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Bahamas Independence signatory and former MP Loftus Roker dead at 88

LOFTUS Roker, an Acklins native whose tough approach to illegal immigration and drug trafficking made him a defining political figure in his era, died yesterday at 88.

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Nassau/PI hotels ‘soon can’t take anyone else’

Nassau and Paradise Island hotels will “soon reach the point where we can’t take anyone else”, a senior tourism executive has warned, with room shortages driving “unheard of” March occupancies.

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Gibson ‘wanted to burst ex’s brain’

LONG Island MP Adrian Gibson allegedly said in text messages that he sometimes wanted “to burst” his ex-fiance’s brain and that she screwed him over by “blaming” him.

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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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NEXT STOP PARIS: Mixed relay team qualifies for Olympics

A new national record that was powered by a stunning second leg from 16-year-old rookie Shania Adderley helped to propel The Bahamas mixed 4 x 400 metre team to the 2024 Paris Olympics.

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Police say traffic deaths ‘unusually high’ as two more die over weekend

TWO people were killed in a car crash during a weekend that recorded more than a dozen traffic accidents.

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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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‘One-stop solution’ to BPL woes re-floated

A “quick one-stop solution” for The Bahamas’ energy crisis was yesterday re-floated by a local attorney who argued it could resolve cost, reliability and environmental woes “within months”.

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‘Fantastic opportunity’ given Bahamas in UK tax change

Realtors yesterday argued The Bahamas has “a fantastic opportunity” to exploit changes in UK tax law by attracting hundreds of ultra wealthy individuals and their families to domicile in this nation.

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'Social warrior and source of moral clarity' - Former National Security and Immigration minister Loftus Roker dies at 88

Former Minister of National Security and Immigration, and one of the signatories to The Bahamas Constitution, A. Loftus Roker has died.

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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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Woman held after fetus found in garbage bin

A 24-year-old woman was taken into custody at the hospital after a fetus “between 15 and 20 weeks old” was discovered in the garbage disposal of a bathroom at Rubis Gas Station on Gladstone Road yesterday.

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Jury empanelled in Cornish rape trial

A JURY was empanelled yesterday to hear the case involving North Abaco MP Kirk Cornish, who is accused of rape.

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'Death by 1,000 cuts' fear on new Bimini airport fees

Private aviation operators yesterday voiced fears that the industry faces "death by a thousand cuts" amid a furious reaction to the imposition of multiple new fees to pay for Bimini's $80m airport upgrade.

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Bahamas last CARICOM member to recognise Palestine as a state

CABINET formally recognised Palestine as a state yesterday, making The Bahamas the last CARICOM country to do so.

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‘There’s no hospital without physicians”

More than half of surveyed doctors feel the new $290m hospital is not “fiscally sound”, the Medical Association of The Bahamas (MAB) president said yesterday, as she warned: “There’s no hospital without the physicians.”

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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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RF: ‘No impact’ from core software dispute

RF Bank & Trust yesterday asserted that a dispute with its core software provider will “not in any way impact customer funds or overall operations” as it bids to resolve their differences.

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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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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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