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Fernander disagrees with Pintard that anti-gang bill may make criminals of innocent parents - ‘We do our investigation’

POLICE Commissioner Clayton Fernander disagrees with Free National Movement leader Michael Pintard, who believes the anti-gang bill passed in the House of Assembly earlier this month may make criminals out of innocent parents.

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PM told: Wear ‘game hat’ for GB business meeting

The Prime Minister is being urged to wear his “game hat” for tonight’s Freeport meeting with a business community eager to learn how the $357m demand of the Grand Bahama Port Authority was calculated.

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Bahamas targets 2m air arrivals for 2024

The Bahamas is forecasting that foreign air stopover arrivals will break the two million mark for the first time in 2024 after more than 500,000 landed during the year’s first quarter.

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Minister of Environment: We are committed to remove and ban roadside garages from residential neighbourhoods

A SCRAP metal yard fire that threatened businesses in the Joe Farrington Road area last week has prompted a commitment from the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources to tackle “roadside garages”.

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China to fund new hospital

The Government is aiming to “break ground” on New Providence’s new $290m hospital by September 2024 after the project was approved for “concessionary financing” from a Chinese state-owned bank.

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Discharge for mother who hit daughter with cord

A 35-year-old mother was conditionally discharged yesterday after admitting to injuring her 15-year-old daughter because the girl lied about how she got to the movies last Saturday.

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All-white Pentecost Prayer Parade this Sunday seeks to “Heal the Land”

THE streets will be painted white this coming Sunday as churches across New Providence convene in solidarity and a spirit of worship for the second all-white Pentecost Prayer Parade.

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'Horrendous' surge in contractor walk-aways

The Bahamian Contractors Association's (BCA) president yesterday revealed there has been "an horrendous" increase in complaints over the past 12-18 months about contractors abandoning clients.

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Minister targeting new Expo to bring Grand Bahamians home

A Cabinet minister has asserted that Freeport and Grand Bahama’s wider economy are on the rebound as “investor confidence continues to grow” and former residents return home.

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Davis govt ‘vindicated’ as stadium ‘sold out’ for World Relays

YOUTH, Sport and Culture Minister Mario Bowleg said the World Relays over the weekend vindicated the Davis administration’s decision to renew The Bahamas’ commitment to the event.

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Multiple fiscal failures found in Bahamas Jubilee games audit

UNAUTHORISED vehicle purchases and salary increases, misuse of petty cash, and a failure to pay National Insurance Board (NIB) contributions are some of the fiscal shortcomings highlighted in the Office of the Auditor General’s examination of last year’s Bahamas Jubilee Games.

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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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Beautiful Grand Bahama project is praised for helping YMCA

KAREN Pinder-Johnson, the YMCA’s executive director, has praised Beautiful Grand Bahama (BGB) for assisting with much-needed improvements to the facility and its sporting amenities.

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Police ‘have technology to catch assassins’

POLICE have the technology to determine who is receiving assassination orders from inmates at the Bahamas Department of Corrections and the resources to prove someone is a gang member, National Security Minister Wayne Munroe said yesterday.

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Bill tabled to regulate longevity and regenerative therapies in the country

POLICE have the technology to determine who is receiving assassination orders from inmates at the Bahamas Department of Corrections and the resources to prove someone is a gang member, National Security Minister Wayne Munroe said yesterday.

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‘Showdown in Paradise’ provides sneak peek of athletics future

THE 2024 BTC World Athletics Relays pre-game show “Showdown in Paradise” did not disappoint as Kids Athletics competitors, CARIFTA Games medallists, high school students and Special Olympics Bahamas athletes put on a show before the global main event over the weekend at the Thomas A Robinson National Stadium. Pharez Cooper, the pre-game show organiser, believes that the future is bright for athletics, not only in The Bahamas but also the entire Caribbean region after this weekend’s action.

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Apprenticeship initiative to get persons ‘off the streets’

The newly-launched apprenticeship initiative is designed to provide Bahamian companies with well-trained, certified employees at no cost to themselves as it bids to take persons “off the streets”.

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Are ‘naysayers’ aware of the state of healthcare in Nassau, asks Davis

AFTER many residents packed a town hall on Tuesday to oppose the Davis administration’s plans for a new hospital, Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis asked yesterday if “naysayers” are aware of the struggling state of healthcare infrastructure in New Providence.

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Hurricane Hunter aircraft visits Bahamas

THE press toured the Hurricane Hunter Lockheed WC-130J aircraft during a visit by the plane to The Bahamas yesterday.

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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.