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What does a high PSA blood value mean?
September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. The COVID-19 pandemic continues to lead to unacceptable morbidity and mortality rates in the Bahamas. Approximately 100 men die every year in the Bahamas from prostate cancer. Many of these deaths were preventable. Prostate cancer has an excellent cure rate if diagnosed when the cancer is organ confined.
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Man found shot dead in his car
POLICE are investigating after a man was fatally shot in his car on Milton Street yesterday afternoon.
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Man who said he found stolen goods in garbage is acquitted
A MAN who said he was arrested after he was found with stolen goods that he had collected from a garbage can was yesterday acquitted after a magistrate ruled that the Crown failed to prove their case to a “requisite” standard.
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PLP debt led to ZNS ad block
THE Broadcasting Corporation of The Bahamas has denied allegations it had an unfair policy of refusing advertisements from the Progressive Liberal Party before the general election.
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Mom’s relief as son survives shooting
A MOTHER is breathing a sigh of relief after her son survived a shooting incident in the Nassau Village community over the weekend.
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Man from Grand Bahama missing on Abaco
GRAND Bahama Police are searching for a Grand Bahama man who has been missing on Abaco.
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More reform needed, say vote observers
WHILE The Bahamas has been praised for its “credible, inclusive and transparent” voting process, the country is still in need of further electoral reform especially as it relates to modern election technology, campaign finance regulations and communication relations.
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‘No proper search and rescue for Rashard’
THE family of 30-year-old Rashard Cooper who went missing last week in Abaco is not satisfied with the police investigation and claims that a proper search and rescue was never carried out by authorities that fateful day.
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Cruise port chief: Extend tourism’s ‘peace of mind’
Nassau Cruise Port’s chief executive yesterday urged the Government to swiftly extend a cruise passenger COVID-19 vaccination mandate that has brought “peace of mind” to the tourism industry.
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Deduction row leads to ZNS walkout
STAFF at the Broadcasting Corporation of The Bahamas walked off the job yesterday to protest a breach of their industrial agreement with medical benefit contributions being taken out of their salaries without permission.
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Bahamas must counter punch on offshore leaks
The Bahamas was yesterday urged to “look for the positives in a not so positive situation” after this nation was named among the jurisdictions mentioned in the latest offshore finance data leak.
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Shell ‘still committed’ to BPL energy deal
Shell North America (NA) yesterday said it remains committed to sealing its energy partnership with Bahamas Power & Light (BPL) despite the deal being placed under review.
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ALICIA WALLACE: There are voices out there the new government should be listening to
Cabinet appointments have been made, and we have all noticed the number is quite high. Whether the new administration is piloting a new way to address the issues we are facing today or it is paying for favours or rewarding loyalty, taxpayers are footing the bill.
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Bahamas ‘must get back to growing financial services’
The Bahamas “must get back to growing financial services”, an accountant argued last night, adding that a strong regulatory regime is “the best defence” to Pandora Papers-style attacks.
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Election turnout was historic low
AT least 65 percent of registered voters voted last week in what was likely the lowest general election turnout in the modern history of The Bahamas.
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Curfew relaxed as six more die
PRIME Minister Philip Davis said a decision was made to extend the nightly curfew to 11.59pm because there was “no rhyme or reason” for the restriction previously being set at 9pm under the former Minnis administration.
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One dead, two injured after shooting and stabbing in Grand Bahama
A man was killed, and two others are in hospital following a shooting and stabbing incident in Grand Bahama on Friday evening.
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‘Stay out of trouble after $10 cocaine find’
TWO men found with a gram of cocaine were discharged on the agreement that they would stay out of trouble in the future.
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Two accused over separate killings
A MAN and a teenager were yesterday charged with murder in two separate incidents.
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Transparency is easy to say, harder to live up to
AN end to secrecy, and a building of trust.