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FOCOL shares smoke and mirrors

WE may recall about a month or two back an article published in The Tribune where it was stated that “FOCOL was pregnant with opportunities”.

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FNM names date for convention

THE Free National Movement announced yesterday that it will hold a one-day convention on June 1, when party positions will be “up for grabs”.

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Cable ‘not rolling over and playing dead’ over Starlink

A senior Cable Bahamas executive pledged the group is “not rolling over and playing dead” as she was forced to defend its ability to compete with Elon Musk’s upstart Starlink satellite Internet service.

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FNM says report shows nation economy struggling to recover

FREE National Movement leader Michael Pintard and East Grand Bahama MP Kwasi Thompson said a new report shows The Bahamas is struggling to recover economically after Hurricane Dorian and the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Student fights with school resource officer at Eight Mile Rock High School

AN Eight Mile Rock High School student fought a school resource officer on Monday in a chaotic incident captured on camera.

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PM: Lawyers to meet as GB deadline looms

TENSIONS between the Grand Bahama Port Authority and the Davis administration continue to brew as the deadline for the former to pay the government $357m or face arbitration proceedings nears, with Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis saying the promises of Grand Bahama will remain unfulfilled without a paradigm shift.

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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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Minister ‘agenda’ against Murphy

RETIRED commissioner of the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services Charles Murphy claimed in court yesterday that National Security Minister Wayne Munroe had a personal agenda against him and failed to adequately explain why he sent him on administrative leave after the 2021 general election.

Discharge for mother who hit daughter with cord

A 35-year-old mother was conditionally discharged yesterday after admitting to injuring her 15-year-old daughter because the girl lied about how she got to the movies last Saturday.

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FNM: How are health funds being spent?

FORMER Health Minister Dr Duane Sands has called for greater transparency surrounding the government’s catastrophic healthcare fund, about which little has been said even though it was a significant policy initiative of the Davis administration.

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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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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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PETER YOUNG: Middle East is as dangerous as ever while Iran and Israel conflict remains

HISTORIANS of the future may well wonder how the current Israel-Gaza war suddenly blew up without warning and how quickly things can change, at least in the short-term.

Bahamians told: Invest into ‘big scale tourism’

More Bahamians must “invest in tourism big-scale”, the deputy prime minister is urging, challenging why this is not occurring given how “bullish” the country is on the industry.

Stellar PLP has still more to do

THE iconic Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) will celebrate its half way mark back in elective office within a few short months.

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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.

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Opposition leader fears Bill ‘guts URCA’s BPL oversight’

THE Opposition’s leader yesterday accused the Government of “gutting URCA’s oversight” with planned energy regulation reforms that the Prime Minister said could lead to BPL’s break-up.

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Doctors Hospital targets $10m acquisition boost

Doctors Hospital yesterday predicted annual revenues will increase by $10m through its acquisition of The Kidney Centre in a deal that will make its workforce more than 1,000-strong.

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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.