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Clubs & Societies: September 29, 2023

On Monday, September 8, the Kiwanis Club of Over-The-Hill continued its annual scholarship donation of $2,000 to BTVI’s scholarship fund. Initially, our focus was the Old Bight High School graduates and active Key Club members on Cat Island. We have since opened the scholarship to any eligible Family Island High School graduates.

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Man accused of molesting two sisters aged 9 and 6

A 23-year-old man was remanded in custody yesterday after he was accused of molesting his nine and six-year-old sisters last week.

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Bowleg: ‘I am still trying to understand the trade by the Suns’

MINISTER of Youth, Sports and Culture Mario Bowleg was “shocked” when he learned about the trade but indicated that there could be more to the reason why the Phoenix Suns sent their former Bahamian first round draft pick Deandre Ayton to the Portland Trail Blazers.

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BJ Murray and Smokies win championship title

THIRD baseman BJ Murray celebrated his second straight Minor League baseball title, this time with his Tennessee Smokies after they captured the Double-A Southern League championship title on Tuesday night.

Voter against govt, not citizenship

For years we denied legitimate claims to citizenship now proven in the Wayne Munroe, KC, case and Appeal to the Privy Council and justifiably the higher Court judged in favour of his claims now any child of a Bahamian male from an outside relationship with a non-Bahamian mother born in the Bahamas is a citizen.

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Man receives four-year sentence for possession of a unlicenced gun and ammo

A MAN was sentenced to four years in prison yesterday after admitting to having a loaded gun in a pet store on Ross Corner earlier this year.

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FRONT PORCH: The neglect and needs of Caribbean and Pacific states

LAST week, US president Joe Biden asked Congress for an additional $24 billion to support the war in Ukraine. As noted by Mark Cancian, a senior policy advisor with the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, and others, this will bring total US aid to a staggering approximately $135 billion.

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Police investigate man found murdered in Coconut Grove area on Tuesday

POLICE are investigating the country’s latest murder and two suicide attempts.

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Ayton traded to the Trail Blazers

Centre Deandre Ayton, who was embroiled in contract talks with the Phoenix Suns and a heated clash with former head coach Monty Williams, has been traded to Portland, becoming the second Bahamian to play for the Trail Blazers.

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BOXING ‘MISSION ACCOMPLISHED’: Federation, All-Out Boxing Club conduct clinics for officials

AFTER all the uncertainties and challenges, the All-Out Boxing Club and the Bahamas Boxing Federation were able to declare: “Mission Accomplished.”

Abaco concerned over mining

Friends of the Environment (FRIENDS) is a Bahamian non-profit organisation that was established in 1988 with the mission to preserve the environment of Abaco, The Bahamas through education, conservation, and research facilitation. We are writing today to express our concern about a number of issues that have become compounded in Abaco since Hurricane Dorian.

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Man accused of attacking landlord’s son with knife granted $3,000 bail

A MAN was given $3,000 bail yesterday after being accused of assaulting his landlord’s son with a knife earlier this year.

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Man remanded on charges of murder and intent to endanger life for shooting of Theo Williams

A MAN was remanded in custody yesterday after he was accused of fatally shooting a man, who was on bail for murder, outside a bar on Hospital Lane earlier this year.

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Man on bail for murder of Jahkeil Armbrister jailed after breaching curfew four times

A MAN on bail for murder was imprisoned after he was accused of breaching his curfew four times.

Blame NATO for the deaths

Witness the deafening silence with which western media and politicians fail to place into context the more than 10,000 probably avoidable deaths from flash floods in what was once the most developed country on the African continent: Libya.

British Colonial receives 400 manager applicants

Some 400 persons yesterday applied for managerial posts at the re-opening British Colonial with the property targeting a workforce that is 95 percent Bahamian.

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BPL ‘stranglehold’: Business battles up to 100% bill rises

Soaring Bahamas Power & Light (BPL) bills were yesterday said to be imposing “a stranglehold” on commerce with multiple businesses struggling to survive up to 100 percent year-over-year increases in their energy costs.

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Overall champions emerge in New Providence Cycling Association’s Back-To-School Classic

THE New Providence Cycling Association held its Back-To-School Cycling Classic on Sunday with Felix Neely and Ilaria Gervasini emerging as the overall champions in the men’s and ladies’ divisions.

Political implications for West GB

From the outset I would like to extend sincere condolences to the family of the late West End and Bimini MP Obie Wilchcombe. His death is a grim reminder of the uncertainty and brevity of life on this side of eternity and the importance of living each day as if it would be our last, with our focus on the Lord Jesus Christ

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Man admits to possession of 5 pounds of marijuana with intent to supply

A MAN was fined $5,500 after admitting to having over 5lbs of marijuana last week.