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ERIC WIBERG: Shipwrecks of The Bahamas – Highbourne Cay Shipwreck, Exumas, 1513 Iberian, Diego Miruelo, Ponce de Leon

THE night of Tuesday, September 23, 1513, was another boisterous one for a fleet of four heavily armed Spanish vessels returning from a mission to find Florida.

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DIANE PHILLIPS: Just how friendly are the skies of The Bahamas?

THEY are the lifeline to the Family Islands – those smaller planes that operate as scheduled charters, criss-crossing the skies day after day. Western Air, Pineapple Air, Southern Air, Titan, Flamingo, LeAir and more, as essential to local economies from Bimini in the north to Ragged and Crooked in the south, as air and water are to life itself.

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Auto dealers optimistic 2023's 40% surge keeps momentum

A Bahamian new auto dealer yesterday voiced optimism that price stability and better availability will further boost sales in 2024 following a 40 percent year-over-year surge for the first 11 months last year.

Drug lure: 50% of school leavers lacking diploma

"A significant" number of young Bahamians are being lured into the drug trade as 50 percent of high school leavers graduate without even a diploma, a policy document is asserting.

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Dorian 'hangover' cuts outlook for the Summit

A Bahamian insurer yesterday voiced optimism it will soon break free of its "Hurricane Dorian hangover" and escape any potential downgrade by the industry's main creditworthiness assessor.

'Whistleblower' official should go before PAC

A top civil servant's attorney yesterday argued that what his client has allegedly suffered must "in no circumstance be allowed to happen" to other public officials who seek to expose purported "wrongdoing".

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Fourteen Clubs Golf Academy hosts first event of 2024

While many were enjoying the festivities on Majority Rule Day, juniors along with adults participated at the third Front 9 Golf Tournament Series drive, chip and putt event at the Bahamas Golf Federation’s Practice Facility.

Palm Cay targets 2030 for construction finish

A south-eastern New Providence development is targeting 2030 for its full build-out with more stages to come after the current phase four.

Bar chief says 'world class' justice requires investment

Delivering "world class" justice "requires meaningful financial investment and not empty rhetoric", the Bar Association's president urged yesterday, as he called for the judiciary's budget to be increased.

'Novel' human rights argument to counter OECD blacklistings

The Government was yesterday said to be developing a "novel" legal argument for presentation before the United Nations (UN) that The Bahamas' "human rights" are being breached by blacklisting tactics.

Bowe: Govt should pay off debt and work at surplus

A TOP financial expert has said the government should aim to pay off its debt and operate at a surplus - for the first time since Independence.

'Bahamas needs to implement a National Development Plan'

Gowon Bowe, CEO of Fidelity Bank Bahamas, has renewed his call for the government to implement a National Development Plan to direct and benchmark improvements on key economic and social metrics.

EDITORIAL: Evidence there to check the facts

EVIDENCE is a powerful thing.

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FRONT PORCH: Museums overlooked - but important to tell our story

APARTHEID, the system of institutionalised racism and minoritarian rule in South Africa, formally existed from 1948 to the early 1990s. It was steeped in a history of slavery, colonialism, and the warring for political and economic control between competing groups and powers.

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Man dies after shooting in Montell Heights

A 28-year-old man is dead after a shooting incident in Montell Heights on Wednesday night.

FTX Bahamas properties must fetch ‘80% of value’

All sales of FTX’s 35 high-end Bahamas properties must fetch a price that is “equal to or greater than 80 percent” of their broker-appraised values, it has been revealed.

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Quality Care's Fun, Run, Walk and Health Fair to raise funds for Bahamas Feeding Network

Quality Care Pharmacy is hosting a Fun, Run, Walk and Health Fair on February 3 to raise funds for the Bahamas Feeding Network amid a 40 percent drop in donations.

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Man jailed for breaching bail

A MAN was sentenced to one year in prison yesterday after he admitting to breaching his bail while on release for pending armed robbery charges.

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Fair to be held for Canadian schools

REPRESENTATIVES from 13 top Canadian boarding schools will be holding a school fair on Thursday at the Sandyport Beach Resort from 5-9pm.

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A scholarship to soar

STUDENTS HAVE received scholarships to become jet pilots through partnership with Qatar Aeronautical Academy and The Bahamas Aeronautical Academy.