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Murder rate down 13% from 2011

DESPITE overall crime statistics being down by 5 per cent in 2012 compared to 2011, police say serious crimes or crimes against persons increased by 2 per cent during the same time period.

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Fighting through

COACH Mike Brey looked positively at the way his Notre Dame Fighting Irish responded to the challenges they faced in pulling off their three exhibition games against local-based teams in the Bahamas Basketball Federation’s 2018 Summer of Thunder over

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Bahamasair targets four aircraft addition

Bahamasair plans to expand its fleet by four aircraft come summer 2023, it was revealed yesterday, as a senior executive voiced concern about “inconsistent” runway approach lighting at Abaco’s main airport.

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Misogyny claims over Glenys ban 'laughable'

HOUSE Speaker Halson Moultrie said yesterday it is “laughable” to suggest misogyny played a part in the disciplinary action he took in naming and suspending Englerston MP Glenys Hanna Martin in Parliament last week. He also insisted he did not breach

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Bahamian students return to AUS basketball in Canada

BAHAMIAN student athletes returned to the court in Canada’s Atlantic University Sport (AUS) basketball following a winter break and a suspended season due to COVID-19 protocol health restrictions.

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Still homeless after the tornado

ALFRED Rolle, 68, and his 88-year-old mother, Annalee, are still displaced and have received no help with home repairs four months after their house was destroyed by a horrific tornado at Imperial Park Subdivision. Mr Rolle and his mother are staying

Contractor: BAMSI work 80% complete

A CONTRACTOR for the government’s new agriculture and marine science school yesterday fired back at criticism over the institute’s construction schedule.

$339,000 donated to American Red Cross to assist hurricane victims

THE hurricane relief effort put on by the Michigan State Spartans and Georgia Bulldogs raised hundreds of thousands of dollars to benefit victims of last summer’s storms.The Spartans took an 80-62 win over the Bulldogs at the Van Andel Arena in Grand

Internet gives 30% boost for Bahamian tourism forecasts

The Bahamian tourism industry’s ability to accurately predict visitor arrivals trends increases by 30 percent if it incorporates Internet search data into its forecasts, an IMF paper has revealed. The report Where should we go? Internet searches and

A real fan of attic cooling

Summer is approaching, and we all know that high temperatures in the Bahamas can become uncomfortable to say the least. We also know that higher temperatures mean higher cooling costs. Some of us who were afraid of those high energy costs all year will nonetheless dust off our air conditioners and put them to work. One of the biggest enemies of our overworked air conditioners in this climate is poor ventilation.

Baha Mar deal

ONE can’t help but speculate as to what really “the deal” is between Christie and the Chinese. Let’s examine it from the Chinese perspective. They would have been fully aware of a number of facts.

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Tennis ace Justin Roberts looking forward to productive season

AFTER sitting out for the past two months and-a-half with an injury, the Bahamas’ top ranked international tennis player Justin Roberts is back and is looking forward to a productive season this year.

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Fourth annual Caribbean Baseball Cup is coming to The Bahamas

WITHIN days, the prestigious Caribbean Baseball Cup will stage its fourth annual competition on Bahamian soil, thanks to the Bahamas Baseball Association.

Air conditioning companies see sales spike as summer temps rise

SOME air conditioning businesses report unprecedented demand for their services as residents try to protect themselves from the summer heat.

Governing with bad priorities

The prevailing narrative that brought the FNM to office and has sustained it in campaign mode for the last 17 months is that the previous administration left the treasury bare. This, in turn, explains the cutbacks and tax increases that have characterised their tenure to date.

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Anti-smuggling working focused on nuclear security

THE International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) in collaboration with the Royal Bahamas Police Force held an opening ceremony yesterday at the Melia Nassau Beach Hotel for an anti-smuggling workshop.

PMH communications team stages sit-out as AC fails to work

DISGRUNTLED employees of the communication centre in Princess Margaret Hospital staged a sit-out yesterday due no air-conditioning in their department.

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Reduction on electricity bills 'not due to BPL'

IF you’ve noticed a reduction on your Bahamas Power and Light billing, it’s probably because you used less electricity, BPL Chairman Donovan Moxey told The Tribune Monday, not because the electricity provider did anything differently.

Hurricane Matthew news in brief

• THE College of the Bahamas Oakes Field and Grosvenor Close campuses in New Providence and the Northern Bahamas Campus in East Grand Bahama will be closed today, with all operations and classes suspended.

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Coastguard backs Abaco special olympics torch run

TOMORROW, Abaco's first annual Special Olympics Torch Run will be held in Marsh Harbour with a 9 am start.