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Top 2 battle for Idol title

ALTHOUGH Joshua Ledet's Idol exit was not as shocking as most, it was still a sad moment for many viewers. His departure last week left contestants Jessica Sanchez and Phillip Phillips to battle it out for the winning title this week.

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'Buy Bahamas' plan to cut food imports

BUY Bahamas will be the mantra of a minister who says he wants to cut the amount of food being imported. Alfred Gray, newly appointed Minister of Agri

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‘Corporal punishment is not abuse’ says bishop

BAHAMAS Christian Council president Bishop Delton Fernander says that he does not view corporal punishment as abuse.

Taxi union says minister is missing in action

WESLEY Ferguson, president of the Bahamas Taxi Cab Union, said yesterday that union members are still awaiting correspondence from the Ministry of Transport and Housing on the issue of the regulation of taxi plates.

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PM tours site of care unit

PRIME Minister Hubert Ingraham toured the site of the new Critical Care Unit that is currently under construction at the Princess Margaret Hospital yesterday.

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YESI to host Pro Trials as part of 'Happy Feet Soccer Clinic'

FOR the second time this year, Happy Hall and his YESI organisation are hosting an edition of the "Happy Feet Soccer Clinic" for y

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'Delaying naming of election date is hurting the Bahamas'

PRIME Minister Hubert Ingraham's decision to prolong the suspense surrounding the date of elections is damaging the Bahamas, DNA leader Branville McCartney said.

National hotline to report children on the streets during school hours launched

THE Ministry of Education launched its national school attendance hotline on Friday and called on the public to report any child on the streets during school hours.

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PM on public disclosures: 'I made my deadline'

PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis was tightlipped today over whether members of the governing party filed their public disclosures on or before the March 1 deadline as mandated under the Public Disclosure Act.

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Helping entrepreneurs to find their own way

THE Island Luck Cares Foundation yesterday announced its third OWN Bahamas entrepreneurship programme, an initiative that provides funding and other development opportunities to budding entrepreneurs.

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Toree Boyd gets opportunity to make NFL roster

TOREE Boyd didn’t hear his name called during the three days of the NFL Draft, but the Bahamian native didn’t have to wait very long after to learn of his new opportunity to make an NFL roster.

We do not have a crime problem

I would like to go on record and disagree with all of the talk show hosts and media personalities who think that we have a crime problem; to listen to them pontificate you get the impression that this situation is something new.

Labour chief eyes work permits cap

The Government’s top labour official yesterday said it is examining whether to cap the number of work permits that can be issued to any one person as part of a strategy to crack down on abuses.John Pinder, pictured, director of labour, said his depar

North Andros ‘10,000 jobs’ proposal

A US-based billionaire is behind a proposed North Andros “free trade zone” that aims to create up to 10,000 construction jobs over the project’s lifetime, it was revealed last night.

Verifiable vaccination cards key to COVID testing ease

Vaccination cards will have to be in an easily verifiable format before fully inoculated Bahamians can travel without a negative COVID-19 PCT test, a Cabinet minister said yesterday.

Works minister: 'Public has right' to expect more'

A Cabinet minister has called upon his ministry’s staff to be more “proactive” in 2020, adding: “The public has a right to expect more from us.”Desmond Bannister, minister of works, in his annual New Year’s charge to staff, urged them to take the ini

China exports drive record crawfish prices

BAHAMIAN fishermen are reaping “the highest price ever” for crawfish at the outset of the 2019/2020 season, with Bahamas Commercial Fishers Alliance (BCFA) vice-president Keith Carroll telling Tribune Business that increased access to foreign markets

Judge: Oil opponents make 'arguable case'

A Supreme Court judge yesterday gave the go-ahead for a legal challenge aiming to halt oil drilling in Bahamian waters after finding activists had made out an "arguable case".

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Cut-price land deal for young buyers

PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis said the government will offer lots of land valued at $150,000 for about $50,000 to young professionals in the western area of New Providence.

BREA chief backs PM's cut-price land strategy

The Bahamas Real Estate Association's (BREA) president yesterday backed the Prime Minister's drive to offer cut-price land to first-time buyers in western New Providence.