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Autopsy to determine cause of death as man's body found in Cat Island

AN autopsy could be performed as early as today to determine the cause of death of a man found lifeless in Cat Island on New Year’s Eve morning.

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Meditation: Caring for the sick

I. Coping with life after the diagnosis When you care for someone with a chronic disease or serious illnesses there are several issues or changes which may occur for both the patient and the caregivers: 1. Loss of the norm and the need to establi

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Government action on shanty towns will be determined by court ruling

AS Haitian pastors push the government to delay its shanty town demolition plans, press secretary Clint Watson says the Supreme Court will determine the pace of the government’s actions.

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Eleuthera spill probe continues

THE Ministry of Environment and Housing said they are still working to determine the environmental impact of the diesel oil spill that occurred at the BEC facility in Rock Sound Eleuthera late last week.

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Oil found on Grand Bahama beach sent to USA to determine source

OIL residue found on several Grand Bahama beaches has been sent to the United States for testing to determine the source, Grand Bahama Minister Ginger Moxey said yesterday.

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Church leader row now moves to Supreme Court

A SUPREME Court judge is set to decide whether the pastoral board of Golden Gates World Outreach Ministries has the right to protest the appointment of the organisation’s newly assigned leader.

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DNA ‘will go on’ despite failure to win any seats

ALTHOUGH the Democratic National Alliance (DNA) failed to win any seats in the general election or capture a significant portion of the votes, party Leader Branville McCartney last night insisted that it “will go on” but said his future at its helm will be determined by party executives.

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Port’s ultimatum to Freeport web shops

The Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) has issued an ultimatum to Freeport-based web shops, after the Government allegedly “hijacked” and “ambushed” the trial to determine who is the industry’s primary regulator in that city.

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Baha Mar: Gov't has no right to 'tamper' with infrastructure cost

BAHA MAR executives said yesterday that under its Heads of Agreement with the Government the latter has ‘no right’ to ‘exclude, discount or modify’ any of the infrastructure cost included in the company’s determination, telling Tribune Business that they anticipated that the Government would honour its agreement.

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RBDF say tyres used to burn bodies - but police say deaths not yet classified

FORENSIC Officers are working to determine the race, age, sex and cause of death of the four badly burned bodies discovered last week on Anguilla Cay.

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BCP suspends election bid to re-evaluate

A fringe political party has announced the “indefinite” suspension of its national campaign, with its leader citing the party’s need to “evaluate” its “viability in the campaign for the governance of the nation” in the lead-up to the next general election.

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PM calls on speaker to 'build bridge'

Prime Minister Perry Christie called for House of Assembly Speaker Kendal Major to build a “bridge” and allow Parliament to review the recommendations of the Constitutional Commission to determine the way forward.

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Union leader urges vacation 'clarity'

THE TRADE Union Congress’s (TUC) president yesterday urged the Government to “bring clarity” to vacation entitlements, arguing: “It’s either the practice or the law”.

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Christie: I decide on Wells future

PRIME Minister Perry Christie said he has ordered an investigation with a view to extracting the details surrounding what prompted Ministry of Works Parliamentary Secretary Renward Wells to sign a letter of intent (LOI) with Stellar Waste Management to build a multi-million facility at the New Providence landfill.

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Stay of proceedings ordered in Adrian Gibson trial

A STAY of proceedings has been ordered in the Adrian Gibson corruption trial pending the determination of an appeal hearing.

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Testing makes for better productivity

IN A few short weeks, the Bahamas will engage its youth in various forms of testing to determine what they have gleaned during the course of the academic year.

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Anti-money launder assessment to take six-eight months

AN assessment of this nation’s anti-money laundering and terrorism financing defences is expected to take six to eight months, the Compliance Commission’s inspector yesterday saying it would assess the ‘real’ rather than perceived risk of such activities in the Bahamas.

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Decomposed body found in Freeport

GRAND Bahama Police are unable to determine whether foul play is suspected in connection with the discovery of a partially decomposed body in Freeport yesterday.

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DRA report highlights Abaco dome project issues

A COMPANY contracted by the former Minnis administration to construct 213 domes and the needed infrastructure on Abaco in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian discontinued the project after receiving $4.6m of the total $6.4m required to complete the work, despite only completing about 16 percent of the structures.

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FNM deputy: Oil’s value in refining

The FNM’s deputy leader yesterday argued that the petroleum industry’s true value lay in refining, and said the Government need not determine whether commercial quantities of oil exist in the Bahamas before putting the issue to a referendum.

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