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FRONT PORCH: Restraint in politics and government
ANTHONY Seldon, the well-known British headteacher and political observer has written books on each of his country’s prime ministers over the past 40 years.
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Pintard: Gang Bill may hurt innocent parents
CHARGING parents for harbouring children who are gang members will cause suffering for many good parents, Free National Movement leader Michael Pintard warned yesterday, adding that most parents do not know the double life their children may lead.
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Bahamians told: Invest into ‘big scale tourism’
More Bahamians must “invest in tourism big-scale”, the deputy prime minister is urging, challenging why this is not occurring given how “bullish” the country is on the industry.
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Up to 25 years jail for gang members in proposed law
LONG-AWAITED anti-gang legislation was tabled in the House of Assembly yesterday - with gang members facing up to 25 years in prison.
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PM told GBPA’s owners: I have ‘no confidence’ in you
THE Prime Minster personally told the Grand Bahama Port Authority’s (GBPA) owners that he has “no confidence” in their ability to “realise the promise and potential of” Freeport.
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Resort proprietor targets 60 jobs in two-hotel expansion
A Bahamian resort entrepreneur is aiming to double his total workforce by 60 jobs through the launch of two new boutique properties by year-end 2026.
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ALICIA WALLACE: World Health Day '24
“MY Health, My Right” was the theme for World Health Day this year, observed on Sunday, April 6. In its statement on World Health Day, the World Health Organization said the theme was chosen to “champion the right of everyone, everywhere to have access to quality health services, education, and information, as well as safe drinking water, clean air, good nutrition, quality housing, decent working and environmental conditions, and freedom from discrimination.”
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Lodge owner ‘can’t deal’ with BPL power outages
South Andros and Mangrove Cay residents yesterday urged the Government to “put their foot on BPL” after a 24-hour power outage knocked out all the area’s utilities and Internet service.
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Field athletes take home 23 out of 33 medals
OVER the last few years, the field events have garnered lots of attention as Bahamian athletes have risen to the occasion time and time again at all levels and, at the 51st CARIFTA Games in St George’s, Grenada, the field athletes delivered in a big way.
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Ex-mp still free over $3m ‘life-altering’ money battle
A FORMER MP and ex-Supreme Court judge was yesterday said to remain free almost two months after police issued a ‘wanted poster’ for him over allegations he has failed to repay an investor more than $3m.
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Mass shooting sees six injured
A VIOLENT Easter saw multiple people taken to hospital after a shooting incident in New Providence – and another man shot dead in Andros.
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Ex-MP slams the Gov’t for $357m GBPA ‘shakedown’
A former MP yesterday slammed the Government’s demand that the Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) pay it $357m as “a shakedown”, and questioned if the former is “either broke or desperate”.
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Grand Lucaya sees rise in occupancy numbers over long Easter weekend
SOME hotel properties experienced occupancy levels of between 30 and 40 percent over the Easter holiday, particularly in the Lucaya area.
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Man accused of carjacking to pay $500 fine for lying to police
A 20-year-old man was remanded in custody yesterday after being accused of an armed carjacking in Flamingo Gardens last week.
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Dealers: Used car sales up 30% with ‘level playing field’
AUTO dealers yesterday argued they could increase their used car sales by up to 30 percent if the authorities enforce a competitive ‘level playing field’ with roadside vendor rivals.
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Search for man who jumped off cruise ship on Friday suspended
THE search was suspended on Friday for a 20-year-old man who jumped off the Carnival cruise ship Liberty west off Great Inagua.
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Adapt to tourist profile so we ‘blow past’ 2019
Family Island hotels must adapt to a visitor demographic profile that has been flipped upside down over the past decade if they want to “blow past” pre-COVID numbers, a top tourism official is warning.
