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Witnesses fail to show up in voter fraud trial case

WITNESSES in a voter fraud case were no shows for the trial in Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

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Operators force deciding game 5

With the game and their season on the line, Keva Johnson powered inside for the winning basket to help the Bommer Gee Operators stave off elimination and force a fifth and deciding game.

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Local coach disappointed in turnout of players for basketball showcase

RODNEY Curry’s second annual Top Elite Basketball Showcase is going quite well at the AF Adderley Gymnasium. But the local basketball coach is just a little disappointed in the turnout from the players.

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”.

Nassau Village ‘has been let down’ says BCP candidate

REGISTERED voters in the Nassau Village constituency have been urged by a fringe political party official to select a representative from their community who will represent their interests.

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Ingraham: Curry has disappointed with so many absences

FORMER Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham said he was “disappointed” to learn that North Abaco MP Renardo Curry was absent from the House of Assembly 102 times this parliamentary term, with the nation’s former leader telling reporters he never missed 100 days in 40 years.

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Minnis: Sack Fitzgerald

FREE National Movement Leader Dr Hubert Minnis yesterday called on Prime Minister Perry Christie to immediately “fire” Education Minister Jerome Fitzgerald for allegedly “corruptly” using his position of power.

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PM at groundbreaking for marina village in Andros

PRIME Minister and Minister of Finance Perry Christie congratulated his friend of many years, Prescott Smith and his business partner Geneva Wilson on the groundbreaking for Blue Hole Marina Village & Andros Island Fuels in Fresh Creek, Andros this week.

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Volkswagen plans to launch first all-electric car in CHINA next year

SHANGHAI – Volkswagen, Europe’s biggest automaker, plans to launch its first pure-electric car in China next year as Beijing steps up pressure on the industry to promote alternatives to gasoline.

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Tennis ace Shepherd signs her letter of intent

IESHA Shepherd, the top ranked junior female tennis player in the country, is gearing up for a big transition in her career.

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THE FINISH LINE: Out goes CARIFTA, in comes World Relays

By just one gold medal, Team Bahamas fell short of finishing second at the 46th Flow Carifta Games in Willemstad, Curacao, over the Easter holiday weekend.

EDITORIAL: World tensions rise to danger level

WHILE our immediate priority is next month’s general election, the well-publicised current world tensions should be of no less concern to smaller nations than to the major players directly responsible for resolving them.

18 candidates running for BCP

THE Bahamas Constitution Party (BC) nominated 18 candidates for the May 10 general election, the fringe party said in a press release yesterday.

Court expresses ‘highest condemnation’ of Govt

The Supreme Court was yesterday said to have “expressed the highest possible condemnation” of the Government and Bahamas Customs’ conduct during a six-year legal battle with a prominent Freeport retail/wholesale business.

Melia in 7% pt Easter increase

Nassau-based resorts yesterday reported a “very good Easter”, with one property telling Tribune Business it had seen a 7 percentage point increase in occupancies compared to last year’s holiday weekend.

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Cabinet ministers deny claims of Baha Mar conflicts of interest

TWO Cabinet ministers who served as government negotiators on the Baha Mar remobilisation deal yesterday dismissed tabloid accusations of abuse of power and conflict of interest as election season smear tactics.

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UPDATED: Bahamas finish third at Carifta track and field championships

WILLEMSTAD, Curacao — Latia Saunders and Tamar Greene added to the gold rush as Team Bahamas pushed its final medal count to 31 on the final day of the 46th Flow Carifta Games to finish in third place behind Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago.

Exuma resort buyer eyes $700k upgrades

The prospective purchaser of Exuma’s Club Peace & Plenty resort yesterday said it was planning $700,000 worth of upgrades to revitalise the destination and make it “the premier property in Georgetown proper”.

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Interest cap pledge on loans

TO reduce the debt burden on Bahamians, the Progressive Liberal Party has pledged it will cap the level of interest that may be charged on loans taken out by government workers and paid through salary deductions if re-elected.

PLP proposes interest rate cap on loans for government workers

TO reduce the debt burden on Bahamians, the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) says it will cap the level of interest that may be charged on loans taken out by government workers and paid through salary deductions if re-elected.