’s disconnection policy in view of the temporary hike in electricity costs.

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Fyre Festival creator jailed for six years

NEW YORK (AP) — The creator of the Fyre Festival, a highly publicised and famously failed music bash in the Bahamas, was ordered Thursday to spend six years in prison by a judge who called him a "serial fraudster."

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Higgs projected to be one of top players in the Big 12

SHE entered the Texas Longhorns programme as a heralded freshman and now Lashann Higgs is headed into her senior season projected to be one of the top players in the Big 12 conference.

EDITORIAL: Something is going to have to change in our attitude to vaccination

THE road out of the COVID crisis was always going to be bumpy and right now it seems we’re being bounced all over the place.

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Hotel union uneasy about U.S. upgrade to travel warning

THE hotel union “is on edge” over the US State Department’s decision to upgrade its travel advisory to level four, warning Americans not to enter The Bahamas.

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Man ‘beat me and held knife to my throat’

A WOMAN yesterday testified that a man brutally beat her before holding a knife to her throat during a domestic dispute earlier this year.

Second phase of Sweeting’s Cay repairs underway

PHASE Two of the Sweeting’s Cay Home Repair Project is underway to repair 14 homes damaged during Hurricane Dorian two years ago.

Arawak and Potter's Cay vendors not 100% ready

Not all restaurants at Arawak Cay and Potter’s Cay dock will be re-opening tomorrow as some are still implementing the COVID-19 health and safety protocols mandated by the Government. Rodney Russell, president of the Arawak Cay Conch, Fish, Vegetabl

Employer to still pay for staff COVID tests

A prominent Bahamian merchant yesterday backed away from requiring employees to pay for their own COVID-19 tests and said it will comply with an Act that requires it to foot the bill.

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Forbes: Vaccine coverage must be the priority

THE country’s top infectious disease expert says vaccine coverage in the country needs to be prioritised as less than 40,000 Bahamians have been fully vaccinated and COVID-19 cases surge again.

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D’Aguilar: More visitors every month

TOURISM Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar said yesterday that visitor arrivals to The Bahamas are increasing “every month” after 64,047 non-residents bought travel health visas to the country in April.