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Football great, actor, and accused murderer OJ Simpson dead at 76

OJ SIMPSON, who has died aged 76, was a football star who went on to become an actor – but who was then the centre of the “trial of the century” for the murder of his wife and her friend in 1994.

‘Stress’ will stop business from joining apprenticeship scheme

THE private sector is dealing with too much “stress” to participate in the National Apprenticeship Programme, said former Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis yesterday.

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American woman dead in Exuma boat accident

A 55-year-old American woman from Colorado died in a boating incident in Exuma on Sunday.

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Tourist dies in boating accident

A TOURIST has died after a boating accident on Wednesday afternoon near Eleuthera.

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Supreme Court to review student assault accusation

A TEACHER'S alleged assault on a six-year-old child at Adelaide Primary School and the Ministry of Education's attempt to transfer the girl to a different school may be the subject of a Supreme Court examination after a judge granted the parent leave to apply for judicial review.

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Video evidence in Kwondrick Lowe’s inquest shows he threw an object seconds before being shot by an officer

SURVEILLANCE footage showed that 18-year-old Kwondrick Lowe threw objects seconds before an officer killed him near Kemp Road in 2023.

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The wreck of the HMS Lowstoffe

GREAT Inagua and Little Inagua boast some of the oldest and most enigmatic shipwrecks in The Bahamas, as they sit across the entrance to the Windward Passage.

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ONE ELEUTHERA FOUNDATION – Creating Lifelong Learners

It is a common thought to see all learning as equal. We can see the differences in how teachers, instructors, and professors approach learning based on the age of the learners.

American tourist dies after falling from vessel

A 68-year-old tourist from Mississippi, USA, fell off a vessel and died near Tillo Cay, Abaco, yesterday.

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DEMOLITION OF 100 SHANTY HOMES BEGINS: Residents hurry to get personal items before structures destroyed

AFTER years of government pledges to dismantle unregulated communities in Abaco, the Ministry of Works began demolishing more than 100 structures in the Gaza shanty town on the island yesterday.

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INSIGHT: Government in the ‘blame dem’ phase

IT seems to me that the Davis administration has entered its “blame dem” phase of government.

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Wilson says smuggled alcohol and tobacco found in construction material containers

FINANCIAL Secretary Simon Wilson said officials have found illegally smuggled alcohol in containers with building supplies.

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‘Country loses nearly $100m yearly to alcohol and tobacco smuggling’

PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis said officials believe the country loses nearly $100m yearly through alcohol and tobacco smuggling.

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‘Very aggressive’ crackdown on $200m smuggling, evasion

The Government’s top finance official last night pledged “a very aggressive” approach to cracking down on smuggling and tax avoidance schemes believed to cost The Bahamas a combined $200m annually.

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Police criticised over delay of evidence being presented in Blair shooting inquest

THE coroner once again criticised the police as an inquest into the police-involved killing of three men in Blair Estates in 2019 resumed yesterday, calling it “unacceptable” that only eight of the 15 weapons officers used to kill the men were submitted as evidence.

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Mother of Harold Brown claims in inquest, ‘doctors left my son to die’

THE mother of Harold Brown, one of two men police killed in a chase on Tonique Williams-Darling Highway in 2017, claimed doctors left her son to die in hospital after the shooting as the Coroner’s Court inquest into the matter continued yesterday.

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Eric Wiberg – The 1657 shipwreck of the Madema do Brasil near Gorda Cay, Abaco

GORDA Cay was named because of its round shape – in Spanish it means simply ‘fat’ – the only village, occupied by itinerant farmers from nearby Sandy Point, Abaco, was named Pumpkin Harbour. J

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Bridge leap: Family tells of fight with depression

THE woman who jumped off  Paradise Island bridge on Sunday suffered severe depression and was temporarily admitted to Sandilands Rehabilitation Centre for psychiatric care last year, according to her shattered relatives, who wonder what more they could have done to prevent the tragedy.

Woman who jumped from PI bridge indentified as Chrishna Stuart-Stubbs

THE woman who jumped off the bridge to her death on Sunday was Chrishna Stuart-Stubbs, a mother of two.

EDITORIAL: Do not turn a blind eye to those struggling

THERE is a problem that besets many in our nation that we sadly too often turn a blind eye to – the issue of homelessness.