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Disabilities advocacy group to host post-Mother's Day fundraiser
A NON-PROFT advocacy group helping those with disabilities is holding a post-Mother’s Day event, with proceeds going to vital causes.
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Freeze on $2.288m City Markets HQ buy upheld
The Court of Appeal yesterday upheld an injunction freezing $2.288m that was paid by a BISX-listed food group to acquire the major asset held by the City Markets employee pension fund.
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Blackbeard's Cay Dolphin Rescue
Five dolphins were rescued from Blackbeard's Cay/Balmoral Island between May 9 and 10.
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Blackbeard's Cay dolphin rescue complete - 5 taken to Atlantis care facility
The Ministry of Agriculture and Marine Resources has advised that all five remaining dolphins were rescued from Blackbeard's Cay/Balmoral Island.
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AG: BPL needs 400MW in new generation plant
Bahamas Power & Light (BPL) needs more than 400 mega watts (MW) of new generation capacity to address a “dire” situation requiring between 60-80 percent of its existing plant to be replaced within five years.
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‘Knew in my bones’ dolphins would become victims at cay
A Bahamian environmental activist yesterday revealed she “knew in my bones” more than a decade ago that the Blackbeard’s Cay project would hit trouble with its dolphins as the main victims.
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‘Gibson owes judges apology for comment’
NATIONAL Security Minister Wayne Munroe said Long Island MP Adrian Gibson should apologise to judges for saying their biases could affect the outcome of trials where they must render a verdict in the absence of a jury.
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‘Most of BPL Plant obsolete in 5 years’
ATTORNEY General Ryan Pinder said 60 per cent of Bahamas Power & Light’s plant in New Providence and 80 per cent of its plants in Family Islands must be replaced in the next five years as engines reach the end of their useful life, a transformation that will cost almost $300m.
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Volunteers battle to protect Abaco homes from forest fires
FIREFIGHTERS battled a bush fire in Abaco yesterday that sent thick black smoke billowing into the air.
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Environmental Groups hold a community action day event in GB
A GROUP of environmental organisations held a community action day recently in Grand Bahama.
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Trial by Judge Alone Bill passes in the House of Assembly
ELECTED officials passed a bill yesterday that would let people waive their constitutional right to a jury trial in favour of a trial by a judge alone.
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Ex-Minister: ‘Nothing to do with’ dead dolphins
An ex-Cabinet minister yesterday blamed US bankruptcy trustees for the plight of Blackbeard’s Cay’s dolphins as he had agreed to care being provided prior to their potential sale.
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BTC bids to seize yacht over $1.5m cable break
The Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) has launched legal action in New York to seize a high-end yacht it accuses of causing $1.5m in damage to its undersea cable network.
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‘Give us answers on Freeport plan’
THE Davis administration does not recognise the Freeport Licensees Association, a group seeking to meet Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis that criticised his Monday speech to the Grand Bahama Chamber of Commerce for lacking “critical details”.
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Concacaf Nations League: Senior men’s national soccer team set to play in Group A of League C
THE Bahamas senior men’s national soccer team was drawn into Group A of League C for the upcoming windows of the 2024-25 Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) Nations League matchups.
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Sweeting says shanty town task force to re-focus on New Providence
WORKS and Family Island Affairs Minister Clay Sweeting said the Unregulated Communities Action Task Force (UCATF) will refocus on New Providence shanty towns “throughout the summer” after becoming aware of “quite a number” of them.
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Pintard bashes Davis for being ‘unprepared’ to answer questions
FREE National Movement leader Michael Pintard bashed Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis for being “unprepared” to answer several questions related to a $500m Inter-American Development bank loan, the status of Bahamas Power and Light (BPL), the government’s efforts to enhance transparency, and other more matters.
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Tourism backlash fear over dolphin fatalities
THE Bahamas was yesterday warned it faces a “PR nightmare” and severe tourism backlash unless it saves the five surviving dolphins at an abandoned project off New Providence’s north coast.
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Head coach Jay Philippe ‘pleased to see the amount of talent here in New Providence’
THE tryouts for the under-17 boys’ junior men’s national basketball team made its way to the DW Davis Gymnasium here in New Providence over the weekend as the team’s head coach Jay Philippe scouted out the talent pool. It was the first tryout hosted in New Providence for the respective national team and the third tryouts overall with the first two editions being held in Grand Bahama. The exercise attracted a total of 60 potential national team members coming from both the private and public school systems.
