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Discharge for mother who hit daughter with cord

A 35-year-old mother was conditionally discharged yesterday after admitting to injuring her 15-year-old daughter because the girl lied about how she got to the movies last Saturday.

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FRONT PORCH: The failure to civilise new generations

A gnawing grief seized the family and friends of former Member of Parliament and Deputy House of Assembly Speaker, Don Saunders, following his murder during an armed robbery

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Reloaded kids training in the Dominican Republic

RELOADED Baseball has announced a relationship with a sporting academy in the Dominican Republic as the organisation furthers its mandate of providing developmental initiatives to get the country's youth to the next level.

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Comets, Hurricanes repeat as junior soccer champions

The junior portion of the Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools Sports (BAISS) Soccer Championships is officially in the books.

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Beautiful Grand Bahama project is praised for helping YMCA

KAREN Pinder-Johnson, the YMCA’s executive director, has praised Beautiful Grand Bahama (BGB) for assisting with much-needed improvements to the facility and its sporting amenities.

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Nassau/PI hotels ‘soon can’t take anyone else’

Nassau and Paradise Island hotels will “soon reach the point where we can’t take anyone else”, a senior tourism executive has warned, with room shortages driving “unheard of” March occupancies.

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Cable ‘not rolling over and playing dead’ over Starlink

A senior Cable Bahamas executive pledged the group is “not rolling over and playing dead” as she was forced to defend its ability to compete with Elon Musk’s upstart Starlink satellite Internet service.

Don’t ‘erode’ public worker benefits in pension reform

The Government’s public sector pension reforms “must not erode the benefits” workers enjoy under their current scheme, a union leader is warning, while challenging if those impacted were consulted.

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DPM: Bahamians will gain Royal Caribbean PI shares

The deputy prime minister yesterday clarified that, while details are still being worked out, the Government plans to offer equity ownership in Royal Caribbean’s Paradise Island project to Bahamian investors.

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NPBA Finals: Discount Distributors Rockets win Division One title

THE Discount Distributors Rockets added another chapter to their long-standing rivalry with the Commonwealth Bank Giants in division one play.

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Major US agencies collaborating with BACSWN to bring PM's legacy to reality

IN an exclusive interview with The Tribune, Bahamas Aviation, Climate & Severe Weather Network’s President & CEO, Lyrone Burrows, with renowned US Aviation, Climate & Severe Weather Scientist, Professor Roelof Bruintjes, PhD, provided insight into how US National Centre for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Aviation Weather Centre and Johns Hopkins plan to help bring Prime Minister Philip Davis’ aviation, carbon credits and health legacy to fruition.

‘Keep faucet open’ govt urged as real estate triples

The Government was yesterday urged to “keep the faucet open”, and not tinker with real estate taxes and regulation in the upcoming Budget, as contracted property sales more than tripled year-over-year.

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Fernander disagrees with Pintard that anti-gang bill may make criminals of innocent parents - ‘We do our investigation’

POLICE Commissioner Clayton Fernander disagrees with Free National Movement leader Michael Pintard, who believes the anti-gang bill passed in the House of Assembly earlier this month may make criminals out of innocent parents.

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Cabinet approves virtual court to be built at Dept of Correctional Services

NATIONAL Security Minister Wayne Munroe said Cabinet has approved the construction of a new virtual court at the Department of Correctional Services.

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Govt and RCI sign HOA for $165m Beach Club

THE Davis administration and Royal Caribbean International (RCI) signed a Heads of Agreement yesterday to develop RCI’s $165m Royal Beach Club Paradise Island.

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Tug and barge still stranded in Fowl Cay protected park will likely face penalties

THE owners of a vessel stuck in a protected area of Abaco will likely face penalties, according to Department of Environmental Planning and Protection director Dr Rhianna Neely-Murphy.

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Ex-minister backs government over BPL private partnership deal

A FORMER Cabinet minister yesterday backed the Davis administration’s efforts to secure outside investor capital and expertise for Bahamas Power & Light (BPL) via a public- private partnership (PPP) model.

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PM says divorce is a solution for marital rape

GIVING no firm indication that his administration will criminalise marital rape, Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis suggested yesterday that divorce is the solution for women who believe their spouse has raped them.

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Pintard: Retired nurses should be brought back to alleviate shortage

OPPOSITION Leader Michael Pintard said the nursing profession is experiencing a severe shortage in the country, and said retired nurses should be brought back into the system.

BTC sponsors Blake Bartlett for World Relays

FOR the first time in its history of supporting sports, BTC is excited to announce that an employee is a member of the athletic team participating in the BTC World Relays Bahamas 24 May 4-5 at the Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium.