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WORLD VIEW: The urgency of internal unity to reclaim Haiti

IN international diplomatic circles, Haiti is on everyone’s lips but not in actions that could urgently remedy the suffering of the Haitian people.

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PETER YOUNG: Danger to Bahamas as Haiti on the brink

FOR some years, commentators have been saying that Haiti has reached rock bottom as a failed state.

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FACE TO FACE: Devynne Charlton – chasing her dreams

EXTREMELY humble, highly motivated, and distinctively disciplined, Devynne Charlton has all of the right ingredients that make up a world champion. With a twinkle in her eye and a dimple in her smile, she is not only blazing a trail on the world stage in track and field, she has also warmed the hearts of everyone at home in The Bahamas.

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Munroe says he will discuss police morale with commissioner

NATIONAL Security Minister Wayne Munroe said while he understands how police morale could take a hit from frequent homicide-by-manslaughter rulings in the Coroner’s Court, he is unaware of the problem and would discuss the matter with the commissioner of police.

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ArawakX full wind-up sealed without a fight

THE Bahamas’ first-ever crowd funding platform’s fate was yesterday sealed without a fight after its former principals effectively consented to its liquidation amid claims of a near-$4m insolvency.

Resort to Gov’t: ‘Pursue’ horse riding venture like shanty towns

A MAJOR Harbour Island resort yesterday urged the Government to “aggressively pursue” a local horse riding entrepreneur’s “unauthorised construction” with the same vigour as its shanty town crackdown.

NIB back-pedal ‘no way to run country’

THE Government’s back-pedalling over the phased strategy to increase the National Insurance Board’s (NIB) all-in contribution rate to 26.3 percent is “not a way to run a country”, it was asserted yesterday.

Agri expo to connect farmers with markets

AN Agri-business Expo will be held next month to connect farmers and other entrepreneurs, Minister of Agriculture and Marine Resources Jomo Campbell has announced.

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Footcare provider targets new investor capital raise

A BAHAMIAN footcare provider plans to tap its investors for further equity this summer as it pushes forward with further expansion following an initial roll-out that “surpassed expectations”.

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National Security Minister: ‘Very, very aggressive’ anti-gang bill to be reviewed by Cabinet first

NATIONAL Security Minister Wayne Munroe said a draft anti-gang legislation is “very, very aggressive” and Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis wants Cabinet ministers to review it before it is released for consultation.

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Key witness says she never bribed Gibson nor transferred vehicle to his company

A KEY witness in the criminal trial of Adrian Gibson and others claimed yesterday she never bribed the Long Island MP to receive maintenance contracts for Elite Maintenance and never transferred three vehicles to his company in Long Island.

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Photographer and artist Margaret Guillaume dies age 76.

PHOTOGRAPHER and artist Margaret Guillaume has died, aged 76.

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Sumner: Fees and firings likely over NIB hike

FORMER director and CEO of the Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and Employers Confederation (BCCEC) Edison Sumner said when National Insurance Board contribution rates increase, businesses may offset costs by increasing prices, service fees and firing employees.

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Mother accused of negligence in drowning death of her son

A YOUNG mother appeared distraught in court yesterday after she was accused of negligence in the drowning death of her four-year-old son last week.

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Man shot dead in Montell Heights area

A MAN in his late 40s was shot dead last night outside a residence at Akel Close in Montell Heights.

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GOVT DITCHES BAIL MONITOR COMPANY: Previous provider chosen to take over ankle bracelet service

THE government has cancelled its electronic monitoring contract with Metro Security Solutions and selected Migrafill Electronic Security, the previous provider of the service, to take over monitoring persons on bail.

GBPA has not made GB better

IT IS disheartening and downright selfish for a foreign company that has been operating in the Bahamas from about 1955, and with nothing to show how it has improve the lives of Grand Bahamians, or its economy, to still want to stay hogging up all the profits, as its monopoly has become strained over decades, leaving many Bahamians to wonder about what percentages of its revenues were being exported to Europe, and now by the minute?

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Isaiah has ‘best showing’

The Windsor Rowing Club, which is fast becoming a household name to reckon with from the Bahamas on the international scene, took an eight-member team to compete in the 2024 OARS Youth Invitational in Orlando, Florida, over the weekend.

’We should find funding for training camps in France’ prior to Olympics

MEMBER of Parliament for Central Grand Bahama Iram Lewis, highlighting the need to adequately fund our sporting programmes, said we need to be able to hold training camps ahead of major events so that athletes have a chance to “sharpen their skills and work together, gel.”

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Dior-Rae climbing up the ladder

SHE’S only in the eleventh grade, but Dior-Rae Scott has been throwing the javelin to unprecedented distances for just an under-18 competitor.