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Family of dogs found

A CALL has gone out for information on the owner of three dogs found wandering the Harmony Hill/ Blair area. The doberman, shepherd and golden retriever were first noticed earlier this week by the crimewatch group for the area, who observed that the dogs

Greek Orthodox church continues ancient tradition

GREEK Orthodox churches all over the world, including the Bahamas recently celebrated their Epiphany service, which is commemorated every year on January 6. On that day, the Annunciation of the Greek Orthodox Church in the Bahamas celebrated the baptism of Jesus Christ.

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Man dies in apparent drowning

A man died in an apparent drowning in Grand Bahama on Saturday afternoon.

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Suspected drowning of South African woman in Eleuthera

A 45-year-old South African woman is believed to have drowned in Eleuthera over the weekend.

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What goes up must come down

A TEAM from the American-based SpaceX rocket programme yesterday arrived in Abaco tasked with the identification and retrieval of debris believed to be a part of the group’s Falcon 9 rocket that crashed into a floating barge while attempting to land in April.

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BTC bids to seize yacht over $1.5m cable break

The Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) has launched legal action in New York to seize a high-end yacht it accuses of causing $1.5m in damage to its undersea cable network.

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Fernander says he expects swift investigations into recent incidents involving two officers’ actions

POLICE Commissioner Clayton Fernander said authorities retrieved bodycam footage in a case of a woman whose retina was detached after an officer allegedly punched her in her eye.

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Woman drowns as car plunges into canal

FREEPORT – The body of a young woman was retrieved from a vehicle that went into a canal in an upscale residential area early Sunday morning.

Tourist drowned while on scuba dive near Pearl Island

A 46-year-old North Virginia woman drowned on Tuesday, police said.

EDITORIAL: Which is harder to find - gold or good governance?

WHEN The Tribune reported last year about an underwater exploration group having detected 13 shipwrecks in Bahamian waters, it was described as a “billion dollar” opportunity.

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Teenager fined for violating lockdown 'to retrieve phone charger'

A TEENAGER who claimed he violated the lockdown because he went to his neighbour’s house to retrieve his phone charger was fined $550 on Friday.

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MYSTERY OVER PHONE IN AZARIO SHOOTING: Father tells of shock at seeing dead son’s face

AZARIO Major’s father claimed yesterday that retrieved data initially located his son’s unrecovered phone at Woody’s Bar on Fire Trail Road, where he was killed, but that the device was last pinned on Andros Avenue, where it was mysteriously deactivated.

Pinder: Sue for $13m over ‘Bahamas papers’

A former financial services minister yesterday suggested that this nation sue to recover the $13 million in Companies Registry search fees owed by the international journalists’ group responsible for the ‘Bahamas papers leak’.

Unseat the spirit of Delilah

By Kevin L A Ewing

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‘We must stop drugs being thrown over prison walls’

WAYNE Munroe said prison officers’ ability to smuggle cell phones and contraband into prison has largely been curtailed but officials face a new challenge: officers who retrieve and distribute drugs that are thrown over the prison’s walls.

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'Respectful' burial for unidentified storm victims

HEALTH Minister Dr Duane Sands said the unidentified remains of people killed by Hurricane Dorian will be respectfully placed in a burial site after a consultation process with the public has been completed. Speaking to reporters Dr Sands said famil

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San Salvador’s satellite scare

A satellite that crash landed in San Salvador on Sunday, puzzling and scaring residents, was brought down by its manufacturer as part of a coordinated event.

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Officials end crashed plane search and rescue

OFFICIALS have ended their search and rescue for people on board the Piper Aztec plane that crashed as it headed to Nassau from South Andros on Wednesday.

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