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Passport Office is opened on Cat Island

PRIME Minister Phillip Davis returned to his constituency yesterday to open Cat Island’s first passport office in a move that was welcomed with open arms by residents there.

Hotels eyeing ‘unprecedented forward bookings’ during 2023

The Bahamas Hotel and Tourism Association’s (BHTA) president yesterday disclosed the industry is eyeing “unprecedented levels of forward bookings” for the 2023 first half and full year after December beat historical trends by 10 percent.

Clinics should not go cashless

Kindly permit me to offer my comments in respect to remarks made by the Health and Wellness Minister Dr Michael Darville that the Public Health Clinics will be going cashless.

Man fined $2000 for possession of marijuana with intent to supply

A MAN was fined $2,000 in court yesterday after admitting to having more than 10 ounces of marijuana.

Coroner’s Courts inquests will soon resume

AFTER a near three-year absence of inquiries into police-involved shootings, Commissioner Clayton Fernander said he’s been advised that Coroner’s Courts inquests into these matters will soon resume.

Atlantis basketball official launch on February 6

THE Atlantis Basketball League’s 2023 official launch is set for February 6 at 6:30pm when there will be an opening ceremony at The Betty Cole Park. All games are open to the public and Atlantis staff for the entire season which ends April 28. Games will be held every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 6:30pm for the first game and 9:30pm for the final game of the day.

Hayward backs bid to ‘reimagine’ GBPA

A Hayward family member yesterday pledged “an ambitious masterplan for change” to create “thousand of jobs” in Freeport as he backed efforts “to reimagine and revolutionise” the Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA).

Three separate shootings leave four wounded and one dead

POLICE are investigating three separate shootings that left one man dead and four others in hospital.

Mental illness or possession

The print media published some months ago a tragic incident involving a mentally ill individual who was put down by law enforcement officers in New Providence. I believe that it was in December that the Senate rubber stamped the Progressive Liberal Party’s Mental Health Bill (2022), which repealed the Mental Health Act of 1969.

Police investigating after copper theft in Freeport

GRAND Bahama police are investigating the theft of copper cable wires worth $24,000 at a business in Freeport.

Fiscal Council’s reports ‘not a flip of the switch’

A Fiscal Responsibility Council member yesterday said there was nothing sinister about the body’s delayed publication of two key reports, and asserted: “This is not a flip of the switch.”

BID is ‘missing piece’ of downtown’s puzzle

The Downtown Nassau Partnership’s (DNP) co-chair says the creation of an authority to truly manage the city is “the missing piece of the puzzle” with his group having achieved “80 percent of what we set out to do”.

Man in hospital after West Street shooting

Police are investigating a shooting incident that has left a 28-year-old man of West Street in hospital.

Three in hospital after Abaco shooting

Police on the island of Abaco are questioning a 29-year-old man from the island in connection with a shooting incident that left three men in hospital in serious condition.

‘Stop the strays by spaying and neutering your pets’

WITH an influx of stray dogs roaming the streets of New Providence, Bahamas Alliance for Animal Rights and Kindness (BAARK) is urging people to consider spaying and neutering their pets.

‘Be careful how world eyes Freeport change’

THE GRAND Bahama Chamber of Commerce’s president yesterday warned that the Government must pay attention to how its actions are perceived by potential investors as it strives for major in Freeport’s governance.

Pat Strachan backs call for Elisha Obed to be honoured

PAT “the Centreville Assassin” Strachan, president of the Bahamas’ Retired Boxers Association Hall of Fame, concurred with Wellington Miller that it’s high time that former World Boxing Council Everette ‘Elisha Obed’ Ferguson get the proper recognition that he deserves posthumously.

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