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POLITICOLE: The doubt at the heart of the referendum

According to yesterday’s Tribune, ‘Loretta doubts ‘yes’ vote win’. But she also supports the YES vote. Because, in last Friday’s Tribune, ‘Butler-Turner: I stand with PLP over the referendum’.

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STATESIDE: Difficult choices for undecided voters

ACCORDING to the venerable Gallup Poll, over the past two years, forty percent of surveyed voters have consistently identified their political affiliation as “independent.” Roughly thirty percent said they were Republicans and a similar percentage declared themselves to be Democrats.

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POLITICOLE: Lost messages amid the sound and fury

I watched bits and pieces of the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) convention because I have to see and hear things for myself - but that was pretty much all I could stomach.

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STATESIDE: Which way to go to bring life back to normal?

It’s called the Gadsden flag. You’ve probably seen it. It usually has a mustard yellow background and features a coiled timber rattlesnake, poised to strike like a cobra. Below the snake are these four words: Don’t Tread on Me.

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POLITICOLE: Voters’ apathy raises serious registration issues

The Tribune recently reported ‘Legal Advice Sought Amid Low Voter Registration’ and the Nassau Guardian reported ‘Voter Registration Plummets: Nearly 80,000 fewer sign up to vote compared to five years ago’.

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LIFE OF CRIME: From the cradle to the grave - a call for action

THE Life of Crime series has traced issues that impact on our crime rate from the cradle to the grave; now we have reached the “burial” of the series and it is time for a few reflections.

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LIFE OF CRIME: Teaching violence, expecting peace

MANY of our emotions can lead to violence if we have not learnt some sort of coping mechanism so it is important to look at what is actually being taught in the Bahamas.

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Why the PLP is still afraid of Hubert Ingraham

LOVE or hate him, honest people have to admit there is no one in Bahamian politics quite like Hubert Ingraham.

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Don't mess with the press

LITTLE more than a month has passed since the election, yet already the PLP can't help trying to fiddle with the media. Politicians always have a great deal to say; Insight considers whether they have a clue what they're talking about.

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DIANE PHILLIPS: A day filled with such hope and excitement ends in tragedy

We’ve become so inured to statistics about death due to COVID that it took the startling images on the front page, online and on-air Monday to shake us out of our zombie-like acceptance of death on a daily basis.

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HURRICANE DORIAN UPDATES: Latest on airport operations

HURRICANE Dorian could intensify into a “very damaging” 156mph Category Four storm that lingers for hours in the Bahamas, according to AccuWeather senior meteorologist Dan Kottlowski yesterday.

Time for a convention

THE FNM Chairman is quoted as making the above statement in responding to Mr Frank Watson.

PAC blocked by Speaker

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Citizenship poll

So, a certain media outlet is holding a poll - subject: Should we grant automatic citizenship?

VAT on health

INFLATION....did anyone notice like me that Health Insurance Premiums have gone up 12-14%?

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Team Bahamas second overall with 49 medals

A silver-medal performance by the boys 15-17 200 metre relay team of Evante Gibson, Dustin Tynes, Keith Lloyd and T'Auren Moss brought the curtains down last night on the BTC 2012 Carifta Sw

Leslie Miller plaza lease among 'handcuff' deals

The 10-year lease of Leslie Miller’s Summerwinds Plaza is among the deals the Minnis administration is blaming for “handcuffing” its financial plans, Tribune Business can reveal. Government contacts, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed to t

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Waste too 'entrenched' for govt NHI savings

The Government cannot finance National Health Insurance (NHI) from internal savings because waste and inefficiency is too “entrenched” in the public sector, a Cabinet minister has admitted.Dr Duane Sands, minister of health, told Tribune Business tha

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Roberts: 'We are just training, trying to get better'

JUSTIN Roberts, reeling in the catches from his new found fishing hobby, was excited to hear the International Tennis Federation’s announcement last week that the ITF World Tennis Tour will resume on August 3 for ladies’ events and August 17 for the