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Energy bill opens door to BPL move

The Government yesterday unveiled a major overhaul of the country’s energy regulatory regime to provide a platform for rescuing Bahamas Power & Light (BPL) from its $1bn debt and investment hole.

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‘Jazz’ hits his second grand slam homer of the season

Nick Senzel homered twice and drove in five runs as the Washington Nationals erased an early seven-run deficit to beat the reeling Miami Marlins 12-9 yesterday.

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NIB deficit ‘cut by 61%’ after rate hike

THE National Insurance Board took 300 people to court for failing to pay NIB contributions last year –– a 12 per cent increase over 2022 –– and expects its deficit to drop by 61 per cent once contribution rates increase in July.

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NPBA President: We have a lot of work to do

A LITTLE over a week ago the New Providence Basketball Association (NPBA) postseason ended with the Discount Distributors Rockets crowned as champions.

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Cowboys sign Denzel Daxon

Crooked Island native Denzel Daxon went undrafted in the 2024 NFL Draft but that was only a minor setback for a major comeback.

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Court told ministry has final say on promotions

A FORMER financial officer at the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services (BDCS) said in court yesterday that the Ministry of National Security has the final say on promotion matters at the prison, not the prison commissioner.

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Minister’s $185k CARIFTA ‘surplus’ came from 360% subsidy overshoot

A Cabinet minister yesterday asserted that last year’s CARIFTA games generated a $185,503 “net surplus” even though this was only made possible by a taxpayer subsidy over four times’ higher than budgeted.

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Teen on bail after accused of breaking into a Culbert’s Hill home last week

An 18-year-old youth was granted $5,000 bail after he was accused of breaking into a Culbert’s Hill home last week.

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Pregnant woman granted conditional discharge after slapping woman

A visibly pregnant woman was granted a conditional discharge on Friday after she admitted to slapping another woman last week.

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PM: Bill’s ‘flexibility’ to end GBPA’s energy regulation

THE Prime Minister yesterday confirmed that the Electricity Bill 2024 provides “the flexibility” to remove the Grand Bahama Port Authority’s (GBPA) ability to regulate the energy sector in Freeport.

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ATHLETES OF THE MONTH: CARIFTA medallists Taysha Stubbs, Brenden Vanderpool prevail in April

With the lights shining the brightest, CARIFTA gold medallists Brenden Vanderpool and Taysha Stubbs stepped up when it mattered most to prevail as April’s Tribune Athletes of the Month.

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Man told to be of good behaviour for one year or face two months jail time

A MAN was ordered to be of good behaviour for one year after admitting to assaulting a man with a wooden cigar box on Prince George Wharf earlier this month.

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Volunteers battle Abaco fires

VOLUNTEER firefighters spent over 30 hours battling a number of fires that erupted in Marsh Harbour and Spring City on Friday.

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Mitchell demands halt to cemetery’s appeal

A CABINET minister was yesterday revealed to have intervened on behalf of his constituents over a planning appeal involving a proposed 13-acre Bernard Road cemetery that is heavily opposed.

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Bahamas First 'changes' after 63% profits decline

Bahamas First's executive chairman has pledged to make "strategic changes" after the insurer's 2023 full-year profit slumped by 63.1 percent due primarily to "ongoing issues" with its Cayman health business.

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STATESIDE: War and ideology

THE lounge, a finger of whiskey still floating one ice cube in the cut glass tumbler resting on the side table next to his favorite arm chair. Several friends sat in a loose circle, arranged on comfortable hard chairs so he could see and respond to each. One of the professor’s oldest acquaintances spoke up.

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Midnight shootings leave two people dead

TWO fatal shootings took place on Sunday, resulting in the death of a 27-year-old man and what is believed to be a male juvenile.

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BPL must stay under URCA

Take the already high electricity rates out of the supervision of URCA means one single fact … the Davis-Cooper Government does not want to be re-elected … this is suicide for them and a catastrophe for the consumers.

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Copying the FNM

Very unusual for the PLP to copy the FNM but for some reason painting white the curbs along our roads is at full force everywhere Government employees are painting away.

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CARIFTA medallist Lanaisha earns full ride scholarship to the University at Albany

CARIFTA bronze medallist Lanaisha Lubin has signed a contract for a full ride scholarship for the University at Albany in Albany, New York.