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Couple plead guilty to child cruelty
A GRAND Bahama couple was convicted of child cruelty against a 15-year-old minor and fined more than $15,000 on Friday after pleading guilty in the Freeport Magistrate’s Court.
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Judges reject killer’s appeal
THE Court of Appeal yesterday affirmed the 25-year sentence of a man who was convicted of the manslaughter of a woman who was shot and killed during an attempted robbery over a decade ago.
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August target for end of restrictions
ATTORNEY General Carl Bethel said the Minnis administration wants to remove the COVID-19 emergency restrictions by August but that doing so will depend on infection rates and the behaviour of residents.
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Spanish Wells - the fix is in
Quiet, picturesque Spanish Wells is about to be overwhelmed by hordes of cruise ship passengers. Hundreds of them at a time.
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Housing Act reforms ‘invite legal challenge’
An ex-deputy prime minister yesterday warned that legal reforms to facilitate Dr Hubert Minnis’ “young professionals” real estate developments are “discriminatory” and “invite legal challenge”.
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Tribune artist becomes cultural ambassador
THE Ministry of Foreign Affairs celebrated the appointment of seven new envoys at an official swearing-in ceremony at the Balmoral Club yesterday.
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Ingraham confident of marital rape legislation
FORMER Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham is convinced the Davis administration will criminalise marital rape and solve gender inequality issues pertaining to Bahamian citizenship.
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Gov’t to expand fiscal responsibility targets
The Government is pledging to reform the Fiscal Responsibility Act by expanding its scope to further boost accountability and transparency surrounding how the public finances are managed.
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Time to act on bail and guns
One wonders how many more high-profile murders it will take before Bahamian politicians wake up, stop wringing their hands and start wielding the power that is in them to fix the immediate problem.
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We must repudiate more than Minnis era
Benjamin Disraeli, the 19th Century British Prime Minister, when once asked to clarify the distinction between a misfortune and a calamity, illustrated his response with two scenarios involving his great rival, William Gladstone.
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Court dismisses bid to thwart tax disclosures
A Bahamas-domiciled company has been ordered to supply tax information to the Mexican authorities by October 15, 2021, after its legal challenge was dismissed by the Court of Appeal.
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Joyelle’s murder: Three win appeal
THE Court of Appeal has overturned the convictions of three men who were accused of murdering Joyelle McIntosh, a Queen’s College elementary school teacher whose killing in 2015 shook the country.
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Dictatorial tendencies cost Minnis
Immediately after the 2017 elections, Hubert Minnis set on a collision course, angered the majority of Bahamians, which ended in the most astonishing defeat in Bahamian history.
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CIVIL SERVANTS BLOCK AUDITOR: Officials holding back documents stopping full probe of finances
The Government’s top financial watchdog has renewed complaints that some civil servants are breaking the law by obstructing his office’s efforts to uncover misuse of taxpayer monies.
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Cruise port profitability matches ‘lock up’ end
Nassau Cruise Port is forecasting that it will start generating profits by 2024 - a timeline that coincides with the end of a three-year “lock-up” for investors in its 49 percent local shareholder.
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Gov’t U-turn on Grand Lucayan union appeal
The Government has reversed course and settled a wrongful/unfair dismissal claim by 36 current and former Grand Lucayan managers that it previously won before the Supreme Court.
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Company accused of role in baby’s death
An ex-Family Guardian executive, who is alleging that the insurer’s actions helped cause her unborn baby’s death, has lost the battle to have a covert recording of her meeting with the firm’s president admitted as evidence.
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Gibson denies ‘vicious’ claims
LONG Island MP Adrian Gibson yesterday addressed “vicious” allegations in Parliament surrounding his tenure as Water and Sewerage executive chairman.
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Miller attorneys ‘agree’ $10m verdict overturn
Attorneys for an ex-Cabinet minister last night said they agreed to the overturning of a near-$10m damages award against the Government because both sides are now in settlement talks.
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‘Glaring deficiencies’: Top architect loses permit fight
A top architect yesterday pledged to fight on after losing a legal challenge to the Government’s decision to halt a building permit application due to “glaring deficiencies and inconsistencies”.