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Let’s meet, Dr Minnis
An open letter to the Prime Minister of The Bahamas
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BUT president: Concerns were raised over virtual platform, school repairs
AN alarm was sounded several months ago that not only was the Ministry of Education’s virtual platform inoperable, but that schools were in a dire need for repair, according to Bahamas Union of Teachers President Belinda Wilson yesterday.
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Abigail Simms and Indiana Tech tennis gain a pair of wins
COMING off a stellar 2020/21 season as conference champions, Abigail Simms and the Indiana Tech women’s tennis team competed at the IWU Fall Classic, gaining a pair of wins over the weekend.
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MAN KILLED IN ABACO CRASH
A TRAFFIC fatality in Abaco left one man dead and another with minor injuries on Sunday.
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Govt and Crown Land
The past PM Minnis proposed that special subdivision on Crown Land top of Prospect Ridge...they actually invited interested persons... note definite discriminatory conditions as to who qualifies.
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Housing plan is not Constitutional
Prospect Ridge sub-division – simply put as the previous Government presented it – is not Constitutional period.
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A call for collective action
Under the cover of the Covid 19 Pandemic which has dominated the local news for nearly two years, the scourge of crime has been ravishing our society.
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COVID relief ‘saving grace’ for franchise’s new store expansion
A Bahamian cheesesteak franchise yesterday said COVID-related financial assistance from the Small Business Development Centre (SBDC) was “the saving grace” for its second store expansion.
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‘Desperate times’ in South Bimini over BPL power cut
IRATE South Bimini homeowners yesterday slammed Bahamas Power & Light (BPL) as “a joke” after suffering widespread energy outages for four days, adding: “Desperate times call for desperate measures.”
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Brewers top Marlins 5-4, Chisholm Jr strains left hamstring
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Adrian Houser pitched effectively into the sixth inning and hit his first career home run, leading the Milwaukee Brewers over the Miami Marlins 5-4 last night.
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‘The nurses are sick’
AS the country battles its third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Bahamas Nurses Union is reporting that five nurses are out sick and one recently died from the deadly virus.
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Govt targets vaccine for children under 12
HEALTH and Wellness Minister Dr Michael Darville said yesterday officials are hoping to receive paediatric doses of the Pfizer vaccine for five to 11-year-olds as soon as possible to assist with the successful opening of schools for face-to-face learning.
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Too many Governor Generals
Governor General C A Smith was appointed to his post in June 2019 by the former Free National Movement (FNM) government.
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EDITORIAL: How can immigration defy a court order?
TWO young boys have not been heard from since the earthquake in Haiti last week – and they should not have been there at all.
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‘Labour relations hit rock bottom’
UNION executives yesterday expressed disappointment with the state of labour relations in the country which they say are at an all-time low.
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Five schools found to have COVID cases
BAHAMAS Union of Teachers President Belinda Wilson yesterday expressed concern with the number of suspected COVID-19 cases being recorded in public schools across New Providence, claiming that most of the cases are students, some “as young as five-years-old”.
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All eyes on Jonquel
Jonquel Jones will play her first game outside of the WNBA since the 2021 season began when she leads Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) at the upcoming 38th edition of FIBA Women’s EuroBasket Championships.
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Thieves raid aid group’s food store
WITH more people looking to the Feeding Bain and Grants Town Project for assistance as the Christmas holidays approach, the Rev C B Moss said his outreach efforts have suffered a blow as thieves have stolen food and equipment from a storage facility.
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WORLD VIEW: Venezuela talks – mountain went forth and produced a mouse
IT was predictable that, in an attempt to show they are capable of collaboration, the rival political groups in Venezuela would pick their spurious claim to two-thirds of Guyana’s territory as a show of unity.
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Mitchell attacks govt furlough suspension
The Progressive Liberal Party’s (PLP) chairman yesterday attacked the government’s suspension of the Employment Act’s furloughed worker provisions for “disproportionately” aiding employers.