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US says LGBTQ+ community in Bahamas is disenfranchised
THE United States wrote extensively about how the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex community in The Bahamas is disenfranchised or treated differently from heterosexuals in its latest human rights report.
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Tug and barge still stranded in Fowl Cay protected park will likely face penalties
THE owners of a vessel stuck in a protected area of Abaco will likely face penalties, according to Department of Environmental Planning and Protection director Dr Rhianna Neely-Murphy.
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Darville: ‘We’re an open book’ on catastrophic healthcare fund
HEALTH and Wellness Minister Dr Michael Darville dismissed the idea that the Davis administration is not transparent about its catastrophic healthcare fund, saying: “We’re an open book.”
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Darville: ‘We’re an open book’ on catastrophic healthcare fund
HEALTH and Wellness Minister Dr Michael Darville dismissed the idea that the Davis administration is not transparent about its catastrophic healthcare fund, saying: “We’re an open book.”
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Bowleg tables CARIFTA figures
YOUTH, Sports and Culture Minister Mario Bowleg tabled an unaudited financial statement about the 2023 CARIFA Games in the House of Assembly yesterday.
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Diversity Programme prevents youth detentions on sexuality
THE Ministry of Social Services introduced a diversity programme that is helping to prevent gay youth from being sent to juvenile detention centres because of their sexuality, according to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex advocate Alexus D'Marco.
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Regatta time again!
CARIBBEAN Bottling Company (CBC), local producers of Coca-Cola and Dasani products and longtime corporate supporter of the National Family Island (NFI) Regatta, looks forward to another year of stiff competition and culture at the 68th NFI Regatta April 23-27 in George Town, Exuma.
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Bowleg hits back on audit findings
YOUTH, Sports and Culture Minister Mario Bowleg said the government did not overspend on last year’s CARIFTA and Jubilee Games, which cost more than $7m than was allocated, according to audit reports from the Office of the Auditor General.
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WORLD VIEW: Is Ecuador’s expulsion from the UN really the answer to the diplomatic crisis with Mexico?
THE Mexican government has taken the significant step of asking the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to “suspend Ecuador as member of the United Nations” and also to “initiate the process of expulsion under article 6 of the United Nations Charter”.
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YES Giants national basketball champions
CONGO TOWN, South Andros - It was quite a phenomenal week for the Your Essential Store (YES) Giants as they repeated as the division two champions of the Bahamas Basketball Federation (BBF) National Round Robin Tournament in South Andros just a few days after successfully defending their division two title in the New Providence Basketball Association (NPBA).
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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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FACE TO FACE: Founder of NABHOOD awarded President’s Lifetime Achievement Award for his service
ELEUTHERA-born American hotel industry influencer Dr Andy Ingraham has received the President’s Lifetime Achievement award from the President of the United States, President Joseph Biden.
